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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1: The Chapter about the Pairs – 14<br />
Manopubbaṅgamā dhammā, manoseṭṭhā manomayā,<br />
Mind precedes thoughts, mind is their chief, (their quality is) made by mind,<br />
manasā ce pasannena bhāsati vā karoti vā,<br />
if with pure mind one speaks or acts,<br />
tato naṁ sukham-anveti chāyā va anapāyinī. [2]<br />
through that happiness follows him like a shadow which does not depart.<br />
“Akkocchi maṁ, avadhi maṁ, ajini maṁ, ahāsi me”,<br />
“He abused me, he struck at me, he overcame me, he robbed me,” 1<br />
ye ca taṁ upanayhanti veraṁ tesaṁ na sammati. [3]<br />
those 2 who bear ill-will towards this their hatred is never appeased.<br />
“Akkocchi maṁ, avadhi maṁ, ajini maṁ, ahāsi me”,<br />
“He abused me, he struck at me, he overcame me, he robbed me,”<br />
ye taṁ na upanayhanti veraṁ tesūpasammati. 3 [4]<br />
those who do not bear ill-will towards this their hatred is appeased.<br />
Na hi verena verāni sammantīdha kudācanaṁ,<br />
For not by hatred do hatreds cease at any time in this place,<br />
averena ca sammanti, esa dhammo sanantano. 4 [5]<br />
they only cease with non-hatred, this truth is (surely) eternal. 5<br />
Pare ca na vijānanti mayam-ettha yamāmase,<br />
The others do not understand that we should restrain ourselves here,<br />
ye ca tattha vijānanti tato sammanti medhagā. [6]<br />
but (for) those 6 here who do understand, through that, (their) dissensions do cease.<br />
1<br />
Presumably me is ablative, he took from me, he robbed from me.<br />
2<br />
We might have expected the genitive, not the nominative, form here, yesaṁ, for those..., the line<br />
could easily be rewritten to fit the metre: yesañ-ca upanayhanti, and in the next line: yesaṁ na<br />
upanayhanti.<br />
3<br />
This is an unexpected formation here, we either have tesaṁ + upasammati giving sandhi tesūpa-,<br />
or the locative is being used tesu + upasammati; if it is the former, then we might have expected<br />
tesañ-ca sammati, to match the verb in the preceding verse.<br />
4<br />
Interestingly an alternative name for what is now known as Hinduism is the sanātana (variant<br />
form of sanantana) Dharma; this is the earliest use of the phrase I know of.<br />
5<br />
This verse and the one that follows do not form a pair, but seem to have been attracted into the<br />
collection at this point by word collocation on vera.<br />
6<br />
As in verse three the genitive would have made more sense here: yesaṁ tattha vijānanti..., for<br />
those who do understand...