Here you can find a particular story you are looking for, either by name in Pāḷi (both PTS and CST4 titles) and English; by Dhammapada verse number, or story number. Note that many of the stories have the same name, then you may be presented with more than one choice. For example searching for Sāriputtattheravatthu will turn up 7 stories, one of which is a variant title found in CST4. All variant titles are included here.
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A Searchable Dhamma Verses Commentary Table
Introduction
Prologue
1. The Chapter about the Pairs
1.1 The Story about the Elder Cakkhupāla
1.2 The Story about Maṭṭhakuṇḍalī
1.3 The Story about the Elder Thulla Tissa
1.4 The Story about the Yakkhinī Kāḷi
1.5 The Story about Those from Kosambī
1.6 The Story about Culla Kāḷa and Mahā Kāḷa
1.7 The Story about Devadatta
1.8 The Story about the Chief Disciples
1.9 The Story about the Elder Nanda
1.10 The Story about the Pig Butcher Cunda
1.11 The Story about the Lay Disciple Dhammika
1.12 The Story about Devadatta
1.13 The Story about Queen Sumanā
1.14 The Story about Two Monastic Friends
2. The Chapter about Heedfulness
2.1 The Story about Udena
2.2 The Story about Kumbhaghosaka
2.3 The Story about the Elder Culla Panthaka
2.4 The Story about the Fool’s Festival
2.5 The Story about the Elder Mahā Kassapa
2.6 The Story about Two Bhikkhu Friends, One Heedful and One Heedless
2.7 The Story about Mahāli’s Questions
2.8 The Story about a Certain Bhikkhu
2.9 The Story about the Elder Nigamavāsī Tissa
3. The Chapter about the Mind
3.1 The Story about Elder Meghiya
3.2 The Story about a Certain Bhikkhu
3.3 The Story about a Dissatisfied Bhikkhu
3.4 The Story about Nephew Saṅgharakkhita
3.5 The Story about the Elder Cittahattha
3.6 The Story about 500 Bhikkhus with Insight
3.7 The Story about the Elder Pūtigatta Tissa
3.8 The Story about Nanda the Herdsman
3.9 The Story about the Elder Soreyya
4. The Chapter about Flowers
4.1 The Story about 500 Bhikkhus Engaged in Talking about the Soil
4.2 The Story about the Elder Who Meditated on a Mirage
4.3 The Story about Viḍūḍabha
4.4 The Story about the One Who Honoured Her Husband
4.5 The Story about the Selfish Kosiya
4.6 The Story about the Ājīvaka Pāṭhika
4.7 The Story about the Lay Disciple Chattapāṇi
4.8 The Story about Visākhā
4.9 The Story about the Elder Ānanda’s Questions
4.10 The Story about Giving Alms to the Elder Mahā Kassapa
4.11 The Story about the Elder Godhika’s Parinibbāna
4.12 The Story about Garahadinna
5. The Chapter about Fools
5.1 The Story about a Certain Man
5.2 The Story about the Elder Mahā Kassapa’s Pupil
5.3 The Story about the Rich Man Ānanda
5.4 The Story about the Thieves Who Broke Their Bonds
5.5 The Story about the Elder Udāyī
5.6 The Story about 30 Bhikkhus from Pāṭheyya
5.7 The Story about the Leper Suppabuddha
5.8 The Story about a Farmer
5.9 The Story about Sumana the Garland-Maker
5.10 The Story about the Elder Uppalavaṇṇā
5.11 The Story about the Ājīvaka Jambuka
5.12 The Story about the Snake Peta
5.13 The Story about the Peta with Sixty Hammers
5.14 The Story about the Edler Sudhamma
5.15 The Story about the Elder Vanavāsī Tissa
6. The Chapter about the Wise
6.1 The Story about the Elder Rādha
6.2 The Story about the Followers of Assaji and Punabbasu
6.3 The Story about the Elder Channa
6.4 The Story about the Elder Mahā Kappina
6.5 The Story about the Novice Paṇḍita
6.6 The Story about the Elder Lakuṇṭaka Bhaddiya
6.7 The Story about the Mother of Kāṇā
6.8 The Story about Five Hundred Bhikkhus
6.9 The Story about the Elder Dhammika (vs. 84)
6.10 The Story about Listening to the Dhamma
6.11 The Story about Five Hundred Visiting Bhikkhus
7. The Chapter about the Arahats
7.1 The Story about Jīvaka’s Question
7.2 The Story about the Elder Mahā Kassapa
7.3 The Story about the Elder Belaṭṭhisīsa
7.4 The Story about the Elder Anuruddha
7.5 The Story about the Elder Mahā Kaccāyana
7.6 The Story about the Elder Sāriputta
7.7 The Story about Kosambivāsī Tissa’s Novice
7.8 The Story about the Question and Answer to the Elder Sāriputta
7.9 The Story about the Elder Khadiravaniya Revata
7.10 The Story about a Certain Woman
8. The Chapter about the Thousands
8.1 The Story about the Copper-Toothed Executioner
8.2 The Story about the Elder Bāhiya Dārucīriya
8.3 The Story about the Elder Kuṇḍalakesī
8.4 The Story about the Brahmin Who Asked about Loss
8.5 The Story about the Elder Sāriputta’s Brahmin Uncle
8.6 The Story about the Elder Sāriputta’s Nephew
8.7 The Story about the Elder Sāriputta’s Brahmin Companion
8.8 The Story about the Youth Dīghāyu
8.9 The Story about the Novice Saṅkicca
8.10 The Story about the Elder Khāṇu Koṇḍañña
8.11 The Story about the Elder Sappadāsa
8.12 The Story about the Elder Paṭācārā
8.13 The Story about Kisā Gotamī
8.14 The Story about the Elder Bahuputtikā
9. The Chapter about Wickedness
9.1 The Story about the Brahmin Culla Ekasāṭaka
9.2 The Story about the Elder Seyyasaka
9.3 The Story about the Devadhītā Lāja
9.4 The Story about the Wealthy Anāthapiṇḍika
9.5 The Story about a Bhikkhu Unrestrained with the Requisites
9.6 The Story about the Rich Man Biḷālapādaka
9.7 The Story about the Merchant Mahā Dhana
9.8 The Story about Kukkuṭamitta
9.9 The Story about the Hunter Koka’s Dogs
9.10 The Story about Elder Tissa, Who Frequented a Jeweller
9.11 The Story about Three Groups
9.12 The Story about Suppabuddha the Sākiyan
10. The Chapter about the Stick
10.1 The Story about the Group of Six
10.2 The Story about the Group of Six
10.3 The Story about a Company of Boys
10.4 The Story about the Elder Kuṇḍadhāna
10.5 The Story about Visākhā and Others Observing the Observance Days
10.6 The Story about the Python Peta
10.7 The Story about the Elder Mahā Moggallāna
10.8 The Story about the Bhikkhu with Many Possessions
10.9 The Story about the Minister Santati
10.10 The Story about the Elder Pilotika
10.11 The Story about the Novice Sukha
11. The Chapter about Old Age
11.1 The Story about Visākhā’s Companions
11.2 The Story about Sirimā
11.3 The Story about the Elder Uttarī
11.4 The Story about Many Vain Bhikkhus
11.5 The Story about the Elder Janapada Kaḷyāṇī Rūpanandā
11.6 The Story about Queen Mallikā
11.7 The Story about the Elder Lāḷudāyi
11.8 The Story about the Exalted Utterances (Spoken) to Elder Ānanda
11.9 The Story about Mahā Dhana, the Rich Man’s Son
12. The Chapter about the Self
12.1 The Story about Prince Bodhi
12.2 The Story about the Elder Upananda the Sakyan
12.3 The Story about the Elder Padhānika Tissa
12.4 The Story about the Elder, the Mother of Kumāra Kassapa
12.5 The Story about the Lay Disciple Mahā Kāla
12.6 The Story about Devadatta
12.7 The Story about Trying for a Schism in the Saṅgha
12.8 The Story about the Elder Kāla
12.9 The Story about the Lay Disciple Culla Kāla
12.10 The Story about the Elder Attadattha
13. The Chapter about the World
13.1 The Story about a Certain Young Bhikkhu
13.2 The Story about Suddhodana
13.3 The Story about 500 Bhikkhus with Insight
13.4 The Story about Prince Abhaya
13.5 The Story about the Elder Sammuñjani
13.6 The Story about the Elder Aṅgulimāla
13.7 The Story about the Weaver’s Daughter
13.8 The Story about Thirty Bhikkhus
13.9 The Story about the Young Brahmin Girl Ciñcā
13.10 The Story about the Gifts beyond Compare
13.11 The Story about Anāthapiṇḍika’s Son Kāla
14. The Chapter about the Buddha
14.1 The Story about Māgandiya
14.2 The Story about the Twin Miracle
14.3 The Story about the Nāga King Erakapatta
14.4 The Story about the Edler Ānanda’s Question about the Observance Day
14.5 The Story about a Discontented Bhikkhu
14.6 The Story about the Brahmin Aggidatta
14.7 The Story about the Question Asked by Elder Ānanda
14.8 The Story about a Company of Bhikkhus
14.9 The Story about the Golden Shrine of Kassapa, the One of Ten Strengths
15. The Chapter about Happiness
15.1 The Story about Settling a Dispute amongst Relatives
15.2 The Story about Māra
15.3 The Story about the Defeat of the King of Kosala
15.4 The Story about a Certain Maiden of Family
15.5 The Story about a Certain Lay Disciple
15.6 The Story about Pasedani Kosala
15.7 The Story about the Elder Tissa
15.8 The Story about Sakka’s Attendance
16. The Chapter about Love
16.1 The Story about Three Monastics
16.2 The Story about a Certain Head of a Family
16.3 The Story about Visākhā
16.4 The Story about the Licchavis
16.5 The Story about the Youth Anitthigandha
16.6 The Story about a Certain Brahmin
16.7 The Story about Five Hundred Youths
16.8 The Story about an Elder Who Was a Non-Returner
16.9 The Story about Nandiya
17. The Chapter about Anger
17.1 The Story about the Noble Maiden Rohinī
17.2 The Story about a Certain Bhikkhu
17.3 The Story about the Lay Disciple Uttarā
17.4 The Story about the Elder Mahā Moggallāna’s Question
17.5 The Story about the Brahmin from Sāketa
17.6 The Story about Puṇṇā
17.7 The Story about the Lay Disciple Atula
17.8 The Story about the Group of Six
18. The Chapter about Stains
18.1 The Story about a Son of a Cow-Killer
18.2 The Story about a Certain Brahmin
18.3 The Story about the Elder Tissa
18.4 The Story about the Elder Lāḷudāyi
18.5 The Story about a Certain Youth of Good Family
18.6 The Story about Culla Sāri
18.7 The Story about Five Hundred Lay Disciples
18.8 The Story about the Young Bhikkhu Tissa
18.9 The Story about Five Lay Disciples
18.10 The Story about the Rich Man Meṇḍaka
18.11 The Story about the Elder Ujjhānasaññī
18.12 The Story about the Wanderer Subhadda
19. The Chapter about One Who Stands by Dhamma
19.1 The Story about the Ministers of Justice
19.2 The Story about the Group of Six
19.3 The Story about the Elder Ekudāna
19.4 The Story about the Elder Lakuṇḍaka Bhaddiya
19.5 The Story about a Company of Bhikkhus
19.6 The Story about Hatthaka
19.7 The Story about a Certain Brahmin
19.8 The Story about the Sectarians
19.9 The Story about the Fisherman Named Ariya
19.10 The Story about a Company of Bhikkhus Endowed with Virtue and So On
20. The Chapter about the Path
20.1 The Story about Five Hundred Bhikkhus
20.2 The Story about the Characteristic of Impermanence
20.3 The Story about the Characteristic of Suffering
20.4 The Story about the Characteristic of Non-Self
20.5 The Story about the Elder Padhānakammika Tissa
20.6 The Story about the Pig Peta
20.7 The Story about the Elder Poṭhila
20.8 The Story about a Company of Old Elders
20.9 The Story about the Elder Suvaṇṇakāra
20.10 The Story about the Merchant Mahā Dhana
20.11 The Story about Kisā Gotamī
20.12 The Story about Paṭācārā
21. The Miscellaneous Chapter
21.1 The Story about Ascending the Ganges
21.2 The Story about a Woman Who Ate Chicken Eggs
21.3 The Story about the Bhikkhus of Bhaddiya
21.4 The Story about the Elder Lakuṇṭaka Bhaddiya
21.5 The Story about a Son of a Wagon Driver
21.6 The Story about the Vajjian Bhikkhu
21.7 The Story about the Householder Citta
21.8 The Story about Cullā Subhaddā
21.9 The Story about the Elder Ekavihārī
22. The Chapter about Niraya Hell
22.1 The Story about the Wanderer Sundarī
22.2 The Story about the Fruits and Powers of People’s Bad Conduct
22.3 The Story about the Bhikkhus Who Lived on the Banks of the Vaggumudā
22.4 The Story about Khema
22.5 The Story about a Stubborn Bhikkhu
22.6 The Story about the Woman Jealous by Nature
22.7 The Story about a Company of Bhikkhus
22.8 The Story about the Nigaṇṭhas
22.9 The Story about the Sectarian Disciples
23. The Chapter about the Elephant
23.1 The Story about Speaking and Rousing Oneself
23.2 The Story about the Bhikkhu Who Had Been an Elephant-Trainer
23.3 The Story about the Old Brahmin’s Sons
23.4 The Story about Pasenadi Kosala
23.5 The Story about the Novice Sāṇu
23.6 The Story about the Elephant Baddheraka
23.7 The Story about a Company of Bhikkhus
23.8 The Story about Māra
24. The Chapter about Craving
24.1 The Story about Kapilamaccha
24.2 The Story about the Young Sow
24.3 The Story about the Runaway Bhikkhu
24.4 The Story about the Prison House
24.5 The Story about the Elder Khemā
24.6 The Story about Uggasena
24.7 The Story about the Wise Archer Culla Dhanuggaha
24.8 The Story about Māra
24.9 The Story about the Ājīvaka Upaka
24.10 The Story about Sakka’s Question
24.11 The Story about the Childless Rich Man
24.12 The Story about Aṅkura
25. The Chapter about Bhikkhus
25.1 The Story about Five Bhikkhus
25.2 The Story about the Goose-Killing Bhikkhu
25.3 The Story about Kokālika
25.4 The Story about the Elder Dhammārāma
25.5 The Story about a Treacherous Bhikkhu
25.6 The Story about the Brahmin Pañcaggadāyaka
25.7 The Story about a Company of Bhikkhus
25.8 The Story about the Five Hundred Bhikkhus
25.9 The Story about the Elder Santakāya
25.10 The Story about the Elder Naṅgalakula
25.11 The Story about the Elder Vakkali
25.12 The Story about the Novice Sumana
26. The Chapter about Brahmins
26.1 The Story about the Brahmin Pasādabahula
26.2 The Story about a Company of Bhikkhus
26.3 The Story about Māra
26.4 The Story about a Certain Brahmin
26.5 The Story about the Elder Ānanda
26.6 The Story about a Certain One Gone Forth
26.7 The Story about the Elder Sāriputta
26.8 The Story about Mahā Pajāpatī Gotamī
26.9 The Story about the Elder Sāriputta
26.10 The Story about the Brahmin with Matted Hair
26.11 The Story about the Fraudulent Brahmin
26.12 The Story about Kisā Gotamī
26.13 The Story about One Brahmin
26.14 The Story about Uggasena
26.15 The Story about Two Brahmins
26.16 The Story about the Insolent Bhāradvāja
26.17 The Story about the Elder Sāriputta
26.18 The Story about the Elder Uppalavaṇṇā
26.19 The Story about a Certain Brahmin
26.20 The Story about the Bhikkhunī Khemā
26.21 The Story about the Elder Pabbhāravāsī Tissa
26.22 The Story about a Certain Bhikkhu
26.23 The Story about the Four Novices
26.24 The Story about the Elder Mahā Panthaka
26.25 The Story about the Elder Pilindavaccha
26.26 The Story about a Certain Elder
26.27 The Story about the Elder Sāriputta
26.28 The Story about the Elder Mahā Moggallāna
26.29 The Story about the Elder Revata
26.30 The Story about the Elder Candābhā
26.31 The Story about the Elder Sīvali
26.32 The Story about the Elder Sundarasamudda
26.33 The Story about the Elder Jaṭila
26.34 The Story about the Elder Jotika
26.35 The Story about the Elder, Formerly an Acrobat
26.36 The Story about the Elder, Formerly an Acrobat
26.37 The Story about the Elder Vaṅgīsa
26.38 The Story about the Elder Dhammadinnā
26.39 The Story about the Elder Aṅgulimāla
26.40 The Story about the Brahmin Devahita
Conclusion
the Dhamma Verses Commentary