---
title: "The Dhammapada · Dhammapada"
author: "The Buddha"
translator: "Bhikkhu Sujato"
title_ru: "Дхаммапада"
author_ru: "Будда"
languages: [pi, en]
shelf: "Pali Canon"
section: 9 of 26
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/9/
cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, The Dhammapada · Dhammapada, section 9. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/9/"
---

# 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.

## 9. Wickedness · Dhp 116–128

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/9/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-dhammapada/9/#p-N

[¶0] Dhp 116

> Pali: Dhp 116 · Cūḷekasāṭakabrāhmaṇavatthu

[¶1] Rush to do good,
shield your mind from evil;
for when you’re slow to do good,
your thoughts delight in wickedness.

> Pali: Abhittharetha kalyāṇe,
pāpā cittaṁ nivāraye;
Dandhañhi karoto puññaṁ,
pāpasmiṁ ramatī mano.

[¶2] Dhp 117

> Pali: Dhp 117 · Seyyasakattheravatthu

[¶3] If you do something bad,
don’t do it again and again,
don’t set your heart on it,
for piling up evil is suffering.

> Pali: Pāpañce puriso kayirā,
Na naṁ kayirā punappunaṁ;
Na tamhi chandaṁ kayirātha,
Dukkho pāpassa uccayo.

[¶4] Dhp 118

> Pali: Dhp 118 · Lājadevadhītāvatthu

[¶5] If you do something good,
do it again and again,
set your heart on it,
for piling up goodness is joyful.

> Pali: Puññañce puriso kayirā,
kayirā naṁ punappunaṁ;
Tamhi chandaṁ kayirātha,
sukho puññassa uccayo.

[¶6] Dhp 119

> Pali: Dhp 119 · Anāthapiṇḍikaseṭṭhivatthu

[¶7] Even the wicked see good things,
so long as their wickedness has not ripened.
But as soon as that wickedness ripens,
then the wicked see wicked things.

> Pali: Pāpopi passati bhadraṁ,
Yāva pāpaṁ na paccati;
Yadā ca paccati pāpaṁ,
Atha pāpo pāpāni passati.

[¶8] Dhp 120

> Pali: Dhp 120

[¶9] Even the good see wicked things,
so long as their goodness has not ripened.
But as soon as that goodness ripens,
then the good see good things.

> Pali: Bhadropi passati pāpaṁ,
Yāva bhadraṁ na paccati;
Yadā ca paccati bhadraṁ,
Atha bhadro bhadrāni passati.

[¶10] Dhp 121

> Pali: Dhp 121 · Asaññataparikkhāravatthu

[¶11] Think not lightly of evil,
that it won’t come back to you.
The pot is filled with water
falling drop by drop;
the fool is filled with wickedness
piled up bit by bit.

> Pali: Māvamaññetha pāpassa,
na mantaṁ āgamissati;
Udabindunipātena,
udakumbhopi pūrati;
Bālo pūrati pāpassa,
thokaṁ thokampi ācinaṁ.

[¶12] Dhp 122

> Pali: Dhp 122 · Biḷālapādakaseṭṭhivatthu

[¶13] Think not lightly of goodness,
that it won’t come back to you.
The pot is filled with water
falling drop by drop;
the attentive one is filled with goodness
piled up bit by bit.

> Pali: Māvamaññetha puññassa,
na mandaṁ āgamissati;
Udabindunipātena,
udakumbhopi pūrati;
Dhīro pūrati puññassa,
thokaṁ thokampi ācinaṁ.

[¶14] Dhp 123

> Pali: Dhp 123 · Mahādhanavāṇijavatthu

[¶15] Avoid wickedness,
as a merchant with rich cargo and small escort
would avoid a dangerous road,
or one who loves life would avoid drinking poison.

> Pali: Vāṇijova bhayaṁ maggaṁ,
appasattho mahaddhano;
Visaṁ jīvitukāmova,
pāpāni parivajjaye.

[¶16] Dhp 124

> Pali: Dhp 124 · Kukkuṭamittanesādavatthu

[¶17] You can carry poison in your hand
if it has no wound,
for poison does not infect without a wound;
nothing bad happens unless you do bad.

> Pali: Pāṇimhi ce vaṇo nāssa,
hareyya pāṇinā visaṁ;
Nābbaṇaṁ visamanveti,
natthi pāpaṁ akubbato.

[¶18] Dhp 125

> Pali: Dhp 125 · Kokasunakhaluddakavatthu

[¶19] Whoever wrongs a man who has done no wrong,
a pure man who has not a blemish,
the evil backfires on the fool,
like fine dust thrown upwind.

> Pali: Yo appaduṭṭhassa narassa dussati,
Suddhassa posassa anaṅgaṇassa;
Tameva bālaṁ pacceti pāpaṁ,
Sukhumo rajo paṭivātaṁva khitto.

[¶20] Dhp 126

> Pali: Dhp 126 · Maṇikārakulūpakatissattheravatthu

[¶21] Some are born in a womb;
evildoers go to hell;
the virtuous go to heaven;
the undefiled are fully extinguished.

> Pali: Gabbhameke uppajjanti,
nirayaṁ pāpakammino;
Saggaṁ sugatino yanti,
parinibbanti anāsavā.

[¶22] Dhp 127

> Pali: Dhp 127 · Tayojanavatthu

[¶23] Not in midair, nor mid-ocean,
nor hiding in a mountain cleft;
you’ll find no place on the planet
to escape your wicked deeds.

> Pali: Na antalikkhe na samuddamajjhe,
Na pabbatānaṁ vivaraṁ pavissa;
Na vijjatī so jagatippadeso,
Yatthaṭṭhito mucceyya pāpakammā.

[¶24] Dhp 128

> Pali: Dhp 128 · Suppabuddhasakyavatthu

[¶25] Not in midair, nor mid-ocean,
nor hiding in a mountain cleft;
you’ll find no place on the planet
where you won’t be vanquished by death.

> Pali: Na antalikkhe na samuddamajjhe,
Na pabbatānaṁ vivaraṁ pavissa;
Na vijjatī so jagatippadeso,
Yatthaṭṭhitaṁ nappasaheyya maccu.

[¶26] > Pali: Pāpavaggo navamo.