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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2: The Chapter about Heedfulness – 24<br />
Appamādarato bhikkhu, pamāde bhayadassivā,<br />
A monastic who delights in heedfulness, seeing danger in heedlessness,<br />
abhabbo parihānāya: Nibbānasseva santike. [32]<br />
is unable to fall away: 2 he is well-nigh to Nibbāna.<br />
Appamādavaggo Dutiyo<br />
The Chapter about Heedfulness, the Second<br />
Related <strong>Verses</strong> from the <strong><strong>Dhamma</strong>pada</strong><br />
Appamādaratā hotha, sacittam-anurakkhatha,<br />
You should delight in heedfulness, you should always protect your mind,<br />
duggā uddharathattānaṁ paṅke sanno va kuñjaro. [327]<br />
you should raise yourself from this pit like the tusker sunk in the mud.<br />
1<br />
It is odd that saṁyojanaṁ is singular, where we might have expected a plural, saṁyojanā. The<br />
commentary defines it as one of the ten kinds of fetter. The idea is that his heedfulness burns the<br />
fetter, as a fire burns and consumes whatever it is attached to. Same at v. 221 below.<br />
2<br />
This is the infinitive-like dative, which we also use in English.
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