Dhammapada, Dhamma Verses (KN 2)
Pāli verses with English translation in this collection of 423 Dhamma verses, along with a discussion of their meaning and their collection.
Pāli verses with English translation in this collection of 423 Dhamma verses, along with a discussion of their meaning and their collection.
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18: The Chapter about Stains – 100<br />
Evaṁ bho purisa jānāhi, pāpadhammā asaññatā,<br />
Know it thus, dear sir, a lack of restraint is a bad thing,<br />
mā taṁ lobho adhammo ca ciraṁ dukkhāya randhayuṁ. [248]<br />
let not greed and corruption oppress you with suffering for a long time.<br />
Dadāti ve yathāsaddhaṁ, yathāpasādanaṁ jano,<br />
The people give according to faith, according to their confidence,<br />
tattha yo maṅku bhavati paresaṁ pānabhojane<br />
herein the one who becomes dejected because of food and drink (given) to others 1<br />
na so divā vā rattiṁ vā, samādhiṁ adhigacchati. [249]<br />
he does not, either by day or night attain to (good) concentration.<br />
Yassa cetaṁ samucchinnaṁ, mūlaghaccaṁ samūhataṁ,<br />
For the one in whom this (dejection) is cut off, destroyed at the root, dug up,<br />
sa ve divā vā rattiṁ vā, samādhiṁ adhigacchati. [250]<br />
does, by day and night, attain to (good) concentration.<br />
Natthi rāgasamo aggi, natthi dosasamo gaho,<br />
There is no fire that is like passion, there is nothing that takes a hold like hatred,<br />
natthi mohasamaṁ jālaṁ, natthi taṇhāsamā nadī. [251]<br />
there is no snare like delusion, there is no flood like craving.<br />
Sudassaṁ vajjam-aññesaṁ, attano pana duddasaṁ,<br />
Easy to see are others’ fault, but one’s own is hard to see,<br />
paresaṁ hi so vajjāni opuṇāti yathā bhusaṁ,<br />
for one sifts other peoples’ faults like they were chaff,<br />
attano pana chādeti, kaliṁ va kitavā saṭho. [252]<br />
but conceals one’s own (faults), like a crafty cheat (conceals) his defeat. 2<br />
1<br />
Meaning, broadly, others’ gains.<br />
2<br />
The commentary explains this last line differently, saying that saṭha means a hunter who<br />
conceals his body (kali) in order to catch his prey. I know of nowhere else that saṭha means a<br />
hunter, or kali means a body; if it were correct then we could translate: like a hunter (conceals)<br />
his body.