Dhp XXVI : Brahmans

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('â', bho-sayerâ if he has anything at all. But someone with nothing, who clings to no thing: heâs what I call a brahman. 396* Having cut every fetter, he doesnât get ruffled. Beyond attachment, unshackled: heâs what I call a brahman. 397 Having cut the strap & thong, cord & bridle, having thrown off the bar, awakened: heâs what I call a brahman. 398* He endures–unangered– insult, assault, & imprisonment. His army is strength; his strength, forbearance: heâs what I call a brahman. 399 Free from anger, duties observed, principled, with no overbearing pride, trained, a ),

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('â', last-bodyâ: heâs what I call a brahman. 400* Like water   on a lotus leaf, a mustard seed   on the tip of an awl, he doesnât adhere   to sensual pleasures: heâs what I call a brahman. 401 He discerns right here, for himself, on his own, his own ending of stress. Unshackled, his burden laid down: heâs what I call a brahman. 402* Wise, profound in discernment, astute as to what is the path & whatâs not; his ultimate goal attained: heâs what I call a brahman. 403 Uncontaminated by householders & houseless ones alike; living with no home, with next to no wants: heâs what I call a brahman. 404 Having put aside violence against beings fearful or firm, he neither kills nor gets others to kill: heâs what I call a brahman. 405 Unopposing among opposition, unbound among the armed, unclinging among those who cling: heâs what I call a brahman. 406 His passion, aversion, conceit, & contempt, have fallen away– like a mustard seed from the tip of an awl: heâs what I call a brahman. 407 He would say whatâs non-grating, instructive, true– abusing no one: heâs what I call a brahman. 408 Here in the world he takes nothing not-given –long, short, large, small, attractive, not: heâs what I call a brahman. 409 His longing for this & for the next world canât be found; free from longing, unshackled: heâs what I call a brahman. 410 His attachments, his homes, canât be found. He, through knowing, is unperplexed, has gained a footing in the Deathless: heâs what I call a brahman. 411* He has gone beyond attachment here for both merit & evil– sorrowless, dustless, & pure: heâs what I call a brahman. 412* Spotless, pure, like the moon –limpid & calm– his delights, his becomings, totally gone: heâs what I call a brahman. 413 He has made his way past this hard-going path –samsara, delusion– has crossed over, has gone beyond, is free from want, from perplexity, absorbed in jhana, through no-clinging Unbound: heâs what I call a brahman. 414 Whoever, abandoning sensual passions here, would go forth from home– his sensual passions, becomings, totally gone: heâs what I call a brahman. Whoever, abandoning craving here, would go forth from home– his cravings, becomings, totally gone: heâs what I call a brahman. 415-416 Having left behind the human bond, having made his way past the divine, from all bonds unshackled: heâs what I call a brahman. 417 Having left behind delight & displeasure, cooled, with no acquisitions– a hero who has conquered all the world, every world: heâs what I call a brahman. 418 He knows in every way beingsâ passing away, and their re- arising; unattached, awakened, well-gone: heâs what I call a brahman. 419 He whose course they donât know –devas, gandhabbas, & human beings– his effluents ended, an arahant: heâs what I call a brahman. 420 He who has nothing –in front, behind, in between– the one with nothing who clings to no thing: heâs what I call a brahman. 421* A splendid bull, conqueror, hero, great seer– free from want, awakened, washed: heâs what I call a brahman. 422 He knows his former lives. He sees heavens & states of woe, has attained the ending of birth, is a sage who has mastered full-knowing, his mastery totally mastered: heâs what I call a brahman. 423* - --> - - - -