--- title: "The Dhammapada · Dhammapada" author: "The Buddha" translator: "Bhikkhu Sujato" title_ru: "Дхаммапада" author_ru: "Будда" languages: [pi, en] shelf: "Pali Canon" url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/ cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, The Dhammapada · Dhammapada. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/" --- # The Dhammapada · Dhammapada *The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato* Russian: Дхаммапада, Будда The 423 verses of the Path of the Teaching, in twenty-six chapters: the pairs, vigilance, the mind, flowers, the fool, the wise, the brahmin. > Pali: the Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka (Buddha Jayanti edition, 2500), from SuttaCentral’s bilara-data, dedicated to the public domain (CC0). > English: Bhikkhu Sujato, from SuttaCentral’s bilara-data, dedicated to the public domain (CC0). Notes are not included. > Rows follow the segment numbers the two texts share, gathered into paragraphs; verse keeps its lines. ## Contents 1. [Pairs · Dhp 1–20](https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/1.md) 2. [Diligence · Dhp 21–32](https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/2.md) 3. [The Mind · Dhp 33–43](https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/3.md) 4. [Flowers · Dhp 44–59](https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/4.md) 5. [The Fool · Dhp 60–75](https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/5.md) 6. [The Astute · Dhp 76–89](https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/6.md) 7. [The Perfected Ones · Dhp 90–99](https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/7.md) 8. [The Thousands · Dhp 100–115](https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/8.md) 9. [Wickedness · Dhp 116–128](https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/9.md) 10. [The Rod · Dhp 129–145](https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/10.md) 11. [Old Age · Dhp 146–156](https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/11.md) 12. [The Self · Dhp 157–166](https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/12.md) 13. [The World · Dhp 167–178](https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/13.md) 14. [The Buddhas · Dhp 179–196](https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/14.md) 15. [Happiness · Dhp 197–207](https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/15.md) 16. [The Beloved · Dhp 209–220](https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/16.md) 17. [Anger · Dhp 221–234](https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/17.md) 18. [Stains · Dhp 235–255](https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/18.md) 19. [The Just · Dhp 256–272](https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/19.md) 20. [The Path · Dhp 273–289](https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/20.md) 21. [Miscellaneous · Dhp 290–305](https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/21.md) 22. [Hell · Dhp 306–319](https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/22.md) 23. [Elephants · Dhp 320–333](https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/23.md) 24. [Craving · Dhp 334–359](https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/24.md) 25. [Mendicants · Dhp 360–382](https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/25.md) 26. [Brahmins · Dhp 383–422](https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/26.md) ## 1. Pairs · Dhp 1–20 Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/1/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/1/#p-N [¶0] Dhp 1 > Pali: Dhp 1 · Cakkhupālattheravatthu [¶1] Intention is the leader of things; intention is first, they’re made by intention. If with corrupt intent you speak or act, suffering follows you, like a wheel, the ox’s foot. > Pali: Manopubbaṅgamā dhammā, manoseṭṭhā manomayā; Manasā ce paduṭṭhena, bhāsati vā karoti vā; Tato naṁ dukkhamanveti, cakkaṁva vahato padaṁ. [¶2] Dhp 2 > Pali: Dhp 2 · Maṭṭhakuṇḍalīvatthu [¶3] Intention is the leader of things; intention is first, they’re made by intention. If with pure intent you speak or act, happiness follows you like a shadow that never leaves. > Pali: Manopubbaṅgamā dhammā, manoseṭṭhā manomayā; Manasā ce pasannena, bhāsati vā karoti vā; Tato naṁ sukhamanveti, chāyāva anapāyinī. [¶4] Dhp 3 > Pali: Dhp 3 · Tissattheravatthu [¶5] “They abused me, they hit me! They beat me, they robbed me!” For those who bear such a grudge, hatred is never laid to rest. > Pali: Akkocchi maṁ avadhi maṁ, ajini maṁ ahāsi me; Ye ca taṁ upanayhanti, veraṁ tesaṁ na sammati. [¶6] Dhp 4 > Pali: Dhp 4 [¶7] “They abused me, they hit me! They beat me, they robbed me!” For those who bear no such grudge, hatred is laid to rest. > Pali: Akkocchi maṁ avadhi maṁ, ajini maṁ ahāsi me; Ye ca taṁ nupanayhanti, veraṁ tesūpasammati. [¶8] Dhp 5 > Pali: Dhp 5 · Kāḷayakkhinīvatthu [¶9] For never is hatred laid to rest by hate, it’s laid to rest by love: this is an ancient teaching. > Pali: Na hi verena verāni, sammantīdha kudācanaṁ; Averena ca sammanti, esa dhammo sanantano. [¶10] Dhp 6 > Pali: Dhp 6 · Kosambakavatthu [¶11] When others do not understand, let us, who do understand this, restrain ourselves in this regard; for that is how conflicts are laid to rest. > Pali: Pare ca na vijānanti, mayamettha yamāmase; Ye ca tattha vijānanti, tato sammanti medhagā. [¶12] Dhp 7 > Pali: Dhp 7 · Mahākāḷattheravatthu [¶13] Those who contemplate the beautiful, their faculties unrestrained, immoderate in eating, lazy, lacking energy: Māra strikes them down like the wind, a feeble tree. > Pali: Subhānupassiṁ viharantaṁ, indriyesu asaṁvutaṁ; Bhojanamhi cāmattaññuṁ, kusītaṁ hīnavīriyaṁ; Taṁ ve pasahati māro, vāto rukkhaṁva dubbalaṁ. [¶14] Dhp 8 > Pali: Dhp 8 [¶15] Those who contemplate the ugly, their faculties well-restrained, eating in moderation, faithful and energetic: Māra cannot strike them down, like the wind, a rocky mountain. > Pali: Asubhānupassiṁ viharantaṁ, Indriyesu susaṁvutaṁ; Bhojanamhi ca mattaññuṁ, Saddhaṁ āraddhavīriyaṁ; Taṁ ve nappasahati māro, Vāto selaṁva pabbataṁ. [¶16] Dhp 9 > Pali: Dhp 9 · Devadattavatthu [¶17] One who, not free of stains themselves, would wear the robe stained in ocher, bereft of self-control and truth: they are not worthy of the ocher robe. > Pali: Anikkasāvo kāsāvaṁ, yo vatthaṁ paridahissati; Apeto damasaccena, na so kāsāvamarahati. [¶18] Dhp 10 > Pali: Dhp 10 [¶19] One who’s purged all their stains, steady in ethics, possessed of self-control and of truth, they are truly worthy of the ocher robe. > Pali: Yo ca vantakasāvassa, sīlesu susamāhito; Upeto damasaccena, sa ve kāsāvamarahati. [¶20] Dhp 11 > Pali: Dhp 11 · Sāriputtattheravatthu [¶21] Thinking the inessential is essential, seeing the essential as inessential; they don’t realize the essential, for wrong thoughts are their habitat. > Pali: Asāre sāramatino, sāre cāsāradassino; Te sāraṁ nādhigacchanti, micchāsaṅkappagocarā. [¶22] Dhp 12 > Pali: Dhp 12 [¶23] Having known the essential as essential, and the inessential as inessential; they realize the essential, for right thoughts are their habitat. > Pali: Sārañca sārato ñatvā, asārañca asārato; Te sāraṁ adhigacchanti, sammāsaṅkappagocarā. [¶24] Dhp 13 > Pali: Dhp 13 · Nandattheravatthu [¶25] Just as rain seeps into a poorly roofed house, lust seeps into an undeveloped mind. > Pali: Yathā agāraṁ ducchannaṁ, vuṭṭhī samativijjhati; Evaṁ abhāvitaṁ cittaṁ, rāgo samativijjhati. [¶26] Dhp 14 > Pali: Dhp 14 [¶27] Just as rain doesn’t seep into a well roofed house, lust doesn’t seep into a well developed mind. > Pali: Yathā agāraṁ suchannaṁ, vuṭṭhī na samativijjhati; Evaṁ subhāvitaṁ cittaṁ, rāgo na samativijjhati. [¶28] Dhp 15 > Pali: Dhp 15 · Cundasūkarikavatthu [¶29] Here they grieve, hereafter they grieve, an evildoer grieves in both places. They grieve and fret, seeing their own corrupt deeds. > Pali: Idha socati pecca socati, Pāpakārī ubhayattha socati; So socati so vihaññati, Disvā kammakiliṭṭhamattano. [¶30] Dhp 16 > Pali: Dhp 16 · Dhammikaupāsakavatthu [¶31] Here they rejoice, hereafter they rejoice, one who does good rejoices in both places. They rejoice and celebrate, seeing their own pure deeds. > Pali: Idha modati pecca modati, Katapuñño ubhayattha modati; So modati so pamodati, Disvā kammavisuddhimattano. [¶32] Dhp 17 > Pali: Dhp 17 · Devadattavatthu [¶33] Here they’re tormented, hereafter they’re tormented, an evildoer is tormented in both places. They’re tormented thinking of bad things they’ve done; when gone to a bad place, they’re tormented all the more. > Pali: Idha tappati pecca tappati, Pāpakārī ubhayattha tappati; “Pāpaṁ me katan”ti tappati, Bhiyyo tappati duggatiṁ gato. [¶34] Dhp 18 > Pali: Dhp 18 · Sumanadevīvatthu [¶35] Here they delight, hereafter they delight, one who does good delights in both places. They delight thinking of good things they’ve done; when gone to a good place, they delight all the more. > Pali: Idha nandati pecca nandati, Katapuñño ubhayattha nandati; “Puññaṁ me katan”ti nandati, Bhiyyo nandati suggatiṁ gato. [¶36] Dhp 19 > Pali: Dhp 19 · Dvesahāyakabhikkhuvatthu [¶37] Much though they may recite scripture, if a negligent person does not apply them, then, like a cowherd who counts the cattle of others, they miss out on the blessings of the ascetic life. > Pali: Bahumpi ce saṁhita bhāsamāno, Na takkaro hoti naro pamatto; Gopova gāvo gaṇayaṁ paresaṁ, Na bhāgavā sāmaññassa hoti. [¶38] Dhp 20 > Pali: Dhp 20 [¶39] Little though they may recite scripture, if they live in line with the teaching, having given up greed, hate, and delusion, with deep understanding and heart well freed, not grasping to this life or the next, they share in the blessings of the ascetic life. > Pali: Appampi ce saṁhita bhāsamāno, Dhammassa hoti anudhammacārī; Rāgañca dosañca pahāya mohaṁ, Sammappajāno suvimuttacitto; Anupādiyāno idha vā huraṁ vā, Sa bhāgavā sāmaññassa hoti. [¶40] > Pali: Yamakavaggo paṭhamo. ## 2. Diligence · Dhp 21–32 Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/2/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/2/#p-N [¶0] Dhp 21 > Pali: Dhp 21 · Sāmāvatīvatthu [¶1] Heedfulness is the state free of death; heedlessness is the state of death. The heedful do not die, while the heedless are like the dead. > Pali: Appamādo amatapadaṁ, pamādo maccuno padaṁ; Appamattā na mīyanti, ye pamattā yathā matā. [¶2] Dhp 22 > Pali: Dhp 22 [¶3] Understanding this distinction when it comes to heedfulness, the astute rejoice in heedfulness, happy in the noble ones’ domain. > Pali: Evaṁ visesato ñatvā, appamādamhi paṇḍitā; Appamāde pamodanti, ariyānaṁ gocare ratā. [¶4] Dhp 23 > Pali: Dhp 23 [¶5] They who regularly meditate, always staunchly vigorous; the attentive realize extinguishment, the supreme sanctuary from the yoke. > Pali: Te jhāyino sātatikā, niccaṁ daḷhaparakkamā; Phusanti dhīrā nibbānaṁ, yogakkhemaṁ anuttaraṁ. [¶6] Dhp 24 > Pali: Dhp 24 · Kumbaghosakaseṭṭhivatthu [¶7] For the hard-working and mindful, pure of deed and attentive, restrained, living righteously, and diligent, their reputation only grows. > Pali: Uṭṭhānavato satīmato, Sucikammassa nisammakārino; Saññatassa dhammajīvino, Appamattassa yasobhivaḍḍhati. [¶8] Dhp 25 > Pali: Dhp 25 · Cūḷapanthakavatthu [¶9] By hard work and diligence, by restraint and by self-control, a smart person would build an island that the floods cannot overflow. > Pali: Uṭṭhānenappamādena, saṁyamena damena ca; Dīpaṁ kayirātha medhāvī, yaṁ ogho nābhikīrati. [¶10] Dhp 26 > Pali: Dhp 26 · Bālanakkhattasaṅghuṭṭhavatthu [¶11] Fools and simpletons devote themselves to negligence. But the wise protect diligence as their best treasure. > Pali: Pamādamanuyuñjanti, bālā dummedhino janā; Appamādañca medhāvī, dhanaṁ seṭṭhaṁva rakkhati. [¶12] Dhp 27 > Pali: Dhp 27 [¶13] Don’t devote yourself to negligence, or delight in erotic intimacy. For if you’re diligent and meditate, you’ll attain abundant happiness. > Pali: Mā pamādamanuyuñjetha, mā kāmaratisanthavaṁ; Appamatto hi jhāyanto, pappoti vipulaṁ sukhaṁ. [¶14] Dhp 28 > Pali: Dhp 28 · Mahākassapattheravatthu [¶15] When the astute dispel negligence by means of diligence, ascending the palace of wisdom, sorrowless, they behold this generation of sorrow, as an attentive one on a mountain top beholds the fools below. > Pali: Pamādaṁ appamādena, yadā nudati paṇḍito; Paññāpāsādamāruyha, asoko sokiniṁ pajaṁ; Pabbataṭṭhova bhūmaṭṭhe, dhīro bāle avekkhati. [¶16] Dhp 29 > Pali: Dhp 29 · Pamattāpamattadvesahāyakabhikkhuvatthu [¶17] Heedful among the heedless, wide awake while others sleep— a true sage leaves them behind, like a swift horse passing a feeble. > Pali: Appamatto pamattesu, suttesu bahujāgaro; Abalassaṁva sīghasso, hitvā yāti sumedhaso. [¶18] Dhp 30 > Pali: Dhp 30 · Maghavatthu [¶19] Maghavā became chief of the gods by means of diligence. People praise diligence, while negligence is always deplored. > Pali: Appamādena maghavā, devānaṁ seṭṭhataṁ gato; Appamādaṁ pasaṁsanti, pamādo garahito sadā. [¶20] Dhp 31 > Pali: Dhp 31 · Aññatarabhikkhuvatthu [¶21] A mendicant who loves diligence, seeing fear in negligence— advances like fire, burning up fetters big and small. > Pali: Appamādarato bhikkhu, pamāde bhayadassi vā; Saṁyojanaṁ aṇuṁ thūlaṁ, ḍahaṁ aggīva gacchati. [¶22] Dhp 32 > Pali: Dhp 32 · Nigamavāsitissattheravatthu [¶23] A mendicant who loves diligence, seeing fear in negligence— such a one can’t decline, and has drawn near to extinguishment. > Pali: Appamādarato bhikkhu, pamāde bhayadassi vā; Abhabbo parihānāya, nibbānasseva santike. [¶24] > Pali: Appamādavaggo dutiyo. ## 3. The Mind · Dhp 33–43 Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/3/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/3/#p-N [¶0] Dhp 33 > Pali: Dhp 33 · Meghiyattheravatthu [¶1] The mind quivers and quakes, hard to guard, hard to curb. The discerning straighten it out, like a fletcher an arrow. > Pali: Phandanaṁ capalaṁ cittaṁ, dūrakkhaṁ dunnivārayaṁ; Ujuṁ karoti medhāvī, usukārova tejanaṁ. [¶2] Dhp 34 > Pali: Dhp 34 [¶3] Like a fish pulled from the sea and cast upon the shore, this mind flounders about, trying to throw off Māra’s dominion. > Pali: Vārijova thale khitto, okamokataubbhato; Pariphandatidaṁ cittaṁ, māradheyyaṁ pahātave. [¶4] Dhp 35 > Pali: Dhp 35 · Aññatarabhikkhuvatthu [¶5] Hard to hold back, flighty, alighting where it will; it’s good to tame the mind; a tamed mind leads to bliss. > Pali: Dunniggahassa lahuno, yatthakāmanipātino; Cittassa damatho sādhu, cittaṁ dantaṁ sukhāvahaṁ. [¶6] Dhp 36 > Pali: Dhp 36 · Aññataraukkaṇṭhitabhikkhuvatthu [¶7] So hard to see, so subtle, alighting where it will; the discerning protect the mind, a guarded mind leads to bliss. > Pali: Sududdasaṁ sunipuṇaṁ, yatthakāmanipātinaṁ; Cittaṁ rakkhetha medhāvī, cittaṁ guttaṁ sukhāvahaṁ. [¶8] Dhp 37 > Pali: Dhp 37 · Saṅgharakkhitabhāgineyyattheravatthu [¶9] The mind travels far, wandering alone; incorporeal, it lies hidden in the heart. Those who will restrain the mind are freed from Māra’s bonds. > Pali: Dūraṅgamaṁ ekacaraṁ, asarīraṁ guhāsayaṁ; Ye cittaṁ saṁyamissanti, mokkhanti mārabandhanā. [¶10] Dhp 38 > Pali: Dhp 38 · Cittahatthattheravatthu [¶11] Those of unsteady mind, who don’t understand the true teaching, and whose confidence wavers, do not perfect their wisdom. > Pali: Anavaṭṭhitacittassa, saddhammaṁ avijānato; Pariplavapasādassa, paññā na paripūrati. [¶12] Dhp 39 > Pali: Dhp 39 [¶13] One whose mind is not festering, whose heart is undamaged, who’s given up right and wrong, alert, has nothing to fear. > Pali: Anavassutacittassa, ananvāhatacetaso; Puññapāpapahīnassa, natthi jāgarato bhayaṁ. [¶14] Dhp 40 > Pali: Dhp 40 · Pañcasatabhikkhuvatthu [¶15] Knowing this body breaks like a pot, and fortifying the mind like a citadel, attack Māra with the sword of wisdom, guard your conquest, and never settle. > Pali: Kumbhūpamaṁ kāyamimaṁ viditvā, Nagarūpamaṁ cittamidaṁ ṭhapetvā; Yodhetha māraṁ paññāvudhena, Jitañca rakkhe anivesano siyā. [¶16] Dhp 41 > Pali: Dhp 41 · Pūtigattatissattheravatthu [¶17] All too soon this body will lie upon the earth, bereft of consciousness, tossed aside like a worthless log. > Pali: Aciraṁ vatayaṁ kāyo, pathaviṁ adhisessati; Chuddho apetaviññāṇo, niratthaṁva kaliṅgaraṁ. [¶18] Dhp 42 > Pali: Dhp 42 · Nandagopālakavatthu [¶19] A wrongly directed mind would do you more harm than a hater to the hated, or an enemy to their foe. > Pali: Diso disaṁ yaṁ taṁ kayirā, verī vā pana verinaṁ; Micchāpaṇihitaṁ cittaṁ, pāpiyo naṁ tato kare. [¶20] Dhp 43 > Pali: Dhp 43 · Soreyyavatthu [¶21] A rightly directed mind would do you more good than your mother or father or any other relative. > Pali: Na taṁ mātā pitā kayirā, aññe vāpi ca ñātakā; Sammāpaṇihitaṁ cittaṁ, seyyaso naṁ tato kare. [¶22] > Pali: Cittavaggo tatiyo. ## 4. Flowers · Dhp 44–59 Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/4/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/4/#p-N [¶0] Dhp 44 > Pali: Dhp 44 · Pathavikathāpasutapañcasatabhikkhuvatthu [¶1] Who bestirs this earth, and the Yama realm with its gods? Who sets out the well-taught word of truth, as an expert a flower? > Pali: Ko imaṁ pathaviṁ vicessati, Yamalokañca imaṁ sadevakaṁ; Ko dhammapadaṁ sudesitaṁ, Kusalo pupphamiva pacessati. [¶2] Dhp 45 > Pali: Dhp 45 [¶3] A trainee bestirs this earth, and the Yama realm with its gods. A trainee sets out the well-taught word of truth, as an expert a flower. > Pali: Sekho pathaviṁ vicessati, Yamalokañca imaṁ sadevakaṁ; Sekho dhammapadaṁ sudesitaṁ, Kusalo pupphamiva pacessati. [¶4] Dhp 46 > Pali: Dhp 46 · Marīcikammaṭṭhānikabhikkhuvatthu [¶5] Knowing this body’s like foam, realizing it’s all just a mirage, and cutting off Māra’s blossoming, vanish from the King of Death. > Pali: Pheṇūpamaṁ kāyamimaṁ viditvā, Marīcidhammaṁ abhisambudhāno; Chetvāna mārassa papupphakāni, Adassanaṁ maccurājassa gacche. [¶6] Dhp 47 > Pali: Dhp 47 · Viṭaṭūbhavatthu [¶7] As a mighty flood sweeps off a sleeping village, death steals away a man even as he gathers flowers, his mind caught up in them. > Pali: Pupphāni heva pacinantaṁ, byāsattamanasaṁ naraṁ; Suttaṁ gāmaṁ mahoghova, maccu ādāya gacchati. [¶8] Dhp 48 > Pali: Dhp 48 · Patipūjikakumārivatthu [¶9] The terminator gains control of the man who has not had his fill of pleasures, even as he gathers flowers, his mind caught up in them. > Pali: Pupphāni heva pacinantaṁ, byāsattamanasaṁ naraṁ; Atittaññeva kāmesu, antako kurute vasaṁ. [¶10] Dhp 49 > Pali: Dhp 49 · Macchariyakosiyaseṭṭhivatthu [¶11] A bee takes the nectar and moves on, doing no damage to the flower’s beauty and fragrance; and that’s how a sage should walk in the village. > Pali: Yathāpi bhamaro pupphaṁ, vaṇṇagandhamaheṭhayaṁ; Paleti rasamādāya, evaṁ gāme munī care. [¶12] Dhp 50 > Pali: Dhp 50 · Pāveyyaājīvakavatthu [¶13] Don’t find fault with others, with what they’ve done or left undone. You should only watch yourself, what you’ve done or left undone. > Pali: Na paresaṁ vilomāni, na paresaṁ katākataṁ; Attanova avekkheyya, katāni akatāni ca. [¶14] Dhp 51 > Pali: Dhp 51 · Chattapāṇiupāsakavatthu [¶15] Just like a glorious flower that’s colorful but lacks fragrance; eloquent speech is fruitless for one who does not act on it. > Pali: Yathāpi ruciraṁ pupphaṁ, vaṇṇavantaṁ agandhakaṁ; Evaṁ subhāsitā vācā, aphalā hoti akubbato. [¶16] Dhp 52 > Pali: Dhp 52 [¶17] Just like a glorious flower that’s both colorful and fragrant, eloquent speech is fruitful for one who acts on it. > Pali: Yathāpi ruciraṁ pupphaṁ, Vaṇṇavantaṁ sagandhakaṁ; Evaṁ subhāsitā vācā, Saphalā hoti kubbato. [¶18] Dhp 53 > Pali: Dhp 53 · Visākhāvatthu [¶19] Just as one would create many garlands from a heap of flowers, when a person has come to be born, they should do many skillful things. > Pali: Yathāpi puppharāsimhā, kayirā mālāguṇe bahū; Evaṁ jātena maccena, kattabbaṁ kusalaṁ bahuṁ. [¶20] Dhp 54 > Pali: Dhp 54 · Ānandattherapañhavatthu [¶21] The fragrance of flowers doesn’t spread upwind, nor sandalwood, pinwheel, or jasmine; but the fragrance of the good spreads upwind; a true person’s virtue spreads in every direction. > Pali: Na pupphagandho paṭivātameti, Na candanaṁ tagaramallikā vā; Satañca gandho paṭivātameti, Sabbā disā sappuriso pavāyati. [¶22] Dhp 55 > Pali: Dhp 55 [¶23] Among all the fragrances— sandalwood or pinwheel or lotus or jasmine— the fragrance of virtue is supreme. > Pali: Candanaṁ tagaraṁ vāpi, uppalaṁ atha vassikī; Etesaṁ gandhajātānaṁ, sīlagandho anuttaro. [¶24] Dhp 56 > Pali: Dhp 56 · Mahākassapattherapiṇḍapātadinnavatthu [¶25] Faint is the fragrance of sandal or pinwheel; but the fragrance of the virtuous floats to the highest gods. > Pali: Appamatto ayaṁ gandho, yāyaṁ tagaracandanī; Yo ca sīlavataṁ gandho, vāti devesu uttamo. [¶26] Dhp 57 > Pali: Dhp 57 · Godhikattheraparinibbānavatthu [¶27] For those accomplished in ethics, meditating diligently, freed through the highest knowledge, Māra cannot find their path. > Pali: Tesaṁ sampannasīlānaṁ, appamādavihārinaṁ; Sammadaññāvimuttānaṁ, māro maggaṁ na vindati. [¶28] Dhp 58 > Pali: Dhp 58 · Garahadinnavatthu [¶29] From a heap of trash discarded on the highway, a lotus might blossom, fragrant and delightful. > Pali: Yathā saṅkāradhānasmiṁ, ujjhitasmiṁ mahāpathe; Padumaṁ tattha jāyetha, sucigandhaṁ manoramaṁ. [¶30] Dhp 59 > Pali: Dhp 59 [¶31] So too, among those thought of as trash, a disciple of the perfect Buddha outshines with their wisdom the blind ordinary folk. > Pali: Evaṁ saṅkārabhūtesu, andhabhūte puthujjane; Atirocati paññāya, sammāsambuddhasāvako. [¶32] > Pali: Pupphavaggo catuttho. ## 5. The Fool · Dhp 60–75 Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/5/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/5/#p-N [¶0] Dhp 60 > Pali: Dhp 60 · Aññatarapurisavatthu [¶1] Long is the night for the wakeful; long is the league for the weary; long transmigrate the fools who don’t understand the true teaching. > Pali: Dīghā jāgarato ratti, dīghaṁ santassa yojanaṁ; Dīgho bālāna saṁsāro, saddhammaṁ avijānataṁ. [¶2] Dhp 61 > Pali: Dhp 61 · Mahākassapasaddhivihārikavatthu [¶3] If while wandering you find no partner equal or better than yourself, then firmly resolve to wander alone— there’s no fellowship with fools. > Pali: Carañce nādhigaccheyya, Seyyaṁ sadisamattano; Ekacariyaṁ daḷhaṁ kayirā, Natthi bāle sahāyatā. [¶4] Dhp 62 > Pali: Dhp 62 · Ānandaseṭṭhivatthu [¶5] “Sons are mine, wealth is mine”— thus the fool frets. For even your self is not your own, let alone your sons or wealth. > Pali: Puttā matthi dhanaṁ matthi, iti bālo vihaññati; Attā hi attano natthi, kuto puttā kuto dhanaṁ. [¶6] Dhp 63 > Pali: Dhp 63 · Gaṇṭhibhedakacoravatthu [¶7] The fool who thinks they’re a fool is wise at least to that extent. But the true fool is said to be one who imagines that they are wise. > Pali: Yo bālo maññati bālyaṁ, paṇḍito vāpi tena so; Bālo ca paṇḍitamānī, sa ve “bālo”ti vuccati. [¶8] Dhp 64 > Pali: Dhp 64 · Udāyittheravatthu [¶9] Though a fool attends to the wise even for the rest of their life, they still don’t understand the teaching, like a spoon the taste of the soup. > Pali: Yāvajīvampi ce bālo, paṇḍitaṁ payirupāsati; Na so dhammaṁ vijānāti, dabbī sūparasaṁ yathā. [¶10] Dhp 65 > Pali: Dhp 65 · Tiṁsapāveyyakabhikkhuvatthu [¶11] If a clever person attends to the wise even just for an hour or so, they swiftly understand the teaching, like a tongue the taste of the soup. > Pali: Muhuttamapi ce viññū, paṇḍitaṁ payirupāsati; Khippaṁ dhammaṁ vijānāti, jivhā sūparasaṁ yathā. [¶12] Dhp 66 > Pali: Dhp 66 · Suppabuddhakuṭṭhivatthu [¶13] Fools and simpletons behave like their own worst enemies, doing wicked deeds that ripen as bitter fruit. > Pali: Caranti bālā dummedhā, amitteneva attanā; Karontā pāpakaṁ kammaṁ, yaṁ hoti kaṭukapphalaṁ. [¶14] Dhp 67 > Pali: Dhp 67 · Kassakavatthu [¶15] It’s not good to do a deed that plagues you later on, for which you weep and wail, as its effect stays with you. > Pali: Na taṁ kammaṁ kataṁ sādhu, yaṁ katvā anutappati; Yassa assumukho rodaṁ, vipākaṁ paṭisevati. [¶16] Dhp 68 > Pali: Dhp 68 · Sumanamālākāravatthu [¶17] It is good to do a deed that doesn’t plague you later on, that gladdens and cheers, as its effect stays with you. > Pali: Tañca kammaṁ kataṁ sādhu, yaṁ katvā nānutappati; Yassa patīto sumano, vipākaṁ paṭisevati. [¶18] Dhp 69 > Pali: Dhp 69 · Uppalavaṇṇattherīvatthu [¶19] The fool imagines that evil is sweet, so long as it has not yet ripened. But as soon as that evil ripens, they fall into suffering. > Pali: Madhuṁvā maññati bālo, yāva pāpaṁ na paccati; Yadā ca paccati pāpaṁ, atha dukkhaṁ nigacchati. [¶20] Dhp 70 > Pali: Dhp 70 · Jambukattheravatthu [¶21] Month after month a fool may eat food from a grass-blade’s tip; but they’ll never be worth a sixteenth part of one who has appraised the teaching. > Pali: Māse māse kusaggena, bālo bhuñjeyya bhojanaṁ; Na so saṅkhātadhammānaṁ, kalaṁ agghati soḷasiṁ. [¶22] Dhp 71 > Pali: Dhp 71 · Ahipetavatthu [¶23] For a wicked deed that has been done does not curdle quickly like milk. Smoldering, it follows the fool, like a fire smothered over with ash. > Pali: Na hi pāpaṁ kataṁ kammaṁ, Sajjukhīraṁva muccati; Ḍahantaṁ bālamanveti, Bhasmacchannova pāvako. [¶24] Dhp 72 > Pali: Dhp 72 · Saṭṭhikūṭapetavatthu [¶25] Whatever fame a fool may get, it only gives rise to harm. Whatever good features they have it ruins, and blows their head into bits. > Pali: Yāvadeva anatthāya, ñattaṁ bālassa jāyati; Hanti bālassa sukkaṁsaṁ, muddhamassa vipātayaṁ. [¶26] Dhp 73 > Pali: Dhp 73 · Cittagahapativatthu [¶27] They’d seek the esteem that they lack, and status among the mendicants; authority over monasteries, and honor among other families. > Pali: Asantaṁ bhāvanamiccheyya, Purekkhārañca bhikkhusu; Āvāsesu ca issariyaṁ, Pūjaṁ parakulesu ca. [¶28] Dhp 74 > Pali: Dhp 74 [¶29] “Let both layfolk and renunciants think the work was done by me alone. In anything at all that’s to be done, let them fall under my sway alone.” So thinks the fool, their greed and pride only growing. > Pali: Mameva kata maññantu, gihī pabbajitā ubho; Mamevātivasā assu, kiccākiccesu kismici; Iti bālassa saṅkappo, icchā māno ca vaḍḍhati. [¶30] Dhp 75 > Pali: Dhp 75 · Vanavāsitissasāmaṇeravatthu [¶31] For the means to profit and the path to quenching are two quite different things. A mendicant disciple of the Buddha, understanding what this really means, would never delight in honors, but rather would foster seclusion. > Pali: Aññā hi lābhūpanisā, aññā nibbānagāminī; Evametaṁ abhiññāya, bhikkhu buddhassa sāvako; Sakkāraṁ nābhinandeyya, vivekamanubrūhaye. [¶32] > Pali: Bālavaggo pañcamo. ## 6. The Astute · Dhp 76–89 Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/6/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/6/#p-N [¶0] Dhp 76 > Pali: Dhp 76 · Rādhattheravatthu [¶1] Regard one who sees your faults as a guide to a hidden treasure. Stay close to one so intelligent and astute who curbs you when you need it. Sticking close to such an impartial person, things get better, not worse. > Pali: Nidhīnaṁva pavattāraṁ, yaṁ passe vajjadassinaṁ; Niggayhavādiṁ medhāviṁ, tādisaṁ paṇḍitaṁ bhaje; Tādisaṁ bhajamānassa, seyyo hoti na pāpiyo. [¶2] Dhp 77 > Pali: Dhp 77 · Assajipunabbasukavatthu [¶3] Advise and instruct; curb wickedness: for you shall be loved by the good, and disliked by the bad. > Pali: Ovadeyyānusāseyya, asabbhā ca nivāraye; Satañhi so piyo hoti, asataṁ hoti appiyo. [¶4] Dhp 78 > Pali: Dhp 78 · Channattheravatthu [¶5] Don’t mix with bad friends, nor with the worst of men. Mix with spiritual friends, and with the best of men. > Pali: Na bhaje pāpake mitte, na bhaje purisādhame; Bhajetha mitte kalyāṇe, bhajetha purisuttame. [¶6] Dhp 79 > Pali: Dhp 79 · Mahākappinattheravatthu [¶7] Through joy in the teaching you sleep at ease, with clear and confident heart. An astute person always delights in the teaching proclaimed by the Noble One. > Pali: Dhammapīti sukhaṁ seti, vippasannena cetasā; Ariyappavedite dhamme, sadā ramati paṇḍito. [¶8] Dhp 80 > Pali: Dhp 80 · Paṇḍitasāmaṇeravatthu [¶9] While irrigators guide water, fletchers bend arrows straight, and carpenters bend timber straight, the astute tame themselves. > Pali: Udakañhi nayanti nettikā, Usukārā namayanti tejanaṁ; Dāruṁ namayanti tacchakā, Attānaṁ damayanti paṇḍitā. [¶10] Dhp 81 > Pali: Dhp 81 · Lakuṇḍakabhaddiyattheravatthu [¶11] As the wind cannot stir a solid mass of rock, so too blame and praise do not affect the wise. > Pali: Selo yathā ekaghano, vātena na samīrati; Evaṁ nindāpasaṁsāsu, na samiñjanti paṇḍitā. [¶12] Dhp 82 > Pali: Dhp 82 · Kāṇamātāvatthu [¶13] Like a deep lake, clear and unclouded, so clear are the astute when they hear the teachings. > Pali: Yathāpi rahado gambhīro, vippasanno anāvilo; Evaṁ dhammāni sutvāna, vippasīdanti paṇḍitā. [¶14] Dhp 83 > Pali: Dhp 83 · Pañcasatabhikkhuvatthu [¶15] True persons give up everything, they don’t cajole for the things they desire. Though touched by sadness or happiness, the astute appear neither depressed nor elated. > Pali: Sabbattha ve sappurisā cajanti, Na kāmakāmā lapayanti santo; Sukhena phuṭṭhā atha vā dukhena, Na uccāvacaṁ paṇḍitā dassayanti. [¶16] Dhp 84 > Pali: Dhp 84 · Dhammikattheravatthu [¶17] Never wish for success by unjust means, for your own sake or that of another, desiring children, wealth, or nation; rather, be virtuous, wise, and just. > Pali: Na attahetu na parassa hetu, Na puttamicche na dhanaṁ na raṭṭhaṁ; Na iccheyya adhammena samiddhimattano, Sa sīlavā paññavā dhammiko siyā. [¶18] Dhp 85 > Pali: Dhp 85 · Dhammassavanattheravatthu [¶19] Few are those among humans who cross to the far shore. The rest just run around on the near shore. > Pali: Appakā te manussesu, ye janā pāragāmino; Athāyaṁ itarā pajā, tīramevānudhāvati. [¶20] Dhp 86 > Pali: Dhp 86 [¶21] When the teaching is well explained, the people who practice accordingly will cross over Death’s dominion so hard to pass. > Pali: Ye ca kho sammadakkhāte, dhamme dhammānuvattino; Te janā pāramessanti, maccudheyyaṁ suduttaraṁ. [¶22] Dhp 87 > Pali: Dhp 87 · Pañcasataāgantukabhikkhuvatthu [¶23] Rid of dark qualities, an astute person would develop the bright. Having left home for homelessness in seclusion, where joy is hard, > Pali: Kaṇhaṁ dhammaṁ vippahāya, Sukkaṁ bhāvetha paṇḍito; Okā anokamāgamma, Viveke yattha dūramaṁ. [¶24] Dhp 88 > Pali: Dhp 88 [¶25] they’d long for satisfaction there. Forsaking sensual pleasures, owning nothing, an astute person would cleanse themselves of mental corruptions. > Pali: Tatrābhiratimiccheyya, hitvā kāme akiñcano; Pariyodapeyya attānaṁ, cittaklesehi paṇḍito. [¶26] Dhp 89 > Pali: Dhp 89 [¶27] And those whose minds are rightly developed in the awakening factors; who, letting go of attachments, delight in not grasping: with defilements ended, brilliant, they are quenched in this world. > Pali: Yesaṁ sambodhiyaṅgesu, sammā cittaṁ subhāvitaṁ; Ādānapaṭinissagge, anupādāya ye ratā; Khīṇāsavā jutimanto, te loke parinibbutā. [¶28] > Pali: Paṇḍitavaggo chaṭṭho. ## 7. The Perfected Ones · Dhp 90–99 Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/7/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/7/#p-N [¶0] Dhp 90 > Pali: Dhp 90 · Jīvakapañhavatthu [¶1] At journey’s end, rid of sorrow; everywhere free, all ties given up, no fever is found in them. > Pali: Gataddhino visokassa, vippamuttassa sabbadhi; Sabbaganthappahīnassa, pariḷāho na vijjati. [¶2] Dhp 91 > Pali: Dhp 91 · Mahākassapattheravatthu [¶3] The mindful apply themselves; they delight in no abode. Like a swan gone from the marsh, they leave home after home behind. > Pali: Uyyuñjanti satīmanto, na nikete ramanti te; Haṁsāva pallalaṁ hitvā, okamokaṁ jahanti te. [¶4] Dhp 92 > Pali: Dhp 92 · Belaṭṭhasīsattheravatthu [¶5] Those with nothing stored up, who have understood their food, whose domain is the liberation of the signless and the empty: their path is hard to trace, like birds in the sky. > Pali: Yesaṁ sannicayo natthi, ye pariññātabhojanā; Suññato animitto ca, vimokkho yesaṁ gocaro; Ākāseva sakuntānaṁ, gati tesaṁ durannayā. [¶6] Dhp 93 > Pali: Dhp 93 · Anuruddhattheravatthu [¶7] One whose defilements have ended; who’s not attached to food; whose domain is the liberation of the signless and the empty: their track is hard to trace, like birds in the sky. > Pali: Yassāsavā parikkhīṇā, āhāre ca anissito; Suññato animitto ca, vimokkho yassa gocaro; Ākāseva sakuntānaṁ, padaṁ tassa durannayaṁ. [¶8] Dhp 94 > Pali: Dhp 94 · Mahākaccāyanattheravatthu [¶9] Whose faculties have become serene, like horses tamed by a charioteer, who has abandoned conceit and defilements; the unaffected one is envied by even the gods. > Pali: Yassindriyāni samathaṅgatāni, Assā yathā sārathinā sudantā; Pahīnamānassa anāsavassa, Devāpi tassa pihayanti tādino. [¶10] Dhp 95 > Pali: Dhp 95 · Sāriputtattheravatthu [¶11] Undisturbed like the earth, true to their vows, steady as Indra’s pillar, like a lake clear of mud; such a one does not transmigrate. > Pali: Pathavisamo no virujjhati, Indakhilupamo tādi subbato; Rahadova apetakaddamo, Saṁsārā na bhavanti tādino. [¶12] Dhp 96 > Pali: Dhp 96 · Kosambivāsitissattherasāmaṇeravatthu [¶13] Their mind is peaceful, peaceful are their speech and deeds. Such a one is at peace, rightly freed through enlightenment. > Pali: Santaṁ tassa manaṁ hoti, santā vācā ca kamma ca; Sammadaññāvimuttassa, upasantassa tādino. [¶14] Dhp 97 > Pali: Dhp 97 · Sāriputtattheravatthu [¶15] Lacking faith, a house-breaker, one who acknowledges nothing, purged of hope, they’ve wasted their chance: that is indeed the supreme person! > Pali: Assaddho akataññū ca, sandhicchedo ca yo naro; Hatāvakāso vantāso, sa ve uttamaporiso. [¶16] Dhp 98 > Pali: Dhp 98 · Khadiravaniyarevatattheravatthu [¶17] Whether in village or wilderness, in a valley or the uplands, wherever the perfected ones live is a delightful place. > Pali: Gāme vā yadi vāraññe, Ninne vā yadi vā thale; Yattha arahanto viharanti, Taṁ bhūmirāmaṇeyyakaṁ. [¶18] Dhp 99 > Pali: Dhp 99 · Aññataraitthivatthu [¶19] Delightful are the wildernesses where no people delight. Those free of greed will delight there, not those who seek sensual pleasures. > Pali: Ramaṇīyāni araññāni, yattha na ramatī jano; Vītarāgā ramissanti, na te kāmagavesino. [¶20] > Pali: Arahantavaggo sattamo. ## 8. The Thousands · Dhp 100–115 Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/8/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/8/#p-N [¶0] Dhp 100 > Pali: Dhp 100 · Tambadāṭhikacoraghātakavatthu [¶1] Better than a thousand meaningless sayings is a single meaningful saying, hearing which brings you peace. > Pali: Sahassamapi ce vācā, anatthapadasaṁhitā; Ekaṁ atthapadaṁ seyyo, yaṁ sutvā upasammati. [¶2] Dhp 101 > Pali: Dhp 101 · Bāhiyadārucīriyattheravatthu [¶3] Better than a thousand meaningless verses is a single meaningful verse, hearing which brings you peace. > Pali: Sahassamapi ce gāthā, anatthapadasaṁhitā; Ekaṁ gāthāpadaṁ seyyo, yaṁ sutvā upasammati. [¶4] Dhp 102 > Pali: Dhp 102 · Kuṇḍalakesitherīvatthu [¶5] Better than reciting a hundred meaningless verses is a single saying of Dhamma, hearing which brings you peace. > Pali: Yo ca gāthā sataṁ bhāse, anatthapadasaṁhitā; Ekaṁ dhammapadaṁ seyyo, yaṁ sutvā upasammati. [¶6] Dhp 103 > Pali: Dhp 103 [¶7] The supreme conqueror is not he who conquers a million men in battle, but he who conquers a single man: himself. > Pali: Yo sahassaṁ sahassena, saṅgāme mānuse jine; Ekañca jeyyamattānaṁ, sa ve saṅgāmajuttamo. [¶8] Dhp 104 > Pali: Dhp 104 · Anatthapucchakabrāhmaṇavatthu [¶9] It is surely better to conquer oneself than all those other folk. When a person has tamed themselves, always living restrained, > Pali: Attā have jitaṁ seyyo, yā cāyaṁ itarā pajā; Attadantassa posassa, niccaṁ saññatacārino. [¶10] Dhp 105 > Pali: Dhp 105 [¶11] no god nor centaur, nor Māra nor divinity, can undo the victory of such a personage. > Pali: Neva devo na gandhabbo, na māro saha brahmunā; Jitaṁ apajitaṁ kayirā, tathārūpassa jantuno. [¶12] Dhp 106 > Pali: Dhp 106 · Sāriputtattherassa mātulabrāhmaṇavatthu [¶13] Rather than a thousandfold sacrifice, every month for a full century, it’s better to honor for a single hour one who has developed themselves. That offering is better than the hundred year sacrifice. > Pali: Māse māse sahassena, yo yajetha sataṁ samaṁ; Ekañca bhāvitattānaṁ, muhuttamapi pūjaye; Sāyeva pūjanā seyyo, yañce vassasataṁ hutaṁ. [¶14] Dhp 107 > Pali: Dhp 107 · Sāriputtattherassa bhāgineyyavatthu [¶15] Rather than serve the sacred flame in the forest for a hundred years, it’s better to honor for a single hour a personage who has developed themselves. That offering is better than the hundred year sacrifice. > Pali: Yo ca vassasataṁ jantu, aggiṁ paricare vane; Ekañca bhāvitattānaṁ, muhuttamapi pūjaye; Sāyeva pūjanā seyyo, yañce vassasataṁ hutaṁ. [¶16] Dhp 108 > Pali: Dhp 108 · Sāriputtatherassa sahāyakabrāhmaṇavatthu [¶17] Whatever sacrifice or offering in the world a seeker of merit may make for a year, none of it is worth a quarter of bowing to the sincere. > Pali: Yaṁ kiñci yiṭṭhaṁ va hutaṁ va loke, Saṁvaccharaṁ yajetha puññapekkho; Sabbampi taṁ na catubhāgameti, Abhivādanā ujjugatesu seyyo. [¶18] Dhp 109 > Pali: Dhp 109 · Āyuvaḍḍhanakumāravatthu [¶19] For one in the habit of bowing, always honoring the elders, four blessings grow: lifespan, beauty, happiness, and strength. > Pali: Abhivādanasīlissa, niccaṁ vuḍḍhāpacāyino; Cattāro dhammā vaḍḍhanti, āyu vaṇṇo sukhaṁ balaṁ. [¶20] Dhp 110 > Pali: Dhp 110 · Saṅkiccasāmaṇeravatthu [¶21] Better to live a single day ethical and absorbed in meditation than to live a hundred years unethical and lacking immersion. > Pali: Yo ca vassasataṁ jīve, dussīlo asamāhito; Ekāhaṁ jīvitaṁ seyyo, sīlavantassa jhāyino. [¶22] Dhp 111 > Pali: Dhp 111 · Khāṇukoṇḍaññattheravatthu [¶23] Better to live a single day wise and absorbed in meditation than to live a hundred years witless and lacking immersion. > Pali: Yo ca vassasataṁ jīve, duppañño asamāhito; Ekāhaṁ jīvitaṁ seyyo, paññavantassa jhāyino. [¶24] Dhp 112 > Pali: Dhp 112 · Sabbadāsattheravatthu [¶25] Better to live a single day energetic and strong, than to live a hundred years lazy and lacking energy. > Pali: Yo ca vassasataṁ jīve, kusīto hīnavīriyo; Ekāhaṁ jīvitaṁ seyyo, vīriyamārabhato daḷhaṁ. [¶26] Dhp 113 > Pali: Dhp 113 · Paṭācārātherīvatthu [¶27] Better to live a single day seeing rise and fall than to live a hundred years blind to rise and fall. > Pali: Yo ca vassasataṁ jīve, apassaṁ udayabbayaṁ; Ekāhaṁ jīvitaṁ seyyo, passato udayabbayaṁ. [¶28] Dhp 114 > Pali: Dhp 114 · Kisāgotamīvatthu [¶29] Better to live a single day seeing the state free of death than to live a hundred years blind to the state free of death. > Pali: Yo ca vassasataṁ jīve, apassaṁ amataṁ padaṁ; Ekāhaṁ jīvitaṁ seyyo, passato amataṁ padaṁ. [¶30] Dhp 115 > Pali: Dhp 115 · Bahuputtikattherīvatthu [¶31] Better to live a single day seeing the supreme teaching than to live a hundred years blind to the supreme teaching. > Pali: Yo ca vassasataṁ jīve, apassaṁ dhammamuttamaṁ; Ekāhaṁ jīvitaṁ seyyo, passato dhammamuttamaṁ. [¶32] > Pali: Sahassavaggo aṭṭhamo. ## 9. Wickedness · Dhp 116–128 Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/9/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/9/#p-N [¶0] Dhp 116 > Pali: Dhp 116 · Cūḷekasāṭakabrāhmaṇavatthu [¶1] Rush to do good, shield your mind from evil; for when you’re slow to do good, your thoughts delight in wickedness. > Pali: Abhittharetha kalyāṇe, pāpā cittaṁ nivāraye; Dandhañhi karoto puññaṁ, pāpasmiṁ ramatī mano. [¶2] Dhp 117 > Pali: Dhp 117 · Seyyasakattheravatthu [¶3] If you do something bad, don’t do it again and again, don’t set your heart on it, for piling up evil is suffering. > Pali: Pāpañce puriso kayirā, Na naṁ kayirā punappunaṁ; Na tamhi chandaṁ kayirātha, Dukkho pāpassa uccayo. [¶4] Dhp 118 > Pali: Dhp 118 · Lājadevadhītāvatthu [¶5] If you do something good, do it again and again, set your heart on it, for piling up goodness is joyful. > Pali: Puññañce puriso kayirā, kayirā naṁ punappunaṁ; Tamhi chandaṁ kayirātha, sukho puññassa uccayo. [¶6] Dhp 119 > Pali: Dhp 119 · Anāthapiṇḍikaseṭṭhivatthu [¶7] Even the wicked see good things, so long as their wickedness has not ripened. But as soon as that wickedness ripens, then the wicked see wicked things. > Pali: Pāpopi passati bhadraṁ, Yāva pāpaṁ na paccati; Yadā ca paccati pāpaṁ, Atha pāpo pāpāni passati. [¶8] Dhp 120 > Pali: Dhp 120 [¶9] Even the good see wicked things, so long as their goodness has not ripened. But as soon as that goodness ripens, then the good see good things. > Pali: Bhadropi passati pāpaṁ, Yāva bhadraṁ na paccati; Yadā ca paccati bhadraṁ, Atha bhadro bhadrāni passati. [¶10] Dhp 121 > Pali: Dhp 121 · Asaññataparikkhāravatthu [¶11] Think not lightly of evil, that it won’t come back to you. The pot is filled with water falling drop by drop; the fool is filled with wickedness piled up bit by bit. > Pali: Māvamaññetha pāpassa, na mantaṁ āgamissati; Udabindunipātena, udakumbhopi pūrati; Bālo pūrati pāpassa, thokaṁ thokampi ācinaṁ. [¶12] Dhp 122 > Pali: Dhp 122 · Biḷālapādakaseṭṭhivatthu [¶13] Think not lightly of goodness, that it won’t come back to you. The pot is filled with water falling drop by drop; the attentive one is filled with goodness piled up bit by bit. > Pali: Māvamaññetha puññassa, na mandaṁ āgamissati; Udabindunipātena, udakumbhopi pūrati; Dhīro pūrati puññassa, thokaṁ thokampi ācinaṁ. [¶14] Dhp 123 > Pali: Dhp 123 · Mahādhanavāṇijavatthu [¶15] Avoid wickedness, as a merchant with rich cargo and small escort would avoid a dangerous road, or one who loves life would avoid drinking poison. > Pali: Vāṇijova bhayaṁ maggaṁ, appasattho mahaddhano; Visaṁ jīvitukāmova, pāpāni parivajjaye. [¶16] Dhp 124 > Pali: Dhp 124 · Kukkuṭamittanesādavatthu [¶17] You can carry poison in your hand if it has no wound, for poison does not infect without a wound; nothing bad happens unless you do bad. > Pali: Pāṇimhi ce vaṇo nāssa, hareyya pāṇinā visaṁ; Nābbaṇaṁ visamanveti, natthi pāpaṁ akubbato. [¶18] Dhp 125 > Pali: Dhp 125 · Kokasunakhaluddakavatthu [¶19] Whoever wrongs a man who has done no wrong, a pure man who has not a blemish, the evil backfires on the fool, like fine dust thrown upwind. > Pali: Yo appaduṭṭhassa narassa dussati, Suddhassa posassa anaṅgaṇassa; Tameva bālaṁ pacceti pāpaṁ, Sukhumo rajo paṭivātaṁva khitto. [¶20] Dhp 126 > Pali: Dhp 126 · Maṇikārakulūpakatissattheravatthu [¶21] Some are born in a womb; evildoers go to hell; the virtuous go to heaven; the undefiled are fully extinguished. > Pali: Gabbhameke uppajjanti, nirayaṁ pāpakammino; Saggaṁ sugatino yanti, parinibbanti anāsavā. [¶22] Dhp 127 > Pali: Dhp 127 · Tayojanavatthu [¶23] Not in midair, nor mid-ocean, nor hiding in a mountain cleft; you’ll find no place on the planet to escape your wicked deeds. > Pali: Na antalikkhe na samuddamajjhe, Na pabbatānaṁ vivaraṁ pavissa; Na vijjatī so jagatippadeso, Yatthaṭṭhito mucceyya pāpakammā. [¶24] Dhp 128 > Pali: Dhp 128 · Suppabuddhasakyavatthu [¶25] Not in midair, nor mid-ocean, nor hiding in a mountain cleft; you’ll find no place on the planet where you won’t be vanquished by death. > Pali: Na antalikkhe na samuddamajjhe, Na pabbatānaṁ vivaraṁ pavissa; Na vijjatī so jagatippadeso, Yatthaṭṭhitaṁ nappasaheyya maccu. [¶26] > Pali: Pāpavaggo navamo. ## 10. The Rod · Dhp 129–145 Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/10/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/10/#p-N [¶0] Dhp 129 > Pali: Dhp 129 · Chabbaggiyabhikkhuvatthu [¶1] All tremble at the rod, all fear death. Treating others like oneself, neither kill nor incite to kill. > Pali: Sabbe tasanti daṇḍassa, sabbe bhāyanti maccuno; Attānaṁ upamaṁ katvā, na haneyya na ghātaye. [¶2] Dhp 130 > Pali: Dhp 130 · Chabbaggiyavatthu [¶3] All tremble at the rod, all love life. Treating others like oneself, neither kill nor incite to kill. > Pali: Sabbe tasanti daṇḍassa, sabbesaṁ jīvitaṁ piyaṁ; Attānaṁ upamaṁ katvā, na haneyya na ghātaye. [¶4] Dhp 131 > Pali: Dhp 131 · Sambahulakumārakavatthu [¶5] Creatures love happiness, so if you harm them with a stick in search of your own happiness, after death you won’t find happiness. > Pali: Sukhakāmāni bhūtāni, yo daṇḍena vihiṁsati; Attano sukhamesāno, pecca so na labhate sukhaṁ. [¶6] Dhp 132 > Pali: Dhp 132 [¶7] Creatures love happiness, so if you don’t harm them with a stick in search of your own happiness, after death you will find happiness. > Pali: Sukhakāmāni bhūtāni, yo daṇḍena na hiṁsati; Attano sukhamesāno, pecca so labhate sukhaṁ. [¶8] Dhp 133 > Pali: Dhp 133 · Koṇḍadhānattheravatthu [¶9] Don’t speak harshly, they may speak harshly back. For aggressive speech is painful, and the rod may spring back on you. > Pali: Māvoca pharusaṁ kañci, vuttā paṭivadeyyu taṁ; Dukkhā hi sārambhakathā, paṭidaṇḍā phuseyyu taṁ. [¶10] Dhp 134 > Pali: Dhp 134 [¶11] If you still yourself like a broken gong, you reach extinguishment and know no conflict. > Pali: Sace neresi attānaṁ, kaṁso upahato yathā; Esa pattosi nibbānaṁ, sārambho te na vijjati. [¶12] Dhp 135 > Pali: Dhp 135 · Uposathikaitthīnaṁvatthu [¶13] As a cowherd drives the cows to pasture with the rod, so too old age and death drive life from living beings. > Pali: Yathā daṇḍena gopālo, gāvo pājeti gocaraṁ; Evaṁ jarā ca maccu ca, āyuṁ pājenti pāṇinaṁ. [¶14] Dhp 136 > Pali: Dhp 136 · Ajagarapetavatthu [¶15] The fool does not understand the evil that they do. But because of those deeds, that simpleton is tormented as if burnt by fire. > Pali: Atha pāpāni kammāni, karaṁ bālo na bujjhati; Sehi kammehi dummedho, aggidaḍḍhova tappati. [¶16] Dhp 137 > Pali: Dhp 137 · Mahāmoggallānattheravatthu [¶17] One who violently attacks the peaceful and the innocent swiftly falls to one of ten bad states: > Pali: Yo daṇḍena adaṇḍesu, appaduṭṭhesu dussati; Dasannamaññataraṁ ṭhānaṁ, khippameva nigacchati. [¶18] Dhp 138 > Pali: Dhp 138 [¶19] harsh pain; loss; the breakup of the body; serious illness; mental distress; > Pali: Vedanaṁ pharusaṁ jāniṁ, sarīrassa va bhedanaṁ; Garukaṁ vāpi ābādhaṁ, cittakkhepaṁ va pāpuṇe. [¶20] Dhp 139 > Pali: Dhp 139 [¶21] hazards from rulers; vicious slander; loss of kin; destruction of wealth; > Pali: Rājato vā upasaggaṁ, Abbhakkhānaṁ va dāruṇaṁ; Parikkhayaṁ va ñātīnaṁ, Bhogānaṁ va pabhaṅguraṁ. [¶22] Dhp 140 > Pali: Dhp 140 [¶23] or else their home is consumed by fire. When their body breaks up, that witless person is reborn in hell. > Pali: Atha vāssa agārāni, aggi ḍahati pāvako; Kāyassa bhedā duppañño, nirayaṁ sopapajjati. [¶24] Dhp 141 > Pali: Dhp 141 · Bahubhaṇḍikabhikkhuvatthu [¶25] Not nudity, nor matted hair, nor mud, nor fasting, nor lying on bare ground, nor wearing dust and dirt, or squatting on the heels, will cleanse a mortal not free of doubt. > Pali: Na naggacariyā na jaṭā na paṅkā, Nānāsakā thaṇḍilasāyikā vā; Rajojallaṁ ukkuṭikappadhānaṁ, Sodhenti maccaṁ avitiṇṇakaṅkhaṁ. [¶26] Dhp 142 > Pali: Dhp 142 · Santatimahāmattavatthu [¶27] Dressed up they may be, but if they live well— peaceful, tamed, committed to the spiritual path, having laid aside violence toward all creatures— they are a brahmin, an ascetic, a mendicant. > Pali: Alaṅkato cepi samaṁ careyya, Santo danto niyato brahmacārī; Sabbesu bhūtesu nidhāya daṇḍaṁ, So brāhmaṇo so samaṇo sa bhikkhu. [¶28] Dhp 143 > Pali: Dhp 143 · Pilotikatissattheravatthu [¶29] Can a person constrained by conscience be found in the world? Who shies away from blame, like a fine horse from the whip? > Pali: Hirīnisedho puriso, koci lokasmi vijjati; Yo niddaṁ apabodheti, asso bhadro kasāmiva. [¶30] Dhp 144 > Pali: Dhp 144 [¶31] Like a fine horse under the whip, be keen and full of urgency. With faith, ethics, and energy, immersion, and investigation of principles, accomplished in knowledge and conduct, mindful, give up this vast suffering. > Pali: Asso yathā bhadro kasāniviṭṭho, Ātāpino saṁvegino bhavātha; Saddhāya sīlena ca vīriyena ca, Samādhinā dhammavinicchayena ca; Sampannavijjācaraṇā patissatā, Jahissatha dukkhamidaṁ anappakaṁ. [¶32] Dhp 145 > Pali: Dhp 145 · Sukhasāmaṇeravatthu [¶33] While irrigators guide water, fletchers bend arrows straight, and carpenters bend timber straight, those true to their vows tame themselves. > Pali: Udakañhi nayanti nettikā, Usukārā namayanti tejanaṁ; Dāruṁ namayanti tacchakā, Attānaṁ damayanti subbatā. [¶34] > Pali: Daṇḍavaggo dasamo. ## 11. Old Age · Dhp 146–156 Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/11/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/11/#p-N [¶0] Dhp 146 > Pali: Dhp 146 · Visākhāyasahāyikānaṁvatthu [¶1] What is joy, what is laughter, when the flames are ever burning? Swathed in darkness, would you not seek a light? > Pali: Ko nu hāso kimānando, niccaṁ pajjalite sati; Andhakārena onaddhā, padīpaṁ na gavesatha. [¶2] Dhp 147 > Pali: Dhp 147 · Sirimāvatthu [¶3] See this fancy puppet, a body built of sores, diseased, obsessed over, in which nothing lasts at all. > Pali: Passa cittakataṁ bimbaṁ, arukāyaṁ samussitaṁ; Āturaṁ bahusaṅkappaṁ, yassa natthi dhuvaṁ ṭhiti. [¶4] Dhp 148 > Pali: Dhp 148 · Uttarātherīvatthu [¶5] This body is decrepit and frail, a nest of disease. This foul carcass falls apart, for life ends in death. > Pali: Parijiṇṇamidaṁ rūpaṁ, roganīḷaṁ pabhaṅguraṁ; Bhijjati pūtisandeho, maraṇantañhi jīvitaṁ. [¶6] Dhp 149 > Pali: Dhp 149 · Sambahulaadhimānikabhikkhuvatthu [¶7] These dove-grey bones are tossed away like dried gourds in the autumn— what joy is there in such a sight? > Pali: Yānimāni apatthāni, alābūneva sārade; Kāpotakāni aṭṭhīni, tāni disvāna kā rati. [¶8] Dhp 150 > Pali: Dhp 150 · Janapadakalyāṇīrūpanandātherīvatthu [¶9] In this city built of bones, plastered with flesh and blood, old age and death are stashed away, along with conceit and contempt. > Pali: Aṭṭhīnaṁ nagaraṁ kataṁ, maṁsalohitalepanaṁ; Yattha jarā ca maccu ca, māno makkho ca ohito. [¶10] Dhp 151 > Pali: Dhp 151 · Mallikādevīvatthu [¶11] Fancy chariots of kings wear out, and even this body gets old. But the truth of the good never gets old— so the good proclaim to the good. > Pali: Jīranti ve rājarathā sucittā, Atho sarīrampi jaraṁ upeti; Satañca dhammo na jaraṁ upeti, Santo have sabbhi pavedayanti. [¶12] Dhp 152 > Pali: Dhp 152 · Lāḷudāyītheravatthu [¶13] A person of little learning ages like an ox— their flesh grows, but not their wisdom. > Pali: Appassutāyaṁ puriso, balībaddhova jīrati; Maṁsāni tassa vaḍḍhanti, paññā tassa na vaḍḍhati. [¶14] Dhp 153 > Pali: Dhp 153 · Udānavatthu [¶15] Transmigrating through countless rebirths, I’ve journeyed without reward, searching for the house-builder; painful is birth again and again. > Pali: Anekajātisaṁsāraṁ, sandhāvissaṁ anibbisaṁ; Gahakāraṁ gavesanto, dukkhā jāti punappunaṁ. [¶16] Dhp 154 > Pali: Dhp 154 [¶17] I’ve seen you, house-builder! You won’t build a house again! Your rafters are all broken, your roof-peak demolished. The mind, set on demolition, has reached the end of cravings. > Pali: Gahakāraka diṭṭhosi, puna gehaṁ na kāhasi; Sabbā te phāsukā bhaggā, gahakūṭaṁ visaṅkhataṁ; Visaṅkhāragataṁ cittaṁ, taṇhānaṁ khayamajjhagā. [¶18] Dhp 155 > Pali: Dhp 155 · Mahādhanaseṭṭhiputtavatthu [¶19] When young they spurned the spiritual path and failed to earn any wealth. Now they brood like old cranes in a pond bereft of fish. > Pali: Acaritvā brahmacariyaṁ, aladdhā yobbane dhanaṁ; Jiṇṇakoñcāva jhāyanti, khīṇamaccheva pallale. [¶20] Dhp 156 > Pali: Dhp 156 [¶21] When young they spurned the spiritual path and failed to earn any wealth. Now they lie like spent arrows, bemoaning over things past. > Pali: Acaritvā brahmacariyaṁ, aladdhā yobbane dhanaṁ; Senti cāpātikhīṇāva, purāṇāni anutthunaṁ. [¶22] > Pali: Jarāvaggo ekādasamo. ## 12. The Self · Dhp 157–166 Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/12/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/12/#p-N [¶0] Dhp 157 > Pali: Dhp 157 · Bodhirājakumāravatthu [¶1] If you knew your self as beloved, you’d look after it so well. In one of the night’s three watches, an astute person would remain alert. > Pali: Attānañce piyaṁ jaññā, rakkheyya naṁ surakkhitaṁ; Tiṇṇaṁ aññataraṁ yāmaṁ, paṭijaggeyya paṇḍito. [¶2] Dhp 158 > Pali: Dhp 158 · Upanandasakyaputtattheravatthu [¶3] The astute would avoid being corrupted by first grounding themselves in what is suitable, and then instructing others. > Pali: Attānameva paṭhamaṁ, patirūpe nivesaye; Athaññamanusāseyya, na kilisseyya paṇḍito. [¶4] Dhp 159 > Pali: Dhp 159 · Padhānikatissattheravatthu [¶5] If one were to treat oneself as one instructs another, the well-tamed indeed would tame: for the self, it seems, is hard to tame. > Pali: Attānañce tathā kayirā, yathāññamanusāsati; Sudanto vata dametha, attā hi kira duddamo. [¶6] Dhp 160 > Pali: Dhp 160 · Kumārakassapamātuttherivatthu [¶7] One is indeed the lord of oneself, for who else would be one’s lord? By means of a well-tamed self, one gains a lord that’s rare indeed. > Pali: Attā hi attano nātho, ko hi nātho paro siyā; Attanā hi sudantena, nāthaṁ labhati dullabhaṁ. [¶8] Dhp 161 > Pali: Dhp 161 · Mahākālaupāsakavatthu [¶9] For the evil that is done by oneself, born and produced in oneself, grinds down a simpleton, as diamond grinds a lesser gem. > Pali: Attanā hi kataṁ pāpaṁ, Attajaṁ attasambhavaṁ; Abhimatthati dummedhaṁ, Vajiraṁvasmamayaṁ maṇiṁ. [¶10] Dhp 162 > Pali: Dhp 162 · Devadattavatthu [¶11] One choked by immorality, as a sal tree by a creeper, does to themselves what a foe only wishes. > Pali: Yassa accantadussilyaṁ, māluvā sālamivotthataṁ; Karoti so tathattānaṁ, yathā naṁ icchatī diso. [¶12] Dhp 163 > Pali: Dhp 163 · Saṅghabhedaparisakkanavatthu [¶13] It’s easy to do bad things harmful to oneself, but good things that are helpful are the hardest things to do. > Pali: Sukarāni asādhūni, attano ahitāni ca; Yaṁ ve hitañca sādhuñca, taṁ ve paramadukkaraṁ. [¶14] Dhp 164 > Pali: Dhp 164 · Kālattheravatthu [¶15] On account of wicked views— scorning the guidance of the perfected ones, the noble ones living righteously— the idiot begets their own self’s demise, like the bamboo bearing fruit. > Pali: Yo sāsanaṁ arahataṁ, ariyānaṁ dhammajīvinaṁ; Paṭikkosati dummedho, diṭṭhiṁ nissāya pāpikaṁ; Phalāni kaṭṭhakasseva, attaghātāya phallati. [¶16] Dhp 165 > Pali: Dhp 165 · Cūḷakālaupāsakavatthu [¶17] For it is by oneself that evil’s done, one is corrupted by oneself. It’s by oneself that evil’s not done, one is purified by oneself. Purity and impurity are personal matters, no one can purify another. > Pali: Attanā hi kataṁ pāpaṁ, attanā saṅkilissati; Attanā akataṁ pāpaṁ, attanāva visujjhati; Suddhī asuddhi paccattaṁ, nāñño aññaṁ visodhaye. [¶18] Dhp 166 > Pali: Dhp 166 · Attadatthattheravatthu [¶19] Never neglect what is good for yourself for the sake of another, however great. Knowing well what is good for yourself, be intent upon your heart’s goal. > Pali: Attadatthaṁ paratthena, bahunāpi na hāpaye; Attadatthamabhiññāya, sadatthapasuto siyā. [¶20] > Pali: Attavaggo dvādasamo. ## 13. The World · Dhp 167–178 Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/13/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/13/#p-N [¶0] Dhp 167 > Pali: Dhp 167 · Daharabhikkhuvatthu [¶1] Don’t resort to lowly things, don’t abide in negligence, don’t resort to wrong views, don’t perpetuate the world. > Pali: Hīnaṁ dhammaṁ na seveyya, pamādena na saṁvase; Micchādiṭṭhiṁ na seveyya, na siyā lokavaḍḍhano. [¶2] Dhp 168 > Pali: Dhp 168 · Suddhodanavatthu [¶3] Get up, don’t be heedless, live by principle, with good conduct. For one of good conduct sleeps at ease, in this world and the next. > Pali: Uttiṭṭhe nappamajjeyya, dhammaṁ sucaritaṁ care; Dhammacārī sukhaṁ seti, asmiṁ loke paramhi ca. [¶4] Dhp 169 > Pali: Dhp 169 [¶5] Live by principle, with good conduct, don’t conduct yourself badly. For one of good conduct sleeps at ease, in this world and the next. > Pali: Dhammaṁ care sucaritaṁ, na naṁ duccaritaṁ care; Dhammacārī sukhaṁ seti, asmiṁ loke paramhi ca. [¶6] Dhp 170 > Pali: Dhp 170 · Pañcasatavipassakabhikkhuvatthu [¶7] Look upon the world as a bubble or a mirage, then the King of Death won’t see you. > Pali: Yathā pubbuḷakaṁ passe, yathā passe marīcikaṁ; Evaṁ lokaṁ avekkhantaṁ, maccurājā na passati. [¶8] Dhp 171 > Pali: Dhp 171 · Abhayarājakumāravatthu [¶9] Come, see this world decked out like a fancy royal chariot. Here fools founder, but the discerning are not chained. > Pali: Etha passathimaṁ lokaṁ, cittaṁ rājarathūpamaṁ; Yattha bālā visīdanti, natthi saṅgo vijānataṁ. [¶10] Dhp 172 > Pali: Dhp 172 · Sammajjanattheravatthu [¶11] He who once was heedless, but turned to heedfulness, shines upon this world like the moon freed from clouds. > Pali: Yo ca pubbe pamajjitvā, pacchā so nappamajjati; Somaṁ lokaṁ pabhāseti, abbhā muttova candimā. [¶12] Dhp 173 > Pali: Dhp 173 · Aṅgulimālattheravatthu [¶13] Someone whose bad deed is supplanted by the good, shines upon this world, like the moon freed from clouds. > Pali: Yassa pāpaṁ kataṁ kammaṁ, kusalena pidhīyati; Somaṁ lokaṁ pabhāseti, abbhā muttova candimā. [¶14] Dhp 174 > Pali: Dhp 174 · Pesakāradhītāvatthu [¶15] Blind is the world, few are those who clearly see. Only a handful go to heaven, like a bird freed from a net. > Pali: Andhabhūto ayaṁ loko, tanukettha vipassati; Sakuṇo jālamuttova, appo saggāya gacchati. [¶16] Dhp 175 > Pali: Dhp 175 · Tiṁsabhikkhuvatthu [¶17] Swans fly by the sun’s path, psychic sages fly through space. The attentive leave the world, having vanquished Māra with his legions. > Pali: Haṁsādiccapathe yanti, ākāse yanti iddhiyā; Nīyanti dhīrā lokamhā, jetvā māraṁ savāhiniṁ. [¶18] Dhp 176 > Pali: Dhp 176 · Ciñcamāṇavikāvatthu [¶19] When a personage, spurning the hereafter, transgresses in just one thing— lying— there is no evil they would not do. > Pali: Ekaṁ dhammaṁ atītassa, musāvādissa jantuno; Vitiṇṇaparalokassa, natthi pāpaṁ akāriyaṁ. [¶20] Dhp 177 > Pali: Dhp 177 · Asadisadānavatthu [¶21] The miserly don’t ascend to heaven, it takes a fool to not praise giving. The attentive celebrate giving, and so find happiness in the hereafter. > Pali: Na ve kadariyā devalokaṁ vajanti, Bālā have nappasaṁsanti dānaṁ; Dhīro ca dānaṁ anumodamāno, Teneva so hoti sukhī parattha. [¶22] Dhp 178 > Pali: Dhp 178 · Anāthapiṇḍikaputtakālavatthu [¶23] The fruit of stream-entry is better than being the one king of the earth, than going to heaven, than lordship over all the world. > Pali: Pathabyā ekarajjena, saggassa gamanena vā; Sabbalokādhipaccena, sotāpattiphalaṁ varaṁ. [¶24] > Pali: Lokavaggo terasamo. ## 14. The Buddhas · Dhp 179–196 Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/14/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/14/#p-N [¶0] Dhp 179 > Pali: Dhp 179 · Māradhītaravatthu [¶1] He whose victory may not be undone, a victory unrivaled in all the world; by what track would you trace that Buddha, who leaves no track in his infinite range? > Pali: Yassa jitaṁ nāvajīyati, Jitaṁ yassa noyāti koci loke; Taṁ buddhamanantagocaraṁ, Apadaṁ kena padena nessatha. [¶2] Dhp 180 > Pali: Dhp 180 [¶3] Of craving, the weaver, the clinger, he has none: so where can he be traced? By what track would you trace that Buddha, who leaves no track in his infinite range? > Pali: Yassa jālinī visattikā, Taṇhā natthi kuhiñci netave; Taṁ buddhamanantagocaraṁ, Apadaṁ kena padena nessatha. [¶4] Dhp 181 > Pali: Dhp 181 · Devorohaṇavatthu [¶5] The attentive intent on absorption, who love the peace of renunciation, the Buddhas, ever mindful, are envied by even the gods. > Pali: Ye jhānapasutā dhīrā, nekkhammūpasame ratā; Devāpi tesaṁ pihayanti, sambuddhānaṁ satīmataṁ. [¶6] Dhp 182 > Pali: Dhp 182 · Erakapattanāgarājavatthu [¶7] It’s hard to gain a human birth; the life of mortals is hard; it’s hard to hear the true teaching; the arising of Buddhas is hard. > Pali: Kiccho manussapaṭilābho, kicchaṁ maccāna jīvitaṁ; Kicchaṁ saddhammassavanaṁ, kiccho buddhānamuppādo. [¶8] Dhp 183 > Pali: Dhp 183 · Ānandattherapañhavatthu [¶9] Not to do any evil; to embrace the good; to purify one’s mind: this is the instruction of the Buddhas. > Pali: Sabbapāpassa akaraṇaṁ, kusalassa upasampadā; Sacittapariyodapanaṁ, etaṁ buddhāna sāsanaṁ. [¶10] Dhp 184 > Pali: Dhp 184 [¶11] Patient acceptance is the ultimate fervor. Extinguishment is the ultimate, say the Buddhas. No true renunciate injures another, nor does an ascetic hurt another. > Pali: Khantī paramaṁ tapo titikkhā, Nibbānaṁ paramaṁ vadanti buddhā; Na hi pabbajito parūpaghātī, Na samaṇo hoti paraṁ viheṭhayanto. [¶12] Dhp 185 > Pali: Dhp 185 [¶13] Not speaking ill nor doing harm; restraint in the monastic code; moderation in eating; staying in remote lodgings; commitment to the higher mind— this is the instruction of the Buddhas. > Pali: Anūpavādo anūpaghāto, Pātimokkhe ca saṁvaro; Mattaññutā ca bhattasmiṁ, Pantañca sayanāsanaṁ; Adhicitte ca āyogo, Etaṁ buddhāna sāsanaṁ. [¶14] Dhp 186 > Pali: Dhp 186 · Anabhiratabhikkhuvatthu [¶15] Even if it were raining money, you’d not be sated in sensual pleasures. An astute person understands that sensual pleasures offer little gratification and much suffering. > Pali: Na kahāpaṇavassena, titti kāmesu vijjati; Appassādā dukhā kāmā, iti viññāya paṇḍito. [¶16] Dhp 187 > Pali: Dhp 187 [¶17] Thus they find no delight even in celestial pleasures. A disciple of the fully awakened Buddha delights in the ending of craving. > Pali: Api dibbesu kāmesu, ratiṁ so nādhigacchati; Taṇhakkhayarato hoti, sammāsambuddhasāvako. [¶18] Dhp 188 > Pali: Dhp 188 · Aggidattabrāhmaṇavatthu [¶19] So many go for refuge to mountains and forest groves, to shrines in tended parks; those people are driven by fear. > Pali: Bahuṁ ve saraṇaṁ yanti, pabbatāni vanāni ca; Ārāmarukkhacetyāni, manussā bhayatajjitā. [¶20] Dhp 189 > Pali: Dhp 189 [¶21] But such refuge is no sanctuary, it is no supreme refuge. By going to that refuge, you’re not released from all suffering. > Pali: Netaṁ kho saraṇaṁ khemaṁ, netaṁ saraṇamuttamaṁ; Netaṁ saraṇamāgamma, sabbadukkhā pamuccati. [¶22] Dhp 190 > Pali: Dhp 190 [¶23] One gone for refuge to the Buddha, to his teaching and to the Saṅgha, sees the four noble truths with right understanding: > Pali: Yo ca buddhañca dhammañca, saṅghañca saraṇaṁ gato; Cattāri ariyasaccāni, sammappaññāya passati. [¶24] Dhp 191 > Pali: Dhp 191 [¶25] suffering, suffering’s origin, suffering’s transcendence, and the noble eightfold path that leads to the stilling of suffering. > Pali: Dukkhaṁ dukkhasamuppādaṁ, dukkhassa ca atikkamaṁ; Ariyaṁ caṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ, dukkhūpasamagāminaṁ. [¶26] Dhp 192 > Pali: Dhp 192 [¶27] Such refuge is a sanctuary, it is the supreme refuge. By going to that refuge, you’re released from all suffering. > Pali: Etaṁ kho saraṇaṁ khemaṁ, etaṁ saraṇamuttamaṁ; Etaṁ saraṇamāgamma, sabbadukkhā pamuccati. [¶28] Dhp 193 > Pali: Dhp 193 · Ānandattherapañhavatthu [¶29] It’s hard to find a thoroughbred man: they’re not born just anywhere. A family where that attentive one is born prospers in happiness. > Pali: Dullabho purisājañño, na so sabbattha jāyati; Yattha so jāyati dhīro, taṁ kulaṁ sukhamedhati. [¶30] Dhp 194 > Pali: Dhp 194 · Sambahulabhikkhuvatthu [¶31] Happy, the arising of Buddhas! Happy, the teaching of Dhamma! Happy is the harmony of the Saṅgha, and the striving of the harmonious is happy. > Pali: Sukho buddhānamuppādo, sukhā saddhammadesanā; Sukhā saṅghassa sāmaggī, samaggānaṁ tapo sukho. [¶32] Dhp 195 > Pali: Dhp 195 · Kassapadasabalassasuvaṇṇacetiyavatthu [¶33] When a person venerates the worthy— the Buddha or his disciple, who have transcended proliferation, and have left behind grief and lamentation, > Pali: Pūjārahe pūjayato, buddhe yadi va sāvake; Papañcasamatikkante, tiṇṇasokapariddave. [¶34] Dhp 196 > Pali: Dhp 196 [¶35] quenched, fearing nothing from any quarter— the merit of one venerating such as these, cannot be calculated by anyone, saying it is just this much. > Pali: Te tādise pūjayato, nibbute akutobhaye; Na sakkā puññaṁ saṅkhātuṁ, imettamapi kenaci. [¶36] > Pali: Buddhavaggo cuddasamo. [¶37] > Pali: Paṭhamabhāṇavāraṁ. ## 15. Happiness · Dhp 197–207 Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/15/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/15/#p-N [¶0] Dhp 197 > Pali: Dhp 197 · Ñātikalahavūpasamanavatthu [¶1] Let us live so very happily, loving among the hostile. Among hostile humans, let us live with love. > Pali: Susukhaṁ vata jīvāma, verinesu averino; Verinesu manussesu, viharāma averino. [¶2] Dhp 198 > Pali: Dhp 198 [¶3] Let us live so very happily, healthy among the ailing. Among ailing humans let us live healthily. > Pali: Susukhaṁ vata jīvāma, āturesu anāturā; Āturesu manussesu, viharāma anāturā. [¶4] Dhp 199 > Pali: Dhp 199 [¶5] Let us live so very happily, content among the greedy. Among greedy humans, let us live content. > Pali: Susukhaṁ vata jīvāma, ussukesu anussukā; Ussukesu manussesu, viharāma anussukā. [¶6] Dhp 200 > Pali: Dhp 200 · Māravatthu [¶7] Let us live so very happily, we who have nothing. We shall feed on rapture, like the gods of sublime luminosity. > Pali: Susukhaṁ vata jīvāma, yesaṁ no natthi kiñcanaṁ; Pītibhakkhā bhavissāma, devā ābhassarā yathā. [¶8] Dhp 201 > Pali: Dhp 201 · Kosalaraññoparājayavatthu [¶9] Victory breeds enmity; the defeated sleep badly. The peaceful sleep at ease, having left victory and defeat behind. > Pali: Jayaṁ veraṁ pasavati, dukkhaṁ seti parājito; Upasanto sukhaṁ seti, hitvā jayaparājayaṁ. [¶10] Dhp 202 > Pali: Dhp 202 · Aññatarakuladārikāvatthu [¶11] There is no fire like greed, no crime like hate, no suffering like the aggregates, no bliss beyond peace. > Pali: Natthi rāgasamo aggi, Natthi dosasamo kali; Natthi khandhasamā dukkhā, Natthi santiparaṁ sukhaṁ. [¶12] Dhp 203 > Pali: Dhp 203 · Ekaupāsakavatthu [¶13] Hunger is the worst illness, conditions are the worst suffering. When one has known this as it is, extinguishment is the ultimate happiness. > Pali: Jighacchāparamā rogā, saṅkhāraparamā dukhā; Etaṁ ñatvā yathābhūtaṁ, nibbānaṁ paramaṁ sukhaṁ. [¶14] Dhp 204 > Pali: Dhp 204 · Pasenadikosalavatthu [¶15] Health is the ultimate blessing; contentment, the ultimate wealth; trust is the ultimate family; extinguishment, the ultimate happiness. > Pali: Ārogyaparamā lābhā, Santuṭṭhiparamaṁ dhanaṁ; Vissāsaparamā ñāti, Nibbānaṁ paramaṁ sukhaṁ. [¶16] Dhp 205 > Pali: Dhp 205 · Tissattheravatthu [¶17] Having drunk the nectar of seclusion and the nectar of peace— free of stress, free of evil, drink the joyous nectar of truth. > Pali: Pavivekarasaṁ pitvā, rasaṁ upasamassa ca; Niddaro hoti nippāpo, dhammapītirasaṁ pivaṁ. [¶18] Dhp 206 > Pali: Dhp 206 · Sakkavatthu [¶19] It’s good to see the noble ones, staying with them is always good. Were you not to see fools, you’d always be happy. > Pali: Sāhu dassanamariyānaṁ, sannivāso sadā sukho; Adassanena bālānaṁ, niccameva sukhī siyā. [¶20] Dhp 207 > Pali: Dhp 207 [¶21] For one who consorts with fools grieves long. Painful is living with fools, like being stuck with your enemy. Happy is living with an attentive one, like meeting with your kin. > Pali: Bālasaṅgatacārī hi, dīghamaddhāna socati; Dukkho bālehi saṁvāso, amitteneva sabbadā; Dhīro ca sukhasaṁvāso, ñātīnaṁva samāgamo. [¶22] Therefore: An attentive one, wise and learned, a behemoth of virtue, true to their vows, noble: follow a true and intelligent person such as this, as the moon tracks the path of the stars. > Pali: Tasmā hi— Dhīrañca paññañca bahussutañca, Dhorayhasīlaṁ vatavantamariyaṁ; Taṁ tādisaṁ sappurisaṁ sumedhaṁ, Bhajetha nakkhattapathaṁva candimā. [¶23] > Pali: Sukhavaggo pannarasamo. ## 16. The Beloved · Dhp 209–220 Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/16/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/16/#p-N [¶0] Dhp 209 > Pali: Dhp 209 · Tayojanapabbajitavatthu [¶1] Applying yourself where you ought not, neglecting what you should be doing, forgetting your goal, you cling to what you hold dear, jealous of those devoted to their heart’s goal. > Pali: Ayoge yuñjamattānaṁ, yogasmiñca ayojayaṁ; Atthaṁ hitvā piyaggāhī, pihetattānuyoginaṁ. [¶2] Dhp 210 > Pali: Dhp 210 [¶3] Don’t ever get too close to those you like or dislike. For not seeing the liked is suffering, and so is seeing the disliked. > Pali: Mā piyehi samāgañchi, appiyehi kudācanaṁ; Piyānaṁ adassanaṁ dukkhaṁ, appiyānañca dassanaṁ. [¶4] Dhp 211 > Pali: Dhp 211 [¶5] Therefore don’t hold anything dear, for it’s bad to lose those you love. No ties are found in they who hold nothing loved or loathed. > Pali: Tasmā piyaṁ na kayirātha, piyāpāyo hi pāpako; Ganthā tesaṁ na vijjanti, yesaṁ natthi piyāppiyaṁ. [¶6] Dhp 212 > Pali: Dhp 212 · Aññatarakuṭumbikavatthu [¶7] Sorrow springs from what we hold dear, fear springs from what we hold dear; one free from holding anything dear has no sorrow, let alone fear. > Pali: Piyato jāyatī soko, piyato jāyatī bhayaṁ; Piyato vippamuttassa, natthi soko kuto bhayaṁ. [¶8] Dhp 213 > Pali: Dhp 213 · Visākhāvatthu [¶9] Sorrow springs from attachment, fear springs from attachment; one free from attachment has no sorrow, let alone fear. > Pali: Pemato jāyatī soko, pemato jāyatī bhayaṁ; Pemato vippamuttassa, natthi soko kuto bhayaṁ. [¶10] Dhp 214 > Pali: Dhp 214 · Licchavīvatthu [¶11] Sorrow springs from relishing, fear springs from relishing; one free from relishing has no sorrow, let alone fear. > Pali: Ratiyā jāyatī soko, ratiyā jāyatī bhayaṁ; Ratiyā vippamuttassa, natthi soko kuto bhayaṁ. [¶12] Dhp 215 > Pali: Dhp 215 · Anitthigandhakumāravatthu [¶13] Sorrow springs from desire, fear springs from desire; one free from desire has no sorrow, let alone fear. > Pali: Kāmato jāyatī soko, kāmato jāyatī bhayaṁ; Kāmato vippamuttassa, natthi soko kuto bhayaṁ. [¶14] Dhp 216 > Pali: Dhp 216 · Aññatarabrāhmaṇavatthu [¶15] Sorrow springs from craving, fear springs from craving; one free from craving has no sorrow, let alone fear. > Pali: Taṇhāya jāyatī soko, taṇhāya jāyatī bhayaṁ; Taṇhāya vippamuttassa, natthi soko kuto bhayaṁ. [¶16] Dhp 217 > Pali: Dhp 217 · Pañcasatadārakavatthu [¶17] One accomplished in virtue and vision, firmly principled, and truthful, doing oneself what ought be done: that’s who the people love. > Pali: Sīladassanasampannaṁ, dhammaṭṭhaṁ saccavedinaṁ; Attano kamma kubbānaṁ, taṁ jano kurute piyaṁ. [¶18] Dhp 218 > Pali: Dhp 218 · Ekaanāgāmittheravatthu [¶19] One eager to realize the ineffable would be filled with awareness. Their mind not bound to pleasures of sense, they’re said to be heading upstream. > Pali: Chandajāto anakkhāte, Manasā ca phuṭo siyā; Kāmesu ca appaṭibaddhacitto, Uddhaṁsototi vuccati. [¶20] Dhp 219 > Pali: Dhp 219 · Nandiyavatthu [¶21] When a man returns safely after a long time spent abroad, family, friends, and loved ones celebrate his return. > Pali: Cirappavāsiṁ purisaṁ, dūrato sotthimāgataṁ; Ñātimittā suhajjā ca, abhinandanti āgataṁ. [¶22] Dhp 220 > Pali: Dhp 220 [¶23] Just so, when one who has done good goes from this world to the next, their good deeds receive them there, as family welcomes home one they love. > Pali: Tatheva katapuññampi, asmā lokā paraṁ gataṁ; Puññāni paṭigaṇhanti, piyaṁ ñātīva āgataṁ. [¶24] > Pali: Piyavaggo soḷasamo. ## 17. Anger · Dhp 221–234 Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/17/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/17/#p-N [¶0] Dhp 221 > Pali: Dhp 221 · Rohinīkhattiyakaññāvatthu [¶1] Give up anger, get rid of conceit, and escape every fetter. Sufferings don’t befall one who has nothing, not clinging to name and form. > Pali: Kodhaṁ jahe vippajaheyya mānaṁ, Saṁyojanaṁ sabbamatikkameyya; Taṁ nāmarūpasmimasajjamānaṁ, Akiñcanaṁ nānupatanti dukkhā. [¶2] Dhp 222 > Pali: Dhp 222 · Aññatarabhikkhuvatthu [¶3] When anger surges like a lurching chariot, keep it in check. That’s what I call a charioteer; others just hold the reins. > Pali: Yo ve uppatitaṁ kodhaṁ, rathaṁ bhantaṁva vāraye; Tamahaṁ sārathiṁ brūmi, rasmiggāho itaro jano. [¶4] Dhp 223 > Pali: Dhp 223 · Uttarāupāsikavatthu [¶5] Defeat anger with kindness, villainy with virtue, stinginess with giving, and lies with truth. > Pali: Akkodhena jine kodhaṁ, asādhuṁ sādhunā jine; Jine kadariyaṁ dānena, saccenālikavādinaṁ. [¶6] Dhp 224 > Pali: Dhp 224 · Mahāmoggallānapañhavatthu [¶7] Speak the truth, do not be angry, and give when asked, if only a little. By these three means, you may enter the presence of the gods. > Pali: Saccaṁ bhaṇe na kujjheyya, dajjā appampi yācito; Etehi tīhi ṭhānehi, gacche devāna santike. [¶8] Dhp 225 > Pali: Dhp 225 · Buddhapitubrāhmaṇavatthu [¶9] Those harmless sages, always restrained in body, go to the state that does not pass, where there is no sorrow. > Pali: Ahiṁsakā ye munayo, niccaṁ kāyena saṁvutā; Te yanti accutaṁ ṭhānaṁ, yattha gantvā na socare. [¶10] Dhp 226 > Pali: Dhp 226 · Puṇṇadāsīvatthu [¶11] Always wakeful, practicing night and day, focused only on extinguishment, their defilements come to an end. > Pali: Sadā jāgaramānānaṁ, ahorattānusikkhinaṁ; Nibbānaṁ adhimuttānaṁ, atthaṁ gacchanti āsavā. [¶12] Dhp 227 > Pali: Dhp 227 · Atulaupāsakavatthu [¶13] It’s always been this way, Atula, it’s not just today. They blame you when you’re silent, they blame you when you speak a lot, and even when you speak just right: no one in the world escapes blame. > Pali: Porāṇametaṁ atula, netaṁ ajjatanāmiva; Nindanti tuṇhimāsīnaṁ, nindanti bahubhāṇinaṁ; Mitabhāṇimpi nindanti, natthi loke anindito. [¶14] Dhp 228 > Pali: Dhp 228 [¶15] There never was, nor will be, nor is there today, someone who is wholly praised or wholly blamed. > Pali: Na cāhu na ca bhavissati, na cetarahi vijjati; Ekantaṁ nindito poso, ekantaṁ vā pasaṁsito. [¶16] Dhp 229 > Pali: Dhp 229 [¶17] If, after watching them day in day out, discerning people praise that sage of impeccable conduct, endowed with ethics and wisdom; > Pali: Yañce viññū pasaṁsanti, anuvicca suve suve; Acchiddavuttiṁ medhāviṁ, paññāsīlasamāhitaṁ. [¶18] Dhp 230 > Pali: Dhp 230 [¶19] like a pendant of Black Plum River gold, who is worthy to criticize them? Even the gods praise them, and by the Divinity, too, they’re praised. > Pali: Nikkhaṁ jambonadasseva, ko taṁ ninditumarahati; Devāpi naṁ pasaṁsanti, brahmunāpi pasaṁsito. [¶20] Dhp 231 > Pali: Dhp 231 · Chabbaggiyavatthu [¶21] Guard against ill-tempered deeds, be restrained in body. Giving up bad bodily conduct, conduct yourself well in body. > Pali: Kāyappakopaṁ rakkheyya, kāyena saṁvuto siyā; Kāyaduccaritaṁ hitvā, kāyena sucaritaṁ care. [¶22] Dhp 232 > Pali: Dhp 232 [¶23] Guard against ill-tempered words, be restrained in speech. Giving up bad verbal conduct, conduct yourself well in speech. > Pali: Vacīpakopaṁ rakkheyya, vācāya saṁvuto siyā; Vacīduccaritaṁ hitvā, vācāya sucaritaṁ care. [¶24] Dhp 233 > Pali: Dhp 233 [¶25] Guard against ill-tempered thoughts, be restrained in mind. Giving up bad mental conduct, conduct yourself well in mind. > Pali: Manopakopaṁ rakkheyya, manasā saṁvuto siyā; Manoduccaritaṁ hitvā, manasā sucaritaṁ care. [¶26] Dhp 234 > Pali: Dhp 234 [¶27] An attentive one is restrained in body restrained also in speech, in thought, too, they are restrained: they are restrained in every way. > Pali: Kāyena saṁvutā dhīrā, atho vācāya saṁvutā; Manasā saṁvutā dhīrā, te ve suparisaṁvutā. [¶28] > Pali: Kodhavaggo sattarasamo. ## 18. Stains · Dhp 235–255 Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/18/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/18/#p-N [¶0] Dhp 235 > Pali: Dhp 235 · Goghātakaputtavatthu [¶1] Today you’re like a withered leaf, Yama’s men await you. You stand at the departure gates, yet you have no supplies for the road. > Pali: Paṇḍupalāsova dānisi, Yamapurisāpi ca te upaṭṭhitā; Uyyogamukhe ca tiṭṭhasi, Pātheyyampi ca te na vijjati. [¶2] Dhp 236 > Pali: Dhp 236 [¶3] Make an island of yourself! Swiftly strive, learn to be wise! Purged of stains, flawless, you’ll go to the heavenly realm of the noble ones. > Pali: So karohi dīpamattano, Khippaṁ vāyama paṇḍito bhava; Niddhantamalo anaṅgaṇo, Dibbaṁ ariyabhūmiṁ upehisi. [¶4] Dhp 237 > Pali: Dhp 237 [¶5] You’ve journeyed the stages of life, and now you set out to meet Yama. Along the way there’s nowhere to stay, yet you have no supplies for the road. > Pali: Upanītavayo ca dānisi, Sampayātosi yamassa santikaṁ; Vāso te natthi antarā, Pātheyyampi ca te na vijjati. [¶6] Dhp 238 > Pali: Dhp 238 [¶7] Make an island of yourself! Swiftly strive, learn to be wise! Purged of stains, flawless, you’ll not come again to rebirth and old age. > Pali: So karohi dīpamattano, Khippaṁ vāyama paṇḍito bhava; Niddhantamalo anaṅgaṇo, Na punaṁ jātijaraṁ upehisi. [¶8] Dhp 239 > Pali: Dhp 239 · Aññatarabrāhmaṇavatthu [¶9] A smart person would purge their own stains gradually, bit by bit, moment by moment, like a smith smelting silver. > Pali: Anupubbena medhāvī, thokaṁ thokaṁ khaṇe khaṇe; Kammāro rajatasseva, niddhame malamattano. [¶10] Dhp 240 > Pali: Dhp 240 · Tissattheravatthu [¶11] It is the rust born on the iron that eats away the place it arose. And so it is their own deeds that lead the overly-ascetic to a bad place. > Pali: Ayasāva malaṁ samuṭṭhitaṁ, Tatuṭṭhāya tameva khādati; Evaṁ atidhonacārinaṁ, Sāni kammāni nayanti duggatiṁ. [¶12] Dhp 241 > Pali: Dhp 241 · Lāḷudāyīvatthu [¶13] Not rehearsing is the stain of hymns. The stain of houses is neglect. Laziness is the stain of beauty. A guard’s stain is negligence. > Pali: Asajjhāyamalā mantā, anuṭṭhānamalā gharā; Malaṁ vaṇṇassa kosajjaṁ, pamādo rakkhato malaṁ. [¶14] Dhp 242 > Pali: Dhp 242 · Aññatarakulaputtavatthu [¶15] Misconduct is a woman’s stain. A giver’s stain is stinginess. Bad qualities are a stain in this world and the next. > Pali: Malitthiyā duccaritaṁ, maccheraṁ dadato malaṁ; Malā ve pāpakā dhammā, asmiṁ loke paramhi ca. [¶16] Dhp 243 > Pali: Dhp 243 [¶17] But a worse stain than these is ignorance, the worst stain of all. Having given up that stain, be without stains, mendicants! > Pali: Tato malā malataraṁ, avijjā paramaṁ malaṁ; Etaṁ malaṁ pahantvāna, nimmalā hotha bhikkhavo. [¶18] Dhp 244 > Pali: Dhp 244 · Cūḷasāribhikkhuvatthu [¶19] Life is easy for the shameless. With all the rude courage of a crow, they live pushy, rude, and corrupt. > Pali: Sujīvaṁ ahirikena, kākasūrena dhaṁsinā; Pakkhandinā pagabbhena, saṅkiliṭṭhena jīvitaṁ. [¶20] Dhp 245 > Pali: Dhp 245 [¶21] Life is hard for the conscientious, always seeking purity, neither clinging nor rude, pure of livelihood and discerning. > Pali: Hirīmatā ca dujjīvaṁ, niccaṁ sucigavesinā; Alīnenāppagabbhena, suddhājīvena passatā. [¶22] Dhp 246 > Pali: Dhp 246 · Pañcaupāsakavatthu [¶23] Take anyone in this world who kills living creatures, speaks falsely, steals, commits adultery, > Pali: Yo pāṇamatipāteti, musāvādañca bhāsati; Loke adinnamādiyati, paradārañca gacchati. [¶24] Dhp 247 > Pali: Dhp 247 [¶25] and indulges in drinking beer and wine. Right here they dig up the root of their own self. > Pali: Surāmerayapānañca, yo naro anuyuñjati; Idheva meso lokasmiṁ, mūlaṁ khaṇati attano. [¶26] Dhp 248 > Pali: Dhp 248 [¶27] Know this, my man: they are unrestrained and wicked. Don’t let that greed and unrighteousness inflict pain on you for long. > Pali: Evaṁ bho purisa jānāhi, pāpadhammā asaññatā; Mā taṁ lobho adhammo ca, ciraṁ dukkhāya randhayuṁ. [¶28] Dhp 249 > Pali: Dhp 249 · Tissadaharavatthu [¶29] The people give according to their faith, according to their confidence. If you get upset over that, over others’ food and drink, you’ll not, by day or by night, become immersed in samādhi. > Pali: Dadāti ve yathāsaddhaṁ, yathāpasādanaṁ jano; Tattha yo ca maṅku bhavati, paresaṁ pānabhojane; Na so divā vā rattiṁ vā, samādhimadhigacchati. [¶30] Dhp 250 > Pali: Dhp 250 [¶31] Those who have cut that out, dug it up at the root, eradicated it, they will, by day or by night, become immersed in samādhi. > Pali: Yassa cetaṁ samucchinnaṁ, mūlaghaccaṁ samūhataṁ; Sa ve divā vā rattiṁ vā, samādhimadhigacchati. [¶32] Dhp 251 > Pali: Dhp 251 · Pañcaupāsakavatthu [¶33] There is no fire like greed, no crime like hate, no net like delusion, no river like craving. > Pali: Natthi rāgasamo aggi, natthi dosasamo gaho; Natthi mohasamaṁ jālaṁ, natthi taṇhāsamā nadī. [¶34] Dhp 252 > Pali: Dhp 252 · Meṇḍakaseṭṭhivatthu [¶35] It’s easy to see the faults of others, hard to see one’s own. For the faults of others are tossed high like hay, while one’s own are hidden, as a cheat hides a bad hand. > Pali: Sudassaṁ vajjamaññesaṁ, attano pana duddasaṁ; Paresaṁ hi so vajjāni, opunāti yathā bhusaṁ; Attano pana chādeti, kaliṁva kitavā saṭho. [¶36] Dhp 253 > Pali: Dhp 253 · Ujjhānasaññittheravatthu [¶37] When you look for the flaws of others, always finding fault, your defilements only grow, you’re far from ending defilements. > Pali: Paravajjānupassissa, niccaṁ ujjhānasaññino; Āsavā tassa vaḍḍhanti, ārā so āsavakkhayā. [¶38] Dhp 254 > Pali: Dhp 254 · Subhaddaparibbājakavatthu [¶39] In the atmosphere there is no track, there’s no true ascetic outside here. People enjoy proliferation, the Realized Ones are free of proliferation. > Pali: Ākāseva padaṁ natthi, samaṇo natthi bāhire; Papañcābhiratā pajā, nippapañcā tathāgatā. [¶40] Dhp 255 > Pali: Dhp 255 [¶41] In the atmosphere there is no track, there’s no true ascetic outside here. No conditions last forever, the Awakened Ones are not shaken. > Pali: Ākāseva padaṁ natthi, samaṇo natthi bāhire; Saṅkhārā sassatā natthi, natthi buddhānamiñjitaṁ. [¶42] > Pali: Malavaggo aṭṭhārasamo. ## 19. The Just · Dhp 256–272 Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/19/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/19/#p-N [¶0] Dhp 256 > Pali: Dhp 256 · Vinicchayamahāmattavatthu [¶1] You don’t become just by passing hasty judgment. An astute person evaluates both what is pertinent and what is irrelevant. > Pali: Na tena hoti dhammaṭṭho, yenatthaṁ sāhasā naye; Yo ca atthaṁ anatthañca, ubho niccheyya paṇḍito. [¶2] Dhp 257 > Pali: Dhp 257 [¶3] A wise one judges others without haste, justly and impartially; that guardian of the law is said to be just. > Pali: Asāhasena dhammena, samena nayatī pare; Dhammassa gutto medhāvī, “dhammaṭṭho”ti pavuccati. [¶4] Dhp 258 > Pali: Dhp 258 · Chabbaggiyavatthu [¶5] You’re not an astute scholar just because you speak a lot. One who is secure, free of enmity and fear, is said to be astute. > Pali: Na tena paṇḍito hoti, yāvatā bahu bhāsati; Khemī averī abhayo, “paṇḍito”ti pavuccati. [¶6] Dhp 259 > Pali: Dhp 259 · Ekudānakhīṇāsavavatthu [¶7] You’re not one who has memorized the teaching just because you recite a lot. Someone who directly sees the teaching after hearing only a little is truly one who has memorized the teaching, for they can never forget it. > Pali: Na tāvatā dhammadharo, yāvatā bahu bhāsati; Yo ca appampi sutvāna, dhammaṁ kāyena passati; Sa ve dhammadharo hoti, yo dhammaṁ nappamajjati. [¶8] Dhp 260 > Pali: Dhp 260 · Lakuṇḍakabhaddiyattheravatthu [¶9] You don’t become a senior by getting some grey hairs; for one ripe only in age, is said to have aged in vain. > Pali: Na tena thero so hoti, yenassa palitaṁ siro; Paripakko vayo tassa, “moghajiṇṇo”ti vuccati. [¶10] Dhp 261 > Pali: Dhp 261 [¶11] One who is truthful and principled, harmless, restrained, and self-controlled, attentive, purged of stains, is said to be a senior. > Pali: Yamhi saccañca dhammo ca, ahiṁsā saṁyamo damo; Sa ve vantamalo dhīro, “thero” iti pavuccati. [¶12] Dhp 262 > Pali: Dhp 262 · Sambahulabhikkhuvatthu [¶13] Not by mere enunciation, or a beautiful complexion does a person become holy, if they’re jealous, stingy, and devious. > Pali: Na vākkaraṇamattena, vaṇṇapokkharatāya vā; Sādhurūpo naro hoti, issukī maccharī saṭho. [¶14] Dhp 263 > Pali: Dhp 263 [¶15] But if they’ve cut that out, dug it up at the root, eradicated it, that intelligent one, purged of vice, is said to be holy. > Pali: Yassa cetaṁ samucchinnaṁ, mūlaghaccaṁ samūhataṁ; Sa vantadoso medhāvī, “sādhurūpo”ti vuccati. [¶16] Dhp 264 > Pali: Dhp 264 · Hatthakavatthu [¶17] A liar and breaker of vows is no ascetic just because they shave their head. How on earth can one be an ascetic who’s full of desire and greed? > Pali: Na muṇḍakena samaṇo, abbato alikaṁ bhaṇaṁ; Icchālobhasamāpanno, samaṇo kiṁ bhavissati. [¶18] Dhp 265 > Pali: Dhp 265 [¶19] One who stops all wicked deeds, great and small, because of stopping wicked deeds is said to be an ascetic. > Pali: Yo ca sameti pāpāni, aṇuṁthūlāni sabbaso; Samitattā hi pāpānaṁ, “samaṇo”ti pavuccati. [¶20] Dhp 266 > Pali: Dhp 266 · Aññatarabrāhmaṇavatthu [¶21] You don’t become a mendicant just by begging from others. One who has undertaken domestic duties has not yet become a mendicant. > Pali: Na tena bhikkhu so hoti, yāvatā bhikkhate pare; Vissaṁ dhammaṁ samādāya, bhikkhu hoti na tāvatā. [¶22] Dhp 267 > Pali: Dhp 267 [¶23] But one living a spiritual life, who has banished both merit and evil, who wanders having appraised the world, is said to be a mendicant. > Pali: Yodha puññañca pāpañca, bāhetvā brahmacariyavā; Saṅkhāya loke carati, sa ve “bhikkhū”ti vuccati. [¶24] Dhp 268 > Pali: Dhp 268 · Titthiyavatthu [¶25] You don’t become a sage by being sagelike, while still confused and ignorant. The astute one who holds the scales, taking only the best, > Pali: Na monena munī hoti, mūḷharūpo aviddasu; Yo ca tulaṁva paggayha, varamādāya paṇḍito. [¶26] Dhp 269 > Pali: Dhp 269 [¶27] and shunning the bad— that is a sage, and that is how one becomes a sage. One who sagely weighs both in the world, is thereby said to be a sage. > Pali: Pāpāni parivajjeti, sa munī tena so muni; Yo munāti ubho loke, “muni” tena pavuccati. [¶28] Dhp 270 > Pali: Dhp 270 · Bālisikavatthu [¶29] You don’t become a noble one by harming living beings. One harmless toward all living beings is said to be a noble one. > Pali: Na tena ariyo hoti, yena pāṇāni hiṁsati; Ahiṁsā sabbapāṇānaṁ, “ariyo”ti pavuccati. [¶30] Dhp 271 > Pali: Dhp 271 · Sambahulasīlādisampannabhikkhuvatthu [¶31] Not by precepts and observances, nor by much learning, nor by meditative immersion, nor by living in seclusion, > Pali: Na sīlabbatamattena, bāhusaccena vā pana; Atha vā samādhilābhena, vivittasayanena vā. [¶32] Dhp 272 > Pali: Dhp 272 [¶33] do I experience the bliss of renunciation not frequented by ordinary people. A mendicant cannot rest confident without attaining the end of defilements. > Pali: Phusāmi nekkhammasukhaṁ, aputhujjanasevitaṁ; Bhikkhu vissāsamāpādi, appatto āsavakkhayaṁ. [¶34] > Pali: Dhammaṭṭhavaggo ekūnavīsatimo. ## 20. The Path · Dhp 273–289 Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/20/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/20/#p-N [¶0] Dhp 273 > Pali: Dhp 273 · Pañcasatabhikkhuvatthu [¶1] Of paths, the eightfold is the best; of truths, the four statements; dispassion is the best of things, and the Clear-eyed One is the best of humans. > Pali: Maggānaṭṭhaṅgiko seṭṭho, saccānaṁ caturo padā; Virāgo seṭṭho dhammānaṁ, dvipadānañca cakkhumā. [¶2] Dhp 274 > Pali: Dhp 274 [¶3] This is the path, there is no other for the purification of vision. You all must practice this, it is the way to baffle Māra. > Pali: Eseva maggo natthañño, Dassanassa visuddhiyā; Etañhi tumhe paṭipajjatha, Mārassetaṁ pamohanaṁ. [¶4] Dhp 275 > Pali: Dhp 275 [¶5] When you all are practicing this, you’ll make an end of suffering. I have explained the path to you for extracting the thorn with wisdom. > Pali: Etañhi tumhe paṭipannā, dukkhassantaṁ karissatha; Akkhāto vo mayā maggo, aññāya sallakantanaṁ. [¶6] Dhp 276 > Pali: Dhp 276 [¶7] You yourselves must do the work, the Realized Ones just show the way. Meditators practicing absorption are released from Māra’s bonds. > Pali: Tumhehi kiccamātappaṁ, akkhātāro tathāgatā; Paṭipannā pamokkhanti, jhāyino mārabandhanā. [¶8] Dhp 277 > Pali: Dhp 277 · Aniccalakkhaṇavatthu [¶9] All conditions are impermanent— when this is seen with wisdom, one grows disillusioned with suffering: this is the path to purity. > Pali: “Sabbe saṅkhārā aniccā”ti, yadā paññāya passati; Atha nibbindati dukkhe, esa maggo visuddhiyā. [¶10] Dhp 278 > Pali: Dhp 278 · Dukkhalakkhaṇavatthu [¶11] All conditions are suffering— when this is seen with wisdom, one grows disillusioned with suffering: this is the path to purity. > Pali: “Sabbe saṅkhārā dukkhā”ti, yadā paññāya passati; Atha nibbindati dukkhe, esa maggo visuddhiyā. [¶12] Dhp 279 > Pali: Dhp 279 · Anattalakkhaṇavatthu [¶13] All things are not-self— when this is seen with wisdom, one grows disillusioned with suffering: this is the path to purity. > Pali: “Sabbe dhammā anattā”ti, yadā paññāya passati; Atha nibbindati dukkhe, esa maggo visuddhiyā. [¶14] Dhp 280 > Pali: Dhp 280 · Padhānakammikatissattheravatthu [¶15] They don’t get going when it’s time to start; they’re young and strong, but given to sloth. Their mind depressed in sunken thought, lazy and slothful, they can’t discern the path. > Pali: Uṭṭhānakālamhi anuṭṭhahāno, Yuvā balī ālasiyaṁ upeto; Saṁsannasaṅkappamano kusīto, Paññāya maggaṁ alaso na vindati. [¶16] Dhp 281 > Pali: Dhp 281 · Sūkarapetavatthu [¶17] Guarded in speech, restrained in mind, doing no unskillful bodily deed. Purify these three ways of performing deeds, and win the path known to seers. > Pali: Vācānurakkhī manasā susaṁvuto, Kāyena ca nākusalaṁ kayirā; Ete tayo kammapathe visodhaye, Ārādhaye maggamisippaveditaṁ. [¶18] Dhp 282 > Pali: Dhp 282 · Poṭṭhilattheravatthu [¶19] From meditation springs wisdom, without meditation, wisdom ends. Knowing these two paths— of progress and decline— you should conduct yourself so that wisdom grows. > Pali: Yogā ve jāyatī bhūri, ayogā bhūrisaṅkhayo; Etaṁ dvedhāpathaṁ ñatvā, bhavāya vibhavāya ca; Tathāttānaṁ niveseyya, yathā bhūri pavaḍḍhati. [¶20] Dhp 283 > Pali: Dhp 283 · Pañcamahallakabhikkhuvatthu [¶21] Cut down the jungle, not just a tree; from the jungle springs fear. Having cut down jungle and snarl, be free of jungles, mendicants! > Pali: Vanaṁ chindatha mā rukkhaṁ, vanato jāyate bhayaṁ; Chetvā vanañca vanathañca, nibbanā hotha bhikkhavo. [¶22] Dhp 284 > Pali: Dhp 284 [¶23] So long as the vine, no matter how small, that ties a man to women is not cut, his mind remains trapped, like a calf suckling its mother. > Pali: Yāva hi vanatho na chijjati, Aṇumattopi narassa nārisu; Paṭibaddhamanova tāva so, Vaccho khīrapakova mātari. [¶24] Dhp 285 > Pali: Dhp 285 · Suvaṇṇakārattheravatthu [¶25] Cut out affection for oneself, like plucking an autumn lotus. Foster only the path to peace, the extinguishment the Holy One taught. > Pali: Ucchinda sinehamattano, Kumudaṁ sāradikaṁva pāṇinā; Santimaggameva brūhaya, Nibbānaṁ sugatena desitaṁ. [¶26] Dhp 286 > Pali: Dhp 286 · Mahādhanavāṇijavatthu [¶27] “Here I will stay for the rains; here for winter, here the summer”; thus the fool thinks, not realizing the danger. > Pali: Idha vassaṁ vasissāmi, idha hemantagimhisu; Iti bālo vicinteti, antarāyaṁ na bujjhati. [¶28] Dhp 287 > Pali: Dhp 287 · Kisāgotamīvatthu [¶29] As a mighty flood sweeps away a sleeping village, death steals away a man who dotes on children and cattle, his mind caught up in them. > Pali: Taṁ puttapasusammattaṁ, byāsattamanasaṁ naraṁ; Suttaṁ gāmaṁ mahoghova, maccu ādāya gacchati. [¶30] Dhp 288 > Pali: Dhp 288 · Paṭācārāvatthu [¶31] Children provide you no shelter, nor does father, nor relatives. When you’re seized by the terminator, there’s no shelter in family. > Pali: Na santi puttā tāṇāya, na pitā nāpi bandhavā; Antakenādhipannassa, natthi ñātīsu tāṇatā. [¶32] Dhp 289 > Pali: Dhp 289 [¶33] Knowing the reason for this, astute, and ethically restrained, one would quickly clear the path that leads to extinguishment. > Pali: Etamatthavasaṁ ñatvā, paṇḍito sīlasaṁvuto; Nibbānagamanaṁ maggaṁ, khippameva visodhaye. [¶34] > Pali: Maggavaggo vīsatimo. ## 21. Miscellaneous · Dhp 290–305 Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/21/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/21/#p-N [¶0] Dhp 290 > Pali: Dhp 290 · Attanopubbakammavatthu [¶1] If by giving up material happiness one sees abundant happiness, the attentive would give up material happiness, seeing the abundant happiness. > Pali: Mattāsukhapariccāgā, passe ce vipulaṁ sukhaṁ; Caje mattāsukhaṁ dhīro, sampassaṁ vipulaṁ sukhaṁ. [¶2] Dhp 291 > Pali: Dhp 291 · Kukkuṭaṇḍakhādikāvatthu [¶3] Seeking their own happiness by imposing suffering on others, intimate with enmity, they’re not freed from enmity. > Pali: Paradukkhūpadhānena, attano sukhamicchati; Verasaṁsaggasaṁsaṭṭho, verā so na parimuccati. [¶4] Dhp 292 > Pali: Dhp 292 · Bhaddiyānaṁbhikkhūnaṁvatthu [¶5] They dump what should be done, and do what should not be done. For the insolent and the negligent, their defilements only grow. > Pali: Yañhi kiccaṁ apaviddhaṁ, akiccaṁ pana karīyati; Unnaḷānaṁ pamattānaṁ, tesaṁ vaḍḍhanti āsavā. [¶6] Dhp 293 > Pali: Dhp 293 [¶7] Those that have properly undertaken constant mindfulness of the body, don’t cultivate what should not be done, but always do what should be done. Mindful and aware, their defilements come to an end. > Pali: Yesañca susamāraddhā, niccaṁ kāyagatā sati; Akiccaṁ te na sevanti, kicce sātaccakārino; Satānaṁ sampajānānaṁ, atthaṁ gacchanti āsavā. [¶8] Dhp 294 > Pali: Dhp 294 · Lakuṇḍakabhaddiyavatthu [¶9] Having slain mother and father, and two aristocratic kings, and having wiped out the kingdom with its tax collector, the brahmin walks on untroubled. > Pali: Mātaraṁ pitaraṁ hantvā, rājāno dve ca khattiye; Raṭṭhaṁ sānucaraṁ hantvā, anīgho yāti brāhmaṇo. [¶10] Dhp 295 > Pali: Dhp 295 [¶11] Having slain mother and father, and two prosperous kings, and a tiger as the fifth, the brahmin walks on untroubled. > Pali: Mātaraṁ pitaraṁ hantvā, rājāno dve ca sotthiye; Veyagghapañcamaṁ hantvā, anīgho yāti brāhmaṇo. [¶12] Dhp 296 > Pali: Dhp 296 · Dārusākaṭikaputtavatthu [¶13] The disciples of Gotama always wake up refreshed, who day and night constantly recollect the Buddha. > Pali: Suppabuddhaṁ pabujjhanti, sadā gotamasāvakā; Yesaṁ divā ca ratto ca, niccaṁ buddhagatā sati. [¶14] Dhp 297 > Pali: Dhp 297 [¶15] The disciples of Gotama always wake up refreshed, who day and night constantly recollect the teaching. > Pali: Suppabuddhaṁ pabujjhanti, sadā gotamasāvakā; Yesaṁ divā ca ratto ca, niccaṁ dhammagatā sati. [¶16] Dhp 298 > Pali: Dhp 298 [¶17] The disciples of Gotama always wake up refreshed, who day and night constantly recollect the Saṅgha. > Pali: Suppabuddhaṁ pabujjhanti, sadā gotamasāvakā; Yesaṁ divā ca ratto ca, niccaṁ saṅghagatā sati. [¶18] Dhp 299 > Pali: Dhp 299 [¶19] The disciples of Gotama always wake up refreshed, who day and night are constantly mindful of the body. > Pali: Suppabuddhaṁ pabujjhanti, sadā gotamasāvakā; Yesaṁ divā ca ratto ca, niccaṁ kāyagatā sati. [¶20] Dhp 300 > Pali: Dhp 300 [¶21] The disciples of Gotama always wake up refreshed, whose minds day and night delight in harmlessness. > Pali: Suppabuddhaṁ pabujjhanti, sadā gotamasāvakā; Yesaṁ divā ca ratto ca, ahiṁsāya rato mano. [¶22] Dhp 301 > Pali: Dhp 301 [¶23] The disciples of Gotama always wake up refreshed, whose minds day and night delight in meditation. > Pali: Suppabuddhaṁ pabujjhanti, sadā gotamasāvakā; Yesaṁ divā ca ratto ca, bhāvanāya rato mano. [¶24] Dhp 302 > Pali: Dhp 302 · Vajjiputtakabhikkhuvatthu [¶25] Going forth is hard, it’s hard to be happy; life at home is hard too, and painful, it’s painful to stay when you’ve nothing in common. A traveler is a prey to pain, so don’t be a traveler, don’t be prey to pain. > Pali: Duppabbajjaṁ durabhiramaṁ, Durāvāsā gharā dukhā; Dukkhosamānasaṁvāso, Dukkhānupatitaddhagū; Tasmā na caddhagū siyā, Na ca dukkhānupatito siyā. [¶26] Dhp 303 > Pali: Dhp 303 · Cittagahapativatthu [¶27] One who is faithful, accomplished in ethics, blessed with fame and wealth, is honored in whatever place they frequent. > Pali: Saddho sīlena sampanno, yasobhogasamappito; Yaṁ yaṁ padesaṁ bhajati, tattha tattheva pūjito. [¶28] Dhp 304 > Pali: Dhp 304 · Cūḷasubhaddāvatthu [¶29] The good shine from afar, like the Himalayan peaks, but the wicked are not seen, like arrows scattered in the night. > Pali: Dūre santo pakāsenti, himavantova pabbato; Asantettha na dissanti, rattiṁ khittā yathā sarā. [¶30] Dhp 305 > Pali: Dhp 305 · Ekavihārittheravatthu [¶31] Sitting alone, sleeping alone, tirelessly wandering alone; one who tames themselves alone would delight within a forest. > Pali: Ekāsanaṁ ekaseyyaṁ, eko caramatandito; Eko damayamattānaṁ, vanante ramito siyā. [¶32] > Pali: Pakiṇṇakavaggo ekavīsatimo. ## 22. Hell · Dhp 306–319 Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/22/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/22/#p-N [¶0] Dhp 306 > Pali: Dhp 306 · Sundarīparibbājikāvatthu [¶1] A liar goes to hell, as does one who denies what they did. Both are equal in the hereafter, those men of base deeds. > Pali: Abhūtavādī nirayaṁ upeti, Yo vāpi katvā na karomi cāha; Ubhopi te pecca samā bhavanti, Nihīnakammā manujā parattha. [¶2] Dhp 307 > Pali: Dhp 307 · Duccaritaphalapīḷitavatthu [¶3] Many who wear a scrap of ocher cloth are unrestrained and wicked. Being wicked, they are reborn in hell due to their bad deeds. > Pali: Kāsāvakaṇṭhā bahavo, pāpadhammā asaññatā; Pāpā pāpehi kammehi, nirayaṁ te upapajjare. [¶4] Dhp 308 > Pali: Dhp 308 · Vaggumudātīriyabhikkhuvatthu [¶5] It’d be better for the immoral and unrestrained to eat an iron ball, scorching, like a burning flame, than to eat the nation’s alms. > Pali: Seyyo ayoguḷo bhutto, tatto aggisikhūpamo; Yañce bhuñjeyya dussīlo, raṭṭhapiṇḍamasaññato. [¶6] Dhp 309 > Pali: Dhp 309 · Khemakaseṭṭhiputtavatthu [¶7] Four things befall a heedless man who sleeps with another’s wife: wickedness, poor sleep, ill-repute, and rebirth in hell. > Pali: Cattāri ṭhānāni naro pamatto, Āpajjati paradārūpasevī; Apuññalābhaṁ na nikāmaseyyaṁ, Nindaṁ tatīyaṁ nirayaṁ catutthaṁ. [¶8] Dhp 310 > Pali: Dhp 310 [¶9] He accrues wickedness and is reborn in a bad place, all so a frightened couple may snatch a moment’s pleasure, for which rulers impose a heavy punishment. That’s why a man should not sleep with another’s wife. > Pali: Apuññalābho ca gatī ca pāpikā, Bhītassa bhītāya ratī ca thokikā; Rājā ca daṇḍaṁ garukaṁ paṇeti, Tasmā naro paradāraṁ na seve. [¶10] Dhp 311 > Pali: Dhp 311 · Dubbacabhikkhuvatthu [¶11] When kusa grass is wrongly grasped it only cuts the hand. So too, the ascetic life, when wrongly taken, drags you to hell. > Pali: Kuso yathā duggahito, hatthamevānukantati; Sāmaññaṁ dupparāmaṭṭhaṁ, nirayāyupakaḍḍhati. [¶12] Dhp 312 > Pali: Dhp 312 [¶13] Any lax act, any corrupt observance, or suspicious spiritual life, is not very fruitful. > Pali: Yaṁ kiñci sithilaṁ kammaṁ, saṅkiliṭṭhañca yaṁ vataṁ; Saṅkassaraṁ brahmacariyaṁ, na taṁ hoti mahapphalaṁ. [¶14] Dhp 313 > Pali: Dhp 313 [¶15] If one is to do what should be done, one should staunchly strive. For the life gone forth when laxly led just stirs up dust all the more. > Pali: Kayirā ce kayirāthenaṁ, daḷhamenaṁ parakkame; Sithilo hi paribbājo, bhiyyo ākirate rajaṁ. [¶16] Dhp 314 > Pali: Dhp 314 · Issāpakataitthivatthu [¶17] A bad deed is better left undone, for it will plague you later on. A good deed is better done, one that does not plague you. > Pali: Akataṁ dukkaṭaṁ seyyo, pacchā tappati dukkaṭaṁ; Katañca sukataṁ seyyo, yaṁ katvā nānutappati. [¶18] Dhp 315 > Pali: Dhp 315 · Sambahulabhikkhuvatthu [¶19] As a frontier city is guarded inside and out, so you should ward yourselves— don’t let the moment pass you by. For if you miss your moment you’ll grieve when sent to hell. > Pali: Nagaraṁ yathā paccantaṁ, guttaṁ santarabāhiraṁ; Evaṁ gopetha attānaṁ, khaṇo vo mā upaccagā; Khaṇātītā hi socanti, nirayamhi samappitā. [¶20] Dhp 316 > Pali: Dhp 316 · Nigaṇṭhavatthu [¶21] Unashamed of what is shameful, ashamed of what is not shameful; beings who uphold wrong view go to a bad place. > Pali: Alajjitāye lajjanti, lajjitāye na lajjare; Micchādiṭṭhisamādānā, sattā gacchanti duggatiṁ. [¶22] Dhp 317 > Pali: Dhp 317 [¶23] Seeing danger where there is none, and blind to the actual danger, beings who uphold wrong view go to a bad place. > Pali: Abhaye bhayadassino, bhaye cābhayadassino; Micchādiṭṭhisamādānā, sattā gacchanti duggatiṁ. [¶24] Dhp 318 > Pali: Dhp 318 · Titthiyasāvakavatthu [¶25] Seeing fault where there is none, and blind to the actual fault, beings who uphold wrong view go to a bad place. > Pali: Avajje vajjamatino, vajje cāvajjadassino; Micchādiṭṭhisamādānā, sattā gacchanti duggatiṁ. [¶26] Dhp 319 > Pali: Dhp 319 [¶27] Knowing a fault as a fault and the faultless as faultless, beings who uphold right view go to a good place. > Pali: Vajjañca vajjato ñatvā, avajjañca avajjato; Sammādiṭṭhisamādānā, sattā gacchanti suggatiṁ. [¶28] > Pali: Nirayavaggo dvāvīsatimo. ## 23. Elephants · Dhp 320–333 Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/23/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/23/#p-N [¶0] Dhp 320 > Pali: Dhp 320 · Attadantavatthu [¶1] Like an elephant struck with arrows in battle, I shall endure abuse, for so many folk are badly behaved. > Pali: Ahaṁ nāgova saṅgāme, cāpato patitaṁ saraṁ; Ativākyaṁ titikkhissaṁ, dussīlo hi bahujjano. [¶2] Dhp 321 > Pali: Dhp 321 [¶3] The well-tamed beast is the one led to the crowd; the tamed elephant’s the one the king mounts; the tamed person who endures abuse is the best of human beings. > Pali: Dantaṁ nayanti samitiṁ, dantaṁ rājābhirūhati; Danto seṭṭho manussesu, yotivākyaṁ titikkhati. [¶4] Dhp 322 > Pali: Dhp 322 [¶5] Those who have tamed themselves are better than fine tamed mules, thoroughbreds from Sindh, or giant tuskers. > Pali: Varamassatarā dantā, ājānīyā ca sindhavā; Kuñjarā ca mahānāgā, attadanto tato varaṁ. [¶6] Dhp 323 > Pali: Dhp 323 · Hatthācariyapubbakabhikkhuvatthu [¶7] For not on those mounts would you go to the untrodden place, whereas, with the help of one whose self is well tamed, you go there, tamed by the tamed. > Pali: Na hi etehi yānehi, gaccheyya agataṁ disaṁ; Yathāttanā sudantena, danto dantena gacchati. [¶8] Dhp 324 > Pali: Dhp 324 · Parijiṇṇabrāhmaṇaputtavatthu [¶9] The tusker named Dhanapāla is musky in rut, hard to control. Bound, he eats not a morsel, for he misses the elephant forest. > Pali: Dhanapālo nāma kuñjaro, Kaṭukabhedano dunnivārayo; Baddho kabaḷaṁ na bhuñjati, Sumarati nāgavanassa kuñjaro. [¶10] Dhp 325 > Pali: Dhp 325 · Pasenadikosalavatthu [¶11] One who gets drowsy from overeating, fond of sleep, rolling round the bed like a great hog stuffed with grain: that dullard returns to the womb again and again. > Pali: Middhī yadā hoti mahagghaso ca, Niddāyitā samparivattasāyī; Mahāvarāhova nivāpapuṭṭho, Punappunaṁ gabbhamupeti mando. [¶12] Dhp 326 > Pali: Dhp 326 · Sānusāmaṇeravatthu [¶13] In the past my mind wandered how it wished, where it liked, as it pleased. Now I’ll carefully guide it, as a trainer with a hook guides a rutting elephant. > Pali: Idaṁ pure cittamacāri cārikaṁ, Yenicchakaṁ yatthakāmaṁ yathāsukhaṁ; Tadajjahaṁ niggahessāmi yoniso, Hatthippabhinnaṁ viya aṅkusaggaho. [¶14] Dhp 327 > Pali: Dhp 327 · Pāveyyakahatthivatthu [¶15] Delight in diligence! Take good care of your mind! Pull yourself out of this pit, like an elephant sunk in a bog. > Pali: Appamādaratā hotha, sacittamanurakkhatha; Duggā uddharathattānaṁ, paṅke sannova kuñjaro. [¶16] Dhp 328 > Pali: Dhp 328 · Sambahulabhikkhuvatthu [¶17] If you find an alert companion, an attentive friend to live happily together, then, overcoming all adversities, wander with them, joyful and mindful. > Pali: Sace labhetha nipakaṁ sahāyaṁ, Saddhiṁ caraṁ sādhuvihāridhīraṁ; Abhibhuyya sabbāni parissayāni, Careyya tenattamano satīmā. [¶18] Dhp 329 > Pali: Dhp 329 [¶19] If you find no alert companion, no attentive friend to live happily together, then, like a king who flees his conquered realm, wander alone like a tusker in the wilds. > Pali: No ce labhetha nipakaṁ sahāyaṁ, Saddhiṁ caraṁ sādhuvihāridhīraṁ; Rājāva raṭṭhaṁ vijitaṁ pahāya, Eko care mātaṅgaraññeva nāgo. [¶20] Dhp 330 > Pali: Dhp 330 [¶21] It’s better to wander alone, there’s no fellowship with fools. Wander alone and do no wrong, at ease like a tusker in the wilds. > Pali: Ekassa caritaṁ seyyo, Natthi bāle sahāyatā; Eko care na ca pāpāni kayirā, Appossukko mātaṅgaraññeva nāgo. [¶22] Dhp 331 > Pali: Dhp 331 · Māravatthu [¶23] A friend in need is a blessing; it’s a blessing to be content with whatever; good deeds are a blessing at the end of life, and giving up all suffering is a blessing. > Pali: Atthamhi jātamhi sukhā sahāyā, Tuṭṭhī sukhā yā itarītarena; Puññaṁ sukhaṁ jīvitasaṅkhayamhi, Sabbassa dukkhassa sukhaṁ pahānaṁ. [¶24] Dhp 332 > Pali: Dhp 332 [¶25] In this world it’s a blessing to serve one’s mother and one’s father. And it’s a blessing also to serve ascetics and brahmins. > Pali: Sukhā matteyyatā loke, atho petteyyatā sukhā; Sukhā sāmaññatā loke, atho brahmaññatā sukhā. [¶26] Dhp 333 > Pali: Dhp 333 [¶27] It’s a blessing to keep precepts until you grow old; a blessing to be grounded in faith; the getting of wisdom’s a blessing; and it’s a blessing to avoid doing wrong. > Pali: Sukhaṁ yāva jarā sīlaṁ, sukhā saddhā patiṭṭhitā; Sukho paññāya paṭilābho, pāpānaṁ akaraṇaṁ sukhaṁ. [¶28] > Pali: Nāgavaggo tevīsatimo. ## 24. Craving · Dhp 334–359 Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/24/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/24/#p-N [¶0] Dhp 334 > Pali: Dhp 334 · Kapilamacchavatthu [¶1] When a man lives heedlessly, craving grows in them like a camel’s foot creeper. They jump from one thing to the next, like a langur greedy for fruit in a forest grove. > Pali: Manujassa pamattacārino, Taṇhā vaḍḍhati māluvā viya; So plavatī hurā huraṁ, Phalamicchaṁva vanasmi vānaro. [¶2] Dhp 335 > Pali: Dhp 335 [¶3] Whoever is beaten by this wretched craving, this attachment to the world, their sorrow grows, like grass in the rain. > Pali: Yaṁ esā sahate jammī, taṇhā loke visattikā; Sokā tassa pavaḍḍhanti, abhivaṭṭhaṁva bīraṇaṁ. [¶4] Dhp 336 > Pali: Dhp 336 [¶5] But whoever prevails over this wretched craving, so hard to get over in the world, their sorrows fall from them, like a drop from a lotus-leaf. > Pali: Yo cetaṁ sahate jammiṁ, taṇhaṁ loke duraccayaṁ; Sokā tamhā papatanti, udabinduva pokkharā. [¶6] Dhp 337 > Pali: Dhp 337 [¶7] I say this to you, good people, all those who have gathered here: dig up the root of craving, as you’d dig up grass in search of roots. Don’t let Māra break you again and again, like a stream breaking a reed. > Pali: Taṁ vo vadāmi bhaddaṁ vo, yāvantettha samāgatā; Taṇhāya mūlaṁ khaṇatha, usīratthova bīraṇaṁ; Mā vo naḷaṁva sotova, māro bhañji punappunaṁ. [¶8] Dhp 338 > Pali: Dhp 338 · Sūkarapotikāvatthu [¶9] A tree grows back even when cut down, so long as its roots are strong and undamaged; suffering springs up again and again, so long as the tendency to craving is not pulled out. > Pali: Yathāpi mūle anupaddave daḷhe, Chinnopi rukkho punareva rūhati; Evampi taṇhānusaye anūhate, Nibbattatī dukkhamidaṁ punappunaṁ. [¶10] Dhp 339 > Pali: Dhp 339 [¶11] A person of low views in whom the thirty-six streams that flow to pleasure are mighty, is swept away by lustful thoughts. > Pali: Yassa chattiṁsati sotā, manāpasavanā bhusā; Mahāvahanti duddiṭṭhiṁ, saṅkappā rāganissitā. [¶12] Dhp 340 > Pali: Dhp 340 [¶13] The streams flow everywhere; a weed springs up and remains. Seeing this weed that has been born, cut the root with wisdom. > Pali: Savanti sabbadhi sotā, latā uppajja tiṭṭhati; Tañca disvā lataṁ jātaṁ, mūlaṁ paññāya chindatha. [¶14] Dhp 341 > Pali: Dhp 341 [¶15] A personage’s joys flow from senses and cravings. Seekers of happiness, bent on pleasure, continue to be reborn and grow old. > Pali: Saritāni sinehitāni ca, Somanassāni bhavanti jantuno; Te sātasitā sukhesino, Te ve jātijarūpagā narā. [¶16] Dhp 342 > Pali: Dhp 342 [¶17] People governed by thirst, crawl about like a trapped rabbit. Bound and fettered, for a long time they return to pain time and again. > Pali: Tasiṇāya purakkhatā pajā, Parisappanti sasova bandhito; Saṁyojanasaṅgasattakā, Dukkhamupenti punappunaṁ cirāya. [¶18] Dhp 343 > Pali: Dhp 343 [¶19] People governed by thirst, crawl about like a trapped rabbit. That’s why one who longs for dispassion should dispel thirst. > Pali: Tasiṇāya purakkhatā pajā, Parisappanti sasova bandhito; Tasmā tasiṇaṁ vinodaye, Ākaṅkhanta virāgamattano. [¶20] Dhp 344 > Pali: Dhp 344 · Vibbhantabhikkhuvatthu [¶21] Unsnarled, they set out for the jungle, then they run right back to the jungle they left behind. Just look at this individual! Freed, they run to bondage. > Pali: Yo nibbanatho vanādhimutto, Vanamutto vanameva dhāvati; Taṁ puggalametha passatha, Mutto bandhanameva dhāvati. [¶22] Dhp 345 > Pali: Dhp 345 · Bandhanāgāravatthu [¶23] The attentive say that shackle is not strong that’s made of iron, wood, or knots. But obsession with jeweled earrings, concern for your partners and children: > Pali: Na taṁ daḷhaṁ bandhanamāhu dhīrā, Yadāyasaṁ dārujapabbajañca; Sārattarattā maṇikuṇḍalesu, Puttesu dāresu ca yā apekkhā. [¶24] Dhp 346 > Pali: Dhp 346 [¶25] this, say the attentive, is a strong shackle dragging the indulgent down, hard to escape. Having cut this one too they go forth, unconcerned, having given up sensual pleasures. > Pali: Etaṁ daḷhaṁ bandhanamāhu dhīrā, Ohārinaṁ sithilaṁ duppamuñcaṁ; Etampi chetvāna paribbajanti, Anapekkhino kāmasukhaṁ pahāya. [¶26] Dhp 347 > Pali: Dhp 347 · Khemātherīvatthu [¶27] Besotted by lust they fall into the stream, like a spider caught in the web she wove. The attentive proceed, having cut this one too, unconcerned, having given up all suffering. > Pali: Ye rāgarattānupatanti sotaṁ, Sayaṅkataṁ makkaṭakova jālaṁ; Etampi chetvāna vajanti dhīrā, Anapekkhino sabbadukkhaṁ pahāya. [¶28] Dhp 348 > Pali: Dhp 348 · Uggasenavatthu [¶29] Let go of the past, let go of the future, let go of the present, having gone beyond rebirth. With your heart freed in every respect, you’ll not come again to rebirth and old age. > Pali: Muñca pure muñca pacchato, Majjhe muñca bhavassa pāragū; Sabbattha vimuttamānaso, Na punaṁ jātijaraṁ upehisi. [¶30] Dhp 349 > Pali: Dhp 349 · Cūḷadhanuggahapaṇḍitavatthu [¶31] For a personage churned by thoughts, very lustful, focusing on beauty, their craving grows and grows, tying them with a stout bond. > Pali: Vitakkamathitassa jantuno, Tibbarāgassa subhānupassino; Bhiyyo taṇhā pavaḍḍhati, Esa kho daḷhaṁ karoti bandhanaṁ. [¶32] Dhp 350 > Pali: Dhp 350 [¶33] But one who loves to calm their thoughts, developing perception of ugliness, ever mindful, will surely eliminate that craving, cutting off the bonds of Māra. > Pali: Vitakkūpasame ca yo rato, Asubhaṁ bhāvayate sadā sato; Esa kho byanti kāhiti, Esa checchati mārabandhanaṁ. [¶34] Dhp 351 > Pali: Dhp 351 · Māravatthu [¶35] One who is confident, unafraid, rid of craving, free of blemish, having struck down the arrows flying to future lives, this bag of bones is their last. > Pali: Niṭṭhaṅgato asantāsī, vītataṇho anaṅgaṇo; Acchindi bhavasallāni, antimoyaṁ samussayo. [¶36] Dhp 352 > Pali: Dhp 352 [¶37] Rid of craving, free of grasping, expert in the definition of terms, knowing the correct structure and sequence of syllables, they are said to be one who bears their final body, one of great wisdom, a great person. > Pali: Vītataṇho anādāno, Niruttipadakovido; Akkharānaṁ sannipātaṁ, Jaññā pubbāparāni ca; Sa ve “antimasārīro, Mahāpañño mahāpuriso”ti vuccati. [¶38] Dhp 353 > Pali: Dhp 353 · Upakājīvakavatthu [¶39] I am the vanquisher of all, the knower of all, unsullied in the midst of all things. I’ve given up all, freed in the ending of craving. Since I know for myself, whose follower should I be? > Pali: Sabbābhibhū sabbavidūhamasmi, Sabbesu dhammesu anūpalitto; Sabbañjaho taṇhakkhaye vimutto, Sayaṁ abhiññāya kamuddiseyyaṁ. [¶40] Dhp 354 > Pali: Dhp 354 · Sakkapañhavatthu [¶41] The gift of the teaching surmounts all other gifts; the taste of the teaching surmounts all other tastes; the joy of the teaching surmounts all other joys; the ending of craving surmounts all suffering. > Pali: Sabbadānaṁ dhammadānaṁ jināti, Sabbarasaṁ dhammaraso jināti; Sabbaratiṁ dhammarati jināti, Taṇhakkhayo sabbadukkhaṁ jināti. [¶42] Dhp 355 > Pali: Dhp 355 · Aputtakaseṭṭhivatthu [¶43] Riches ruin a simpleton, but not a seeker of the far shore. From craving for wealth, a simpleton ruins themselves and others. > Pali: Hananti bhogā dummedhaṁ, no ca pāragavesino; Bhogataṇhāya dummedho, hanti aññeva attanaṁ. [¶44] Dhp 356 > Pali: Dhp 356 · Aṅkuravatthu [¶45] Weeds are the bane of crops, but greed is these folk’s bane. That’s why a gift to one rid of greed is so very fruitful. > Pali: Tiṇadosāni khettāni, rāgadosā ayaṁ pajā; Tasmā hi vītarāgesu, dinnaṁ hoti mahapphalaṁ. [¶46] Dhp 357 > Pali: Dhp 357 [¶47] Weeds are the bane of crops, but hate is these folk’s bane. That’s why a gift to one rid of hate is so very fruitful. > Pali: Tiṇadosāni khettāni, dosadosā ayaṁ pajā; Tasmā hi vītadosesu, dinnaṁ hoti mahapphalaṁ. [¶48] Dhp 358 > Pali: Dhp 358 [¶49] Weeds are the bane of crops, but delusion is these folk’s bane. That’s why a gift to one rid of delusion is so very fruitful. > Pali: Tiṇadosāni khettāni, mohadosā ayaṁ pajā; Tasmā hi vītamohesu, dinnaṁ hoti mahapphalaṁ. [¶50] Dhp 359 > Pali: Dhp 359 [¶51] Weeds are the bane of crops, but desire is these folk’s bane. That’s why a gift to one rid of desire is so very fruitful. > Pali: Tiṇadosāni khettāni, icchādosā ayaṁ pajā; Tasmā hi vigaticchesu, dinnaṁ hoti mahapphalaṁ. [¶52] > Pali: Taṇhāvaggo catuvīsatimo. ## 25. Mendicants · Dhp 360–382 Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/25/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/25/#p-N [¶0] Dhp 360 > Pali: Dhp 360 · Pañcabhikkhuvatthu [¶1] Restraint of the eye is good; good is restraint of the ear; restraint of the nose is good; good is restraint of the tongue. > Pali: Cakkhunā saṁvaro sādhu, sādhu sotena saṁvaro; Ghānena saṁvaro sādhu, sādhu jivhāya saṁvaro. [¶2] Dhp 361 > Pali: Dhp 361 [¶3] Restraint of the body is good; good is restraint of speech; restraint of mind is good; everywhere, restraint is good. The mendicant restrained everywhere is released from all suffering. > Pali: Kāyena saṁvaro sādhu, sādhu vācāya saṁvaro; Manasā saṁvaro sādhu, sādhu sabbattha saṁvaro; Sabbattha saṁvuto bhikkhu, sabbadukkhā pamuccati. [¶4] Dhp 362 > Pali: Dhp 362 · Haṁsaghātakabhikkhuvatthu [¶5] One restrained in hand and foot, and in speech, the supreme restraint; happy inside, serene, solitary, content, I call a mendicant. > Pali: Hatthasaṁyato pādasaṁyato, Vācāsaṁyato saṁyatuttamo; Ajjhattarato samāhito, Eko santusito tamāhu bhikkhuṁ. [¶6] Dhp 363 > Pali: Dhp 363 · Kokālikavatthu [¶7] When a mendicant of restrained mouth, thoughtful in counsel, not restless, explains the text and its meaning, their words are sweet. > Pali: Yo mukhasaṁyato bhikkhu, mantabhāṇī anuddhato; Atthaṁ dhammañca dīpeti, madhuraṁ tassa bhāsitaṁ. [¶8] Dhp 364 > Pali: Dhp 364 · Dhammārāmattheravatthu [¶9] Delighting in the teaching, enjoying the teaching, contemplating the teaching, a mendicant who recollects the teaching doesn’t fall away from the true teaching. > Pali: Dhammārāmo dhammarato, dhammaṁ anuvicintayaṁ; Dhammaṁ anussaraṁ bhikkhu, saddhammā na parihāyati. [¶10] Dhp 365 > Pali: Dhp 365 · Vipakkhasevakabhikkhuvatthu [¶11] A well-off mendicant ought not look down on others, nor should they be envious. A mendicant who envies others does not achieve immersion. > Pali: Salābhaṁ nātimaññeyya, nāññesaṁ pihayaṁ care; Aññesaṁ pihayaṁ bhikkhu, samādhiṁ nādhigacchati. [¶12] Dhp 366 > Pali: Dhp 366 [¶13] If a mendicant is poor in offerings, the well-to-do ought not look down on them. For the gods indeed praise them, who are tireless and pure of livelihood. > Pali: Appalābhopi ce bhikkhu, salābhaṁ nātimaññati; Taṁ ve devā pasaṁsanti, suddhājīviṁ atanditaṁ. [¶14] Dhp 367 > Pali: Dhp 367 · Pañcaggadāyakabrāhmaṇavatthu [¶15] One who has no sense of ownership in the whole realm of name and form, who does not grieve for that which is not, is said to be a mendicant. > Pali: Sabbaso nāmarūpasmiṁ, yassa natthi mamāyitaṁ; Asatā ca na socati, sa ve “bhikkhū”ti vuccati. [¶16] Dhp 368 > Pali: Dhp 368 · Sambahulabhikkhuvatthu [¶17] A mendicant who meditates on love, devoted to the Buddha’s teaching, would realize the peaceful state, the blissful stilling of conditions. > Pali: Mettāvihārī yo bhikkhu, pasanno buddhasāsane; Adhigacche padaṁ santaṁ, saṅkhārūpasamaṁ sukhaṁ. [¶18] Dhp 369 > Pali: Dhp 369 [¶19] Bail out this boat, mendicant! When bailed out it will float lightly. Having cut off desire and hate, you shall reach extinguishment. > Pali: Siñca bhikkhu imaṁ nāvaṁ, sittā te lahumessati; Chetvā rāgañca dosañca, tato nibbānamehisi. [¶20] Dhp 370 > Pali: Dhp 370 [¶21] Five to cut, five to drop, and five more to develop. When a mendicant slips five chains they’re said to have crossed the flood. > Pali: Pañca chinde pañca jahe, pañca cuttari bhāvaye; Pañca saṅgātigo bhikkhu, “oghatiṇṇo”ti vuccati. [¶22] Dhp 371 > Pali: Dhp 371 [¶23] Practice absorption, don’t be negligent! Don’t let the mind delight in the senses! Don’t heedlessly swallow a hot iron ball! And when it burns, don’t cry, “Oh, the pain!” > Pali: Jhāya bhikkhu mā pamādo, Mā te kāmaguṇe ramessu cittaṁ; Mā lohaguḷaṁ gilī pamatto, Mā kandi “dukkhamidan”ti dayhamāno. [¶24] Dhp 372 > Pali: Dhp 372 [¶25] No absorption for one without wisdom, no wisdom for one without absorption. But one with absorption and wisdom— they have truly drawn near to extinguishment. > Pali: Natthi jhānaṁ apaññassa, paññā natthi ajhāyato; Yamhi jhānañca paññā ca, sa ve nibbānasantike. [¶26] Dhp 373 > Pali: Dhp 373 [¶27] A mendicant who enters an empty hut with mind at peace finds a superhuman delight as they rightly discern the Dhamma. > Pali: Suññāgāraṁ paviṭṭhassa, santacittassa bhikkhuno; Amānusī rati hoti, sammā dhammaṁ vipassato. [¶28] Dhp 374 > Pali: Dhp 374 [¶29] Whenever they are mindful of the rise and fall of the aggregates, they feel rapture and joy: that is freedom from death for one who knows. > Pali: Yato yato sammasati, khandhānaṁ udayabbayaṁ; Labhatī pītipāmojjaṁ, amataṁ taṁ vijānataṁ. [¶30] Dhp 375 > Pali: Dhp 375 [¶31] This is the very start of the path for a wise mendicant here: guarding the senses, contentment, and restraint in the monastic code. > Pali: Tatrāyamādi bhavati, idha paññassa bhikkhuno; Indriyagutti santuṭṭhi, pātimokkhe ca saṁvaro. [¶32] Dhp 376 > Pali: Dhp 376 [¶33] Mix with spiritual friends, who are tireless and pure of livelihood. Share what you have with others, being skillful in your conduct. And when you’re full of joy, you’ll make an end to suffering. > Pali: Mitte bhajassu kalyāṇe, suddhājīve atandite; Paṭisanthāravutyassa, ācārakusalo siyā; Tato pāmojjabahulo, dukkhassantaṁ karissati. [¶34] Dhp 377 > Pali: Dhp 377 · Pañcasatabhikkhuvatthu [¶35] As a jasmine sheds its withered flowers, O mendicants, shed greed and hate. > Pali: Vassikā viya pupphāni, maddavāni pamuñcati; Evaṁ rāgañca dosañca, vippamuñcetha bhikkhavo. [¶36] Dhp 378 > Pali: Dhp 378 · Santakāyattheravatthu [¶37] Calm in body, calm in speech, peaceful and serene; a mendicant who’s spat out the world’s bait is said to be one at peace. > Pali: Santakāyo santavāco, santavā susamāhito; Vantalokāmiso bhikkhu, “upasanto”ti vuccati. [¶38] Dhp 379 > Pali: Dhp 379 · Naṅgalakulattheravatthu [¶39] Urge yourself on, reflect on yourself. A mendicant self-controlled and mindful will always dwell in happiness. > Pali: Attanā codayattānaṁ, paṭimaṁsetha attanā; So attagutto satimā, sukhaṁ bhikkhu vihāhisi. [¶40] Dhp 380 > Pali: Dhp 380 [¶41] Self is indeed the lord of self, for who else would be one’s lord? Self is indeed the home of self, so restrain yourself, as a merchant his thoroughbred steed. > Pali: Attā hi attano nātho, ko hi nātho paro siyā; Attā hi attano gati, tasmā saṁyamamattānaṁ; Assaṁ bhadraṁva vāṇijo. [¶42] Dhp 381 > Pali: Dhp 381 · Vakkalittheravatthu [¶43] A monk full of joy trusting in the Buddha’s teaching, would realize the peaceful state, the blissful stilling of conditions. > Pali: Pāmojjabahulo bhikkhu, pasanno buddhasāsane; Adhigacche padaṁ santaṁ, saṅkhārūpasamaṁ sukhaṁ. [¶44] Dhp 382 > Pali: Dhp 382 · Sumanasāmaṇeravatthu [¶45] A young mendicant devoted to the Buddha’s teaching, shines upon this world, like the moon freed from clouds. > Pali: Yo have daharo bhikkhu, yuñjati buddhasāsane; Somaṁ lokaṁ pabhāseti, abbhā muttova candimā. [¶46] > Pali: Bhikkhuvaggo pañcavīsatimo. ## 26. Brahmins · Dhp 383–422 Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/26/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/26/#p-N [¶0] Dhp 383 > Pali: Dhp 383 · Pasādabahulabrāhmaṇavatthu [¶1] Cut the stream, striving! Cast aside sensual pleasures, brahmin. Knowing the ending of conditions, know the uncreated, brahmin. > Pali: Chinda sotaṁ parakkamma, kāme panuda brāhmaṇa; Saṅkhārānaṁ khayaṁ ñatvā, akataññūsi brāhmaṇa. [¶2] Dhp 384 > Pali: Dhp 384 · Sambahulabhikkhuvatthu [¶3] When a brahmin has gone beyond dualistic phenomena, then they consciously make an end of all fetters. > Pali: Yadā dvayesu dhammesu, pāragū hoti brāhmaṇo; Athassa sabbe saṁyogā, atthaṁ gacchanti jānato. [¶4] Dhp 385 > Pali: Dhp 385 · Māravatthu [¶5] One for whom there is no crossing over or crossing back, or crossing over and back; stress-free, detached, that’s who I declare a brahmin. > Pali: Yassa pāraṁ apāraṁ vā, pārāpāraṁ na vijjati; Vītaddaraṁ visaṁyuttaṁ, tamahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ. [¶6] Dhp 386 > Pali: Dhp 386 · Aññatarabrāhmaṇavatthu [¶7] Absorbed, rid of hopes, their task completed, without defilements, arrived at the highest goal: that’s who I declare a brahmin. > Pali: Jhāyiṁ virajamāsīnaṁ, katakiccamanāsavaṁ; Uttamatthamanuppattaṁ, tamahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ. [¶8] Dhp 387 > Pali: Dhp 387 · Ānandattheravatthu [¶9] The sun blazes by day, the moon radiates at night, the aristocrat shines in armor, and the brahmin shines in absorption. But all day and all night, the Buddha blazes with glory. > Pali: Divā tapati ādicco, rattimābhāti candimā; Sannaddho khattiyo tapati, jhāyī tapati brāhmaṇo; Atha sabbamahorattiṁ, buddho tapati tejasā. [¶10] Dhp 388 > Pali: Dhp 388 · Aññatarabrāhmaṇapabbajitavatthu [¶11] A brahmin’s so-called since they’ve banished evil, an ascetic’s so-called since they live a serene life. One who has renounced all stains is said to be a “renunciant”. > Pali: Bāhitapāpoti brāhmaṇo, Samacariyā samaṇoti vuccati; Pabbājayamattano malaṁ, Tasmā “pabbajito”ti vuccati. [¶12] Dhp 389 > Pali: Dhp 389 · Sāriputtattheravatthu [¶13] One should never strike a brahmin, nor should a brahmin retaliate. Woe to the one who hurts a brahmin, and woe for the one who retaliates. > Pali: Na brāhmaṇassa pahareyya, nāssa muñcetha brāhmaṇo; Dhī brāhmaṇassa hantāraṁ, tato dhī yassa muñcati. [¶14] Dhp 390 > Pali: Dhp 390 [¶15] Nothing is better for a brahmin than to hold their mind back from attachment. From wherever a cruel wish recoils, right there suffering subsides. > Pali: Na brāhmaṇassetadakiñci seyyo, Yadā nisedho manaso piyehi; Yato yato hiṁsamano nivattati, Tato tato sammatimeva dukkhaṁ. [¶16] Dhp 391 > Pali: Dhp 391 · Mahāpajāpatigotamīvatthu [¶17] Who does nothing wrong by body, speech or mind, restrained in these three respects, that’s who I declare a brahmin. > Pali: Yassa kāyena vācāya, manasā natthi dukkaṭaṁ; Saṁvutaṁ tīhi ṭhānehi, tamahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ. [¶18] Dhp 392 > Pali: Dhp 392 · Sāriputtattheravatthu [¶19] You should graciously honor the one from whom you learn the Dhamma taught by the awakened Buddha, as a brahmin honors the sacred flame. > Pali: Yamhā dhammaṁ vijāneyya, sammāsambuddhadesitaṁ; Sakkaccaṁ taṁ namasseyya, aggihuttaṁva brāhmaṇo. [¶20] Dhp 393 > Pali: Dhp 393 · Jaṭilabrāhmaṇavatthu [¶21] Not by matted hair or family, or birth is one a brahmin. Those who are truthful and principled: they are pure, they are brahmins. > Pali: Na jaṭāhi na gottena, na jaccā hoti brāhmaṇo; Yamhi saccañca dhammo ca, so sucī so ca brāhmaṇo. [¶22] Dhp 394 > Pali: Dhp 394 · Kuhakabrāhmaṇavatthu [¶23] Why the matted hair, you simpleton, and why the skin of deer? The tangle is inside you, yet you polish up your outsides. > Pali: Kiṁ te jaṭāhi dummedha, kiṁ te ajinasāṭiyā; Abbhantaraṁ te gahanaṁ, bāhiraṁ parimajjasi. [¶24] Dhp 395 > Pali: Dhp 395 · Kisāgotamīvatthu [¶25] A personage who wears robes of rags, lean, their limbs showing veins, meditating alone in the forest, that’s who I declare a brahmin. > Pali: Paṁsukūladharaṁ jantuṁ, kisaṁ dhamanisanthataṁ; Ekaṁ vanasmiṁ jhāyantaṁ, tamahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ. [¶26] Dhp 396 > Pali: Dhp 396 · Ekabrāhmaṇavatthu [¶27] I don’t call someone a brahmin after the mother’s womb they’re born from. If they still have attachments, they’re just someone who says “worthy”. Having nothing, taking nothing: that’s who I declare a brahmin. > Pali: Na cāhaṁ brāhmaṇaṁ brūmi, yonijaṁ mattisambhavaṁ; Bhovādi nāma so hoti, sace hoti sakiñcano; Akiñcanaṁ anādānaṁ, tamahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ. [¶28] Dhp 397 > Pali: Dhp 397 · Uggasenaseṭṭhiputtavatthu [¶29] Having cut off all fetters they have no anxiety. They’ve slipped their chains and are detached: that’s who I declare a brahmin. > Pali: Sabbasaṁyojanaṁ chetvā, yo ve na paritassati; Saṅgātigaṁ visaṁyuttaṁ, tamahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ. [¶30] Dhp 398 > Pali: Dhp 398 · Dvebrāhmaṇavatthu [¶31] They’ve cut the strap and harness, the halter and bridle too, with cross-bar lifted, they’re awakened: that’s who I declare a brahmin. > Pali: Chetvā naddhiṁ varattañca, sandānaṁ sahanukkamaṁ; Ukkhittapalighaṁ buddhaṁ, tamahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ. [¶32] Dhp 399 > Pali: Dhp 399 · Akkosakabhāradvājavatthu [¶33] Abuse, killing, caging: they endure these without anger. Patience is their powerful army: that’s who I declare a brahmin. > Pali: Akkosaṁ vadhabandhañca, aduṭṭho yo titikkhati; Khantībalaṁ balānīkaṁ, tamahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ. [¶34] Dhp 400 > Pali: Dhp 400 · Sāriputtattheravatthu [¶35] Not irritable or pretentious, dutiful in precepts and observances, tamed, bearing their final body: that’s who I declare a brahmin. > Pali: Akkodhanaṁ vatavantaṁ, sīlavantaṁ anussadaṁ; Dantaṁ antimasārīraṁ, tamahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ. [¶36] Dhp 401 > Pali: Dhp 401 · Uppalavaṇṇāttherīvatthu [¶37] Like water from a lotus leaf, like a mustard seed off the point of a pin, sensual pleasures slip off them: that’s who I declare a brahmin. > Pali: Vāri pokkharapatteva, āraggeriva sāsapo; Yo na limpati kāmesu, tamahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ. [¶38] Dhp 402 > Pali: Dhp 402 · Aññatarabrāhmaṇavatthu [¶39] They understand for themselves the end of suffering in this life; with burden put down, detached: that’s who I declare a brahmin. > Pali: Yo dukkhassa pajānāti, idheva khayamattano; Pannabhāraṁ visaṁyuttaṁ, tamahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ. [¶40] Dhp 403 > Pali: Dhp 403 · Khemābhikkhunīvatthu [¶41] Deep in wisdom, intelligent, expert in the path and what is not the path; arrived at the highest goal: that’s who I declare a brahmin. > Pali: Gambhīrapaññaṁ medhāviṁ, maggāmaggassa kovidaṁ; Uttamatthamanuppattaṁ, tamahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ. [¶42] Dhp 404 > Pali: Dhp 404 · Pabbhāravāsitissattheravatthu [¶43] Mixing with neither householders nor the homeless; a migrant with no bastion, few in wishes: that’s who I declare a brahmin. > Pali: Asaṁsaṭṭhaṁ gahaṭṭhehi, anāgārehi cūbhayaṁ; Anokasārimappicchaṁ, tamahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ. [¶44] Dhp 405 > Pali: Dhp 405 · Aññatarabhikkhuvatthu [¶45] They’ve laid aside violence against creatures firm and frail; not killing or making others kill: that’s who I declare a brahmin. > Pali: Nidhāya daṇḍaṁ bhūtesu, tasesu thāvaresu ca; Yo na hanti na ghāteti, tamahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ. [¶46] Dhp 406 > Pali: Dhp 406 · Sāmaṇerānaṁvatthu [¶47] Not fighting among those who fight, quenched among those who have taken up arms, not grasping among those who grasp: that’s who I declare a brahmin. > Pali: Aviruddhaṁ viruddhesu, attadaṇḍesu nibbutaṁ; Sādānesu anādānaṁ, tamahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ. [¶48] Dhp 407 > Pali: Dhp 407 · Mahāpanthakattheravatthu [¶49] They’ve discarded greed and hate, along with conceit and contempt, like a mustard seed off the point of a pin: that’s who I declare a brahmin. > Pali: Yassa rāgo ca doso ca, māno makkho ca pātito; Sāsaporiva āraggā, tamahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ. [¶50] Dhp 408 > Pali: Dhp 408 · Pilindavacchattheravatthu [¶51] The words they utter are polished, informative, and true, and don’t offend anyone: that’s who I declare a brahmin. > Pali: Akakkasaṁ viññāpaniṁ, giraṁ saccamudīraye; Yāya nābhisaje kañci, tamahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ. [¶52] Dhp 409 > Pali: Dhp 409 · Aññatarattheravatthu [¶53] They don’t steal anything in the world, long or short, tiny or huge, beautiful or ugly: that’s who I declare a brahmin. > Pali: Yodha dīghaṁ va rassaṁ vā, aṇuṁ thūlaṁ subhāsubhaṁ; Loke adinnaṁ nādiyati, tamahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ. [¶54] Dhp 410 > Pali: Dhp 410 · Sāriputtattheravatthu [¶55] They have no hope in this world or the next; with no need for hope, detached: that’s who I declare a brahmin. > Pali: Āsā yassa na vijjanti, asmiṁ loke paramhi ca; Nirāsāsaṁ visaṁyuttaṁ, tamahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ. [¶56] Dhp 411 > Pali: Dhp 411 · Mahāmoggallānattheravatthu [¶57] They have no clinging, knowledge has freed them of indecision, they’ve arrived at the objective, freedom from death: that’s who I declare a brahmin. > Pali: Yassālayā na vijjanti, aññāya akathaṅkathī; Amatogadhamanuppattaṁ, tamahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ. [¶58] Dhp 412 > Pali: Dhp 412 · Revatattheravatthu [¶59] They’ve escaped the chain of both good and bad deeds; sorrowless, stainless, pure: that’s who I declare a brahmin. > Pali: Yodha puññañca pāpañca, ubho saṅgamupaccagā; Asokaṁ virajaṁ suddhaṁ, tamahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ. [¶60] Dhp 413 > Pali: Dhp 413 · Candābhattheravatthu [¶61] Pure as the spotless moon, clear and unclouded, they’ve ended relish for rebirth: that’s who I declare a brahmin. > Pali: Candaṁva vimalaṁ suddhaṁ, vippasannamanāvilaṁ; Nandībhavaparikkhīṇaṁ, tamahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ. [¶62] Dhp 414 > Pali: Dhp 414 · Sīvalittheravatthu [¶63] They’ve got past this grueling swamp of delusion, transmigration. Meditating in stillness, free of indecision, they have crossed over to the far shore. They’re quenched by not grasping: that’s who I declare a brahmin. > Pali: Yomaṁ palipathaṁ duggaṁ, saṁsāraṁ mohamaccagā; Tiṇṇo pāraṅgato jhāyī, anejo akathaṅkathī; Anupādāya nibbuto, tamahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ. [¶64] Dhp 415 > Pali: Dhp 415 · Sundarasamuddattheravatthu [¶65] They’ve given up sensual pleasures, and have gone forth from lay life; they’ve ended rebirth in the sensual realm: that’s who I declare a brahmin. > Pali: Yodha kāme pahantvāna, anāgāro paribbaje; Kāmabhavaparikkhīṇaṁ, tamahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ. [¶66] Dhp 416 > Pali: Dhp 416 · Jotikattheravatthu [¶67] They’ve given up craving, and have gone forth from lay life; they’ve ended craving to be reborn: that’s who I declare a brahmin. > Pali: Yodha taṇhaṁ pahantvāna, anāgāro paribbaje; Taṇhābhavaparikkhīṇaṁ, tamahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ. [¶68] They’ve given up craving, and have gone forth from lay life; they’ve ended craving to be reborn: that’s who I declare a brahmin. > Pali: Yodha taṇhaṁ pahantvāna, anāgāro paribbaje; Taṇhābhavaparikkhīṇaṁ, tamahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ. [¶69] Dhp 417 > Pali: Dhp 417 · Naṭaputtakattheravatthu [¶70] They’ve thrown off the human yoke, and slipped out of the heavenly yoke; unyoked from all yokes: that’s who I declare a brahmin. > Pali: Hitvā mānusakaṁ yogaṁ, dibbaṁ yogaṁ upaccagā; Sabbayogavisaṁyuttaṁ, tamahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ. [¶71] Dhp 418 > Pali: Dhp 418 · Naṭaputtakattheravatthu [¶72] Giving up desire and discontent, they’re cooled and free of attachments; a hero, master of the whole world: that’s who I declare a brahmin. > Pali: Hitvā ratiñca aratiñca, sītibhūtaṁ nirūpadhiṁ; Sabbalokābhibhuṁ vīraṁ, tamahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ. [¶73] Dhp 419 > Pali: Dhp 419 · Vaṅgīsattheravatthu [¶74] They know the passing away and rebirth of all beings; unattached, holy, awakened: that’s who I declare a brahmin. > Pali: Cutiṁ yo vedi sattānaṁ, upapattiñca sabbaso; Asattaṁ sugataṁ buddhaṁ, tamahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ. [¶75] Dhp 420 > Pali: Dhp 420 [¶76] Gods, centaurs, and humans don’t know their destiny; the perfected ones with defilements ended: that’s who I declare a brahmin. > Pali: Yassa gatiṁ na jānanti, devā gandhabbamānusā; Khīṇāsavaṁ arahantaṁ, tamahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ. [¶77] Dhp 421 > Pali: Dhp 421 · Dhammadinnāttherīvatthu [¶78] They have nothing before or after, or even in between. Having nothing, taking nothing: that’s who I declare a brahmin. > Pali: Yassa pure ca pacchā ca, majjhe ca natthi kiñcanaṁ; Akiñcanaṁ anādānaṁ, tamahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ. [¶79] Dhp 422 > Pali: Dhp 422 · Aṅgulimālattheravatthu [¶80] Captain of the herd, excellent hero, great seer and victor; unstirred, washed, awakened: that’s who I declare a brahmin. > Pali: Usabhaṁ pavaraṁ vīraṁ, mahesiṁ vijitāvinaṁ; Anejaṁ nhātakaṁ buddhaṁ, tamahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ.