---
title: "The Dhammapada · Dhammapada"
author: "The Buddha"
translator: "Bhikkhu Sujato"
title_ru: "Дхаммапада"
author_ru: "Будда"
languages: [pi, en]
shelf: "Pali Canon"
section: 14 of 26
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/14/
cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, The Dhammapada · Dhammapada, section 14. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/14/"
---

# 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.

## 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.