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Khuddakanikāya
Minor Collection
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Dhammapada
Sayings of the Dhamma 116–128
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Pāpavagga
9. Wickedness
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Cūḷekasāṭakabrāhmaṇavatthu
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Abhittharetha kalyāṇe,
Rush to do good,
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pāpā cittaṁ nivāraye;
shield your mind from evil;
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Dandhañhi karoto puññaṁ,
for when you’re slow to do good,
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pāpasmiṁ ramatī mano.
your thoughts delight in wickedness.
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Pāpañce puriso kayirā,
If you do something bad,
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Na naṁ kayirā punappunaṁ;
don’t do it again and again,
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Na tamhi chandaṁ kayirātha,
don’t set your heart on it,
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Dukkho pāpassa uccayo.
for piling up evil is suffering.
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Puññañce puriso kayirā,
If you do something good,
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kayirā naṁ punappunaṁ;
do it again and again,
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Tamhi chandaṁ kayirātha,
set your heart on it,
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sukho puññassa uccayo.
for piling up goodness is joyful.
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Anāthapiṇḍikaseṭṭhivatthu
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Pāpopi passati bhadraṁ,
Even the wicked see good things,
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Yāva pāpaṁ na paccati;
so long as their wickedness has not ripened.
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Yadā ca paccati pāpaṁ,
But as soon as that wickedness ripens,
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Atha pāpo pāpāni passati.
then the wicked see wicked things.
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Bhadropi passati pāpaṁ,
Even the good see wicked things,
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Yāva bhadraṁ na paccati;
so long as their goodness has not ripened.
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Yadā ca paccati bhadraṁ,
But as soon as that goodness ripens,
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Atha bhadro bhadrāni passati.
then the good see good things.
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Asaññataparikkhāravatthu
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Māvamaññetha pāpassa,
Think not lightly of evil,
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na mantaṁ āgamissati;
that it won’t come back to you.
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Udabindunipātena,
The pot is filled with water
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udakumbhopi pūrati;
falling drop by drop;
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Bālo pūrati pāpassa,
the fool is filled with wickedness
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thokaṁ thokampi ācinaṁ.
piled up bit by bit.
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Biḷālapādakaseṭṭhivatthu
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Māvamaññetha puññassa,
Think not lightly of goodness,
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na mandaṁ āgamissati;
that it won’t come back to you.
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Udabindunipātena,
The pot is filled with water
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udakumbhopi pūrati;
falling drop by drop;
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Dhīro pūrati puññassa,
the attentive one is filled with goodness
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thokaṁ thokampi ācinaṁ.
piled up bit by bit.
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Vāṇijova bhayaṁ maggaṁ,
Avoid wickedness,
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appasattho mahaddhano;
as a merchant with rich cargo and small escort
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Visaṁ jīvitukāmova,
would avoid a dangerous road,
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pāpāni parivajjaye.
or one who loves life would avoid drinking poison.
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Kukkuṭamittanesādavatthu
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Pāṇimhi ce vaṇo nāssa,
You can carry poison in your hand
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hareyya pāṇinā visaṁ;
if it has no wound,
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Nābbaṇaṁ visamanveti,
for poison does not infect without a wound;
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natthi pāpaṁ akubbato.
nothing bad happens unless you do bad.
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Kokasunakhaluddakavatthu
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Yo appaduṭṭhassa narassa dussati,
Whoever wrongs a man who has done no wrong,
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Suddhassa posassa anaṅgaṇassa;
a pure man who has not a blemish,
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Tameva bālaṁ pacceti pāpaṁ,
the evil backfires on the fool,
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Sukhumo rajo paṭivātaṁva khitto.
like fine dust thrown upwind.
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Maṇikārakulūpakatissattheravatthu
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Gabbhameke uppajjanti,
Some are born in a womb;
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nirayaṁ pāpakammino;
evil-doers go to hell;
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Saggaṁ sugatino yanti,
the virtuous go to heaven;
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parinibbanti anāsavā.
the undefiled are fully extinguished.
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Na antalikkhe na samuddamajjhe,
Not in midair, nor mid-ocean,
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Na pabbatānaṁ vivaraṁ pavissa;
nor hiding in a mountain cleft;
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Na vijjatī so jagatippadeso,
you’ll find no place on the planet
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Yatthaṭṭhito mucceyya pāpakammā.
to escape your wicked deeds.
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Na antalikkhe na samuddamajjhe,
Not in midair, nor mid-ocean,
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Na pabbatānaṁ vivaraṁ pavissa;
nor hiding in a mountain cleft;
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Na vijjatī so jagatippadeso,
you’ll find no place on the planet
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Yatthaṭṭhitaṁ nappasaheyya maccu.
where you won’t be vanquished by death.
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