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Khuddakanikāya
Minor Collection
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Dhammapada
Sayings of the Dhamma 129–145
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Daṇḍavagga
10. The Rod
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Chabbaggiyabhikkhuvatthu
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Sabbe tasanti daṇḍassa,
All tremble at the rod,
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sabbe bhāyanti maccuno;
all fear death.
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Attānaṁ upamaṁ katvā,
Treating others like oneself,
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na haneyya na ghātaye.
neither kill nor incite to kill.
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Sabbe tasanti daṇḍassa,
All tremble at the rod,
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sabbesaṁ jīvitaṁ piyaṁ;
all love life.
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Attānaṁ upamaṁ katvā,
Treating others like oneself,
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na haneyya na ghātaye.
neither kill nor incite to kill.
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Sambahulakumārakavatthu
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Sukhakāmāni bhūtāni,
Creatures love happiness,
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yo daṇḍena vihiṁsati;
so if you harm them with a stick
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Attano sukhamesāno,
in search of your own happiness,
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pecca so na labhate sukhaṁ.
after death you won’t find happiness.
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Sukhakāmāni bhūtāni,
Creatures love happiness,
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yo daṇḍena na hiṁsati;
so if you don’t harm them with a stick
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Attano sukhamesāno,
in search of your own happiness,
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pecca so labhate sukhaṁ.
after death you will find happiness.
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Māvoca pharusaṁ kañci,
Don’t speak harshly,
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vuttā paṭivadeyyu taṁ;
they may speak harshly back.
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Dukkhā hi sārambhakathā,
For aggressive speech is painful,
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paṭidaṇḍā phuseyyu taṁ.
and the rod may spring back on you.
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Sace neresi attānaṁ,
If you still yourself
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kaṁso upahato yathā;
like a broken gong,
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Esa pattosi nibbānaṁ,
you reach extinguishment
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sārambho te na vijjati.
and know no conflict.
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Uposathikaitthīnaṁvatthu
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Yathā daṇḍena gopālo,
As a cowherd drives the cows
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gāvo pājeti gocaraṁ;
to pasture with the rod,
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Evaṁ jarā ca maccu ca,
so too old age and death
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āyuṁ pājenti pāṇinaṁ.
drive life from living beings.
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Atha pāpāni kammāni,
The fool does not understand
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karaṁ bālo na bujjhati;
the evil that they do.
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Sehi kammehi dummedho,
But because of those deeds, that simpleton
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aggidaḍḍhova tappati.
is tormented as if burnt by fire.
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Mahāmoggallānattheravatthu
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Yo daṇḍena adaṇḍesu,
One who violently attacks
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appaduṭṭhesu dussati;
the peaceful and the innocent
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Dasannamaññataraṁ ṭhānaṁ,
swiftly falls
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khippameva nigacchati.
to one of ten bad states:
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Vedanaṁ pharusaṁ jāniṁ,
harsh pain; loss;
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sarīrassa va bhedanaṁ;
the breakup of the body;
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Garukaṁ vāpi ābādhaṁ,
serious illness;
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cittakkhepaṁ va pāpuṇe.
mental distress;
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Rājato vā upasaggaṁ,
hazards from rulers;
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Abbhakkhānaṁ va dāruṇaṁ;
vicious slander;
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Parikkhayaṁ va ñātīnaṁ,
loss of kin;
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Bhogānaṁ va pabhaṅguraṁ.
destruction of wealth;
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Atha vāssa agārāni,
or else their home
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aggi ḍahati pāvako;
is consumed by fire.
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Kāyassa bhedā duppañño,
When their body breaks up, that witless person
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nirayaṁ sopapajjati.
is reborn in hell.
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Bahubhaṇḍikabhikkhuvatthu
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Na naggacariyā na jaṭā na paṅkā,
Not nudity, nor matted hair, nor mud,
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Nānāsakā thaṇḍilasāyikā vā;
nor fasting, nor lying on bare ground,
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Rajojallaṁ ukkuṭikappadhānaṁ,
nor wearing dust and dirt, or squatting on the heels,
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Sodhenti maccaṁ avitiṇṇakaṅkhaṁ.
will cleanse a mortal not free of doubt.
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Alaṅkato cepi samaṁ careyya,
Dressed up they may be, but if they live well—
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Santo danto niyato brahmacārī;
peaceful, tamed, committed to the spiritual path,
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Sabbesu bhūtesu nidhāya daṇḍaṁ,
having laid aside violence towards all creatures—
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So brāhmaṇo so samaṇo sa bhikkhu.
they are a brahmin, an ascetic, a mendicant.
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Pilotikatissattheravatthu
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Hirīnisedho puriso,
Can a person constrained by conscience
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koci lokasmi vijjati;
be found in the world?
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Yo niddaṁ apabodheti,
Who shies away from blame,
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asso bhadro kasāmiva.
like a fine horse from the whip?
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Asso yathā bhadro kasāniviṭṭho,
Like a fine horse under the whip,
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Ātāpino saṁvegino bhavātha;
be keen and full of urgency.
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Saddhāya sīlena ca vīriyena ca,
With faith, ethics, and energy,
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Samādhinā dhammavinicchayena ca;
immersion, and investigation of principles,
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Sampannavijjācaraṇā patissatā,
accomplished in knowledge and conduct, mindful,
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Jahissatha dukkhamidaṁ anappakaṁ.
give up this vast suffering.
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Udakañhi nayanti nettikā,
While irrigators guide water,
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Usukārā namayanti tejanaṁ;
fletchers shape arrows,
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Dāruṁ namayanti tacchakā,
and carpenters carve timber—
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Attānaṁ damayanti subbatā.
those true to their vows tame themselves.
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