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Numbered Discourses 10 74 अङ्गुत्तर 10 74

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Vaḍḍhisutta

Pāli in Devanagari; under each word its Roman pronunciation, syllable by syllable (ṃ = nasal hum). Tap a Pāli word for its meaning (PTS Pāli-English Dictionary); tap again to open it in the Pāli dictionary.

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1. 1

   अङ्गुत्तरaṅ·gut·ta·ra निकायni·kā·ya 10।74

   Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.74

   Numbered Discourses 10.74

2. 2

   8। आकङ्खवग्गā·kaṅ·kha·vag·ga

   8. Ākaṅkhavagga

   8. If You Want

3. 3

   वड्ढिसुत्तvaḍ·ḍhi·sut·ta

   Vaḍḍhisutta

   Growth

4. 4

   “दसहि,da·sa·hi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve वड्ढीहिvaḍ·ḍhī·hi वड्ढमानोvaḍ·ḍha·mā·no अरियसावकोa·ri·ya·sā·va·ko अरियायa·ri·yā·ya वड्ढियाvaḍ·ḍhi·yā वड्ढति,vaḍ·ḍha·ti सारादायीsā·rā·dā·yī चca होतिho·ti वरादायीva·rā·dā·yī कायस्स।kā·yas·sa

   “Dasahi, bhikkhave, vaḍḍhīhi vaḍḍhamāno ariyasāvako ariyāya vaḍḍhiyā vaḍḍhati, sārādāyī ca hoti varādāyī kāyassa.

   “Mendicants, a noble disciple who grows in ten ways grows nobly, taking on what is essential and excellent in this life.

5. 5

   कतमेहिka·ta·me·hi दसहि?da·sa·hi

   Katamehi dasahi?

   What ten?

6. 6

   खेत्तवत्थूहिkhet·ta·vat·thū·hi वड्ढति,vaḍ·ḍha·ti धनधञ्ञेनdha·na·dhañ·ñe·na वड्ढति,vaḍ·ḍha·ti पुत्तदारेहिput·ta·dā·re·hi वड्ढति,vaḍ·ḍha·ti दासकम्मकरपोरिसेहिdā·sa·kam·ma·ka·ra·po·ri·se·hi वड्ढति,vaḍ·ḍha·ti चतुप्पदेहिca·tup·pa·de·hi वड्ढति,vaḍ·ḍha·ti सद्धायsad·dhā·ya वड्ढति,vaḍ·ḍha·ti सीलेनsī·le·na वड्ढति,vaḍ·ḍha·ti सुतेनsu·te·na वड्ढति,vaḍ·ḍha·ti चागेनcā·ge·na वड्ढति,vaḍ·ḍha·ti पञ्ञायpañ·ñā·ya वड्ढति—vaḍ·ḍha·ti

   Khettavatthūhi vaḍḍhati, dhanadhaññena vaḍḍhati, puttadārehi vaḍḍhati, dāsakammakaraporisehi vaḍḍhati, catuppadehi vaḍḍhati, saddhāya vaḍḍhati, sīlena vaḍḍhati, sutena vaḍḍhati, cāgena vaḍḍhati, paññāya vaḍḍhati—

   He grows in fields and lands, money and grain, wives and children, in bondservants, workers, and staff, and in livestock. And he grows in faith, ethics, learning, generosity, and wisdom.

7. 7

   इमेहिi·me·hi खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve दसहिda·sa·hi वड्ढीहिvaḍ·ḍhī·hi वड्ढमानोvaḍ·ḍha·mā·no अरियसावकोa·ri·ya·sā·va·ko अरियायa·ri·yā·ya वड्ढियाvaḍ·ḍhi·yā वड्ढति,vaḍ·ḍha·ti सारादायीsā·rā·dā·yī चca होतिho·ti वरादायीva·rā·dā·yī कायस्साति।kā·yas·sā·ti

   imehi kho, bhikkhave, dasahi vaḍḍhīhi vaḍḍhamāno ariyasāvako ariyāya vaḍḍhiyā vaḍḍhati, sārādāyī ca hoti varādāyī kāyassāti.

   A noble disciple who grows in ten ways grows nobly, taking on what is essential and excellent in this life.

8. 8

   धनेनdha·ne·na धञ्ञेनdhañ·ñe·na चca योधyo·dha वड्ढति,vaḍ·ḍha·ti

   Dhanena dhaññena ca yodha vaḍḍhati,

   Someone who grows in money and grain,

9. 9

   पुत्तेहिput·te·hi दारेहिdā·re·hi चतुप्पदेहिca·tup·pa·de·hi च;ca

   Puttehi dārehi catuppadehi ca;

   in wives, children, and livestock,

10. 10

    सsa भोगवाbho·ga·vā होतिho·ti यसस्सिya·sas·si पूजितो,pū·ji·to

    Sa bhogavā hoti yasassi pūjito,

    is wealthy, famous, and respected

11. 11

    ञातीहिñā·tī·hi मित्तेहिmit·te·hi अथोपिa·tho·pi राजुभि।rā·ju·bhi

    Ñātīhi mittehi athopi rājubhi.

    by relatives and friends, and even by royals.

12. 12

    सद्धायsad·dhā·ya सीलेनsī·le·na चca योधyo·dha वड्ढति,vaḍ·ḍha·ti

    Saddhāya sīlena ca yodha vaḍḍhati,

    When someone grows in faith and ethics,

13. 13

    पञ्ञायpañ·ñā·ya चागेनcā·ge·na सुतेनsu·te·na चूभयं;cū·bha·yaṃ

    Paññāya cāgena sutena cūbhayaṁ;

    wisdom, and both generosity and learning—

14. 14

    सोso तादिसोtā·di·so सप्पुरिसोsap·pu·ri·so विचक्खणो,vi·cak·kha·ṇo

    So tādiso sappuriso vicakkhaṇo,

    a good man such as he sees clearly,

15. 15

    दिट्ठेवdiṭ·ṭhe·va धम्मेdham·me उभयेनu·bha·ye·na वड्ढती”ति।vaḍ·ḍha·tī

    Diṭṭheva dhamme ubhayena vaḍḍhatī”ti.

    and in this very life he grows in both ways.”

16. 16

    चतुत्थं।ca·tut·thaṃ

    Catutthaṁ.

    (Pāli only)

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.