Dhammapada verse 229
Chapter 17, Anger (Kodhavagga) · verses 221–234
“If, after watching them day in day out, discerning people praise that sage of impeccable conduct, endowed with ethics and wisdom;”
Yañce viññū pasaṁsanti, anuvicca suve suve; Acchiddavuttiṁ medhāviṁ, paññāsīlasamāhitaṁ.
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What does Dhammapada verse 229 mean?
Verse 229 belongs to chapter 17, Anger (Kodhavagga), which gathers verses 221–234 on anger. It is filed under wisdom & folly, the buddha & teachers. Read it with the verses around it: the Dhammapada arranges chapters as short runs, not as isolated lines, so verse 228 and verse 230 are part of the same passage.
Fourteen verses on anger. The chapter gives the practical instruction to overcome anger with kindness and to give up what feeds it, and it describes the angry person as one who loses their own good. It also holds the verse about giving rather than taking as the way anger is dissolved.
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