{"id":"dhp306-319","title":"22. Hell","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"dhp306-319","title":"22. Hell","units":[{"id":"dhp306:0","sourceIds":["dhp306:0.1","dhp306:0.2","dhp306:0.3","dhp306:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Khuddakanikāya\nDhammapada\nNirayavagga\nSundarīparibbājikāvatthu","en":"Minor Collection\nSayings of the Dhamma 306–319\n22. 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wicked."}},{"id":"dhp307:3","sourceIds":["dhp307:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pāpā pāpehi kammehi,","en":"Being wicked, they are reborn in hell"}},{"id":"dhp307:4","sourceIds":["dhp307:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"nirayaṁ te upapajjare.","en":"due to their bad deeds."}},{"id":"dhp308:0","sourceIds":["dhp308:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vaggumudātīriyabhikkhuvatthu"}},{"id":"dhp308:1","sourceIds":["dhp308:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Seyyo ayoguḷo bhutto,","en":"It’d be better for the immoral and unrestrained"}},{"id":"dhp308:2","sourceIds":["dhp308:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"tatto aggisikhūpamo;","en":"to eat an iron ball,"}},{"id":"dhp308:3","sourceIds":["dhp308:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yañce bhuñjeyya dussīlo,","en":"scorching, like a burning flame,"}},{"id":"dhp308:4","sourceIds":["dhp308:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"raṭṭhapiṇḍamasaññato.","en":"than to eat the nation’s alms."}},{"id":"dhp309:0","sourceIds":["dhp309:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Khemakaseṭṭhiputtavatthu"}},{"id":"dhp309:1","sourceIds":["dhp309:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Cattāri ṭhānāni naro pamatto,","en":"Four things befall a heedless man"}},{"id":"dhp309:2","sourceIds":["dhp309:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Āpajjati paradārūpasevī;","en":"who sleeps with another’s wife:"}},{"id":"dhp309:3","sourceIds":["dhp309:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Apuññalābhaṁ na nikāmaseyyaṁ,","en":"wickedness, poor sleep,"}},{"id":"dhp309:4","sourceIds":["dhp309:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nindaṁ tatīyaṁ nirayaṁ catutthaṁ.","en":"ill-repute, and rebirth in hell."}},{"id":"dhp310:1","sourceIds":["dhp310:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Apuññalābho ca gatī ca pāpikā,","en":"He accrues wickedness and is reborn in a bad place,"}},{"id":"dhp310:2","sourceIds":["dhp310:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Bhītassa bhītāya ratī ca thokikā;","en":"all so a frightened couple may snatch a moment’s pleasure,"}},{"id":"dhp310:3","sourceIds":["dhp310:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Rājā ca daṇḍaṁ garukaṁ paṇeti,","en":"for which rulers impose a heavy punishment."}},{"id":"dhp310:4","sourceIds":["dhp310:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmā naro paradāraṁ na seve.","en":"That’s why a man should not sleep with another’s wife."}},{"id":"dhp311:0","sourceIds":["dhp311:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dubbacabhikkhuvatthu"}},{"id":"dhp311:1","sourceIds":["dhp311:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kuso yathā duggahito,","en":"When kusa grass is wrongly grasped"}},{"id":"dhp311:2","sourceIds":["dhp311:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"hatthamevānukantati;","en":"it only cuts the hand."}},{"id":"dhp311:3","sourceIds":["dhp311:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāmaññaṁ dupparāmaṭṭhaṁ,","en":"So too, the ascetic life, when wrongly taken,"}},{"id":"dhp311:4","sourceIds":["dhp311:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"nirayāyupakaḍḍhati.","en":"drags you to hell."}},{"id":"dhp312:1","sourceIds":["dhp312:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yaṁ kiñci sithilaṁ kammaṁ,","en":"Any lax act,"}},{"id":"dhp312:2","sourceIds":["dhp312:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"saṅkiliṭṭhañca yaṁ vataṁ;","en":"any corrupt observance,"}},{"id":"dhp312:3","sourceIds":["dhp312:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṅkassaraṁ brahmacariyaṁ,","en":"or suspicious spiritual life,"}},{"id":"dhp312:4","sourceIds":["dhp312:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"na taṁ hoti mahapphalaṁ.","en":"is not very fruitful."}},{"id":"dhp313:1","sourceIds":["dhp313:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kayirā ce kayirāthenaṁ,","en":"If one is to do what should be done,"}},{"id":"dhp313:2","sourceIds":["dhp313:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"daḷhamenaṁ parakkame;","en":"one should staunchly strive."}},{"id":"dhp313:3","sourceIds":["dhp313:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sithilo hi paribbājo,","en":"For the life gone forth when laxly 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city"}},{"id":"dhp315:2","sourceIds":["dhp315:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"guttaṁ santarabāhiraṁ;","en":"is guarded inside and out,"}},{"id":"dhp315:3","sourceIds":["dhp315:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ gopetha attānaṁ,","en":"so you should ward yourselves—"}},{"id":"dhp315:4","sourceIds":["dhp315:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"khaṇo vo mā upaccagā;","en":"don’t let the moment pass you by."}},{"id":"dhp315:5","sourceIds":["dhp315:5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Khaṇātītā hi socanti,","en":"For if you miss your moment"}},{"id":"dhp315:6","sourceIds":["dhp315:6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"nirayamhi samappitā.","en":"you’ll grieve when sent to hell."}},{"id":"dhp316:0","sourceIds":["dhp316:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nigaṇṭhavatthu"}},{"id":"dhp316:1","sourceIds":["dhp316:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Alajjitāye lajjanti,","en":"Unashamed of what is shameful,"}},{"id":"dhp316:2","sourceIds":["dhp316:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"lajjitāye na lajjare;","en":"ashamed of what is not shameful;"}},{"id":"dhp316:3","sourceIds":["dhp316:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Micchādiṭṭhisamādānā,","en":"beings who uphold wrong view"}},{"id":"dhp316:4","sourceIds":["dhp316:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"sattā gacchanti duggatiṁ.","en":"go to a bad place."}},{"id":"dhp317:1","sourceIds":["dhp317:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Abhaye bhayadassino,","en":"Seeing danger where there is none,"}},{"id":"dhp317:2","sourceIds":["dhp317:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"bhaye cābhayadassino;","en":"and blind to the actual danger,"}},{"id":"dhp317:3","sourceIds":["dhp317:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Micchādiṭṭhisamādānā,","en":"beings who uphold wrong view"}},{"id":"dhp317:4","sourceIds":["dhp317:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"sattā gacchanti duggatiṁ.","en":"go to a bad place."}},{"id":"dhp318:0","sourceIds":["dhp318:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Titthiyasāvakavatthu"}},{"id":"dhp318:1","sourceIds":["dhp318:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Avajje 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Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}