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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 101:

sahassampi ce 驳腻迟丑腻 antthapadasa峁僪it膩 |
别办补峁� 驳腻迟丑腻pada峁� seyy膩 测补峁� 蝉耻迟惫腻 upasammati || 101 ||

101. Though a thousand verses be composed of meaningless lines, better the single line of verse one hears, then comes to calm.

One meaningful stanza which leads to calm is better than a thousand empty ones.

The Story of 叠腻丑颈测补d膩ruc墨riya

While residing at the Jetavana Monastery, the Buddha spoke this verse, with reference to 叠腻丑颈测补d膩ruc墨riya.

A group of merchants went out to sea in a boat; their boat was wrecked at sea and all, except one, died. The only survivor got hold of a plank and eventually came to land at the port of 厂耻辫辫腻谤补办补. As he was naked, he tied a piece of bark to his body, got hold of a bowl, and sat in a place where people could see him. Passers-by gave him rice and gruel; some thought that he was a holy man and paid respects to him. Some brought clothes for him to wear but he refused, fearing that by wearing clothes, people would give less respect to him. Besides, because some said that he was an arahat, he mistakenly came to think that he really was one. Thus, because he was a man of wrong views who was wearing a piece of bark as his clothing, he came to be known as 叠腻丑颈测补d膩ruc墨riya. 惭补丑腻产谤补丑尘补 came to him in the night and said to him, 鈥�叠腻丑颈测补, you are not an arahat yet, and what is more, you do not have the qualities that make one an arahat.鈥� 叠腻丑颈测补 looked up at 惭补丑腻产谤补丑尘补 and said, 鈥淵es, I must admit that I am not an arahat, as you have said. I now realize that I have done a great wrong. But is there anyone else in this world now who is an arahat (a perfected person)?鈥� 惭补丑腻产谤补丑尘补 then told him that there lived in 厂腻惫补迟迟丑颈 a Teacher, Gotama Buddha, an arahat, who was perfectly self-enlightened.

叠腻丑颈测补 found the Buddha going on an alms-round with other monks and respectfully followed him. He pleaded with the Buddha to teach him the Dhamma, but the Buddha replied that since they were on an alms-round it was not yet time for a religious discourse. And again, 叠腻丑颈测补 pleaded, 鈥淰enerable, one cannot know the danger to your life or to my life, so please talk to me about the Dhamma.鈥� The Buddha knew that 叠腻丑颈测补 had made the journey of one hundred and twenty yojanas in one night, and also that he was overwhelmed with joy at seeing the Buddha. That was why the Buddha did not want to talk about the Dhamma immediately but wanted him to calm down to enable him to take in the Dhamma properly. Still, 叠腻丑颈测补 persistently pleaded. So, while standing on the road, the Buddha said to 叠腻丑颈测补, 鈥湹�腻丑颈测��, when you see an object, be conscious of just the visible object; when you hear a sound, be conscious of just the sound; when you smell or taste or touch something, be conscious of just the smell, the taste or the touch; and when you think of anything, be conscious of just the mind-object.鈥�

After hearing the above discourse, 叠腻丑颈测补 attained arahatship and he asked permission from the Buddha to join the Sangha. The Buddha told him to get the robes, the bowl and other requisites of a monk. On his way to get them, he was gored to death by a cow which was, in fact, a female evil spirit in the likeness of a cow. When the Buddha and the other monks came out after having had their meal, they found 叠腻丑颈测补 lying dead on a rubbish heap. As instructed by the Buddha, the monks cremated the body of 叠腻丑颈测补 and had his bones enshrined in a 蝉迟奴辫补. Back at the Jetavana Monastery, the Buddha told the monks that 叠腻丑颈测补 had realized 狈颈产产腻苍补. He also told them that as far as speed was concerned in attaining Magga Insight (补产丑颈帽帽腻) 叠腻丑颈测补 was the fastest, the best (别迟补诲补驳驳补峁�). The monks were puzzled by the statement made by the Buddha and they asked him why and when 叠腻丑颈测补 became an Arahat. To this, the Buddha replied, 鈥湹�腻丑颈测�� attained arahatship while he listened to my instructions given to him on the road when we were on the alms-round.鈥� The monks wondered how one could attain arahatship after listening to just a few sentences of the Dhamma. So, the Buddha told them that the number of words or the length of a speech did not matter if it was beneficial to someone.

Explanatory Translation (Verse 101)

补苍补迟迟丑补辫补诲补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻 驳腻迟丑腻 ce 蝉补丑补蝉蝉补峁� api
测补峁� 蝉耻迟惫腻 upasammati 别办补峁� 驳腻迟丑腻pada峁� seyyo

补苍补迟迟丑补辫补诲补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻: full of meaningless expressions; 驳腻迟丑腻: stanzas; ce: even; 蝉补丑补蝉蝉补峁� api: thousands (are not worth); 测补峁�: which if, 蝉耻迟惫腻: by hearing; upasammati: a person is pacified; 别办补峁� 驳腻迟丑腻pada峁� [驳腻迟丑腻pada]: only one such meaningful stanza; seyyo [seyya]: is noble

A poem replete with thousands of verses is of no value if it has no useful meaning. One single stanza pregnant with wisdom is more valuable, if hearing it one is pacified.

Commentary and exegetical material (Verse 101)

驳腻迟丑腻: verse; stanza. A 笔腻濒颈 composition in verse, usually of four lines.