---
title: "The Dhammapada · Dhammapada"
author: "The Buddha"
translator: "Bhikkhu Sujato"
title_ru: "Дхаммапада"
author_ru: "Будда"
languages: [pi, en]
shelf: "Pali Canon"
section: 6 of 26
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/6/
cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, The Dhammapada · Dhammapada, section 6. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/6/"
---

# 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.

## 6. The Astute · Dhp 76–89

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/6/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/6/#p-N

[¶0] Dhp 76

> Pali: Dhp 76 · Rādhattheravatthu

[¶1] Regard one who sees your faults
as a guide to a hidden treasure.
Stay close to one so intelligent and astute
who curbs you when you need it.
Sticking close to such an impartial person,
things get better, not worse.

> Pali: Nidhīnaṁva pavattāraṁ,
yaṁ passe vajjadassinaṁ;
Niggayhavādiṁ medhāviṁ,
tādisaṁ paṇḍitaṁ bhaje;
Tādisaṁ bhajamānassa,
seyyo hoti na pāpiyo.

[¶2] Dhp 77

> Pali: Dhp 77 · Assajipunabbasukavatthu

[¶3] Advise and instruct;
curb wickedness:
for you shall be loved by the good,
and disliked by the bad.

> Pali: Ovadeyyānusāseyya,
asabbhā ca nivāraye;
Satañhi so piyo hoti,
asataṁ hoti appiyo.

[¶4] Dhp 78

> Pali: Dhp 78 · Channattheravatthu

[¶5] Don’t mix with bad friends,
nor with the worst of men.
Mix with spiritual friends,
and with the best of men.

> Pali: Na bhaje pāpake mitte,
na bhaje purisādhame;
Bhajetha mitte kalyāṇe,
bhajetha purisuttame.

[¶6] Dhp 79

> Pali: Dhp 79 · Mahākappinattheravatthu

[¶7] Through joy in the teaching you sleep at ease,
with clear and confident heart.
An astute person always delights in the teaching
proclaimed by the Noble One.

> Pali: Dhammapīti sukhaṁ seti,
vippasannena cetasā;
Ariyappavedite dhamme,
sadā ramati paṇḍito.

[¶8] Dhp 80

> Pali: Dhp 80 · Paṇḍitasāmaṇeravatthu

[¶9] While irrigators guide water,
fletchers bend arrows straight,
and carpenters bend timber straight,
the astute tame themselves.

> Pali: Udakañhi nayanti nettikā,
Usukārā namayanti tejanaṁ;
Dāruṁ namayanti tacchakā,
Attānaṁ damayanti paṇḍitā.

[¶10] Dhp 81

> Pali: Dhp 81 · Lakuṇḍakabhaddiyattheravatthu

[¶11] As the wind cannot stir
a solid mass of rock,
so too blame and praise
do not affect the wise.

> Pali: Selo yathā ekaghano,
vātena na samīrati;
Evaṁ nindāpasaṁsāsu,
na samiñjanti paṇḍitā.

[¶12] Dhp 82

> Pali: Dhp 82 · Kāṇamātāvatthu

[¶13] Like a deep lake,
clear and unclouded,
so clear are the astute
when they hear the teachings.

> Pali: Yathāpi rahado gambhīro,
vippasanno anāvilo;
Evaṁ dhammāni sutvāna,
vippasīdanti paṇḍitā.

[¶14] Dhp 83

> Pali: Dhp 83 · Pañcasatabhikkhuvatthu

[¶15] True persons give up everything,
they don’t cajole for the things they desire.
Though touched by sadness or happiness,
the astute appear neither depressed nor elated.

> Pali: Sabbattha ve sappurisā cajanti,
Na kāmakāmā lapayanti santo;
Sukhena phuṭṭhā atha vā dukhena,
Na uccāvacaṁ paṇḍitā dassayanti.

[¶16] Dhp 84

> Pali: Dhp 84 · Dhammikattheravatthu

[¶17] Never wish for success by unjust means,
for your own sake or that of another,
desiring children, wealth, or nation;
rather, be virtuous, wise, and just.

> Pali: Na attahetu na parassa hetu,
Na puttamicche na dhanaṁ na raṭṭhaṁ;
Na iccheyya adhammena samiddhimattano,
Sa sīlavā paññavā dhammiko siyā.

[¶18] Dhp 85

> Pali: Dhp 85 · Dhammassavanattheravatthu

[¶19] Few are those among humans
who cross to the far shore.
The rest just run around
on the near shore.

> Pali: Appakā te manussesu,
ye janā pāragāmino;
Athāyaṁ itarā pajā,
tīramevānudhāvati.

[¶20] Dhp 86

> Pali: Dhp 86

[¶21] When the teaching is well explained,
the people who practice accordingly
will cross over
Death’s dominion so hard to pass.

> Pali: Ye ca kho sammadakkhāte,
dhamme dhammānuvattino;
Te janā pāramessanti,
maccudheyyaṁ suduttaraṁ.

[¶22] Dhp 87

> Pali: Dhp 87 · Pañcasataāgantukabhikkhuvatthu

[¶23] Rid of dark qualities,
an astute person would develop the bright.
Having left home for homelessness
in seclusion, where joy is hard,

> Pali: Kaṇhaṁ dhammaṁ vippahāya,
Sukkaṁ bhāvetha paṇḍito;
Okā anokamāgamma,
Viveke yattha dūramaṁ.

[¶24] Dhp 88

> Pali: Dhp 88

[¶25] they’d long for satisfaction there.
Forsaking sensual pleasures, owning nothing,
an astute person would cleanse themselves
of mental corruptions.

> Pali: Tatrābhiratimiccheyya,
hitvā kāme akiñcano;
Pariyodapeyya attānaṁ,
cittaklesehi paṇḍito.

[¶26] Dhp 89

> Pali: Dhp 89

[¶27] And those whose minds are rightly developed
in the awakening factors;
who, letting go of attachments,
delight in not grasping:
with defilements ended, brilliant,
they are quenched in this world.

> Pali: Yesaṁ sambodhiyaṅgesu,
sammā cittaṁ subhāvitaṁ;
Ādānapaṭinissagge,
anupādāya ye ratā;
Khīṇāsavā jutimanto,
te loke parinibbutā.

[¶28] > Pali: Paṇḍitavaggo chaṭṭho.