Dhammapada verse 291
Chapter 21, Miscellaneous (Pakiṇṇakavagga) · verses 290–305
“Seeking their own happiness by imposing suffering on others, intimate with enmity, they’re not freed from enmity.”
Paradukkhūpadhānena, attano sukhamicchati; Verasaṁsaggasaṁsaṭṭho, verā so na parimuccati.
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What does Dhammapada verse 291 mean?
Verse 291 belongs to chapter 21, Miscellaneous (Pakiṇṇakavagga), which gathers verses 290–305 on miscellaneous reflections. It is filed under good & evil, happiness, suffering & grief. Read it with the verses around it: the Dhammapada arranges chapters as short runs, not as isolated lines, so verse 290 and verse 292 are part of the same passage.
Sixteen verses of miscellany, which is what the title means. The chapter collects short reflections that did not sit under one of the other headings — on speech and silence, on the mind, on what a person should hold to — and its lack of a single subject is itself part of the book’s shape.
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