Dhammapada verse 221
Chapter 17, Anger (Kodhavagga) · verses 221–234
“Give up anger, get rid of conceit, and escape every fetter. Sufferings don’t befall one who has nothing, not clinging to name and form.”
Kodhaṁ jahe vippajaheyya mānaṁ, Saṁyojanaṁ sabbamatikkameyya; Taṁ nāmarūpasmimasajjamānaṁ, Akiñcanaṁ nānupatanti dukkhā.
English by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, via SuttaCentral)
What does Dhammapada verse 221 mean?
Verse 221 belongs to chapter 17, Anger (Kodhavagga), which gathers verses 221–234 on anger. It is filed under anger & peace, suffering & grief, giving & merit. Read it with the verses around it: the Dhammapada arranges chapters as short runs, not as isolated lines, so verse 220 and verse 222 are part of the same passage.
Fourteen verses on anger. The chapter gives the practical instruction to overcome anger with kindness and to give up what feeds it, and it describes the angry person as one who loses their own good. It also holds the verse about giving rather than taking as the way anger is dissolved.
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