{"id":"dhp179-196","title":"14. The Buddhas","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"dhp179-196","title":"14. The Buddhas","units":[{"id":"dhp179:0","sourceIds":["dhp179:0.1","dhp179:0.2","dhp179:0.3","dhp179:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Khuddakanikāya\nDhammapada\nBuddhavagga\nMāradhītaravatthu","en":"Minor Collection\nSayings of the Dhamma 179–196\n14. The Buddhas"}},{"id":"dhp179:1","sourceIds":["dhp179:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yassa jitaṁ nāvajīyati,","en":"He whose victory may not be undone,"}},{"id":"dhp179:2","sourceIds":["dhp179:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Jitaṁ yassa noyāti koci loke;","en":"a victory unrivaled in all the world;"}},{"id":"dhp179:3","sourceIds":["dhp179:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Taṁ buddhamanantagocaraṁ,","en":"by what track would you trace that Buddha,"}},{"id":"dhp179:4","sourceIds":["dhp179:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Apadaṁ kena padena nessatha.","en":"who leaves no track in his infinite range?"}},{"id":"dhp180:1","sourceIds":["dhp180:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yassa jālinī visattikā,","en":"Of craving, the weaver, the clinger, he has none:"}},{"id":"dhp180:2","sourceIds":["dhp180:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Taṇhā natthi kuhiñci netave;","en":"so where can he be traced?"}},{"id":"dhp180:3","sourceIds":["dhp180:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Taṁ buddhamanantagocaraṁ,","en":"By 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Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}