Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa

Khuddakanikāye

Dhammapadapāḷi

Dhammapada (translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu[Geoffrey DeGraff])

1. Yamakavaggo

1. Pairs

1.

Manopubbaṅgamā dhammā, manoseṭṭhā manomayā;

Phenomena are preceded by the heart, ruled by the heart, made of the heart.

Manasā ce paduṭṭhena, bhāsati vā karoti vā;

If you speak or act with a corrupted heart,

Tato naṃ dukkhamanveti, cakkaṃva vahato padaṃ.

then suffering follows you— as the wheel of the cart, the track of the ox that pulls it.

2.

Manopubbaṅgamā dhammā, manoseṭṭhā manomayā;

Phenomena are preceded by the heart, ruled by the heart, made of the heart.

Manasā ce pasannena, bhāsati vā karoti vā;

If you speak or act with a calm, bright heart,

Tato naṃ sukhamanveti, chāyāva anapāyinī [anupāyinī (ka.)].

then happiness follows you, like a shadow that never leaves.

3.

Akkocchi maṃ avadhi maṃ, ajini [ajinī (?)] maṃ ahāsi me;

‘He insulted me, hit me, beat me, robbed me’

Ye ca taṃ upanayhanti, veraṃ tesaṃ na sammati.

—for those who brood on this, hostility isn’t stilled.

4.

Akkocchi maṃ avadhi maṃ, ajini maṃ ahāsi me;

He insulted me, hit me, beat me, robbed me’—

Ye ca taṃ nupanayhanti, veraṃ tesūpasammati.

for those who don’t brood on this, hostility is stilled.

5.

Na hi verena verāni, sammantīdha kudācanaṃ;

Hostilities aren’t stilled through hostility, regardless.

Averena ca sammanti, esa dhammo sanantano.

Hostilities are stilled through non-hostility: this, an unending truth.

6.

Pare ca na vijānanti, mayamettha yamāmase;

Unlike those who don’t realize that we’re here on the verge of perishing,

Ye ca tattha vijānanti, tato sammanti medhagā.

those who do: their quarrels are stilled.

7.

Subhānupassiṃ viharantaṃ, indriyesu asaṃvutaṃ;

One who stays focused on the beautiful, is unrestrained with the senses,

Bhojanamhi cāmattaññuṃ, kusītaṃ hīnavīriyaṃ;

knowing no moderation in food, apathetic, unenergetic:

Taṃ ve pasahati māro, vāto rukkhaṃva dubbalaṃ.

Mara overcomes him as the wind, a weak tree.

8.

Asubhānupassiṃ viharantaṃ, indriyesu susaṃvutaṃ;

One who stays focused on the foul, is restrained with regard to the senses,

Bhojanamhi ca mattaññuṃ, saddhaṃ āraddhavīriyaṃ;

knowing moderation in food, full of conviction & energy:

Taṃ ve nappasahati māro, vāto selaṃva pabbataṃ.

Mara does not overcome him as the wind, a mountain of rock.

9.

Anikkasāvo kāsāvaṃ, yo vatthaṃ paridahissati;

He who, depraved, devoid of truthfulness & self-control, puts on the ochre robe,

Apeto damasaccena, na so kāsāvamarahati.

doesn’t deserve the ochre robe.

10.

Yo ca vantakasāvassa, sīlesu susamāhito;

But he who is free of depravity

Upeto damasaccena, sa ve kāsāvamarahati.

endowed with truthfulness & self-control, well-established in the precepts, truly deserves the ochre robe.

11.

Asāre sāramatino, sāre cāsāradassino;

Those who regard non-essence as essence and see essence as non-,

Te sāraṃ nādhigacchanti, micchāsaṅkappagocarā.

don’t get to the essence, ranging about in wrong resolves.

12.

Sārañca sārato ñatvā, asārañca asārato;

But those who know essence as essence, and non-essence as non-,

Te sāraṃ adhigacchanti, sammāsaṅkappagocarā.

get to the essence, ranging about in right resolves.

13.

Yathā agāraṃ ducchannaṃ, vuṭṭhī samativijjhati;

As rain seeps into an ill-thatched hut,

Evaṃ abhāvitaṃ cittaṃ, rāgo samativijjhati.

so passion, the undeveloped mind.

14.

Yathā agāraṃ suchannaṃ, vuṭṭhī na samativijjhati;

As rain doesn’t seep into a well-thatched hut,

Evaṃ subhāvitaṃ cittaṃ, rāgo na samativijjhati.

so passion does not, the well-developed mind.

15.

Idha socati pecca socati, pāpakārī ubhayattha socati;

Here he grieves he grieves hereafter. In both worlds the wrong-doer grieves.

So socati so vihaññati, disvā kammakiliṭṭhamattano.

He grieves, he’s afflicted, seeing the corruption of his deeds.

16.

Idha modati pecca modati, katapuñño ubhayattha modati;

Here he rejoices he rejoices hereafter. In both worlds the merit-maker rejoices.

So modati so pamodati, disvā kammavisuddhimattano.

He rejoices, is jubilant, seeing the purity of his deeds

17.

Idha tappati pecca tappati, pāpakārī [pāpakāri (?)] ubhayattha tappati;

Here he’s tormented he’s tormented hereafter. In both worlds the wrong-doer’s tormented.

‘‘Pāpaṃ me kata’’nti tappati, bhiyyo [bhīyo (sī.)] tappati duggatiṃ gato.

He’s tormented at the thought, ‘I’ve done wrong.’ Having gone to a bad destination, he’s tormented all the more.

18.

Idha nandati pecca nandati, katapuñño ubhayattha nandati;

Here he delights he delights hereafter. In both worlds the merit-maker delights.

‘‘Puññaṃ me kata’’nti nandati, bhiyyo nandati suggatiṃ gato.

He delights at the thought, ‘I’ve made merit.’ Having gone to a good destination, he delights all the more.

19.

Bahumpi ce saṃhita [sahitaṃ (sī. syā. kaṃ. pī.)] bhāsamāno, na takkaro hoti naro pamatto;

If he recites many teachings, but —heedless man— doesn’t do what they say,

Gopova gāvo gaṇayaṃ paresaṃ, na bhāgavā sāmaññassa hoti.

like a cowherd counting the cattle of others, he has no share in the contemplative life.

20.

Appampi ce saṃhita bhāsamāno, dhammassa hoti [hotī (sī. pī.)] anudhammacārī;

If he recites next to nothing, but follows the Dhamma, in line with the Dhamma;

Rāgañca dosañca pahāya mohaṃ, sammappajāno suvimuttacitto;

abandoning passion, aversion, delusion; alert, his mind well-released,

Anupādiyāno idha vā huraṃ vā, sa bhāgavā sāmaññassa hoti.

not clinging either here or hereafter: he has his share in the contemplative life.

Yamakavaggo paṭhamo niṭṭhito.