Dhammapada, Dhamma Verses (KN 2)

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