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Appamādasutta
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अप्पमादसुत्तap·pa·mā·da·sut·ta
Appamādasutta
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“यावता,yā·va·tā भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve सत्ताsat·tā अपदाa·pa·dā वाvā द्विपदाdvi·pa·dā वाvā चतुप्पदाca·tup·pa·dā वाvā बहुप्पदाba·hup·pa·dā वाvā रूपिनोrū·pi·no वाvā अरूपिनोa·rū·pi·no वाvā सञ्ञिनोsañ·ñi·no वाvā असञ्ञिनोa·sañ·ñi·no वाvā नेवसञ्ञिनासञ्ञिनोne·va·sañ·ñi·nā·sañ·ñi·no वा,vā तथागतोta·thā·ga·to तेसंte·saṃ अग्गमक्खायतिag·ga·mak·khā·ya·ti अरहंa·ra·haṃ सम्मासम्बुद्धो;sam·mā·sam·bud·dho
“Yāvatā, bhikkhave, sattā apadā vā dvipadā vā catuppadā vā bahuppadā vā rūpino vā arūpino vā saññino vā asaññino vā nevasaññināsaññino vā, tathāgato tesaṁ aggamakkhāyati arahaṁ sammāsambuddho;
“Mendicants, the Realized One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha, is said to be the best of all sentient beings—be they footless, with two feet, four feet, or many feet; with form or formless; with perception or without perception or with neither perception nor non-perception.
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एवमेवंe·va·me·vaṃ खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve येye केचिke·ci कुसलाku·sa·lā धम्मा,dham·mā सब्बेsab·be तेte अप्पमादमूलकाap·pa·mā·da·mū·la·kā अप्पमादसमोसरणा।ap·pa·mā·da·sa·mo·sa·ra·ṇā अप्पमादोap·pa·mā·do तेसंte·saṃ अग्गमक्खायति।ag·ga·mak·khā·ya·ti
evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, ye keci kusalā dhammā, sabbe te appamādamūlakā appamādasamosaraṇā. Appamādo tesaṁ aggamakkhāyati.
In the same way, all skillful qualities are rooted in diligence and meet at diligence, and diligence is said to be the best of them.
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सेय्यथापि,sey·ya·thā·pi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve यानिyā·ni कानिचिkā·ni·ci जङ्गलानंjaṅ·ga·lā·naṃ पाणानंpā·ṇā·naṃ पदजातानि,pa·da·jā·tā·ni सब्बानिsab·bā·ni तानिtā·ni हत्थिपदेhat·thi·pa·de समोधानंsa·mo·dhā·naṃ गच्छन्ति,gac·chan·ti हत्थिपदंhat·thi·pa·daṃ तेसंte·saṃ अग्गमक्खायति,ag·ga·mak·khā·ya·ti यदिदंya·di·daṃ महन्तत्तेन;ma·han·tat·te·na
Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, yāni kānici jaṅgalānaṁ pāṇānaṁ padajātāni, sabbāni tāni hatthipade samodhānaṁ gacchanti, hatthipadaṁ tesaṁ aggamakkhāyati, yadidaṁ mahantattena;
The footprints of all creatures that walk can fit inside an elephant’s footprint, so an elephant’s footprint is said to be the biggest of them all.
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एवमेवंe·va·me·vaṃ खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve येye केचिke·ci कुसलाku·sa·lā धम्मा,dham·mā सब्बेsab·be तेte अप्पमादमूलकाap·pa·mā·da·mū·la·kā अप्पमादसमोसरणा।ap·pa·mā·da·sa·mo·sa·ra·ṇā अप्पमादोap·pa·mā·do तेसंte·saṃ अग्गमक्खायति।ag·ga·mak·khā·ya·ti
evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, ye keci kusalā dhammā, sabbe te appamādamūlakā appamādasamosaraṇā. Appamādo tesaṁ aggamakkhāyati.
In the same way, all skillful qualities are rooted in diligence and meet at diligence, and diligence is said to be the best of them.
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सेय्यथापि,sey·ya·thā·pi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve कूटागारस्सkū·ṭā·gā·ras·sa याyā काचिkā·ci गोपानसियोgo·pā·na·si·yo सब्बाsab·bā ताtā कूटङ्गमाkū·ṭaṅ·ga·mā कूटनिन्नाkū·ṭa·nin·nā कूटसमोसरणा,kū·ṭa·sa·mo·sa·ra·ṇā कूटोkū·ṭo तासंtā·saṃ अग्गमक्खायति;ag·ga·mak·khā·ya·ti
Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, kūṭāgārassa yā kāci gopānasiyo sabbā tā kūṭaṅgamā kūṭaninnā kūṭasamosaraṇā, kūṭo tāsaṁ aggamakkhāyati;
The rafters of a bungalow all lean to the peak, slope to the peak, and meet at the peak, so the peak is said to be the topmost of them all.
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एवमेवंe·va·me·vaṃ खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve येye केचिke·ci कुसलाku·sa·lā धम्मा,dham·mā सब्बेsab·be तेte अप्पमादमूलकाap·pa·mā·da·mū·la·kā अप्पमादसमोसरणा।ap·pa·mā·da·sa·mo·sa·ra·ṇā अप्पमादोap·pa·mā·do तेसंte·saṃ अग्गमक्खायति।ag·ga·mak·khā·ya·ti
evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, ye keci kusalā dhammā, sabbe te appamādamūlakā appamādasamosaraṇā. Appamādo tesaṁ aggamakkhāyati.
In the same way, all skillful qualities are rooted in diligence and meet at diligence, and diligence is said to be the best of them.
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सेय्यथापि,sey·ya·thā·pi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve येye केचिke·ci मूलगन्धा,mū·la·gan·dhā काळानुसारियंkā·ḷā·nu·sā·ri·yaṃ तेसंte·saṃ अग्गमक्खायति;ag·ga·mak·khā·ya·ti
Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, ye keci mūlagandhā, kāḷānusāriyaṁ tesaṁ aggamakkhāyati;
Of all kinds of fragrant root, spikenard is said to be the best.
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सेय्यथापि,sey·ya·thā·pi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve येye केचिke·ci सारगन्धा,sā·ra·gan·dhā लोहितचन्दनंlo·hi·ta·can·da·naṃ तेसंte·saṃ अग्गमक्खायति;ag·ga·mak·khā·ya·ti
Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, ye keci sāragandhā, lohitacandanaṁ tesaṁ aggamakkhāyati;
Of all kinds of fragrant heartwood, red sandalwood is said to be the best.
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सेय्यथापि,sey·ya·thā·pi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve येye केचिke·ci खुद्दराजानो,khud·da·rā·jā·no सब्बेsab·be तेte रञ्ञोrañ·ño चक्कवत्तिस्सcak·ka·vat·tis·sa अनुयन्ताa·nu·yan·tā भवन्ति,bha·van·ti राजाrā·jā तेसंte·saṃ चक्कवत्तीcak·ka·vat·tī अग्गमक्खायति;ag·ga·mak·khā·ya·ti
Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, ye keci khuddarājāno, sabbe te rañño cakkavattissa anuyantā bhavanti, rājā tesaṁ cakkavattī aggamakkhāyati;
All lesser kings are vassals of a wheel-turning monarch, so the wheel-turning monarch is said to be the foremost of them all.
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सेय्यथापि,sey·ya·thā·pi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve याyā काचिkā·ci तारकरूपानंtā·ra·ka·rū·pā·naṃ पभा,pa·bhā सब्बाsab·bā ताtā चन्दप्पभायcan·dap·pa·bhā·ya कलंka·laṃ नाग्घन्तिnāg·ghan·ti सोळसिं,so·ḷa·siṃ चन्दप्पभाcan·dap·pa·bhā तासंtā·saṃ अग्गमक्खायति;ag·ga·mak·khā·ya·ti
Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, yā kāci tārakarūpānaṁ pabhā, sabbā tā candappabhāya kalaṁ nāgghanti soḷasiṁ, candappabhā tāsaṁ aggamakkhāyati;
The radiance of all the stars is not worth a sixteenth part of the moon’s radiance, so the moon’s radiance is said to be the best of them all.
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सेय्यथापि,sey·ya·thā·pi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve सरदसमयेsa·ra·da·sa·ma·ye विद्धेvid·dhe विगतवलाहकेvi·ga·ta·va·lā·ha·ke देवेde·ve आदिच्चोā·dic·co नभंna·bhaṃ अब्भुस्सक्कमानोab·bhus·sak·ka·mā·no सब्बंsab·baṃ आकासगतंā·kā·sa·ga·taṃ तमगतंta·ma·ga·taṃ अभिविहच्चa·bhi·vi·hac·ca भासतेbhā·sa·te चca तपतेta·pa·te चca विरोचतिvi·ro·ca·ti च;ca
Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, saradasamaye viddhe vigatavalāhake deve ādicco nabhaṁ abbhussakkamāno sabbaṁ ākāsagataṁ tamagataṁ abhivihacca bhāsate ca tapate ca virocati ca;
In the autumn the heavens are sunny and cloudless. And as the sun is rising to the firmament, having dispelled all the darkness of space, it shines and glows and dazzles.
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सेय्यथापि,sey·ya·thā·pi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve याyā काचिkā·ci महानदियो,ma·hā·na·di·yo सेय्यथिदं—गङ्गा,sey·ya·thi·daṃ यमुना,ya·mu·nā अचिरवती,a·ci·ra·va·tī सरभू,sa·ra·bhū मही,ma·hī सब्बाsab·bā ताtā समुद्दङ्गमाsa·mud·daṅ·ga·mā समुद्दनिन्नाsa·mud·da·nin·nā समुद्दपोणाsa·mud·da·po·ṇā समुद्दपब्भारा,sa·mud·da·pab·bhā·rā महासमुद्दोma·hā·sa·mud·do तासंtā·saṃ अग्गमक्खायति;ag·ga·mak·khā·ya·ti
Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, yā kāci mahānadiyo, seyyathidaṁ—gaṅgā, yamunā, aciravatī, sarabhū, mahī, sabbā tā samuddaṅgamā samuddaninnā samuddapoṇā samuddapabbhārā, mahāsamuddo tāsaṁ aggamakkhāyati;
All the great rivers—that is, the Ganges, Yamunā, Aciravatī, Sarabhū, and Mahī—flow, slant, slope, and incline toward the ocean, and the ocean is said to be the greatest of them.
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एवमेवंe·va·me·vaṃ खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve येye केचिke·ci कुसलाku·sa·lā धम्मा,dham·mā सब्बेsab·be तेte अप्पमादमूलकाap·pa·mā·da·mū·la·kā अप्पमादसमोसरणा।ap·pa·mā·da·sa·mo·sa·ra·ṇā अप्पमादोap·pa·mā·do तेसंte·saṃ अग्गमक्खायती”ति।ag·ga·mak·khā·ya·tī
evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, ye keci kusalā dhammā, sabbe te appamādamūlakā appamādasamosaraṇā. Appamādo tesaṁ aggamakkhāyatī”ti.
In the same way, all skillful qualities are rooted in diligence and meet at diligence, and diligence is said to be the best of them.”
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पञ्चमं।pañ·ca·maṃ
Pañcamaṁ.
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Sources. Sanskrit: Satyavedaḥ, the New Testament in Sanskrit (Calcutta Baptist Missionaries, 1851; J. Wenger’s revision of W. Carey’s version). Digital text © 2018 SanskritBible.in, via eBible.org, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; changed here: arranged by verse and every word linked to the dictionary (links made automatically). Old Testament Sanskrit: the Old Testament in Sanskrit, Calcutta Baptist Mission Press, 1848–1852 (public domain), read by OCR from the Internet Archive scans of the Boston University School of Theology copy; unproofread, with machine clean-up only. Pāli Canon: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500 (based on the Vipassana Research Institute’s Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana edition), from SuttaCentral bilara-data, CC0; Devanagari and pronunciation made automatically from the Roman text. Pāli English: Bhikkhu Sujato (suttas) and Bhikkhu Brahmali (Vinaya), SuttaCentral, CC0. Pāli word meanings: the Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary (Rhys Davids & Stede), corrected reprint © The Pali Text Society, CC BY-NC 3.0, digital text from BuddhaDust; word matching automatic. English: King James Version (1769), public domain; words the translators added are in italics. Word meanings and pronunciations: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1872), via this site’s Sanskrit dictionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); English↔Sanskrit word matches made automatically and may need checking.