Khuddakanikāya Dhammapada Pupphavagga Pathavikathāpasutapañcasatabhikkhuvatthu Ko imaṁ pathaviṁ vicessati, Yamalokañca imaṁ sadevakaṁ; Ko dhammapadaṁ sudesitaṁ, Kusalo pupphamiva pacessati.

Chapter on Flowers

Who shall conquer this earth, the realm of Yama, and this world with its gods? Who shall discern the well-taught path of truth, as a skilled person selects a flower?

The one in training shall conquer this earth, the realm of Yama, and this world with its gods.

Sekho pathaviṁ vicessati, Yamalokañca imaṁ sadevakaṁ; Sekho dhammapadaṁ sudesitaṁ, Kusalo pupphamiva pacessati.

The one in training shall discern the well-taught path of truth, as a skilled person selects a flower.

Marīcikammaṭṭhānikabhikkhuvatthu Pheṇūpamaṁ kāyamimaṁ viditvā, Marīcidhammaṁ abhisambudhāno; Chetvāna mārassa papupphakāni, Adassanaṁ maccurājassa gacche.

Understanding this body as foam, realizing its nature as a mirage, cutting off the flowers of Mara, one should go unseen by the King of Death.

Viṭaṭūbhavatthu Pupphāni heva pacinantaṁ, byāsattamanasaṁ naraṁ; Suttaṁ gāmaṁ mahoghova, maccu ādāya gacchati.

Death carries away the man with a mind attached to gathering flowers, as a great flood sweeps away a sleeping village.

Patipūjikakumārivatthu Pupphāni heva pacinantaṁ, byāsattamanasaṁ naraṁ; Atittaññeva kāmesu, antako kurute vasaṁ.

Death overpowers the man with a mind attached to gathering flowers, insatiable in desires.

Macchariyakosiyaseṭṭhivatthu Yathāpi bhamaro pupphaṁ, vaṇṇagandhamaheṭhayaṁ; Paleti rasamādāya, evaṁ gāme munī care.

As a bee gathers nectar and departs without harming the flower, its color, or its fragrance, so should a sage wander in the village.

Pāveyyaājīvakavatthu Na paresaṁ vilomāni, na paresaṁ katākataṁ; Attanova avekkheyya, katāni akatāni ca.

One should not consider the faults of others, nor what others have done or left undone. One should consider only what one has done or left undone.

Chattapāṇiupāsakavatthu Yathāpi ruciraṁ pupphaṁ, vaṇṇavantaṁ agandhakaṁ; Evaṁ subhāsitā vācā, aphalā hoti akubbato.

As a beautiful flower, full of color but lacking fragrance, so are well-spoken words fruitless for one who does not act upon them.

Yathāpi ruciraṁ pupphaṁ, Vaṇṇavantaṁ sagandhakaṁ; Evaṁ subhāsitā vācā, Saphalā hoti kubbato.

As a beautiful flower, full of color and fragrance, so are well-spoken words fruitful for one who acts upon them.

Visākhāvatthu Yathāpi puppharāsimhā, kayirā mālāguṇe bahū; Evaṁ jātena maccena, kattabbaṁ kusalaṁ bahuṁ.

As from a heap of flowers, many garlands can be made, so should one born as a mortal do much good.

Ānandattherapañhavatthu Na pupphagandho paṭivātameti, Na candanaṁ tagaramallikā vā; Satañca gandho paṭivātameti, Sabbā disā sappuriso pavāyati.

The scent of flowers does not travel against the wind, nor does the scent of sandalwood, tagara, or jasmine.

Candanaṁ tagaraṁ vāpi, uppalaṁ atha vassikī; Etesaṁ gandhajātānaṁ, sīlagandho anuttaro.

But the fragrance of the virtuous does travel against the wind; the good person pervades all directions.

Mahākassapattherapiṇḍapātadinnavatthu Appamatto ayaṁ gandho, yāyaṁ tagaracandanī; Yo ca sīlavataṁ gandho, vāti devesu uttamo.

Sandalwood, tagara, lotus, and jasmine: among these kinds of fragrances, the fragrance of virtue is unsurpassed.

Godhikattheraparinibbānavatthu Tesaṁ sampannasīlānaṁ, appamādavihārinaṁ; Sammadaññāvimuttānaṁ, māro maggaṁ na vindati.

The fragrance of tagara and sandalwood is slight; the fragrance of the virtuous, however, wafts to the gods.

Garahadinnavatthu Yathā saṅkāradhānasmiṁ, ujjhitasmiṁ mahāpathe; Padumaṁ tattha jāyetha, sucigandhaṁ manoramaṁ.

Mara does not find the path of those who are accomplished in virtue, who dwell in heedfulness, and who are freed through true knowing.

Evaṁ saṅkārabhūtesu, andhabhūte puthujjane; Atirocati paññāya, sammāsambuddhasāvako. Pupphavaggo catuttho.

As a lotus, beautiful and fragrant, may grow from a heap of refuse thrown on the highway, so among the blind and ignorant, a disciple of the Fully Awakened One shines with wisdom.