Dhammapada, Dhamma Verses (KN 2)

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Pakiṇṇakavaggo
21. The Miscellaneous Chapter
Mattāsukhapariccāgā, passe ce vipulaṁ sukhaṁ,
If, by renouncing a small good, he might see a good that is large,
caje mattāsukhaṁ dhīro, sampassaṁ vipulaṁ sukhaṁ. [290]
the wise one should renounce that small good, seeing the good that is extensive.
Paradukkhūpadānena attano sukham-icchati,
One who desires happiness for oneself by causing suffering for another,
verasaṁsaggasaṁsaṭṭho, verā so na parimuccati. [291]
being associated thus with hatred, is not fully released from that hatred.
Yaṁ hi kiccaṁ tad-apaviddhaṁ, akiccaṁ pana kay i rati,
That to be done is rejected, but what is not to be done is done,
unnalānaṁ pamattānaṁ, tesaṁ vaḍḍhanti āsavā. [292]
for the insolent, the heedless, their pollutants increase.
Yesañ-ca susamāraddhā niccaṁ kāyagatā sati
But for those who always properly undertake mindfulness of the body
akiccaṁ te na sevanti, kicce sātaccakārino,
who do not practice what is not to be done, persisting in what is to be done,
satānaṁ sampajānānaṁ, atthaṁ gacchanti āsavā. [293]
for those mindful ones, those fully aware, the pollutants are laid to rest.
Mātaraṁ pitaraṁ hantvā, rājāno dve ca khattiye,
Destroying mother and father, and (then) two noble kings,
raṭṭhaṁ sānucaraṁ hantvā, anīgho yāti brāhmaṇo. [294]
destroying a kingdom and its followers, the brahmin proceeds untroubled. 1
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The commentary interprets this verse to mean: destroying craving and the conceit ‘I am’, and the
two: eternalism and annihilationism, destroying passionate delight in the twelve sense spheres,
the one without pollutants proceeds untroubled.