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