---
title: "The Dhammapada · Dhammapada"
author: "The Buddha"
translator: "Bhikkhu Sujato"
title_ru: "Дхаммапада"
author_ru: "Будда"
languages: [pi, en]
shelf: "Pali Canon"
section: 18 of 26
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/18/
cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, The Dhammapada · Dhammapada, section 18. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/18/"
---

# 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.

## 18. Stains · Dhp 235–255

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/18/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/18/#p-N

[¶0] Dhp 235

> Pali: Dhp 235 · Goghātakaputtavatthu

[¶1] Today you’re like a withered leaf,
Yama’s men await you.
You stand at the departure gates,
yet you have no supplies for the road.

> Pali: Paṇḍupalāsova dānisi,
Yamapurisāpi ca te upaṭṭhitā;
Uyyogamukhe ca tiṭṭhasi,
Pātheyyampi ca te na vijjati.

[¶2] Dhp 236

> Pali: Dhp 236

[¶3] Make an island of yourself!
Swiftly strive, learn to be wise!
Purged of stains, flawless,
you’ll go to the heavenly realm of the noble ones.

> Pali: So karohi dīpamattano,
Khippaṁ vāyama paṇḍito bhava;
Niddhantamalo anaṅgaṇo,
Dibbaṁ ariyabhūmiṁ upehisi.

[¶4] Dhp 237

> Pali: Dhp 237

[¶5] You’ve journeyed the stages of life,
and now you set out to meet Yama.
Along the way there’s nowhere to stay,
yet you have no supplies for the road.

> Pali: Upanītavayo ca dānisi,
Sampayātosi yamassa santikaṁ;
Vāso te natthi antarā,
Pātheyyampi ca te na vijjati.

[¶6] Dhp 238

> Pali: Dhp 238

[¶7] Make an island of yourself!
Swiftly strive, learn to be wise!
Purged of stains, flawless,
you’ll not come again to rebirth and old age.

> Pali: So karohi dīpamattano,
Khippaṁ vāyama paṇḍito bhava;
Niddhantamalo anaṅgaṇo,
Na punaṁ jātijaraṁ upehisi.

[¶8] Dhp 239

> Pali: Dhp 239 · Aññatarabrāhmaṇavatthu

[¶9] A smart person would purge
their own stains gradually,
bit by bit, moment by moment,
like a smith smelting silver.

> Pali: Anupubbena medhāvī,
thokaṁ thokaṁ khaṇe khaṇe;
Kammāro rajatasseva,
niddhame malamattano.

[¶10] Dhp 240

> Pali: Dhp 240 · Tissattheravatthu

[¶11] It is the rust born on the iron
that eats away the place it arose.
And so it is their own deeds
that lead the overly-ascetic to a bad place.

> Pali: Ayasāva malaṁ samuṭṭhitaṁ,
Tatuṭṭhāya tameva khādati;
Evaṁ atidhonacārinaṁ,
Sāni kammāni nayanti duggatiṁ.

[¶12] Dhp 241

> Pali: Dhp 241 · Lāḷudāyīvatthu

[¶13] Not rehearsing is the stain of hymns.
The stain of houses is neglect.
Laziness is the stain of beauty.
A guard’s stain is negligence.

> Pali: Asajjhāyamalā mantā,
anuṭṭhānamalā gharā;
Malaṁ vaṇṇassa kosajjaṁ,
pamādo rakkhato malaṁ.

[¶14] Dhp 242

> Pali: Dhp 242 · Aññatarakulaputtavatthu

[¶15] Misconduct is a woman’s stain.
A giver’s stain is stinginess.
Bad qualities are a stain
in this world and the next.

> Pali: Malitthiyā duccaritaṁ,
maccheraṁ dadato malaṁ;
Malā ve pāpakā dhammā,
asmiṁ loke paramhi ca.

[¶16] Dhp 243

> Pali: Dhp 243

[¶17] But a worse stain than these
is ignorance, the worst stain of all.
Having given up that stain,
be without stains, mendicants!

> Pali: Tato malā malataraṁ,
avijjā paramaṁ malaṁ;
Etaṁ malaṁ pahantvāna,
nimmalā hotha bhikkhavo.

[¶18] Dhp 244

> Pali: Dhp 244 · Cūḷasāribhikkhuvatthu

[¶19] Life is easy for the shameless.
With all the rude courage of a crow,
they live pushy,
rude, and corrupt.

> Pali: Sujīvaṁ ahirikena,
kākasūrena dhaṁsinā;
Pakkhandinā pagabbhena,
saṅkiliṭṭhena jīvitaṁ.

[¶20] Dhp 245

> Pali: Dhp 245

[¶21] Life is hard for the conscientious,
always seeking purity,
neither clinging nor rude,
pure of livelihood and discerning.

> Pali: Hirīmatā ca dujjīvaṁ,
niccaṁ sucigavesinā;
Alīnenāppagabbhena,
suddhājīvena passatā.

[¶22] Dhp 246

> Pali: Dhp 246 · Pañcaupāsakavatthu

[¶23] Take anyone in this world
who kills living creatures,
speaks falsely, steals,
commits adultery,

> Pali: Yo pāṇamatipāteti,
musāvādañca bhāsati;
Loke adinnamādiyati,
paradārañca gacchati.

[¶24] Dhp 247

> Pali: Dhp 247

[¶25] and indulges in drinking
beer and wine.
Right here they dig up
the root of their own self.

> Pali: Surāmerayapānañca,
yo naro anuyuñjati;
Idheva meso lokasmiṁ,
mūlaṁ khaṇati attano.

[¶26] Dhp 248

> Pali: Dhp 248

[¶27] Know this, my man:
they are unrestrained and wicked.
Don’t let that greed and unrighteousness
inflict pain on you for long.

> Pali: Evaṁ bho purisa jānāhi,
pāpadhammā asaññatā;
Mā taṁ lobho adhammo ca,
ciraṁ dukkhāya randhayuṁ.

[¶28] Dhp 249

> Pali: Dhp 249 · Tissadaharavatthu

[¶29] The people give according to their faith,
according to their confidence.
If you get upset over that,
over others’ food and drink,
you’ll not, by day or by night,
become immersed in samādhi.

> Pali: Dadāti ve yathāsaddhaṁ,
yathāpasādanaṁ jano;
Tattha yo ca maṅku bhavati,
paresaṁ pānabhojane;
Na so divā vā rattiṁ vā,
samādhimadhigacchati.

[¶30] Dhp 250

> Pali: Dhp 250

[¶31] Those who have cut that out,
dug it up at the root, eradicated it,
they will, by day or by night,
become immersed in samādhi.

> Pali: Yassa cetaṁ samucchinnaṁ,
mūlaghaccaṁ samūhataṁ;
Sa ve divā vā rattiṁ vā,
samādhimadhigacchati.

[¶32] Dhp 251

> Pali: Dhp 251 · Pañcaupāsakavatthu

[¶33] There is no fire like greed,
no crime like hate,
no net like delusion,
no river like craving.

> Pali: Natthi rāgasamo aggi,
natthi dosasamo gaho;
Natthi mohasamaṁ jālaṁ,
natthi taṇhāsamā nadī.

[¶34] Dhp 252

> Pali: Dhp 252 · Meṇḍakaseṭṭhivatthu

[¶35] It’s easy to see the faults of others,
hard to see one’s own.
For the faults of others
are tossed high like hay,
while one’s own are hidden,
as a cheat hides a bad hand.

> Pali: Sudassaṁ vajjamaññesaṁ,
attano pana duddasaṁ;
Paresaṁ hi so vajjāni,
opunāti yathā bhusaṁ;
Attano pana chādeti,
kaliṁva kitavā saṭho.

[¶36] Dhp 253

> Pali: Dhp 253 · Ujjhānasaññittheravatthu

[¶37] When you look for the flaws of others,
always finding fault,
your defilements only grow,
you’re far from ending defilements.

> Pali: Paravajjānupassissa,
niccaṁ ujjhānasaññino;
Āsavā tassa vaḍḍhanti,
ārā so āsavakkhayā.

[¶38] Dhp 254

> Pali: Dhp 254 · Subhaddaparibbājakavatthu

[¶39] In the atmosphere there is no track,
there’s no true ascetic outside here.
People enjoy proliferation,
the Realized Ones are free of proliferation.

> Pali: Ākāseva padaṁ natthi,
samaṇo natthi bāhire;
Papañcābhiratā pajā,
nippapañcā tathāgatā.

[¶40] Dhp 255

> Pali: Dhp 255

[¶41] In the atmosphere there is no track,
there’s no true ascetic outside here.
No conditions last forever,
the Awakened Ones are not shaken.

> Pali: Ākāseva padaṁ natthi,
samaṇo natthi bāhire;
Saṅkhārā sassatā natthi,
natthi buddhānamiñjitaṁ.

[¶42] > Pali: Malavaggo aṭṭhārasamo.