Sukhavagga

Khuddakanikāya

Minor Collection

Dhammapada

Sayings of the Dhamma 197–208

Sukhavagga

15. Happiness

Ñātikalahavūpasamanavatthu

Susukhaṁ vata jīvāma,

Let us live so very happily,

verinesu averino;

loving among the hostile.

Verinesu manussesu,

Among hostile humans,

viharāma averino.

let us live with love.

Susukhaṁ vata jīvāma,

Let us live so very happily,

āturesu anāturā;

healthy among the ailing.

Āturesu manussesu,

Among ailing humans

viharāma anāturā.

let us live healthily.

Susukhaṁ vata jīvāma,

Let us live so very happily,

ussukesu anussukā;

content among the greedy.

Ussukesu manussesu,

Among greedy humans,

viharāma anussukā.

let us live content.

Māravatthu

Susukhaṁ vata jīvāma,

Let us live so very happily,

yesaṁ no natthi kiñcanaṁ;

we who have nothing.

Pītibhakkhā bhavissāma,

We shall feed on rapture,

devā ābhassarā yathā.

like the gods of sublime luminosity.

Kosalaraññoparājayavatthu

Jayaṁ veraṁ pasavati,

Victory breeds enmity;

dukkhaṁ seti parājito;

the defeated sleep badly.

Upasanto sukhaṁ seti,

The peaceful sleep at ease,

hitvā jayaparājayaṁ.

having left victory and defeat behind.

Aññatarakuladārikāvatthu

Natthi rāgasamo aggi,

There is no fire like greed,

Natthi dosasamo kali;

no crime like hate,

Natthi khandhasamā dukkhā,

no suffering like the aggregates,

Natthi santiparaṁ sukhaṁ.

no bliss beyond peace.

Ekaupāsakavatthu

Jighacchāparamā rogā,

Hunger is the worst illness,

saṅkhāraparamā dukhā;

conditions are the worst suffering.

Etaṁ ñatvā yathābhūtaṁ,

When one has known this as it is,

nibbānaṁ paramaṁ sukhaṁ.

extinguishment is the ultimate happiness.

Pasenadikosalavatthu

Ārogyaparamā lābhā,

Health is the ultimate blessing;

Santuṭṭhiparamaṁ dhanaṁ;

contentment, the ultimate wealth;

Vissāsaparamā ñāti,

trust is the ultimate family;

Nibbānaṁ paramaṁ sukhaṁ.

extinguishment, the ultimate happiness.

Tissattheravatthu

Pavivekarasaṁ pitvā,

Having drunk the nectar of seclusion

rasaṁ upasamassa ca;

and the nectar of peace—

Niddaro hoti nippāpo,

free of stress, free of evil,

dhammapītirasaṁ pivaṁ.

drink the joyous nectar of truth.

Sakkavatthu

Sāhu dassanamariyānaṁ,

It’s good to see the noble ones,

sannivāso sadā sukho;

staying with them is always good.

Adassanena bālānaṁ,

Were you not to see fools,

niccameva sukhī siyā.

you’d always be happy.

Bālasaṅgatacārī hi,

For one who consorts with fools

dīghamaddhāna socati;

grieves long.

Dukkho bālehi saṁvāso,

Painful is living with fools,

amitteneva sabbadā;

like being stuck with your enemy.

Dhīro ca sukhasaṁvāso,

Happy is living with an attentive one,

ñātīnaṁva samāgamo.

like meeting with your kin.

Tasmā hi—

Therefore:

Dhīrañca paññañca bahussutañca,

An attentive one, wise and learned,

Dhorayhasīlaṁ vatavantamariyaṁ;

a behemoth of virtue, true to their vows, noble:

Taṁ tādisaṁ sappurisaṁ sumedhaṁ,

follow a true and intelligent person such as this,

Bhajetha nakkhattapathaṁva candimā.

as the moon tracks the path of the stars.

Sukhavaggo pannarasamo.