Dhammapada verse 297
Chapter 21, Miscellaneous (Pakiṇṇakavagga) · verses 290–305
“The disciples of Gotama always wake up refreshed, who day and night constantly recollect the teaching.”
Suppabuddhaṁ pabujjhanti, sadā gotamasāvakā; Yesaṁ divā ca ratto ca, niccaṁ dhammagatā sati.
English by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, via SuttaCentral)
What does Dhammapada verse 297 mean?
Verse 297 belongs to chapter 21, Miscellaneous (Pakiṇṇakavagga), which gathers verses 290–305 on miscellaneous reflections. It is filed under no theme. Read it with the verses around it: the Dhammapada arranges chapters as short runs, not as isolated lines, so verse 296 and verse 298 are part of the same passage.
Sixteen verses of miscellany, which is what the title means. The chapter collects short reflections that did not sit under one of the other headings — on speech and silence, on the mind, on what a person should hold to — and its lack of a single subject is itself part of the book’s shape.