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Devalokasutta

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 3।18

   Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.18

   Numbered Discourses 3.18

2. 2

   2। रथकारवग्गra·tha·kā·ra·vag·ga

   2. Rathakāravagga

   2. The Chariot-Maker

3. 3

   देवलोकसुत्तde·va·lo·ka·sut·ta

   Devalokasutta

   The Realm of the Gods

4. 4

   “सचेsa·ce वो,vo भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve अञ्ञतित्थियाañ·ña·tit·thi·yā परिब्बाजकाpa·rib·bā·ja·kā एवंe·vaṃ पुच्छेय्युं:puc·chey·yuṃ

   “Sace vo, bhikkhave, aññatitthiyā paribbājakā evaṁ puccheyyuṁ:

   “Mendicants, if wanderers who follow another religion were to ask you:

5. 5

   ‘देवलोकूपपत्तिया,de·va·lo·kū·pa·pat·ti·yā आवुसो,ā·vu·so समणेsa·ma·ṇe गोतमेgo·ta·me ब्रह्मचरियंbrah·ma·ca·ri·yaṃ वुस्सथा’ति?vus·sa·thā

   ‘devalokūpapattiyā, āvuso, samaṇe gotame brahmacariyaṁ vussathā’ti?

   ‘Reverend, do you lead the spiritual life with the ascetic Gotama so that you can be reborn in the realm of the gods?’

6. 6

   ननुna·nu तुम्हे,tum·he भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve एवंe·vaṃ पुट्ठाpuṭ·ṭhā अट्टीयेय्याथaṭ·ṭī·yey·yā·tha हरायेय्याथha·rā·yey·yā·tha जिगुच्छेय्याथा”ति?ji·guc·chey·yā·thā

   Nanu tumhe, bhikkhave, evaṁ puṭṭhā aṭṭīyeyyātha harāyeyyātha jiguccheyyāthā”ti?

   Being questioned like this, wouldn’t you be horrified, repelled, and disgusted?”

7. 7

   “एवं,e·vaṃ भन्ते”।bhan·te

   “Evaṁ, bhante”.

   “Yes, sir.”

8. 8

   “इतिi·ti किरki·ra तुम्हे,tum·he भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve दिब्बेनdib·be·na आयुनाā·yu·nā अट्टीयथaṭ·ṭī·ya·tha हरायथha·rā·ya·tha जिगुच्छथ,ji·guc·cha·tha दिब्बेनdib·be·na वण्णेनvaṇ·ṇe·na दिब्बेनdib·be·na सुखेनsu·khe·na दिब्बेनdib·be·na यसेनya·se·na दिब्बेनाधिपतेय्येनdib·be·nā·dhi·pa·tey·ye·na अट्टीयथaṭ·ṭī·ya·tha हरायथha·rā·ya·tha जिगुच्छथ;ji·guc·cha·tha

   “Iti kira tumhe, bhikkhave, dibbena āyunā aṭṭīyatha harāyatha jigucchatha, dibbena vaṇṇena dibbena sukhena dibbena yasena dibbenādhipateyyena aṭṭīyatha harāyatha jigucchatha;

   “So it seems that you are horrified, repelled, and disgusted by heavenly lifespan, beauty, happiness, glory, and sovereignty.

9. 9

   पगेवpa·ge·va खोkho पन,pa·na भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve तुम्हेहिtum·he·hi कायदुच्चरितेनkā·ya·duc·ca·ri·te·na अट्टीयितब्बंaṭ·ṭī·yi·tab·baṃ हरायितब्बंha·rā·yi·tab·baṃ जिगुच्छितब्बं,ji·guc·chi·tab·baṃ वचीदुच्चरितेनva·cī·duc·ca·ri·te·na … मनोदुच्चरितेनma·no·duc·ca·ri·te·na अट्टीयितब्बंaṭ·ṭī·yi·tab·baṃ हरायितब्बंha·rā·yi·tab·baṃ जिगुच्छितब्बन्”ति।ji·guc·chi·tab·ban

   pageva kho pana, bhikkhave, tumhehi kāyaduccaritena aṭṭīyitabbaṁ harāyitabbaṁ jigucchitabbaṁ, vacīduccaritena … manoduccaritena aṭṭīyitabbaṁ harāyitabbaṁ jigucchitabban”ti.

   How much more then should you be horrified, embarrassed, and disgusted by bad conduct by way of body, speech, and mind.”

10. 10

    अट्ठमं।aṭ·ṭha·maṃ

    Aṭṭhamaṁ.

    (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.