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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16: The Chapter about Love – 92<br />
Kāmato jāyatī soko, kāmato jāyatī bhayaṁ,<br />
From desire there arises grief, from desire there arises fear,<br />
kāmato vippamuttassa natthi soko, kuto bhayaṁ? [215]<br />
for one who is free from desire there is no grief, how is there fear?<br />
Taṇhāya jāyatī soko, taṇhāya jāyatī bhayaṁ,<br />
From craving there arises grief, from craving there arises fear,<br />
taṇhāya vippamuttassa natthi soko, kuto bhayaṁ? [216]<br />
for one who is free from craving there is no grief, how is there fear?<br />
Sīladassanasampannaṁ, dhammaṭṭhaṁ saccavedinaṁ,<br />
Endowed with virtue and insight, principled, knowing the truths,<br />
attano kamma’ kubbānaṁ, taṁ jano kurute piyaṁ. [217]<br />
doing the deeds 1 that are his own, that one the people love.<br />
Chandajāto anakkhāte, manasā ca phuṭo siyā,<br />
The one with desire arisen for the undeclared, 2 will be suffused with the (awakening)<br />
mind, 3<br />
kāmesu ca appaṭibaddhacitto, ‘uddhaṁsoto’ ti vuccati. [218]<br />
with a mind unconnected with sense pleasures, he is spoken of as ‘one gone upstream’.<br />
Cirappavāsiṁ purisaṁ dūrato sotthim-āgataṁ,<br />
When one who lives abroad for a long time comes safely from afar,<br />
ñātimittā suhajjā ca abhinandanti āgataṁ. [219]<br />
his relatives, friends and companions come and greatly rejoice.<br />
Tatheva katapuññam-pi asmā lokā paraṁ gataṁ,<br />
Just so, when one who has performed merit goes from this world unto the next,<br />
puññāni paṭigaṇhanti piyaṁ ñātīva āgataṁ. [220]<br />
his merits are received just as relatives come to their loved one.<br />
Piyavaggo Soḷasamo<br />
The Chapter about Love, the Sixteenth<br />
1<br />
Comm: tisso sikkhā tā pūrayamānan-ti attho; the meaning is fulfilling the three trainings (in<br />
higher virtue, concentration and wisdom).<br />
2 I.e. for Nibbāna.<br />
3<br />
Comm: heṭṭhimehi tīhi maggaphalacittehi phuṭo pūrito bhaveyya; will be filled and suffused with<br />
the three lower paths and fruits.