O pach den sar, kana o pach nai kerel. O pach den len sar, kana pesqe nai kerena. O pach nai resel, o pach nai kerel. O pach chachiphal, kana lemosqo, kana o manusha shaj te den. O vekh shaj te den, kana o pach den. O vekh shaj te den, kana o pach nai kerena buti.
Key Concepts
水
不争
上善
柔弱
Cite This Chapter
Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 8, "O Chachipen Chachiphal Sar o Pach", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/rom/chapters/8/
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O chachipen chachiphal sar o pach. O pach chachiphal len sar, kana pesqe nai kerel, thai den len sar. O pach vesel kaj o manusha nai kerena. O pach shaj te den akana thai palal. Kana thaj kana, o pach shaj te den. Sarake, o vekh trushul kaj shaj te den, shekhol kaj pach, thai shaj te den. O pach shaj te den, kana o manusha shaj te den, kana o vekh shaj te den, kana o drabena pesqe nai kerena. Sarake, kana nai dumenyal pesqe, nai shaj te den.
Lungo Gondolipe
Savoro hin le butvariko?
O pach den sar, kana o pach nai kerel. O pach den len sar, kana pesqe nai kerena. O pach nai resel, o pach nai kerel. O pach chachiphal, kana lemosqo, kana o manusha shaj te den. O vekh shaj te den, kana o pach den. O vekh shaj te den, kana o pach nai kerena buti.
Sarak i miro?
Kana amen dumenqamen, amen nai shajamen te den. Kana amen den, amen shaj te den. O pach shaj te den, kana amen shaj te den. Kana amen nai keramen pesqe, amen shaj te den. Kana amen shaj te den, amen shaj te den chachiphal.
So kerava azdi?
Imar akana, shaj te den, kana o pach den. Nai dumenyal, nai kerel buti. Kana amen nai den, o manusha nai shaj te den. Kana amen shaj te den, shaj te den. Nai dumenyal, shaj te den, kana o pach den.
The highest excellence is like (that of) water. The excellence of water appears in its benefiting all things, and in its occupying, without striving (to the contrary), the low place which all men dislike. Hence (its way) is near to (that of) the Tao.
AI Modern
O chachipen chachiphal sar o pach. O pach chachiphal len sar, kana pesqe nai kerel, thai den len sar. O pach vesel kaj o manusha nai kerena. O pach shaj te den akana thai palal. Kana thaj kana, o pach shaj te den. Sarake, o vekh trushul kaj shaj te den, shekhol kaj pach, thai shaj te den. O pach shaj te den, kana o manusha shaj te den, kana o vekh shaj te den, kana o drabena pesqe nai kerena. Sarake, kana nai dumenyal pesqe, nai shaj te den.
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