---
title: "The Dhammapada · Dhammapada"
author: "The Buddha"
translator: "Bhikkhu Sujato"
title_ru: "Дхаммапада"
author_ru: "Будда"
languages: [pi, en]
shelf: "Pali Canon"
section: 22 of 26
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/22/
cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, The Dhammapada · Dhammapada, section 22. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/22/"
---

# 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.

## 22. Hell · Dhp 306–319

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/22/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/22/#p-N

[¶0] Dhp 306

> Pali: Dhp 306 · Sundarīparibbājikāvatthu

[¶1] A liar goes to hell,
as does one who denies what they did.
Both are equal in the hereafter,
those men of base deeds.

> Pali: Abhūtavādī nirayaṁ upeti,
Yo vāpi katvā na karomi cāha;
Ubhopi te pecca samā bhavanti,
Nihīnakammā manujā parattha.

[¶2] Dhp 307

> Pali: Dhp 307 · Duccaritaphalapīḷitavatthu

[¶3] Many who wear a scrap of ocher cloth
are unrestrained and wicked.
Being wicked, they are reborn in hell
due to their bad deeds.

> Pali: Kāsāvakaṇṭhā bahavo,
pāpadhammā asaññatā;
Pāpā pāpehi kammehi,
nirayaṁ te upapajjare.

[¶4] Dhp 308

> Pali: Dhp 308 · Vaggumudātīriyabhikkhuvatthu

[¶5] It’d be better for the immoral and unrestrained
to eat an iron ball,
scorching, like a burning flame,
than to eat the nation’s alms.

> Pali: Seyyo ayoguḷo bhutto,
tatto aggisikhūpamo;
Yañce bhuñjeyya dussīlo,
raṭṭhapiṇḍamasaññato.

[¶6] Dhp 309

> Pali: Dhp 309 · Khemakaseṭṭhiputtavatthu

[¶7] Four things befall a heedless man
who sleeps with another’s wife:
wickedness, poor sleep,
ill-repute, and rebirth in hell.

> Pali: Cattāri ṭhānāni naro pamatto,
Āpajjati paradārūpasevī;
Apuññalābhaṁ na nikāmaseyyaṁ,
Nindaṁ tatīyaṁ nirayaṁ catutthaṁ.

[¶8] Dhp 310

> Pali: Dhp 310

[¶9] He accrues wickedness and is reborn in a bad place,
all so a frightened couple <j>may snatch a moment’s pleasure,
for which rulers impose a heavy punishment.
That’s why a man should not <j>sleep with another’s wife.

> Pali: Apuññalābho ca gatī ca pāpikā,
Bhītassa bhītāya ratī ca thokikā;
Rājā ca daṇḍaṁ garukaṁ paṇeti,
Tasmā naro paradāraṁ na seve.

[¶10] Dhp 311

> Pali: Dhp 311 · Dubbacabhikkhuvatthu

[¶11] When kusa grass is wrongly grasped
it only cuts the hand.
So too, the ascetic life, when wrongly taken,
drags you to hell.

> Pali: Kuso yathā duggahito,
hatthamevānukantati;
Sāmaññaṁ dupparāmaṭṭhaṁ,
nirayāyupakaḍḍhati.

[¶12] Dhp 312

> Pali: Dhp 312

[¶13] Any lax act,
any corrupt observance,
or suspicious spiritual life,
is not very fruitful.

> Pali: Yaṁ kiñci sithilaṁ kammaṁ,
saṅkiliṭṭhañca yaṁ vataṁ;
Saṅkassaraṁ brahmacariyaṁ,
na taṁ hoti mahapphalaṁ.

[¶14] Dhp 313

> Pali: Dhp 313

[¶15] If one is to do what should be done,
one should staunchly strive.
For the life gone forth when laxly led
just stirs up dust all the more.

> Pali: Kayirā ce kayirāthenaṁ,
daḷhamenaṁ parakkame;
Sithilo hi paribbājo,
bhiyyo ākirate rajaṁ.

[¶16] Dhp 314

> Pali: Dhp 314 · Issāpakataitthivatthu

[¶17] A bad deed is better left undone,
for it will plague you later on.
A good deed is better done,
one that does not plague you.

> Pali: Akataṁ dukkaṭaṁ seyyo,
pacchā tappati dukkaṭaṁ;
Katañca sukataṁ seyyo,
yaṁ katvā nānutappati.

[¶18] Dhp 315

> Pali: Dhp 315 · Sambahulabhikkhuvatthu

[¶19] As a frontier city
is guarded inside and out,
so you should ward yourselves—
don’t let the moment pass you by.
For if you miss your moment
you’ll grieve when sent to hell.

> Pali: Nagaraṁ yathā paccantaṁ,
guttaṁ santarabāhiraṁ;
Evaṁ gopetha attānaṁ,
khaṇo vo mā upaccagā;
Khaṇātītā hi socanti,
nirayamhi samappitā.

[¶20] Dhp 316

> Pali: Dhp 316 · Nigaṇṭhavatthu

[¶21] Unashamed of what is shameful,
ashamed of what is not shameful;
beings who uphold wrong view
go to a bad place.

> Pali: Alajjitāye lajjanti,
lajjitāye na lajjare;
Micchādiṭṭhisamādānā,
sattā gacchanti duggatiṁ.

[¶22] Dhp 317

> Pali: Dhp 317

[¶23] Seeing danger where there is none,
and blind to the actual danger,
beings who uphold wrong view
go to a bad place.

> Pali: Abhaye bhayadassino,
bhaye cābhayadassino;
Micchādiṭṭhisamādānā,
sattā gacchanti duggatiṁ.

[¶24] Dhp 318

> Pali: Dhp 318 · Titthiyasāvakavatthu

[¶25] Seeing fault where there is none,
and blind to the actual fault,
beings who uphold wrong view
go to a bad place.

> Pali: Avajje vajjamatino,
vajje cāvajjadassino;
Micchādiṭṭhisamādānā,
sattā gacchanti duggatiṁ.

[¶26] Dhp 319

> Pali: Dhp 319

[¶27] Knowing a fault as a fault
and the faultless as faultless,
beings who uphold right view
go to a good place.

> Pali: Vajjañca vajjato ñatvā,
avajjañca avajjato;
Sammādiṭṭhisamādānā,
sattā gacchanti suggatiṁ.

[¶28] > Pali: Nirayavaggo dvāvīsatimo.