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Assājānīyasutta

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अङ्गुत्तरaṅ·gut·ta·ra निकायni·kā·ya 3।142

Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.142

Numbered Discourses 3.142
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14। योधाजीववग्गyo·dhā·jī·va·vag·ga

14. Yodhājīvavagga

14. A Warrior
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अस्साजानीयसुत्तas·sā·jā·nī·ya·sut·ta

Assājānīyasutta

The Thoroughbred
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“तयोta·yo च,ca भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भद्रेbhad·re अस्साजानीयेas·sā·jā·nī·ye देसेस्सामिde·ses·sā·mi तयोta·yo चca भद्रेbhad·re पुरिसाजानीये।pu·ri·sā·jā·nī·ye

“Tayo ca, bhikkhave, bhadre assājānīye desessāmi tayo ca bhadre purisājānīye.

“Mendicants, I will teach you the three fine thoroughbred horses, and the three fine thoroughbred people.
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तंtaṃ सुणाथ,su·ṇā·tha साधुकंsā·dhu·kaṃ मनसिma·na·si करोथ,ka·ro·tha भासिस्सामी”ति।bhā·sis·sā·mī

Taṁ suṇātha, sādhukaṁ manasi karotha, bhāsissāmī”ti.

Listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.”
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“एवं,e·vaṃ भन्ते”तिbhan·te खोkho तेte भिक्खूbhik·khū भगवतोbha·ga·va·to पच्चस्सोसुं।pac·cas·so·suṃ

“Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.

“Yes, sir,” they replied.
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भगवाbha·ga·vā एतदवोच:e·ta·da·vo·ca

Bhagavā etadavoca:

The Buddha said this:
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“कतमेka·ta·me च,ca भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve तयोta·yo भद्राbhad·rā अस्साजानीया?as·sā·jā·nī·yā

“Katame ca, bhikkhave, tayo bhadrā assājānīyā?

“What are the three fine thoroughbred horses?
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इध,i·dha भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve एकच्चोe·kac·co भद्रोbhad·ro अस्साजानीयोas·sā·jā·nī·yo …पे…pe

Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco bhadro assājānīyo …pe…

One fine thoroughbred horse …
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जवसम्पन्नोja·va·sam·pan·no चca होतिho·ti वण्णसम्पन्नोvaṇ·ṇa·sam·pan·no चca आरोहपरिणाहसम्पन्नोā·ro·ha·pa·ri·ṇā·ha·sam·pan·no च।ca

javasampanno ca hoti vaṇṇasampanno ca ārohapariṇāhasampanno ca.

is fast, beautiful, and well proportioned.
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इमेi·me खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve तयोta·yo भद्राbhad·rā अस्साजानीया।as·sā·jā·nī·yā

Ime kho, bhikkhave, tayo bhadrā assājānīyā.

These are the three fine thoroughbred horses.
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कतमेka·ta·me च,ca भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve तयोta·yo भद्राbhad·rā पुरिसाजानीया?pu·ri·sā·jā·nī·yā

Katame ca, bhikkhave, tayo bhadrā purisājānīyā?

And what are the three fine thoroughbred people?
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इध,i·dha भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve एकच्चोe·kac·co भद्रोbhad·ro पुरिसाजानीयोpu·ri·sā·jā·nī·yo …पे…pe

Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco bhadro purisājānīyo …pe…

One fine thoroughbred person …
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जवसम्पन्नोja·va·sam·pan·no चca होतिho·ti वण्णसम्पन्नोvaṇ·ṇa·sam·pan·no चca आरोहपरिणाहसम्पन्नोā·ro·ha·pa·ri·ṇā·ha·sam·pan·no च।ca

javasampanno ca hoti vaṇṇasampanno ca ārohapariṇāhasampanno ca.

is fast, beautiful, and well proportioned.
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कथञ्च,ka·thañ·ca भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भद्रोbhad·ro पुरिसाजानीयोpu·ri·sā·jā·nī·yo …पे…pe

Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhadro purisājānīyo …pe…

And how is a fine thoroughbred person …
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जवसम्पन्नोja·va·sam·pan·no चca होतिho·ti वण्णसम्पन्नोvaṇ·ṇa·sam·pan·no चca आरोहपरिणाहसम्पन्नोā·ro·ha·pa·ri·ṇā·ha·sam·pan·no च?ca

javasampanno ca hoti vaṇṇasampanno ca ārohapariṇāhasampanno ca?

fast, beautiful, and well proportioned?
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इध,i·dha भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भिक्खुbhik·khu आसवानंā·sa·vā·naṃ खयाkha·yā अनासवंa·nā·sa·vaṃ चेतोविमुत्तिंce·to·vi·mut·tiṃ पञ्ञाविमुत्तिंpañ·ñā·vi·mut·tiṃ दिट्ठेवdiṭ·ṭhe·va धम्मेdham·me सयंsa·yaṃ अभिञ्ञाa·bhiñ·ñā सच्छिकत्वाsac·chi·kat·vā उपसम्पज्जu·pa·sam·paj·ja विहरति।vi·ha·ra·ti

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati.

It’s when a mendicant realizes the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom. And they live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.
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इदमस्सi·da·mas·sa जवस्मिंja·vas·miṃ वदामि।va·dā·mi

Idamassa javasmiṁ vadāmi.

This is how they’re fast, I say.
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अभिधम्मेa·bhi·dham·me खोkho पनpa·na अभिविनयेa·bhi·vi·na·ye पञ्हंpañ·haṃ पुट्ठोpuṭ·ṭho विस्सज्जेति,vis·saj·je·ti नोno संसादेति।saṃ·sā·de·ti

Abhidhamme kho pana abhivinaye pañhaṁ puṭṭho vissajjeti, no saṁsādeti.

When asked a question about the teaching or training, they answer without faltering.
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इदमस्सi·da·mas·sa वण्णस्मिंvaṇ·ṇas·miṃ वदामि।va·dā·mi

Idamassa vaṇṇasmiṁ vadāmi.

This is how they’re beautiful, I say.
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लाभीlā·bhī खोkho पनpa·na होतिho·ti चीवरपिण्डपातसेनासनगिलानप्पच्चयभेसज्जपरिक्खारानं।cī·va·ra·piṇ·ḍa·pā·ta·se·nā·sa·na·gi·lā·nap·pac·ca·ya·bhe·saj·ja·pa·rik·khā·rā·naṃ

Lābhī kho pana hoti cīvarapiṇḍapātasenāsanagilānappaccayabhesajjaparikkhārānaṁ.

They receive robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick.
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इदमस्सi·da·mas·sa आरोहपरिणाहस्मिंā·ro·ha·pa·ri·ṇā·has·miṃ वदामि।va·dā·mi

Idamassa ārohapariṇāhasmiṁ vadāmi.

This is how they’re well proportioned, I say.
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एवंe·vaṃ खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भद्रोbhad·ro पुरिसाजानीयोpu·ri·sā·jā·nī·yo जवसम्पन्नोja·va·sam·pan·no चca होतिho·ti वण्णसम्पन्नोvaṇ·ṇa·sam·pan·no चca आरोहपरिणाहसम्पन्नोā·ro·ha·pa·ri·ṇā·ha·sam·pan·no च।ca

Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhadro purisājānīyo javasampanno ca hoti vaṇṇasampanno ca ārohapariṇāhasampanno ca.

This is how a fine thoroughbred person is fast, beautiful, and well proportioned.
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इमेi·me खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve तयोta·yo भद्राbhad·rā पुरिसाजानीया”ति।pu·ri·sā·jā·nī·yā

Ime kho, bhikkhave, tayo bhadrā purisājānīyā”ti.

These are the three fine thoroughbred people.”
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दसमं।da·sa·maṃ

Dasamaṁ.

(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.