---
title: "The Dhammapada · Dhammapada"
author: "The Buddha"
translator: "Bhikkhu Sujato"
title_ru: "Дхаммапада"
author_ru: "Будда"
languages: [pi, en]
shelf: "Pali Canon"
section: 10 of 26
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/10/
cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, The Dhammapada · Dhammapada, section 10. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/10/"
---

# 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.

## 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.