Dhp 116
Dhp 116 · Cūḷekasāṭakabrāhmaṇavatthu
Rush to do good,shield your mind from evil;for when you’re slow to do good,your thoughts delight in wickedness.
Abhittharetha kalyāṇe,pāpā cittaṁ nivāraye;Dandhañhi karoto puññaṁ,pāpasmiṁ ramatī mano.
Dhp 117
Dhp 117 · Seyyasakattheravatthu
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.
Pāpañce puriso kayirā,Na naṁ kayirā punappunaṁ;Na tamhi chandaṁ kayirātha,Dukkho pāpassa uccayo.
Dhp 118
Dhp 118 · Lājadevadhītāvatthu
If you do something good,do it again and again,set your heart on it,for piling up goodness is joyful.
Puññañce puriso kayirā,kayirā naṁ punappunaṁ;Tamhi chandaṁ kayirātha,sukho puññassa uccayo.
Dhp 119
Dhp 119 · Anāthapiṇḍikaseṭṭhivatthu
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.
Pāpopi passati bhadraṁ,Yāva pāpaṁ na paccati;Yadā ca paccati pāpaṁ,Atha pāpo pāpāni passati.
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.
Bhadropi passati pāpaṁ,Yāva bhadraṁ na paccati;Yadā ca paccati bhadraṁ,Atha bhadro bhadrāni passati.
Dhp 121
Dhp 121 · Asaññataparikkhāravatthu
Think not lightly of evil,that it won’t come back to you.The pot is filled with waterfalling drop by drop;the fool is filled with wickednesspiled up bit by bit.
Māvamaññetha pāpassa,na mantaṁ āgamissati;Udabindunipātena,udakumbhopi pūrati;Bālo pūrati pāpassa,thokaṁ thokampi ācinaṁ.
Dhp 122
Dhp 122 · Biḷālapādakaseṭṭhivatthu
Think not lightly of goodness,that it won’t come back to you.The pot is filled with waterfalling drop by drop;the attentive one is filled with goodnesspiled up bit by bit.
Māvamaññetha puññassa,na mandaṁ āgamissati;Udabindunipātena,udakumbhopi pūrati;Dhīro pūrati puññassa,thokaṁ thokampi ācinaṁ.
Dhp 123
Dhp 123 · Mahādhanavāṇijavatthu
Avoid wickedness,as a merchant with rich cargo and small escortwould avoid a dangerous road,or one who loves life would avoid drinking poison.
Vāṇijova bhayaṁ maggaṁ,appasattho mahaddhano;Visaṁ jīvitukāmova,pāpāni parivajjaye.
Dhp 124
Dhp 124 · Kukkuṭamittanesādavatthu
You can carry poison in your handif it has no wound,for poison does not infect without a wound;nothing bad happens unless you do bad.
Pāṇimhi ce vaṇo nāssa,hareyya pāṇinā visaṁ;Nābbaṇaṁ visamanveti,natthi pāpaṁ akubbato.
Dhp 125
Dhp 125 · Kokasunakhaluddakavatthu
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.
Yo appaduṭṭhassa narassa dussati,Suddhassa posassa anaṅgaṇassa;Tameva bālaṁ pacceti pāpaṁ,Sukhumo rajo paṭivātaṁva khitto.
Dhp 126
Dhp 126 · Maṇikārakulūpakatissattheravatthu
Some are born in a womb;evildoers go to hell;the virtuous go to heaven;the undefiled are fully extinguished.
Gabbhameke uppajjanti,nirayaṁ pāpakammino;Saggaṁ sugatino yanti,parinibbanti anāsavā.
Dhp 127
Dhp 127 · Tayojanavatthu
Not in midair, nor mid-ocean,nor hiding in a mountain cleft;you’ll find no place on the planetto escape your wicked deeds.
Na antalikkhe na samuddamajjhe,Na pabbatānaṁ vivaraṁ pavissa;Na vijjatī so jagatippadeso,Yatthaṭṭhito mucceyya pāpakammā.
Dhp 128
Dhp 128 · Suppabuddhasakyavatthu
Not in midair, nor mid-ocean,nor hiding in a mountain cleft;you’ll find no place on the planetwhere you won’t be vanquished by death.
Na antalikkhe na samuddamajjhe,Na pabbatānaṁ vivaraṁ pavissa;Na vijjatī so jagatippadeso,Yatthaṭṭhitaṁ nappasaheyya maccu.
Pāpavaggo navamo.