Dhammapada, Dhamma Verses (KN 2)

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Kodhavaggo
17. The Chapter about Anger
Kodhaṁ jahe, vippajaheyya mānaṁ,
One should abandon anger, one should abandon conceit,
saṁyojanaṁ sabbam-atikkameyya,
one should overcome every fetter,
taṁ nāmarūpasmiṁ asajjamānaṁ,
without clinging to mind and bodily form,
akiñcanaṁ nānupatanti dukkhā. [221]
sufferings never do befall the one having no possessions. 1
Yo ve uppatitaṁ kodhaṁ rathaṁ bhantaṁ va dhāraye,
Whoever should hold back arisen anger just like a swerving chariot,
tam-ahaṁ sārathiṁ brūmi rasmiggāho itaro jano. [222]
that one I say is a charioteer, other people are just rein-holders.
Akkodhena jine kodhaṁ, asādhuṁ sādhunā jine,
Through kindness 2 one should overcome anger, through goodness one should overcome a
lack of goodness,
jine kadar i yaṁ dānena, saccenālikavādinaṁ. [223]
through gifts one should overcome stinginess, through truth (one should overcome) lying
speech.
Saccaṁ bhaṇe, na kujjheyya, dajjāppasmim-pi yācito,
One should speak out the truth, one should not get angry, when requested give, if only a
little,
etehi tīhi ṭhānehi gacche devāna’ santike. [224]
through these three conditions one can go to the presence of the gods.
Ahiṁsakā ye munayo, niccaṁ kāyena saṁvutā,
Those sages without violence, constantly restrained in body,
te yanti accutaṁ ṭhānaṁ, yattha gantvā na socare. [225]
go to the deathless (Nibbāna), having gone there they do not grieve.
1
Comm: rāgādīnaṃ abhāvena akiñcanaṁ; not developing possessions like passion and so on.
2
Literally: through non-anger.