---
title: "The Dhammapada · Dhammapada"
author: "The Buddha"
translator: "Bhikkhu Sujato"
title_ru: "Дхаммапада"
author_ru: "Будда"
languages: [pi, en]
shelf: "Pali Canon"
section: 20 of 26
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/20/
cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, The Dhammapada · Dhammapada, section 20. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/20/"
---

# 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.

## 20. The Path · Dhp 273–289

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/20/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/20/#p-N

[¶0] Dhp 273

> Pali: Dhp 273 · Pañcasatabhikkhuvatthu

[¶1] Of paths, the eightfold is the best;
of truths, the four statements;
dispassion is the best of things,
and the Clear-eyed One is the best of humans.

> Pali: Maggānaṭṭhaṅgiko seṭṭho,
saccānaṁ caturo padā;
Virāgo seṭṭho dhammānaṁ,
dvipadānañca cakkhumā.

[¶2] Dhp 274

> Pali: Dhp 274

[¶3] <em>This</em> is the path, there is no other
for the purification of vision.
You all must practice this,
it is the way to baffle Māra.

> Pali: Eseva maggo natthañño,
Dassanassa visuddhiyā;
Etañhi tumhe paṭipajjatha,
Mārassetaṁ pamohanaṁ.

[¶4] Dhp 275

> Pali: Dhp 275

[¶5] When you all are practicing this,
you’ll make an end of suffering.
I have explained the path to you
for extracting the thorn with wisdom.

> Pali: Etañhi tumhe paṭipannā,
dukkhassantaṁ karissatha;
Akkhāto vo mayā maggo,
aññāya sallakantanaṁ.

[¶6] Dhp 276

> Pali: Dhp 276

[¶7] You yourselves must do the work,
the Realized Ones just show the way.
Meditators practicing absorption
are released from Māra’s bonds.

> Pali: Tumhehi kiccamātappaṁ,
akkhātāro tathāgatā;
Paṭipannā pamokkhanti,
jhāyino mārabandhanā.

[¶8] Dhp 277

> Pali: Dhp 277 · Aniccalakkhaṇavatthu

[¶9] All conditions are impermanent—
when this is seen with wisdom,
one grows disillusioned with suffering:
this is the path to purity.

> Pali: “Sabbe saṅkhārā aniccā”ti,
yadā paññāya passati;
Atha nibbindati dukkhe,
esa maggo visuddhiyā.

[¶10] Dhp 278

> Pali: Dhp 278 · Dukkhalakkhaṇavatthu

[¶11] All conditions are suffering—
when this is seen with wisdom,
one grows disillusioned with suffering:
this is the path to purity.

> Pali: “Sabbe saṅkhārā dukkhā”ti,
yadā paññāya passati;
Atha nibbindati dukkhe,
esa maggo visuddhiyā.

[¶12] Dhp 279

> Pali: Dhp 279 · Anattalakkhaṇavatthu

[¶13] All things are not-self—
when this is seen with wisdom,
one grows disillusioned with suffering:
this is the path to purity.

> Pali: “Sabbe dhammā anattā”ti,
yadā paññāya passati;
Atha nibbindati dukkhe,
esa maggo visuddhiyā.

[¶14] Dhp 280

> Pali: Dhp 280 · Padhānakammikatissattheravatthu

[¶15] They don’t get going when it’s time to start;
they’re young and strong, but given to sloth.
Their mind depressed in sunken thought,
lazy and slothful, they can’t discern the path.

> Pali: Uṭṭhānakālamhi anuṭṭhahāno,
Yuvā balī ālasiyaṁ upeto;
Saṁsannasaṅkappamano kusīto,
Paññāya maggaṁ alaso na vindati.

[¶16] Dhp 281

> Pali: Dhp 281 · Sūkarapetavatthu

[¶17] Guarded in speech, restrained in mind,
doing no unskillful bodily deed.
Purify these three ways of performing deeds,
and win the path known to seers.

> Pali: Vācānurakkhī manasā susaṁvuto,
Kāyena ca nākusalaṁ kayirā;
Ete tayo kammapathe visodhaye,
Ārādhaye maggamisippaveditaṁ.

[¶18] Dhp 282

> Pali: Dhp 282 · Poṭṭhilattheravatthu

[¶19] From meditation springs wisdom,
without meditation, wisdom ends.
Knowing these two paths—
of progress and decline—
you should conduct yourself
so that wisdom grows.

> Pali: Yogā ve jāyatī bhūri,
ayogā bhūrisaṅkhayo;
Etaṁ dvedhāpathaṁ ñatvā,
bhavāya vibhavāya ca;
Tathāttānaṁ niveseyya,
yathā bhūri pavaḍḍhati.

[¶20] Dhp 283

> Pali: Dhp 283 · Pañcamahallakabhikkhuvatthu

[¶21] Cut down the jungle, not just a tree;
from the jungle springs fear.
Having cut down jungle and snarl,
be free of jungles, mendicants!

> Pali: Vanaṁ chindatha mā rukkhaṁ,
vanato jāyate bhayaṁ;
Chetvā vanañca vanathañca,
nibbanā hotha bhikkhavo.

[¶22] Dhp 284

> Pali: Dhp 284

[¶23] So long as the vine, no matter how small,
that ties a man to women is not cut,
his mind remains trapped,
like a calf suckling its mother.

> Pali: Yāva hi vanatho na chijjati,
Aṇumattopi narassa nārisu;
Paṭibaddhamanova tāva so,
Vaccho khīrapakova mātari.

[¶24] Dhp 285

> Pali: Dhp 285 · Suvaṇṇakārattheravatthu

[¶25] Cut out affection for oneself,
like plucking an autumn lotus.
Foster only the path to peace,
the extinguishment the Holy One taught.

> Pali: Ucchinda sinehamattano,
Kumudaṁ sāradikaṁva pāṇinā;
Santimaggameva brūhaya,
Nibbānaṁ sugatena desitaṁ.

[¶26] Dhp 286

> Pali: Dhp 286 · Mahādhanavāṇijavatthu

[¶27] “Here I will stay for the rains;
here for winter, here the summer”;
thus the fool thinks,
not realizing the danger.

> Pali: Idha vassaṁ vasissāmi,
idha hemantagimhisu;
Iti bālo vicinteti,
antarāyaṁ na bujjhati.

[¶28] Dhp 287

> Pali: Dhp 287 · Kisāgotamīvatthu

[¶29] As a mighty flood sweeps away a sleeping village,
death steals away a man
who dotes on children and cattle,
his mind caught up in them.

> Pali: Taṁ puttapasusammattaṁ,
byāsattamanasaṁ naraṁ;
Suttaṁ gāmaṁ mahoghova,
maccu ādāya gacchati.

[¶30] Dhp 288

> Pali: Dhp 288 · Paṭācārāvatthu

[¶31] Children provide you no shelter,
nor does father, nor relatives.
When you’re seized by the terminator,
there’s no shelter in family.

> Pali: Na santi puttā tāṇāya,
na pitā nāpi bandhavā;
Antakenādhipannassa,
natthi ñātīsu tāṇatā.

[¶32] Dhp 289

> Pali: Dhp 289

[¶33] Knowing the reason for this,
astute, and ethically restrained,
one would quickly clear the path
that leads to extinguishment.

> Pali: Etamatthavasaṁ ñatvā,
paṇḍito sīlasaṁvuto;
Nibbānagamanaṁ maggaṁ,
khippameva visodhaye.

[¶34] > Pali: Maggavaggo vīsatimo.