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Khuddakanikāya
Minor Collection
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Dhammapada
Sayings of the Dhamma 44–59
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Pupphavagga
4. Flowers
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Pathavikathāpasutapañcasatabhikkhuvatthu
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Ko imaṁ pathaviṁ vicessati,
Who bestirs this earth,
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Yamalokañca imaṁ sadevakaṁ;
and the Yama realm with its gods?
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Ko dhammapadaṁ sudesitaṁ,
Who sets out the well-taught word of truth,
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Kusalo pupphamiva pacessati.
as an expert a flower?
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Sekho pathaviṁ vicessati,
A trainee bestirs this earth,
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Yamalokañca imaṁ sadevakaṁ;
and the Yama realm with its gods.
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Sekho dhammapadaṁ sudesitaṁ,
A trainee sets out the well-taught word of truth,
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Kusalo pupphamiva pacessati.
as an expert a flower.
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Marīcikammaṭṭhānikabhikkhuvatthu
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Pheṇūpamaṁ kāyamimaṁ viditvā,
Knowing this body’s like foam,
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Marīcidhammaṁ abhisambudhāno;
realizing it’s all just a mirage,
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Chetvāna mārassa papupphakāni,
and cutting off Māra’s blossoming,
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Adassanaṁ maccurājassa gacche.
vanish from the King of Death.
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Pupphāni heva pacinantaṁ,
As a mighty flood sweeps off a sleeping village,
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byāsattamanasaṁ naraṁ;
death steals away a man
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Suttaṁ gāmaṁ mahoghova,
even as he gathers flowers,
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maccu ādāya gacchati.
his mind caught up in them.
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Pupphāni heva pacinantaṁ,
The terminator gains control of the man
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byāsattamanasaṁ naraṁ;
who has not had his fill of pleasures,
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Atittaññeva kāmesu,
even as he gathers flowers,
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antako kurute vasaṁ.
his mind caught up in them.
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Macchariyakosiyaseṭṭhivatthu
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Yathāpi bhamaro pupphaṁ,
A bee takes the nectar
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vaṇṇagandhamaheṭhayaṁ;
and moves on, doing no damage
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Paleti rasamādāya,
to the flower’s beauty and fragrance;
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evaṁ gāme munī care.
and that’s how a sage should walk in the village.
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Na paresaṁ vilomāni,
Don’t find fault with others,
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na paresaṁ katākataṁ;
with what they’ve done or left undone.
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Attanova avekkheyya,
You should only watch yourself,
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katāni akatāni ca.
what you’ve done or left undone.
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Chattapāṇiupāsakavatthu
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Yathāpi ruciraṁ pupphaṁ,
Just like a glorious flower
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vaṇṇavantaṁ agandhakaṁ;
that’s colorful but lacks fragrance;
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Evaṁ subhāsitā vācā,
eloquent speech is fruitless
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aphalā hoti akubbato.
for one who does not act on it.
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Yathāpi ruciraṁ pupphaṁ,
Just like a glorious flower
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Vaṇṇavantaṁ sagandhakaṁ;
that’s both colorful and fragrant,
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Evaṁ subhāsitā vācā,
eloquent speech is fruitful
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Saphalā hoti kubbato.
for one who acts on it.
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Yathāpi puppharāsimhā,
Just as one would create many garlands
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kayirā mālāguṇe bahū;
from a heap of flowers,
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Evaṁ jātena maccena,
when a person has come to be born,
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kattabbaṁ kusalaṁ bahuṁ.
they should do many skillful things.
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Ānandattherapañhavatthu
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Na pupphagandho paṭivātameti,
The fragrance of flowers doesn’t spread upwind,
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Na candanaṁ tagaramallikā vā;
nor sandalwood, pinwheel, or jasmine;
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Satañca gandho paṭivātameti,
but the fragrance of the good spreads upwind;
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Sabbā disā sappuriso pavāyati.
a true person’s virtue spreads in every direction.
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Candanaṁ tagaraṁ vāpi,
Among all the fragrances—
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uppalaṁ atha vassikī;
sandalwood or pinwheel
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Etesaṁ gandhajātānaṁ,
or lotus or jasmine—
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sīlagandho anuttaro.
the fragrance of virtue is supreme.
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Mahākassapattherapiṇḍapātadinnavatthu
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Appamatto ayaṁ gandho,
Faint is the fragrance
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yāyaṁ tagaracandanī;
of sandal or pinwheel;
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Yo ca sīlavataṁ gandho,
but the fragrance of the virtuous
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vāti devesu uttamo.
floats to the highest gods.
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Godhikattheraparinibbānavatthu
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Tesaṁ sampannasīlānaṁ,
For those accomplished in ethics,
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appamādavihārinaṁ;
meditating diligently,
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Sammadaññāvimuttānaṁ,
freed through the highest knowledge,
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māro maggaṁ na vindati.
Māra cannot find their path.
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Yathā saṅkāradhānasmiṁ,
From a heap of trash
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ujjhitasmiṁ mahāpathe;
discarded on the highway,
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Padumaṁ tattha jāyetha,
a lotus might blossom,
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sucigandhaṁ manoramaṁ.
fragrant and delightful.
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Evaṁ saṅkārabhūtesu,
So too, among those thought of as trash,
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andhabhūte puthujjane;
a disciple of the perfect Buddha
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Atirocati paññāya,
outshines with their wisdom
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sammāsambuddhasāvako.
the blind ordinary folk.
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