---
title: "The Dhammapada · Dhammapada"
author: "The Buddha"
translator: "Bhikkhu Sujato"
title_ru: "Дхаммапада"
author_ru: "Будда"
languages: [pi, en]
shelf: "Pali Canon"
section: 16 of 26
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/16/
cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, The Dhammapada · Dhammapada, section 16. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/16/"
---

# 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.

## 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.