{"id":"dhp129-145","title":"10. The Rod","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"dhp129-145","title":"10. The Rod","units":[{"id":"dhp129:0","sourceIds":["dhp129:0.1","dhp129:0.2","dhp129:0.3","dhp129:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Khuddakanikāya\nDhammapada\nDaṇḍavagga\nChabbaggiyabhikkhuvatthu","en":"Minor Collection\nSayings of the Dhamma 129–145\n10. The Rod"}},{"id":"dhp129:1","sourceIds":["dhp129:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sabbe tasanti daṇḍassa,","en":"All tremble at the rod,"}},{"id":"dhp129:2","sourceIds":["dhp129:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"sabbe bhāyanti maccuno;","en":"all fear death."}},{"id":"dhp129:3","sourceIds":["dhp129:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Attānaṁ upamaṁ katvā,","en":"Treating others like oneself,"}},{"id":"dhp129:4","sourceIds":["dhp129:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"na haneyya na ghātaye.","en":"neither kill nor incite to kill."}},{"id":"dhp130:0","sourceIds":["dhp130:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Chabbaggiyavatthu"}},{"id":"dhp130:1","sourceIds":["dhp130:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sabbe tasanti daṇḍassa,","en":"All tremble at the rod,"}},{"id":"dhp130:2","sourceIds":["dhp130:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"sabbesaṁ jīvitaṁ piyaṁ;","en":"all love life."}},{"id":"dhp130:3","sourceIds":["dhp130:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Attānaṁ upamaṁ katvā,","en":"Treating others like 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hiṁsati;","en":"so if you don’t harm them with a stick"}},{"id":"dhp132:3","sourceIds":["dhp132:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Attano sukhamesāno,","en":"in search of your own happiness,"}},{"id":"dhp132:4","sourceIds":["dhp132:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"pecca so labhate sukhaṁ.","en":"after death you will find happiness."}},{"id":"dhp133:0","sourceIds":["dhp133:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Koṇḍadhānattheravatthu"}},{"id":"dhp133:1","sourceIds":["dhp133:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Māvoca pharusaṁ kañci,","en":"Don’t speak harshly,"}},{"id":"dhp133:2","sourceIds":["dhp133:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"vuttā paṭivadeyyu taṁ;","en":"they may speak harshly back."}},{"id":"dhp133:3","sourceIds":["dhp133:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dukkhā hi sārambhakathā,","en":"For aggressive speech is painful,"}},{"id":"dhp133:4","sourceIds":["dhp133:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"paṭidaṇḍā phuseyyu taṁ.","en":"and the rod may spring back on 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death"}},{"id":"dhp135:4","sourceIds":["dhp135:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"āyuṁ pājenti pāṇinaṁ.","en":"drive life from living beings."}},{"id":"dhp136:0","sourceIds":["dhp136:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ajagarapetavatthu"}},{"id":"dhp136:1","sourceIds":["dhp136:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha pāpāni kammāni,","en":"The fool does not understand"}},{"id":"dhp136:2","sourceIds":["dhp136:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"karaṁ bālo na bujjhati;","en":"the evil that they do."}},{"id":"dhp136:3","sourceIds":["dhp136:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sehi kammehi dummedho,","en":"But because of those deeds, that simpleton"}},{"id":"dhp136:4","sourceIds":["dhp136:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"aggidaḍḍhova tappati.","en":"is tormented as if burnt by fire."}},{"id":"dhp137:0","sourceIds":["dhp137:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mahāmoggallānattheravatthu"}},{"id":"dhp137:1","sourceIds":["dhp137:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo daṇḍena adaṇḍesu,","en":"One who violently 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hell."}},{"id":"dhp141:0","sourceIds":["dhp141:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Bahubhaṇḍikabhikkhuvatthu"}},{"id":"dhp141:1","sourceIds":["dhp141:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na naggacariyā na jaṭā na paṅkā,","en":"Not nudity, nor matted hair, nor mud,"}},{"id":"dhp141:2","sourceIds":["dhp141:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nānāsakā thaṇḍilasāyikā vā;","en":"nor fasting, nor lying on bare ground,"}},{"id":"dhp141:3","sourceIds":["dhp141:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Rajojallaṁ ukkuṭikappadhānaṁ,","en":"nor wearing dust and dirt, or squatting on the heels,"}},{"id":"dhp141:4","sourceIds":["dhp141:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sodhenti maccaṁ avitiṇṇakaṅkhaṁ.","en":"will cleanse a mortal not free of doubt."}},{"id":"dhp142:0","sourceIds":["dhp142:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Santatimahāmattavatthu"}},{"id":"dhp142:1","sourceIds":["dhp142:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Alaṅkato cepi samaṁ careyya,","en":"Dressed up they may be, but if they live 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blame,"}},{"id":"dhp143:4","sourceIds":["dhp143:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"asso bhadro kasāmiva.","en":"like a fine horse from the whip?"}},{"id":"dhp144:1","sourceIds":["dhp144:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Asso yathā bhadro kasāniviṭṭho,","en":"Like a fine horse under the whip,"}},{"id":"dhp144:2","sourceIds":["dhp144:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ātāpino saṁvegino bhavātha;","en":"be keen and full of urgency."}},{"id":"dhp144:3","sourceIds":["dhp144:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saddhāya sīlena ca vīriyena ca,","en":"With faith, ethics, and energy,"}},{"id":"dhp144:4","sourceIds":["dhp144:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Samādhinā dhammavinicchayena ca;","en":"immersion, and investigation of principles,"}},{"id":"dhp144:5","sourceIds":["dhp144:5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sampannavijjācaraṇā patissatā,","en":"accomplished in knowledge and conduct, mindful,"}},{"id":"dhp144:6","sourceIds":["dhp144:6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Jahissatha dukkhamidaṁ 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Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}