Arahantavagga

Khuddakanikāya

Minor Collection

Dhammapada

Sayings of the Dhamma 90–99

Arahantavagga

7. The Perfected Ones

Jīvakapañhavatthu

Gataddhino visokassa,

At journey’s end, rid of sorrow;

vippamuttassa sabbadhi;

everywhere free,

Sabbaganthappahīnassa,

all ties given up,

pariḷāho na vijjati.

no fever is found in them.

Mahākassapattheravatthu

Uyyuñjanti satīmanto,

The mindful apply themselves;

na nikete ramanti te;

they delight in no abode.

Haṁsāva pallalaṁ hitvā,

Like a swan gone from the marsh,

okamokaṁ jahanti te.

they leave home after home behind.

Belaṭṭhasīsattheravatthu

Yesaṁ sannicayo natthi,

Those with nothing stored up,

ye pariññātabhojanā;

who have understood their food,

Suññato animitto ca,

whose domain is the liberation

vimokkho yesaṁ gocaro;

of the signless and the empty:

Ākāseva sakuntānaṁ,

their path is hard to trace,

gati tesaṁ durannayā.

like birds in the sky.

Anuruddhattheravatthu

Yassāsavā parikkhīṇā,

One whose defilements have ended;

āhāre ca anissito;

who’s not attached to food;

Suññato animitto ca,

whose domain is the liberation

vimokkho yassa gocaro;

of the signless and the empty:

Ākāseva sakuntānaṁ,

their track is hard to trace,

padaṁ tassa durannayaṁ.

like birds in the sky.

Mahākaccāyanattheravatthu

Yassindriyāni samathaṅgatāni,

Whose faculties have become serene,

Assā yathā sārathinā sudantā;

like horses tamed by a charioteer,

Pahīnamānassa anāsavassa,

who has abandoned conceit and defilements;

Devāpi tassa pihayanti tādino.

the unaffected one is envied by even the gods.

Sāriputtattheravatthu

Pathavisamo no virujjhati,

Undisturbed like the earth,

Indakhilupamo tādi subbato;

true to their vows, steady as Indra’s pillar,

Rahadova apetakaddamo,

like a lake clear of mud;

Saṁsārā na bhavanti tādino.

such a one does not transmigrate.

Kosambivāsitissattherasāmaṇeravatthu

Santaṁ tassa manaṁ hoti,

Their mind is peaceful,

santā vācā ca kamma ca;

peaceful are their speech and deeds.

Sammadaññāvimuttassa,

Such a one is at peace,

upasantassa tādino.

rightly freed through enlightenment.

Sāriputtattheravatthu

Assaddho akataññū ca,

Lacking faith, a house-breaker,

sandhicchedo ca yo naro;

one who acknowledges nothing,

Hatāvakāso vantāso,

purged of hope, they’ve wasted their chance:

sa ve uttamaporiso.

that is indeed the supreme person!

Khadiravaniyarevatattheravatthu

Gāme vā yadi vāraññe,

Whether in village or wilderness,

Ninne vā yadi vā thale;

in a valley or the uplands,

Yattha arahanto viharanti,

wherever the perfected ones live

Taṁ bhūmirāmaṇeyyakaṁ.

is a delightful place.

Aññataraitthivatthu

Ramaṇīyāni araññāni,

Delightful are the wildernesses

yattha na ramatī jano;

where no people delight.

Vītarāgā ramissanti,

Those free of greed will delight there,

na te kāmagavesino.

not those who seek sensual pleasures.

Arahantavaggo sattamo.