---
title: "The Dhammapada · Dhammapada"
author: "The Buddha"
translator: "Bhikkhu Sujato"
title_ru: "Дхаммапада"
author_ru: "Будда"
languages: [pi, en]
shelf: "Pali Canon"
section: 8 of 26
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/8/
cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, The Dhammapada · Dhammapada, section 8. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/8/"
---

# 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.

## 8. The Thousands · Dhp 100–115

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/8/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/8/#p-N

[¶0] Dhp 100

> Pali: Dhp 100 · Tambadāṭhikacoraghātakavatthu

[¶1] Better than a thousand
meaningless sayings
is a single meaningful saying,
hearing which brings you peace.

> Pali: Sahassamapi ce vācā,
anatthapadasaṁhitā;
Ekaṁ atthapadaṁ seyyo,
yaṁ sutvā upasammati.

[¶2] Dhp 101

> Pali: Dhp 101 · Bāhiyadārucīriyattheravatthu

[¶3] Better than a thousand
meaningless verses
is a single meaningful verse,
hearing which brings you peace.

> Pali: Sahassamapi ce gāthā,
anatthapadasaṁhitā;
Ekaṁ gāthāpadaṁ seyyo,
yaṁ sutvā upasammati.

[¶4] Dhp 102

> Pali: Dhp 102 · Kuṇḍalakesitherīvatthu

[¶5] Better than reciting
a hundred meaningless verses
is a single saying of Dhamma,
hearing which brings you peace.

> Pali: Yo ca gāthā sataṁ bhāse,
anatthapadasaṁhitā;
Ekaṁ dhammapadaṁ seyyo,
yaṁ sutvā upasammati.

[¶6] Dhp 103

> Pali: Dhp 103

[¶7] The supreme conqueror is
not he who conquers a million men in battle,
but he who conquers a single man:
himself.

> Pali: Yo sahassaṁ sahassena,
saṅgāme mānuse jine;
Ekañca jeyyamattānaṁ,
sa ve saṅgāmajuttamo.

[¶8] Dhp 104

> Pali: Dhp 104 · Anatthapucchakabrāhmaṇavatthu

[¶9] It is surely better to conquer oneself
than all those other folk.
When a person has tamed themselves,
always living restrained,

> Pali: Attā have jitaṁ seyyo,
yā cāyaṁ itarā pajā;
Attadantassa posassa,
niccaṁ saññatacārino.

[¶10] Dhp 105

> Pali: Dhp 105

[¶11] no god nor centaur,
nor Māra nor divinity,
can undo the victory
of such a personage.

> Pali: Neva devo na gandhabbo,
na māro saha brahmunā;
Jitaṁ apajitaṁ kayirā,
tathārūpassa jantuno.

[¶12] Dhp 106

> Pali: Dhp 106 · Sāriputtattherassa mātulabrāhmaṇavatthu

[¶13] Rather than a thousandfold sacrifice,
every month for a full century,
it’s better to honor for a single hour
one who has developed themselves.
That offering is better
than the hundred year sacrifice.

> Pali: Māse māse sahassena,
yo yajetha sataṁ samaṁ;
Ekañca bhāvitattānaṁ,
muhuttamapi pūjaye;
Sāyeva pūjanā seyyo,
yañce vassasataṁ hutaṁ.

[¶14] Dhp 107

> Pali: Dhp 107 · Sāriputtattherassa bhāgineyyavatthu

[¶15] Rather than serve the sacred flame
in the forest for a hundred years,
it’s better to honor for a single hour
a personage who has developed themselves.
That offering is better
than the hundred year sacrifice.

> Pali: Yo ca vassasataṁ jantu,
aggiṁ paricare vane;
Ekañca bhāvitattānaṁ,
muhuttamapi pūjaye;
Sāyeva pūjanā seyyo,
yañce vassasataṁ hutaṁ.

[¶16] Dhp 108

> Pali: Dhp 108 · Sāriputtatherassa sahāyakabrāhmaṇavatthu

[¶17] Whatever sacrifice or offering in the world
a seeker of merit may make for a year,
none of it is worth a quarter
of bowing to the sincere.

> Pali: Yaṁ kiñci yiṭṭhaṁ va hutaṁ va loke,
Saṁvaccharaṁ yajetha puññapekkho;
Sabbampi taṁ na catubhāgameti,
Abhivādanā ujjugatesu seyyo.

[¶18] Dhp 109

> Pali: Dhp 109 · Āyuvaḍḍhanakumāravatthu

[¶19] For one in the habit of bowing,
always honoring the elders,
four blessings grow:
lifespan, beauty, happiness, and strength.

> Pali: Abhivādanasīlissa,
niccaṁ vuḍḍhāpacāyino;
Cattāro dhammā vaḍḍhanti,
āyu vaṇṇo sukhaṁ balaṁ.

[¶20] Dhp 110

> Pali: Dhp 110 · Saṅkiccasāmaṇeravatthu

[¶21] Better to live a single day
ethical and absorbed in meditation
than to live a hundred years
unethical and lacking immersion.

> Pali: Yo ca vassasataṁ jīve,
dussīlo asamāhito;
Ekāhaṁ jīvitaṁ seyyo,
sīlavantassa jhāyino.

[¶22] Dhp 111

> Pali: Dhp 111 · Khāṇukoṇḍaññattheravatthu

[¶23] Better to live a single day
wise and absorbed in meditation
than to live a hundred years
witless and lacking immersion.

> Pali: Yo ca vassasataṁ jīve,
duppañño asamāhito;
Ekāhaṁ jīvitaṁ seyyo,
paññavantassa jhāyino.

[¶24] Dhp 112

> Pali: Dhp 112 · Sabbadāsattheravatthu

[¶25] Better to live a single day
energetic and strong,
than to live a hundred years
lazy and lacking energy.

> Pali: Yo ca vassasataṁ jīve,
kusīto hīnavīriyo;
Ekāhaṁ jīvitaṁ seyyo,
vīriyamārabhato daḷhaṁ.

[¶26] Dhp 113

> Pali: Dhp 113 · Paṭācārātherīvatthu

[¶27] Better to live a single day
seeing rise and fall
than to live a hundred years
blind to rise and fall.

> Pali: Yo ca vassasataṁ jīve,
apassaṁ udayabbayaṁ;
Ekāhaṁ jīvitaṁ seyyo,
passato udayabbayaṁ.

[¶28] Dhp 114

> Pali: Dhp 114 · Kisāgotamīvatthu

[¶29] Better to live a single day
seeing the state free of death
than to live a hundred years
blind to the state free of death.

> Pali: Yo ca vassasataṁ jīve,
apassaṁ amataṁ padaṁ;
Ekāhaṁ jīvitaṁ seyyo,
passato amataṁ padaṁ.

[¶30] Dhp 115

> Pali: Dhp 115 · Bahuputtikattherīvatthu

[¶31] Better to live a single day
seeing the supreme teaching
than to live a hundred years
blind to the supreme teaching.

> Pali: Yo ca vassasataṁ jīve,
apassaṁ dhammamuttamaṁ;
Ekāhaṁ jīvitaṁ seyyo,
passato dhammamuttamaṁ.

[¶32] > Pali: Sahassavaggo aṭṭhamo.