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Paṭhamapuññābhisandasutta
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Numbered Discourses 4.51
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6। पुञ्ञाभिसन्दवग्गpuñ·ñā·bhi·san·da·vag·ga
6. Puññābhisandavagga
6. Overflowing Merit
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पठमपुञ्ञाभिसन्दसुत्तpa·ṭha·ma·puñ·ñā·bhi·san·da·sut·ta
Paṭhamapuññābhisandasutta
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सावत्थिनिदानं।sā·vat·thi·ni·dā·naṃ
Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
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“चत्तारोमे,cat·tā·ro·me भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve पुञ्ञाभिसन्दाpuñ·ñā·bhi·san·dā कुसलाभिसन्दाku·sa·lā·bhi·san·dā सुखस्साहाराsu·khas·sā·hā·rā सोवग्गिकाso·vag·gi·kā सुखविपाकाsu·kha·vi·pā·kā सग्गसंवत्तनिकाsag·ga·saṃ·vat·ta·ni·kā इट्ठायiṭ·ṭhā·ya कन्तायkan·tā·ya मनापायma·nā·pā·ya हितायhi·tā·ya सुखायsu·khā·ya संवत्तन्ति।saṃ·vat·tan·ti
“Cattārome, bhikkhave, puññābhisandā kusalābhisandā sukhassāhārā sovaggikā sukhavipākā saggasaṁvattanikā iṭṭhāya kantāya manāpāya hitāya sukhāya saṁvattanti.
“Mendicants, there are these four kinds of overflowing merit, overflowing goodness. They nurture happiness and are conducive to heaven, ripening in happiness and leading to heaven. They lead to what is likable, desirable, agreeable, to welfare and happiness.
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यस्स,yas·sa भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भिक्खुbhik·khu चीवरंcī·va·raṃ परिभुञ्जमानोpa·ri·bhuñ·ja·mā·no अप्पमाणंap·pa·mā·ṇaṃ चेतोसमाधिंce·to·sa·mā·dhiṃ उपसम्पज्जu·pa·sam·paj·ja विहरति,vi·ha·ra·ti अप्पमाणोap·pa·mā·ṇo तस्सtas·sa पुञ्ञाभिसन्दोpuñ·ñā·bhi·san·do कुसलाभिसन्दोku·sa·lā·bhi·san·do सुखस्साहारोsu·khas·sā·hā·ro सोवग्गिकोso·vag·gi·ko सुखविपाकोsu·kha·vi·pā·ko सग्गसंवत्तनिकोsag·ga·saṃ·vat·ta·ni·ko इट्ठायiṭ·ṭhā·ya कन्तायkan·tā·ya मनापायma·nā·pā·ya हितायhi·tā·ya सुखायsu·khā·ya संवत्तति।saṃ·vat·ta·ti
Yassa, bhikkhave, bhikkhu cīvaraṁ paribhuñjamāno appamāṇaṁ cetosamādhiṁ upasampajja viharati, appamāṇo tassa puññābhisando kusalābhisando sukhassāhāro sovaggiko sukhavipāko saggasaṁvattaniko iṭṭhāya kantāya manāpāya hitāya sukhāya saṁvattati.
When a mendicant enters and remains in a limitless immersion of the heart while using a robe, the overflowing of merit for the donor is limitless …
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यस्स,yas·sa भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भिक्खुbhik·khu पिण्डपातंpiṇ·ḍa·pā·taṃ परिभुञ्जमानोpa·ri·bhuñ·ja·mā·no अप्पमाणंap·pa·mā·ṇaṃ चेतोसमाधिंce·to·sa·mā·dhiṃ उपसम्पज्जu·pa·sam·paj·ja विहरति,vi·ha·ra·ti अप्पमाणोap·pa·mā·ṇo तस्सtas·sa पुञ्ञाभिसन्दोpuñ·ñā·bhi·san·do कुसलाभिसन्दोku·sa·lā·bhi·san·do सुखस्साहारोsu·khas·sā·hā·ro सोवग्गिकोso·vag·gi·ko सुखविपाकोsu·kha·vi·pā·ko सग्गसंवत्तनिकोsag·ga·saṃ·vat·ta·ni·ko इट्ठायiṭ·ṭhā·ya कन्तायkan·tā·ya मनापायma·nā·pā·ya हितायhi·tā·ya सुखायsu·khā·ya संवत्तति।saṃ·vat·ta·ti
Yassa, bhikkhave, bhikkhu piṇḍapātaṁ paribhuñjamāno appamāṇaṁ cetosamādhiṁ upasampajja viharati, appamāṇo tassa puññābhisando kusalābhisando sukhassāhāro sovaggiko sukhavipāko saggasaṁvattaniko iṭṭhāya kantāya manāpāya hitāya sukhāya saṁvattati.
When a mendicant enters and remains in a limitless immersion of the heart while eating almsfood, the overflowing of merit for the donor is limitless …
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यस्स,yas·sa भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भिक्खुbhik·khu सेनासनंse·nā·sa·naṃ परिभुञ्जमानोpa·ri·bhuñ·ja·mā·no अप्पमाणंap·pa·mā·ṇaṃ चेतोसमाधिंce·to·sa·mā·dhiṃ उपसम्पज्जu·pa·sam·paj·ja विहरति,vi·ha·ra·ti अप्पमाणोap·pa·mā·ṇo तस्सtas·sa पुञ्ञाभिसन्दोpuñ·ñā·bhi·san·do कुसलाभिसन्दोku·sa·lā·bhi·san·do सुखस्साहारोsu·khas·sā·hā·ro सोवग्गिकोso·vag·gi·ko सुखविपाकोsu·kha·vi·pā·ko सग्गसंवत्तनिकोsag·ga·saṃ·vat·ta·ni·ko इट्ठायiṭ·ṭhā·ya कन्तायkan·tā·ya मनापायma·nā·pā·ya हितायhi·tā·ya सुखायsu·khā·ya संवत्तति।saṃ·vat·ta·ti
Yassa, bhikkhave, bhikkhu senāsanaṁ paribhuñjamāno appamāṇaṁ cetosamādhiṁ upasampajja viharati, appamāṇo tassa puññābhisando kusalābhisando sukhassāhāro sovaggiko sukhavipāko saggasaṁvattaniko iṭṭhāya kantāya manāpāya hitāya sukhāya saṁvattati.
When a mendicant enters and remains in a limitless immersion of the heart while using lodgings, the overflowing of merit for the donor is limitless …
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यस्स,yas·sa भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भिक्खुbhik·khu गिलानप्पच्चयभेसज्जपरिक्खारंgi·lā·nap·pac·ca·ya·bhe·saj·ja·pa·rik·khā·raṃ परिभुञ्जमानोpa·ri·bhuñ·ja·mā·no अप्पमाणंap·pa·mā·ṇaṃ चेतोसमाधिंce·to·sa·mā·dhiṃ उपसम्पज्जu·pa·sam·paj·ja विहरति,vi·ha·ra·ti अप्पमाणोap·pa·mā·ṇo तस्सtas·sa पुञ्ञाभिसन्दोpuñ·ñā·bhi·san·do कुसलाभिसन्दोku·sa·lā·bhi·san·do सुखस्साहारोsu·khas·sā·hā·ro सोवग्गिकोso·vag·gi·ko सुखविपाकोsu·kha·vi·pā·ko सग्गसंवत्तनिकोsag·ga·saṃ·vat·ta·ni·ko इट्ठायiṭ·ṭhā·ya कन्तायkan·tā·ya मनापायma·nā·pā·ya हितायhi·tā·ya सुखायsu·khā·ya संवत्तति।saṃ·vat·ta·ti
Yassa, bhikkhave, bhikkhu gilānappaccayabhesajjaparikkhāraṁ paribhuñjamāno appamāṇaṁ cetosamādhiṁ upasampajja viharati, appamāṇo tassa puññābhisando kusalābhisando sukhassāhāro sovaggiko sukhavipāko saggasaṁvattaniko iṭṭhāya kantāya manāpāya hitāya sukhāya saṁvattati.
When a mendicant enters and remains in a limitless immersion of the heart while using medicines and supplies for the sick, the overflowing of merit for the donor is limitless …
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इमेi·me खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve चत्तारोcat·tā·ro पुञ्ञाभिसन्दाpuñ·ñā·bhi·san·dā कुसलाभिसन्दाku·sa·lā·bhi·san·dā सुखस्साहाराsu·khas·sā·hā·rā सोवग्गिकाso·vag·gi·kā सुखविपाकाsu·kha·vi·pā·kā सग्गसंवत्तनिकाsag·ga·saṃ·vat·ta·ni·kā इट्ठायiṭ·ṭhā·ya कन्तायkan·tā·ya मनापायma·nā·pā·ya हितायhi·tā·ya सुखायsu·khā·ya संवत्तन्ति।saṃ·vat·tan·ti
Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro puññābhisandā kusalābhisandā sukhassāhārā sovaggikā sukhavipākā saggasaṁvattanikā iṭṭhāya kantāya manāpāya hitāya sukhāya saṁvattanti.
These are the four kinds of overflowing merit, overflowing goodness. They nurture happiness and are conducive to heaven, ripening in happiness and leading to heaven. They lead to what is likable, desirable, agreeable, to welfare and happiness.
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इमेहिi·me·hi चca पन,pa·na भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve चतूहिca·tū·hi पुञ्ञाभिसन्देहिpuñ·ñā·bhi·san·de·hi कुसलाभिसन्देहिku·sa·lā·bhi·san·de·hi समन्नागतस्सsa·man·nā·ga·tas·sa अरियसावकस्सa·ri·ya·sā·va·kas·sa नna सुकरंsu·ka·raṃ पुञ्ञस्सpuñ·ñas·sa पमाणंpa·mā·ṇaṃ गहेतुं:ga·he·tuṃ ‘एत्तकोet·ta·ko पुञ्ञाभिसन्दोpuñ·ñā·bhi·san·do कुसलाभिसन्दोku·sa·lā·bhi·san·do सुखस्साहारोsu·khas·sā·hā·ro सोवग्गिकोso·vag·gi·ko सुखविपाकोsu·kha·vi·pā·ko सग्गसंवत्तनिकोsag·ga·saṃ·vat·ta·ni·ko इट्ठायiṭ·ṭhā·ya कन्तायkan·tā·ya मनापायma·nā·pā·ya हितायhi·tā·ya सुखायsu·khā·ya संवत्तती’ति।saṃ·vat·ta·tī अथa·tha खोkho असङ्ख्येय्योa·saṅ·khyey·yo अप्पमेय्योap·pa·mey·yo महापुञ्ञक्खन्धोत्वेवma·hā·puñ·ñak·khan·dhot·ve·va सङ्ख्यंsaṅ·khyaṃ गच्छति।gac·cha·ti
Imehi ca pana, bhikkhave, catūhi puññābhisandehi kusalābhisandehi samannāgatassa ariyasāvakassa na sukaraṁ puññassa pamāṇaṁ gahetuṁ: ‘ettako puññābhisando kusalābhisando sukhassāhāro sovaggiko sukhavipāko saggasaṁvattaniko iṭṭhāya kantāya manāpāya hitāya sukhāya saṁvattatī’ti. Atha kho asaṅkhyeyyo appameyyo mahāpuññakkhandhotveva saṅkhyaṁ gacchati.
When a noble disciple has these four kinds of overflowing merit and goodness, it’s not easy to grasp how much merit they have by saying that this is the extent of their overflowing merit … that leads to happiness. It’s simply reckoned as an incalculable, immeasurable, great mass of merit.
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सेय्यथापि,sey·ya·thā·pi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve महासमुद्देma·hā·sa·mud·de नna सुकरंsu·ka·raṃ उदकस्सu·da·kas·sa पमाणंpa·mā·ṇaṃ गहेतुं:ga·he·tuṃ ‘एत्तकानिet·ta·kā·ni उदकाळ्हकानीतिu·da·kā·ḷha·kā·nī·ti वा,vā एत्तकानिet·ta·kā·ni उदकाळ्हकसतानीतिu·da·kā·ḷha·ka·sa·tā·nī·ti वा,vā एत्तकानिet·ta·kā·ni उदकाळ्हकसहस्सानीतिu·da·kā·ḷha·ka·sa·has·sā·nī·ti वा,vā एत्तकानिet·ta·kā·ni उदकाळ्हकसतसहस्सानीतिu·da·kā·ḷha·ka·sa·ta·sa·has·sā·nī·ti वा’,vā अथa·tha खोkho असङ्ख्येय्योa·saṅ·khyey·yo अप्पमेय्योap·pa·mey·yo महाउदकक्खन्धोत्वेवma·hā·u·da·kak·khan·dhot·ve·va सङ्ख्यंsaṅ·khyaṃ गच्छति;gac·cha·ti
Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, mahāsamudde na sukaraṁ udakassa pamāṇaṁ gahetuṁ: ‘ettakāni udakāḷhakānīti vā, ettakāni udakāḷhakasatānīti vā, ettakāni udakāḷhakasahassānīti vā, ettakāni udakāḷhakasatasahassānīti vā’, atha kho asaṅkhyeyyo appameyyo mahāudakakkhandhotveva saṅkhyaṁ gacchati;
It’s like trying to grasp how much water is in the ocean. It’s not easy to say how many gallons, how many hundreds, thousands, hundreds of thousands of gallons there are. It’s simply reckoned as an incalculable, immeasurable, great mass of water.
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एवमेवंe·va·me·vaṃ खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve इमेहिi·me·hi चतूहिca·tū·hi पुञ्ञाभिसन्देहिpuñ·ñā·bhi·san·de·hi कुसलाभिसन्देहिku·sa·lā·bhi·san·de·hi समन्नागतस्सsa·man·nā·ga·tas·sa अरियसावकस्सa·ri·ya·sā·va·kas·sa नna सुकरंsu·ka·raṃ पुञ्ञस्सpuñ·ñas·sa पमाणंpa·mā·ṇaṃ गहेतुं:ga·he·tuṃ ‘एत्तकोet·ta·ko पुञ्ञाभिसन्दोpuñ·ñā·bhi·san·do कुसलाभिसन्दोku·sa·lā·bhi·san·do सुखस्साहारोsu·khas·sā·hā·ro सोवग्गिकोso·vag·gi·ko सुखविपाकोsu·kha·vi·pā·ko सग्गसंवत्तनिकोsag·ga·saṃ·vat·ta·ni·ko इट्ठायiṭ·ṭhā·ya कन्तायkan·tā·ya मनापायma·nā·pā·ya हितायhi·tā·ya सुखायsu·khā·ya संवत्तती’ति।saṃ·vat·ta·tī अथa·tha खोkho असङ्ख्येय्योa·saṅ·khyey·yo अप्पमेय्योap·pa·mey·yo महापुञ्ञक्खन्धोत्वेवma·hā·puñ·ñak·khan·dhot·ve·va सङ्ख्यंsaṅ·khyaṃ गच्छतीति।gac·cha·tī·ti
evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, imehi catūhi puññābhisandehi kusalābhisandehi samannāgatassa ariyasāvakassa na sukaraṁ puññassa pamāṇaṁ gahetuṁ: ‘ettako puññābhisando kusalābhisando sukhassāhāro sovaggiko sukhavipāko saggasaṁvattaniko iṭṭhāya kantāya manāpāya hitāya sukhāya saṁvattatī’ti. Atha kho asaṅkhyeyyo appameyyo mahāpuññakkhandhotveva saṅkhyaṁ gacchatīti.
In the same way, when a noble disciple has these four kinds of overflowing merit it’s simply reckoned as an incalculable, immeasurable, great mass of merit.
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पठमं।pa·ṭha·maṃ
Paṭhamaṁ.
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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.