---
title: "The Dhammapada · Dhammapada"
author: "The Buddha"
translator: "Bhikkhu Sujato"
title_ru: "Дхаммапада"
author_ru: "Будда"
languages: [pi, en]
shelf: "Pali Canon"
section: 2 of 26
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/2/
cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, The Dhammapada · Dhammapada, section 2. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/2/"
---

# 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.

## 2. Diligence · Dhp 21–32

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/2/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/2/#p-N

[¶0] Dhp 21

> Pali: Dhp 21 · Sāmāvatīvatthu

[¶1] Heedfulness is the state free of death;
heedlessness is the state of death.
The heedful do not die,
while the heedless are like the dead.

> Pali: Appamādo amatapadaṁ,
pamādo maccuno padaṁ;
Appamattā na mīyanti,
ye pamattā yathā matā.

[¶2] Dhp 22

> Pali: Dhp 22

[¶3] Understanding this distinction
when it comes to heedfulness,
the astute rejoice in heedfulness,
happy in the noble ones’ domain.

> Pali: Evaṁ visesato ñatvā,
appamādamhi paṇḍitā;
Appamāde pamodanti,
ariyānaṁ gocare ratā.

[¶4] Dhp 23

> Pali: Dhp 23

[¶5] They who regularly meditate,
always staunchly vigorous;
the attentive realize extinguishment,
the supreme sanctuary from the yoke.

> Pali: Te jhāyino sātatikā,
niccaṁ daḷhaparakkamā;
Phusanti dhīrā nibbānaṁ,
yogakkhemaṁ anuttaraṁ.

[¶6] Dhp 24

> Pali: Dhp 24 · Kumbaghosakaseṭṭhivatthu

[¶7] For the hard-working and mindful,
pure of deed and attentive,
restrained, living righteously, and diligent,
their reputation only grows.

> Pali: Uṭṭhānavato satīmato,
Sucikammassa nisammakārino;
Saññatassa dhammajīvino,
Appamattassa yasobhivaḍḍhati.

[¶8] Dhp 25

> Pali: Dhp 25 · Cūḷapanthakavatthu

[¶9] By hard work and diligence,
by restraint and by self-control,
a smart person would build an island
that the floods cannot overflow.

> Pali: Uṭṭhānenappamādena,
saṁyamena damena ca;
Dīpaṁ kayirātha medhāvī,
yaṁ ogho nābhikīrati.

[¶10] Dhp 26

> Pali: Dhp 26 · Bālanakkhattasaṅghuṭṭhavatthu

[¶11] Fools and simpletons
devote themselves to negligence.
But the wise protect diligence
as their best treasure.

> Pali: Pamādamanuyuñjanti,
bālā dummedhino janā;
Appamādañca medhāvī,
dhanaṁ seṭṭhaṁva rakkhati.

[¶12] Dhp 27

> Pali: Dhp 27

[¶13] Don’t devote yourself to negligence,
or delight in erotic intimacy.
For if you’re diligent and meditate,
you’ll attain abundant happiness.

> Pali: Mā pamādamanuyuñjetha,
mā kāmaratisanthavaṁ;
Appamatto hi jhāyanto,
pappoti vipulaṁ sukhaṁ.

[¶14] Dhp 28

> Pali: Dhp 28 · Mahākassapattheravatthu

[¶15] When the astute dispel negligence
by means of diligence,
ascending the palace of wisdom,
sorrowless, they behold this generation of sorrow,
as an attentive one on a mountain top
beholds the fools below.

> Pali: Pamādaṁ appamādena,
yadā nudati paṇḍito;
Paññāpāsādamāruyha,
asoko sokiniṁ pajaṁ;
Pabbataṭṭhova bhūmaṭṭhe,
dhīro bāle avekkhati.

[¶16] Dhp 29

> Pali: Dhp 29 · Pamattāpamattadvesahāyakabhikkhuvatthu

[¶17] Heedful among the heedless,
wide awake while others sleep—
a true sage leaves them behind,
like a swift horse passing a feeble.

> Pali: Appamatto pamattesu,
suttesu bahujāgaro;
Abalassaṁva sīghasso,
hitvā yāti sumedhaso.

[¶18] Dhp 30

> Pali: Dhp 30 · Maghavatthu

[¶19] Maghavā became chief of the gods
by means of diligence.
People praise diligence,
while negligence is always deplored.

> Pali: Appamādena maghavā,
devānaṁ seṭṭhataṁ gato;
Appamādaṁ pasaṁsanti,
pamādo garahito sadā.

[¶20] Dhp 31

> Pali: Dhp 31 · Aññatarabhikkhuvatthu

[¶21] A mendicant who loves diligence,
seeing fear in negligence—
advances like fire,
burning up fetters big and small.

> Pali: Appamādarato bhikkhu,
pamāde bhayadassi vā;
Saṁyojanaṁ aṇuṁ thūlaṁ,
ḍahaṁ aggīva gacchati.

[¶22] Dhp 32

> Pali: Dhp 32 · Nigamavāsitissattheravatthu

[¶23] A mendicant who loves diligence,
seeing fear in negligence—
such a one can’t decline,
and has drawn near to extinguishment.

> Pali: Appamādarato bhikkhu,
pamāde bhayadassi vā;
Abhabbo parihānāya,
nibbānasseva santike.

[¶24] > Pali: Appamādavaggo dutiyo.