---
title: "The Dhammapada · Dhammapada"
author: "The Buddha"
translator: "Bhikkhu Sujato"
title_ru: "Дхаммапада"
author_ru: "Будда"
languages: [pi, en]
shelf: "Pali Canon"
section: 17 of 26
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/17/
cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, The Dhammapada · Dhammapada, section 17. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/17/"
---

# 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.

## 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.