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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9: The Chapter about Wickedness – 56<br />
suddhī asuddhī paccattaṁ, nāñño aññaṁ visodhaye. [165]<br />
purity and impurity come from oneself, (for) no one can purify another.<br />
Yassa pāpaṁ kataṁ kammaṁ kusalena pithīyati –<br />
The one whose wicked deed is covered over by a good deed –<br />
sŏ imaṁ lokaṁ pabhāseti abbhā mutto va candimā. [173]<br />
that one shines brightly on this world like the moon released from a cloud.<br />
Ekaṁ dhammaṁ atītassa, musāvādissa jantuno,<br />
For the person speaking falsely, who has transgressed in this one thing,<br />
vitiṇṇaparalokassa, natthi pāpaṁ akāriyaṁ. [176]<br />
who has abandoned the next world, there is no wickedness left undone.<br />
Sabbapāpassa akaraṇaṁ, kusalassa upasampadā,<br />
The non-doing of anything wicked, undertaking of what is good,<br />
sacittapar i yodapanaṁ - etaṁ Buddhāna’ sāsanaṁ. [183]<br />
the purification of one’s mind - this is the teaching of the Buddhas.<br />
Malitthiyā duccaritaṁ, maccheraṁ dadato malaṁ,<br />
Bad conduct is a woman’s stain, stinginess is a giver’s stain,<br />
malā ve pāpakā dhammā asmiṁ loke paramhi ca. [242]<br />
wicked actions are indeed stains both in this world and in the next.<br />
Yo ca sameti pāpāni, aṇuṁ-thūlāni sabbaso –<br />
The one who pacifies wicked deeds, small and great, in every way –<br />
samitattā hi pāpānaṁ samaṇo ti pavuccati. [265]<br />
through the pacifying of wicked deeds he is said to be an ascetic.<br />
Pāpāni parivajjeti sa munī tena so muni,<br />
The seer who rejects wicked deeds through that is (considered) a seer,<br />
yo munāti ubho loke muni tena pavuccati. [269]<br />
whoever understands both worlds because of that is said to be a seer.