Dhammapada verse 272
Chapter 19, The Just (Dhammaṭṭhavagga) · verses 256–272
“do I experience the bliss of renunciation not frequented by ordinary people. A mendicant cannot rest confident without attaining the end of defilements.”
Phusāmi nekkhammasukhaṁ, aputhujjanasevitaṁ; Bhikkhu vissāsamāpādi, appatto āsavakkhayaṁ. Dhammaṭṭhavaggo ekūnavīsatimo.
English by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, via SuttaCentral)
What does Dhammapada verse 272 mean?
Verse 272 belongs to chapter 19, The Just (Dhammaṭṭhavagga), which gathers verses 256–272 on what makes a person just. It is filed under happiness, purity & stains. Read it with the verses around it: the Dhammapada arranges chapters as short runs, not as isolated lines, so verse 271 and verse 273 are part of the same passage.
Seventeen verses on the just person. Most of the chapter is a series of distinctions: you do not become just by passing hasty judgment, by seniority, by eloquence, or by complexion. The chapter defines the just person by what they weigh, not by what they claim.
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