KANDE VIHARAYA TEMPLE - ALUTHGAMA SRI LANKA

 

THE LORD BUDDHAS TEACHING - DHAMMAPADAYA

PANDITHA WAGGAYA (6:1)

PALI:
NIDHINAM VA PAVATTARAM
YAM PASSE VAJJADASSINAM
NIGGAYHA VADIM MEDHAVIM
TADISAM PANDITAM BHAJE
TADISAM BHAJAMANASSA
SEYYO HOTI NA PAPIYO

MEANING:
Should one a man of wisdom meet
who points out faults and gives reproof,
who lays a hidden treasure bare,
with such a sage should one consort.
Consorting so is one enriched
and never in decline.