Organization
The Pali Dhammapada contains 423 verses in 26 chapters (listed below in English and, in parentheses, Pali).
| I. | The Twin-Verses (Yamaka-vaggo) (see excerpt below) |
| II. | On Earnestness (Appamāda-vaggo) |
| III. | Thought (Citta-vaggo) |
| IV. | Flowers (Puppha-vaggo) |
| V. | The Fool (Bāla-vaggo) |
| VI. | The Wise Man (Paṇḍita-vaggo) |
| VII. | The Venerable (Arahanta-vaggo) |
| VIII. | The Thousands (Sahassa-vaggo) |
| IX. | Evil (Pāpa-vaggo) |
| X. | Punishment (Daṇḍa-vaggo) (see excerpt below) |
| XI. | Old Age (Jarā-vaggo) |
| XII. | Self (Atta-vaggo) |
| XIII. | The World (Loka-vaggo) |
| XIV. | The Buddha — The Awakened (Buddha-vaggo) (see excerpt below) |
| XV. | Happiness (Sukha-vaggo) |
| XVI. | Pleasure (Piya-vaggo) |
| XVII. | Anger (Kodha-vaggo) |
| XVIII. | Impurity (Mala-vaggo) |
| XIX. | The Just (Dhammaṭṭha-vaggo) |
| XX. | The Way (Magga-vaggo) (see excerpt below) |
| XXI. | Miscellaneous (Pakiṇṇaka-vaggo) |
| XXII. | The Downward Course (Niraya-vaggo) |
| XXIII. | The Elephant (Nāga-vaggo) |
| XXIV. | Thirst (Taṇhā-vaggo) (see excerpt below) |
| XXV. | The Mendicant (Bhikkhu-vaggo) |
| XXVI. | The Brāhmana (Brāhmaṇa-vaggo) |
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