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 – 16<br />
Asāre sāramatino, sāre cāsāradassino, 1<br />
Finding the essential in what is unessential, and seeing the unessential in what is essential,<br />
te sāraṁ nādhigacchanti, micchāsaṅkappagocarā. [11]<br />
they do not understand what is the essential, and resort to wrong intention.<br />
Sārañ-ca sārato ñatvā, asārañ-ca asārato,<br />
Knowing the essential in what is essential, 2 and the unessential in what is unessential,<br />
te sāraṁ adhigacchanti, sammāsaṅkappagocarā. [12]<br />
they understand what is essential, and resort to right intention.<br />
Yathā agāraṁ ducchannaṁ vuṭṭhī samativijjhati,<br />
Just as the rain penetrates a house with thatching that is poor,<br />
evaṁ abhāvitaṁ cittaṁ rāgo samativijjhati. [13]<br />
so passion penetrates a mind that is undeveloped.<br />
Yathā agāraṁ succhannaṁ vuṭṭhī na samativijjhati,<br />
Just as rain does not penetrate a house with thatching that is good,<br />
evaṁ subhāvitaṁ cittaṁ rāgo na samativijjhati. [14]<br />
so passion cannot penetrate a mind that is well-developed. 3<br />
Idha socati, pecca socati,<br />
Here 4 he laments, after death he laments,<br />
pāpakārī ubhayattha socati,<br />
the wicked one laments in both places,<br />
so socati, so vihaññati,<br />
he laments, he suffers vexation,<br />
disvā kammakiliṭṭham-attano. [15]<br />
seeing the defilement of his own deeds. 5<br />
1<br />
This parses as ca + asāra + dassino; it is not clear to me why ca is found here, as it is not needed<br />
by the grammar, the meaning or the metre.<br />
2<br />
Interesting use of the ablative here, perhaps indicating the starting point.<br />
3<br />
This is one of the most perfect of the compositions showing reversal of meaning in the two<br />
verses.<br />
4<br />
Here means here in this world. Idha often has this meaning, just as loke, in the world, often means<br />
simply here.<br />
5<br />
Again this and the following verse, which were probably composed together have been separated<br />
by the commentary and given different foundation stories.