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Khettasutta

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अङ्गुत्तरaṅ·gut·ta·ra निकायni·kā·ya 3।83

Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.83

Numbered Discourses 3.83
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9। समणवग्गsa·ma·ṇa·vag·ga

9. Samaṇavagga

9. Ascetics
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खेत्तसुत्तkhet·ta·sut·ta

Khettasutta

Fields
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“तीणिमानि,tī·ṇi·mā·ni भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve कस्सकस्सkas·sa·kas·sa गहपतिस्सga·ha·pa·tis·sa पुब्बेpub·be करणीयानि।ka·ra·ṇī·yā·ni

“Tīṇimāni, bhikkhave, kassakassa gahapatissa pubbe karaṇīyāni.

“Mendicants, a farmer has three primary duties.
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कतमानिka·ta·mā·ni तीणि?tī·ṇi

Katamāni tīṇi?

What three?
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इध,i·dha भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve कस्सकोkas·sa·ko गहपतिga·ha·pa·ti पटिकच्चेवpa·ṭi·kac·ce·va खेत्तंkhet·taṃ सुकट्ठंsu·kaṭ·ṭhaṃ करोतिka·ro·ti सुमतिकतं।su·ma·ti·ka·taṃ

Idha, bhikkhave, kassako gahapati paṭikacceva khettaṁ sukaṭṭhaṁ karoti sumatikataṁ.

A farmer first of all makes sure the field is well ploughed and tilled.
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पटिकच्चेवpa·ṭi·kac·ce·va खेत्तंkhet·taṃ सुकट्ठंsu·kaṭ·ṭhaṃ करित्वाka·rit·vā सुमतिकतंsu·ma·ti·ka·taṃ कालेनkā·le·na बीजानिbī·jā·ni पतिट्ठापेति।pa·tiṭ·ṭhā·pe·ti

Paṭikacceva khettaṁ sukaṭṭhaṁ karitvā sumatikataṁ kālena bījāni patiṭṭhāpeti.

Next they plant seeds in season.
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कालेनkā·le·na बीजानिbī·jā·ni पतिट्ठापेत्वाpa·tiṭ·ṭhā·pet·vā समयेनsa·ma·ye·na उदकंu·da·kaṃ अभिनेतिपिa·bhi·ne·ti·pi अपनेतिपि।a·pa·ne·ti·pi

Kālena bījāni patiṭṭhāpetvā samayena udakaṁ abhinetipi apanetipi.

When the time is right, they irrigate the field and then drain it.
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इमानिi·mā·ni खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve तीणिtī·ṇi कस्सकस्सkas·sa·kas·sa गहपतिस्सga·ha·pa·tis·sa पुब्बेpub·be करणीयानि।ka·ra·ṇī·yā·ni

Imāni kho, bhikkhave, tīṇi kassakassa gahapatissa pubbe karaṇīyāni.

These are the three primary duties of a farmer.
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एवमेवंe·va·me·vaṃ खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve तीणिमानिtī·ṇi·mā·ni भिक्खुस्सbhik·khus·sa पुब्बेpub·be करणीयानि।ka·ra·ṇī·yā·ni

Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, tīṇimāni bhikkhussa pubbe karaṇīyāni.

In the same way, a mendicant has three primary duties.
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कतमानिka·ta·mā·ni तीणि?tī·ṇi

Katamāni tīṇi?

What three?
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अधिसीलसिक्खासमादानं,a·dhi·sī·la·sik·khā·sa·mā·dā·naṃ अधिचित्तसिक्खासमादानं,a·dhi·cit·ta·sik·khā·sa·mā·dā·naṃ अधिपञ्ञासिक्खासमादानं—a·dhi·pañ·ñā·sik·khā·sa·mā·dā·naṃ

Adhisīlasikkhāsamādānaṁ, adhicittasikkhāsamādānaṁ, adhipaññāsikkhāsamādānaṁ—

Undertaking the training in the higher ethics, the higher mind, and the higher wisdom.
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इमानिi·mā·ni खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve तीणिtī·ṇi भिक्खुस्सbhik·khus·sa पुब्बेpub·be करणीयानि।ka·ra·ṇī·yā·ni

imāni kho, bhikkhave, tīṇi bhikkhussa pubbe karaṇīyāni.

These are the three primary duties of a mendicant.
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तस्मातिह,tas·mā·ti·ha भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve एवंe·vaṃ सिक्खितब्बं:sik·khi·tab·baṃ

Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, evaṁ sikkhitabbaṁ:

So you should train like this:
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‘तिब्बोtib·bo नोno छन्दोchan·do भविस्सतिbha·vis·sa·ti अधिसीलसिक्खासमादाने,a·dhi·sī·la·sik·khā·sa·mā·dā·ne तिब्बोtib·bo नोno छन्दोchan·do भविस्सतिbha·vis·sa·ti अधिचित्तसिक्खासमादाने,a·dhi·cit·ta·sik·khā·sa·mā·dā·ne तिब्बोtib·bo नोno छन्दोchan·do भविस्सतिbha·vis·sa·ti अधिपञ्ञासिक्खासमादाने’ति।a·dhi·pañ·ñā·sik·khā·sa·mā·dā·ne

‘tibbo no chando bhavissati adhisīlasikkhāsamādāne, tibbo no chando bhavissati adhicittasikkhāsamādāne, tibbo no chando bhavissati adhipaññāsikkhāsamādāne’ti.

‘We will have keen enthusiasm for undertaking the training in the higher ethics, the higher mind, and the higher wisdom.’
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एवञ्हिe·vañ·hi वो,vo भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve सिक्खितब्बन्”ति।sik·khi·tab·ban

Evañhi vo, bhikkhave, sikkhitabban”ti.

That’s how you should train.”
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ततियं।ta·ti·yaṃ

Tatiyaṁ.

(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.