---
title: "The Dhammapada · Dhammapada"
author: "The Buddha"
translator: "Bhikkhu Sujato"
title_ru: "Дхаммапада"
author_ru: "Будда"
languages: [pi, en]
shelf: "Pali Canon"
section: 3 of 26
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/3/
cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, The Dhammapada · Dhammapada, section 3. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/3/"
---

# 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.

## 3. The Mind · Dhp 33–43

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/3/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/3/#p-N

[¶0] Dhp 33

> Pali: Dhp 33 · Meghiyattheravatthu

[¶1] The mind quivers and quakes,
hard to guard, hard to curb.
The discerning straighten it out,
like a fletcher an arrow.

> Pali: Phandanaṁ capalaṁ cittaṁ,
dūrakkhaṁ dunnivārayaṁ;
Ujuṁ karoti medhāvī,
usukārova tejanaṁ.

[¶2] Dhp 34

> Pali: Dhp 34

[¶3] Like a fish pulled from the sea
and cast upon the shore,
this mind flounders about,
trying to throw off Māra’s dominion.

> Pali: Vārijova thale khitto,
okamokataubbhato;
Pariphandatidaṁ cittaṁ,
māradheyyaṁ pahātave.

[¶4] Dhp 35

> Pali: Dhp 35 · Aññatarabhikkhuvatthu

[¶5] Hard to hold back, flighty,
alighting where it will;
it’s good to tame the mind;
a tamed mind leads to bliss.

> Pali: Dunniggahassa lahuno,
yatthakāmanipātino;
Cittassa damatho sādhu,
cittaṁ dantaṁ sukhāvahaṁ.

[¶6] Dhp 36

> Pali: Dhp 36 · Aññataraukkaṇṭhitabhikkhuvatthu

[¶7] So hard to see, so subtle,
alighting where it will;
the discerning protect the mind,
a guarded mind leads to bliss.

> Pali: Sududdasaṁ sunipuṇaṁ,
yatthakāmanipātinaṁ;
Cittaṁ rakkhetha medhāvī,
cittaṁ guttaṁ sukhāvahaṁ.

[¶8] Dhp 37

> Pali: Dhp 37 · Saṅgharakkhitabhāgineyyattheravatthu

[¶9] The mind travels far, wandering alone;
incorporeal, it lies hidden in the heart.
Those who will restrain the mind
are freed from Māra’s bonds.

> Pali: Dūraṅgamaṁ ekacaraṁ,
asarīraṁ guhāsayaṁ;
Ye cittaṁ saṁyamissanti,
mokkhanti mārabandhanā.

[¶10] Dhp 38

> Pali: Dhp 38 · Cittahatthattheravatthu

[¶11] Those of unsteady mind,
who don’t understand the true teaching,
and whose confidence wavers,
do not perfect their wisdom.

> Pali: Anavaṭṭhitacittassa,
saddhammaṁ avijānato;
Pariplavapasādassa,
paññā na paripūrati.

[¶12] Dhp 39

> Pali: Dhp 39

[¶13] One whose mind is not festering,
whose heart is undamaged,
who’s given up right and wrong,
alert, has nothing to fear.

> Pali: Anavassutacittassa,
ananvāhatacetaso;
Puññapāpapahīnassa,
natthi jāgarato bhayaṁ.

[¶14] Dhp 40

> Pali: Dhp 40 · Pañcasatabhikkhuvatthu

[¶15] Knowing this body breaks like a pot,
and fortifying the mind like a citadel,
attack Māra with the sword of wisdom,
guard your conquest, and never settle.

> Pali: Kumbhūpamaṁ kāyamimaṁ viditvā,
Nagarūpamaṁ cittamidaṁ ṭhapetvā;
Yodhetha māraṁ paññāvudhena,
Jitañca rakkhe anivesano siyā.

[¶16] Dhp 41

> Pali: Dhp 41 · Pūtigattatissattheravatthu

[¶17] All too soon this body
will lie upon the earth,
bereft of consciousness,
tossed aside like a worthless log.

> Pali: Aciraṁ vatayaṁ kāyo,
pathaviṁ adhisessati;
Chuddho apetaviññāṇo,
niratthaṁva kaliṅgaraṁ.

[¶18] Dhp 42

> Pali: Dhp 42 · Nandagopālakavatthu

[¶19] A wrongly directed mind
would do you more harm
than a hater to the hated,
or an enemy to their foe.

> Pali: Diso disaṁ yaṁ taṁ kayirā,
verī vā pana verinaṁ;
Micchāpaṇihitaṁ cittaṁ,
pāpiyo naṁ tato kare.

[¶20] Dhp 43

> Pali: Dhp 43 · Soreyyavatthu

[¶21] A rightly directed mind
would do you more good
than your mother or father
or any other relative.

> Pali: Na taṁ mātā pitā kayirā,
aññe vāpi ca ñātakā;
Sammāpaṇihitaṁ cittaṁ,
seyyaso naṁ tato kare.

[¶22] > Pali: Cittavaggo tatiyo.