Dhammapada verse 305
Chapter 21, Miscellaneous (Pakiṇṇakavagga) · verses 290–305
“Sitting alone, sleeping alone, tirelessly wandering alone; one who tames themselves alone would delight within a forest.”
Ekāsanaṁ ekaseyyaṁ, eko caramatandito; Eko damayamattānaṁ, vanante ramito siyā. Pakiṇṇakavaggo ekavīsatimo.
English by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, via SuttaCentral)
What does Dhammapada verse 305 mean?
Verse 305 belongs to chapter 21, Miscellaneous (Pakiṇṇakavagga), which gathers verses 290–305 on miscellaneous reflections. It is filed under no theme. Read it with the verses around it: the Dhammapada arranges chapters as short runs, not as isolated lines, so verse 304 and verse 306 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.