Dhammapada verse 95
Chapter 7, The Perfected Ones (Arahantavagga) · verses 90–99
“Undisturbed like the earth, true to their vows, steady as Indra’s pillar, like a lake clear of mud; such a one does not transmigrate.”
Pathavisamo no virujjhati, Indakhilupamo tādi subbato; Rahadova apetakaddamo, Saṁsārā na bhavanti tādino.
English by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, via SuttaCentral)
What does Dhammapada verse 95 mean?
Verse 95 belongs to chapter 7, The Perfected Ones (Arahantavagga), which gathers verses 90–99 on the perfected ones. 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 94 and verse 96 are part of the same passage.
Ten verses on the perfected ones — those whose defilements are ended, who are unattached, whose minds are peaceful. It is the shortest chapter and the most compressed: most of its verses consist of a single portrait rather than an argument, and it ends on the figure of one who has crossed over and is free of sorrow.