Editing Dhammapada (section)

== Organization ==
The Pali Dhammapada contains 423 [[Verse (poetry)|verses]] in 26 chapters (listed in Pali and English):<ref name="muller">English chapter titles based on Ānandajoti (2017).</ref><ref>Brough (2001) orders the chapters of the Gandhari Dharmapada as follows: {{IAST|I. Brāhmaṇa; II. Bhikṣu; III. Tṛṣṇā; IV. Pāpa; V. Arhant; VI. Mārga; VII. Apramāda; VIII. Citta; IX. Bāla; X. Jarā; XI. Sukha; XII. Sthavira; XIII. Yamaka; XIV. Paṇḍita; XV. Bahuśruta; XVI. Prakīrṇaka (?); XVII. Krodha; XVIII. Pruṣpa; XIX. Sahasra; XX. Śīla (?); XXI. Kṛtya (?); XXII. Nāga, or Aśva (?); XXIII. - XVI. [''Lost''].}}  [Parenthesized question marks are part of Brough's titles.]

Cone (1989) orders the chapters of the Patna Dharmapada as follows: {{IAST|1. Jama; 2. Apramāda; 3. Brāhmaṇa; 4. Bhikṣu; 5. Attha; 6. Śoka; 7. Kalyāṇī; 8. Puṣpa; 9. Tahna; 10. Mala; 11. Bāla; 12. Daṇḍa; 13. Śaraṇa; 14. Khānti; 15. [[Āsava]]; 16. Vācā; 17. Ātta; 18. Dadantī; 19. Citta; 20. Māgga; 21. Sahasra; [22. Uraga].}}</ref>
{|
!Ch.
!Pali
!English
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 1
|''Yamaka-vaggo''
| The Pairs (''see [[#Chapter 1: Pairs (Yamakavaggo)|excerpt]] below'')
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 2
|''Appam{{IAST|ā}}da-vaggo''
| Heedfulness
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 3
|''[[Citta]]-vaggo''
| The Mind
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 4
|''Puppha-vaggo''
| Flowers
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 5
|''B{{IAST|ā}}la-vaggo''
| Fools ([[#Chapter 5: Fools (Bālavaggo)|''excerpt'']])
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 6
|''Pa{{IAST|ṇḍ}}ita-vaggo''
| The Wise
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 7
|''[[Arahant]]a-vaggo''
| The Arahats
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 8
|''Sahassa-vaggo''
| The Thousands
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 9
|''P{{IAST|ā}}pa-vaggo''
| Wickedness
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 10
|''Da{{IAST|ṇḍ}}a-vaggo''
| The Stick (''[[#Chapter 10: The Stick (Daṇḍavaggo)|excerpt]]'')
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 11
|''[[Jaramarana|Jar{{IAST|ā}}]]-vaggo''
| Old Age
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 12
|''[[Anatta|Atta]]-vaggo''
| The Self ([[#Chapter 12: The Self (Attavaggo)|''excerpt'']])
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 13
|''Loka-vaggo''
| The World ([[#Chapter 13: The World (Lokavaggo)|''excerpt'']])
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 14
|''[[Buddhahood|Buddha]]-vaggo''
| The Buddha (''[[#Chapter 14: The Buddha (Buddhavaggo)|excerpt]]'')
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 15
|''[[Sukha]]-vaggo''
| Happiness
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 16
|''Piya-vaggo''
| Love
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 17
|''Kodha-vaggo''
| Anger
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 18
|''Mala-vaggo''
| Stains
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 19
|''Dhamma{{IAST|ṭṭ}}ha-vaggo''
| One who stands by Dhamma
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 20
|''[[Magga]]-vaggo''
| The Path (''[[#Chapter 20: The Path (Maggavaggo)|excerpt]]'')
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 21
|''Paki{{IAST|ṇṇ}}aka-vaggo''
| Miscellaneous
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 22
|''[[Niraya]]-vaggo''
| The Underworld
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 23
|''N{{IAST|ā}}ga-vaggo''
| The Elephant
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 24
|''[[Taṇhā|{{IAST|Taṇhā}}]]-vaggo''
| Craving (''[[#Chapter 24: Craving (Taṇhāvaggo)|excerpt]]'')
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 25
|''[[Bhikkhu]]-vaggo''
| Monastics
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 26
|''[[Brahmin|{{IAST|Brāhmaṇa}}]]-vaggo''
| Brahmins
|}


Many of the themes within the Dhammapada are dichotomous. For example, contrasts between joy and suffering, virtuous action and misconduct, and truth and deceit recur throughout the text.<ref>{{Cite web |title="The Dhammapada: A New Translation of the Buddhist Classic with Annotations" {{!}} The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies |url=https://buddhiststudies.stanford.edu/publications/dhammapada-new-translation-buddhist-classic-annotations |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=buddhiststudies.stanford.edu |language=en}}</ref>