[37] The Yamaka (the Pairs), the Appamāda (Heedfulness), the Citta (the Mind),
the Puppha (Flowers), with the Bāla (the Fool), the Paṇḍita (the Wise),
the Arahanta (the Arahant), with the Sahassa (the Thousands),
the Pāpa (Evil), with the Daṇḍa (the Rod) — these are ten.
The Jarā (Aging), the Atta (the Self), and the Loka (the World),
the Buddha, the Sukha (Happiness), and with the Piya (the Dear),
the Kodha (Anger), the Mala (the Stain), and the Dhammaṭṭha (the Righteous),
together with the Magga (the Path) chapter — twenty.
The Pakiṇṇaka (the Miscellaneous), the Niraya (Hell), the Nāga (the Elephant),
the Taṇhā (Craving), the Bhikkhu, and the Brāhmaṇa (the Brahmin):
these twenty-six chapters
were taught by the Kinsman of the Sun (Ādiccabandhu).
In the Yamaka there are twenty verses; in the Appamāda, twelve;
eleven in the Citta chapter; in the Puppha chapter, sixteen;
in the Bāla, seventeen verses; in the Paṇḍita, fourteen;
in the Arahanta, ten verses; in the Sahassa there are sixteen;
thirteen in the Pāpa chapter; in the Daṇḍa, ten and seven;
eleven in the Jarā chapter; in the Atta chapter, twelve;
twelve in the Loka chapter; in the Buddha chapter, sixteen;
in the Sukha chapter and in the Piya chapter there are twelve verses [each];
fourteen in the Kodha chapter; in the Mala chapter, twenty-one;
and seventeen in the Dhammaṭṭha; in the Magga chapter, sixteen;¹
in the Pakiṇṇaka, sixteen verses; in the Niraya and the Nāga, fourteen [each];
twenty-two² in the Taṇhā chapter; twenty-three in the Bhikkhu chapter;
and forty verses in the Brāhmaṇa, the supreme chapter.
Four hundred verses, and twenty-three more besides,
were taught by the Kinsman of the Sun in the Dhammapada, in the Nipāta (collection).
The Dhammapada is concluded.
¹ The reading "in the Magga chapter, seventeen and a half verses" is found.
² The reading "in the Taṇhā chapter, twenty-seven verses" is found.
THE UDĀNA
of the Khuddaka Nikāya, in the Suttanta Piṭaka
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Homage to that Blessed One, the Arahant, the Fully Self-Enlightened One.
The First Chapter: the Bodhi Chapter (Bodhivagga)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.