---
title: "The Dhammapada · Dhammapada"
author: "The Buddha"
translator: "Bhikkhu Sujato"
title_ru: "Дхаммапада"
author_ru: "Будда"
languages: [pi, en]
shelf: "Pali Canon"
section: 15 of 26
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/15/
cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, The Dhammapada · Dhammapada, section 15. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/15/"
---

# 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.

## 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.