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Numbered Discourses 4 103 अङ्गुत्तर 4 103

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Kumbhasutta

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 4।103

   Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.103

   Numbered Discourses 4.103

2. 2

   11। वलाहकवग्गva·lā·ha·ka·vag·ga

   11. Valāhakavagga

   11. Clouds

3. 3

   कुम्भसुत्तkum·bha·sut·ta

   Kumbhasutta

   Pots

4. 4

   “चत्तारोमे,cat·tā·ro·me भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve कुम्भा।kum·bhā

   “Cattārome, bhikkhave, kumbhā.

   “Mendicants, there are these four pots.

5. 5

   कतमेka·ta·me चत्तारो?cat·tā·ro

   Katame cattāro?

   What four?

6. 6

   तुच्छोtuc·cho पिहितो,pi·hi·to

   Tuccho pihito,

   Covered but hollow,

7. 7

   पूरोpū·ro विवटो,vi·va·ṭo

   pūro vivaṭo,

   uncovered but full,

8. 8

   तुच्छोtuc·cho विवटो,vi·va·ṭo

   tuccho vivaṭo,

   uncovered and hollow, and

9. 9

   पूरोpū·ro पिहितो—pi·hi·to

   pūro pihito—

   covered and full.

10. 10

    इमेi·me खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve चत्तारोcat·tā·ro कुम्भा।kum·bhā

    Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro kumbhā.

    These are the four pots.

11. 11

    एवमेवंe·va·me·vaṃ खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve चत्तारोcat·tā·ro कुम्भूपमाkum·bhū·pa·mā पुग्गलाpug·ga·lā सन्तोsan·to संविज्जमानाsaṃ·vij·ja·mā·nā लोकस्मिं।lo·kas·miṃ

    Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, cattāro kumbhūpamā puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmiṁ.

    In the same way, these four individuals similar to pots are found in the world.

12. 12

    कतमेka·ta·me चत्तारो?cat·tā·ro

    Katame cattāro?

    What four?

13. 13

    तुच्छोtuc·cho पिहितो,pi·hi·to

    Tuccho pihito,

    Covered but hollow,

14. 14

    पूरोpū·ro विवटो,vi·va·ṭo

    pūro vivaṭo,

    uncovered but full,

15. 15

    तुच्छोtuc·cho विवटो,vi·va·ṭo

    tuccho vivaṭo,

    uncovered and hollow, and

16. 16

    पूरोpū·ro पिहितो।pi·hi·to

    pūro pihito.

    covered and full.

17. 17

    कथञ्च,ka·thañ·ca भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve पुग्गलोpug·ga·lo तुच्छोtuc·cho होतिho·ti पिहितो?pi·hi·to

    Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo tuccho hoti pihito?

    And how is an individual covered but hollow?

18. 18

    इध,i·dha भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve एकच्चस्सe·kac·cas·sa पुग्गलस्सpug·ga·las·sa पासादिकंpā·sā·di·kaṃ होतिho·ti अभिक्कन्तंa·bhik·kan·taṃ पटिक्कन्तंpa·ṭik·kan·taṃ आलोकितंā·lo·ki·taṃ विलोकितंvi·lo·ki·taṃ समिञ्जितंsa·miñ·ji·taṃ पसारितंpa·sā·ri·taṃ सङ्घाटिपत्तचीवरधारणं।saṅ·ghā·ṭi·pat·ta·cī·va·ra·dhā·ra·ṇaṃ

    Idha, bhikkhave, ekaccassa puggalassa pāsādikaṁ hoti abhikkantaṁ paṭikkantaṁ ālokitaṁ vilokitaṁ samiñjitaṁ pasāritaṁ saṅghāṭipattacīvaradhāraṇaṁ.

    It’s when an individual is impressive when going out and coming back, when looking ahead and aside, when bending and extending the limbs, and when bearing the outer robe, bowl and robes.

19. 19

    सोso ‘इदंi·daṃ दुक्खन्’तिduk·khan यथाभूतंya·thā·bhū·taṃ नप्पजानातिnap·pa·jā·nā·ti …पे…pe ‘अयंa·yaṃ दुक्खनिरोधगामिनीduk·kha·ni·ro·dha·gā·mi·nī पटिपदा’तिpa·ṭi·pa·dā यथाभूतंya·thā·bhū·taṃ नप्पजानाति।nap·pa·jā·nā·ti

    So ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti.

    But they don’t truly understand: ‘This is suffering’ … ‘This is the origin of suffering’ … ‘This is the cessation of suffering’ … ‘This is the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering’.

20. 20

    एवंe·vaṃ खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve पुग्गलोpug·ga·lo तुच्छोtuc·cho होतिho·ti पिहितो।pi·hi·to

    Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo tuccho hoti pihito.

    That’s how an individual is covered but hollow.

21. 21

    सेय्यथापिsey·ya·thā·pi सो,so भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve कुम्भोkum·bho तुच्छोtuc·cho पिहितो;pi·hi·to

    Seyyathāpi so, bhikkhave, kumbho tuccho pihito;

    That individual is like a pot that’s covered but hollow, I say.

22. 22

    तथूपमाहं,ta·thū·pa·mā·haṃ भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve इमंi·maṃ पुग्गलंpug·ga·laṃ वदामि।va·dā·mi

    tathūpamāhaṁ, bhikkhave, imaṁ puggalaṁ vadāmi.

    (Pāli only)

23. 23

    कथञ्च,ka·thañ·ca भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve पुग्गलोpug·ga·lo पूरोpū·ro होतिho·ti विवटो?vi·va·ṭo

    Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo pūro hoti vivaṭo?

    And how is an individual uncovered but full?

24. 24

    इध,i·dha भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve एकच्चस्सe·kac·cas·sa पुग्गलस्सpug·ga·las·sa नna पासादिकंpā·sā·di·kaṃ होतिho·ti अभिक्कन्तंa·bhik·kan·taṃ पटिक्कन्तंpa·ṭik·kan·taṃ आलोकितंā·lo·ki·taṃ विलोकितंvi·lo·ki·taṃ समिञ्जितंsa·miñ·ji·taṃ पसारितंpa·sā·ri·taṃ सङ्घाटिपत्तचीवरधारणं।saṅ·ghā·ṭi·pat·ta·cī·va·ra·dhā·ra·ṇaṃ

    Idha, bhikkhave, ekaccassa puggalassa na pāsādikaṁ hoti abhikkantaṁ paṭikkantaṁ ālokitaṁ vilokitaṁ samiñjitaṁ pasāritaṁ saṅghāṭipattacīvaradhāraṇaṁ.

    It’s when an individual is not impressive …

25. 25

    सोso ‘इदंi·daṃ दुक्खन्’तिduk·khan यथाभूतंya·thā·bhū·taṃ पजानातिpa·jā·nā·ti …पे…pe ‘अयंa·yaṃ दुक्खनिरोधगामिनीduk·kha·ni·ro·dha·gā·mi·nī पटिपदा’तिpa·ṭi·pa·dā यथाभूतंya·thā·bhū·taṃ पजानाति।pa·jā·nā·ti

    So ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.

    But they truly understand: ‘This is suffering’ …

26. 26

    एवंe·vaṃ खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve पुग्गलोpug·ga·lo पूरोpū·ro होतिho·ti विवटो।vi·va·ṭo

    Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo pūro hoti vivaṭo.

    (Pāli only)

27. 27

    सेय्यथापिsey·ya·thā·pi सो,so भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve कुम्भोkum·bho पूरोpū·ro विवटो;vi·va·ṭo

    Seyyathāpi so, bhikkhave, kumbho pūro vivaṭo;

    (Pāli only)

28. 28

    तथूपमाहं,ta·thū·pa·mā·haṃ भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve इमंi·maṃ पुग्गलंpug·ga·laṃ वदामि।va·dā·mi

    tathūpamāhaṁ, bhikkhave, imaṁ puggalaṁ vadāmi.

    (Pāli only)

29. 29

    कथञ्च,ka·thañ·ca भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve पुग्गलोpug·ga·lo तुच्छोtuc·cho होतिho·ti विवटो?vi·va·ṭo

    Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo tuccho hoti vivaṭo?

    And how is an individual uncovered and hollow?

30. 30

    इध,i·dha भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve एकच्चस्सe·kac·cas·sa पुग्गलस्सpug·ga·las·sa नna पासादिकंpā·sā·di·kaṃ होतिho·ti अभिक्कन्तंa·bhik·kan·taṃ पटिक्कन्तंpa·ṭik·kan·taṃ आलोकितंā·lo·ki·taṃ विलोकितंvi·lo·ki·taṃ समिञ्जितंsa·miñ·ji·taṃ पसारितंpa·sā·ri·taṃ सङ्घाटिपत्तचीवरधारणं।saṅ·ghā·ṭi·pat·ta·cī·va·ra·dhā·ra·ṇaṃ

    Idha, bhikkhave, ekaccassa puggalassa na pāsādikaṁ hoti abhikkantaṁ paṭikkantaṁ ālokitaṁ vilokitaṁ samiñjitaṁ pasāritaṁ saṅghāṭipattacīvaradhāraṇaṁ.

    It’s when an individual is not impressive …

31. 31

    सोso ‘इदंi·daṃ दुक्खन्’तिduk·khan यथाभूतंya·thā·bhū·taṃ नप्पजानातिnap·pa·jā·nā·ti …पे…pe ‘अयंa·yaṃ दुक्खनिरोधगामिनीduk·kha·ni·ro·dha·gā·mi·nī पटिपदा’तिpa·ṭi·pa·dā यथाभूतंya·thā·bhū·taṃ नप्पजानाति।nap·pa·jā·nā·ti

    So ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti.

    Nor do they truly understand: ‘This is suffering’ …

32. 32

    एवंe·vaṃ खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve पुग्गलोpug·ga·lo तुच्छोtuc·cho होतिho·ti विवटो।vi·va·ṭo

    Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo tuccho hoti vivaṭo.

    (Pāli only)

33. 33

    सेय्यथापिsey·ya·thā·pi सो,so भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve कुम्भोkum·bho तुच्छोtuc·cho विवटो;vi·va·ṭo

    Seyyathāpi so, bhikkhave, kumbho tuccho vivaṭo;

    (Pāli only)

34. 34

    तथूपमाहं,ta·thū·pa·mā·haṃ भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve इमंi·maṃ पुग्गलंpug·ga·laṃ वदामि।va·dā·mi

    tathūpamāhaṁ, bhikkhave, imaṁ puggalaṁ vadāmi.

    (Pāli only)

35. 35

    कथञ्च,ka·thañ·ca भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve पुग्गलोpug·ga·lo पूरोpū·ro होतिho·ti पिहितो?pi·hi·to

    Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo pūro hoti pihito?

    And how is an individual covered and full?

36. 36

    इध,i·dha भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve एकच्चस्सe·kac·cas·sa पुग्गलस्सpug·ga·las·sa पासादिकंpā·sā·di·kaṃ होतिho·ti अभिक्कन्तंa·bhik·kan·taṃ पटिक्कन्तंpa·ṭik·kan·taṃ आलोकितंā·lo·ki·taṃ विलोकितंvi·lo·ki·taṃ समिञ्जितंsa·miñ·ji·taṃ पसारितंpa·sā·ri·taṃ सङ्घाटिपत्तचीवरधारणं।saṅ·ghā·ṭi·pat·ta·cī·va·ra·dhā·ra·ṇaṃ

    Idha, bhikkhave, ekaccassa puggalassa pāsādikaṁ hoti abhikkantaṁ paṭikkantaṁ ālokitaṁ vilokitaṁ samiñjitaṁ pasāritaṁ saṅghāṭipattacīvaradhāraṇaṁ.

    It’s when an individual is impressive …

37. 37

    सोso ‘इदंi·daṃ दुक्खन्’तिduk·khan यथाभूतंya·thā·bhū·taṃ पजानातिpa·jā·nā·ti …पे…pe ‘अयंa·yaṃ दुक्खनिरोधगामिनीduk·kha·ni·ro·dha·gā·mi·nī पटिपदा’तिpa·ṭi·pa·dā यथाभूतंya·thā·bhū·taṃ पजानाति।pa·jā·nā·ti

    So ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.

    And they truly understand: ‘This is suffering’ …

38. 38

    एवंe·vaṃ खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve पुग्गलोpug·ga·lo पूरोpū·ro होतिho·ti पिहितो।pi·hi·to

    Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo pūro hoti pihito.

    (Pāli only)

39. 39

    सेय्यथापिsey·ya·thā·pi सो,so भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve कुम्भोkum·bho पूरोpū·ro पिहितो;pi·hi·to

    Seyyathāpi so, bhikkhave, kumbho pūro pihito;

    (Pāli only)

40. 40

    तथूपमाहं,ta·thū·pa·mā·haṃ भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve इमंi·maṃ पुग्गलंpug·ga·laṃ वदामि।va·dā·mi

    tathūpamāhaṁ, bhikkhave, imaṁ puggalaṁ vadāmi.

    (Pāli only)

41. 41

    इमेi·me खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve चत्तारोcat·tā·ro कुम्भूपमाkum·bhū·pa·mā पुग्गलाpug·ga·lā सन्तोsan·to संविज्जमानाsaṃ·vij·ja·mā·nā लोकस्मिन्”ति।lo·kas·min

    Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro kumbhūpamā puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmin”ti.

    These four individuals similar to pots are found in the world.”

42. 42

    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.