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Numbered Discourses 5 197 अङ्गुत्तर 5 197

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Vassasutta

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 5।197

   Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.197

   Numbered Discourses 5.197

2. 2

   20। ब्राह्मणवग्गbrāh·ma·ṇa·vag·ga

   20. Brāhmaṇavagga

   20. Brahmins

3. 3

   वस्ससुत्तvas·sa·sut·ta

   Vassasutta

   Obstacles to Rain

4. 4

   “पञ्चिमे,pañ·ci·me भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve वस्सस्सvas·sas·sa अन्तराया,an·ta·rā·yā यंyaṃ नेमित्ताne·mit·tā नna जानन्ति,jā·nan·ti यत्थyat·tha नेमित्तानंne·mit·tā·naṃ चक्खुcak·khu नna कमति।ka·ma·ti

   “Pañcime, bhikkhave, vassassa antarāyā, yaṁ nemittā na jānanti, yattha nemittānaṁ cakkhu na kamati.

   “Mendicants, there are these five obstacles to rain, which the forecasters don’t know, and which their vision does not traverse.

5. 5

   कतमेka·ta·me पञ्च?pañ·ca

   Katame pañca?

   What five?

6. 6

   उपरि,u·pa·ri भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve आकासेā·kā·se तेजोधातुte·jo·dhā·tu पकुप्पति।pa·kup·pa·ti

   Upari, bhikkhave, ākāse tejodhātu pakuppati.

   In the upper atmosphere the fire element flares up,

7. 7

   तेनte·na उप्पन्नाup·pan·nā मेघाme·ghā पटिविगच्छन्ति।pa·ṭi·vi·gac·chan·ti

   Tena uppannā meghā paṭivigacchanti.

   which disperses the clouds.

8. 8

   अयं,a·yaṃ भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve पठमोpa·ṭha·mo वस्सस्सvas·sas·sa अन्तरायो,an·ta·rā·yo यंyaṃ नेमित्ताne·mit·tā नna जानन्ति,jā·nan·ti यत्थyat·tha नेमित्तानंne·mit·tā·naṃ चक्खुcak·khu नna कमति।ka·ma·ti

   Ayaṁ, bhikkhave, paṭhamo vassassa antarāyo, yaṁ nemittā na jānanti, yattha nemittānaṁ cakkhu na kamati.

   This is the first obstacle to rain, which the forecasters don’t know, and which their vision does not traverse.

9. 9

   पुनpu·na चपरं,ca·pa·raṃ भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve उपरिu·pa·ri आकासेā·kā·se वायोधातुvā·yo·dhā·tu पकुप्पति।pa·kup·pa·ti

   Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, upari ākāse vāyodhātu pakuppati.

   Furthermore, in the upper atmosphere the air element flares up,

10. 10

    तेनte·na उप्पन्नाup·pan·nā मेघाme·ghā पटिविगच्छन्ति।pa·ṭi·vi·gac·chan·ti

    Tena uppannā meghā paṭivigacchanti.

    which disperses the clouds.

11. 11

    अयं,a·yaṃ भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve दुतियोdu·ti·yo वस्सस्सvas·sas·sa अन्तरायो,an·ta·rā·yo यंyaṃ नेमित्ताne·mit·tā नna जानन्ति,jā·nan·ti यत्थyat·tha नेमित्तानंne·mit·tā·naṃ चक्खुcak·khu नna कमति।ka·ma·ti

    Ayaṁ, bhikkhave, dutiyo vassassa antarāyo, yaṁ nemittā na jānanti, yattha nemittānaṁ cakkhu na kamati.

    This is the second obstacle to rain …

12. 12

    पुनpu·na चपरं,ca·pa·raṃ भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve राहुrā·hu असुरिन्दोa·su·rin·do पाणिनाpā·ṇi·nā उदकंu·da·kaṃ सम्पटिच्छित्वाsam·pa·ṭic·chit·vā महासमुद्देma·hā·sa·mud·de छड्डेति।chaḍ·ḍe·ti

    Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, rāhu asurindo pāṇinā udakaṁ sampaṭicchitvā mahāsamudde chaḍḍeti.

    Furthermore, Rāhu, lord of titans, receives water in his hand and discards it in the ocean.

13. 13

    अयं,a·yaṃ भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve ततियोta·ti·yo वस्सस्सvas·sas·sa अन्तरायो,an·ta·rā·yo यंyaṃ नेमित्ताne·mit·tā नna जानन्ति,jā·nan·ti यत्थyat·tha नेमित्तानंne·mit·tā·naṃ चक्खुcak·khu नna कमति।ka·ma·ti

    Ayaṁ, bhikkhave, tatiyo vassassa antarāyo, yaṁ nemittā na jānanti, yattha nemittānaṁ cakkhu na kamati.

    This is the third obstacle to rain …

14. 14

    पुनpu·na चपरं,ca·pa·raṃ भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve वस्सवलाहकाvas·sa·va·lā·ha·kā देवाde·vā पमत्ताpa·mat·tā होन्ति।hon·ti

    Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, vassavalāhakā devā pamattā honti.

    Furthermore, the gods of the rain clouds become negligent.

15. 15

    अयं,a·yaṃ भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve चतुत्थोca·tut·tho वस्सस्सvas·sas·sa अन्तरायो,an·ta·rā·yo यंyaṃ नेमित्ताne·mit·tā नna जानन्ति,jā·nan·ti यत्थyat·tha नेमित्तानंne·mit·tā·naṃ चक्खुcak·khu नna कमति।ka·ma·ti

    Ayaṁ, bhikkhave, catuttho vassassa antarāyo, yaṁ nemittā na jānanti, yattha nemittānaṁ cakkhu na kamati.

    This is the fourth obstacle to rain …

16. 16

    पुनpu·na चपरं,ca·pa·raṃ भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve मनुस्साma·nus·sā अधम्मिकाa·dham·mi·kā होन्ति।hon·ti

    Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, manussā adhammikā honti.

    Furthermore, humans become unprincipled.

17. 17

    अयं,a·yaṃ भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve पञ्चमोpañ·ca·mo वस्सस्सvas·sas·sa अन्तरायो,an·ta·rā·yo यंyaṃ नेमित्ताne·mit·tā नna जानन्ति,jā·nan·ti यत्थyat·tha नेमित्तानंne·mit·tā·naṃ चक्खुcak·khu नna कमति।ka·ma·ti

    Ayaṁ, bhikkhave, pañcamo vassassa antarāyo, yaṁ nemittā na jānanti, yattha nemittānaṁ cakkhu na kamati.

    This is the fifth obstacle to rain, which the forecasters don’t know, and which their vision does not traverse.

18. 18

    इमेi·me खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve पञ्चpañ·ca वस्सस्सvas·sas·sa अन्तराया,an·ta·rā·yā यंyaṃ नेमित्ताne·mit·tā नna जानन्ति,jā·nan·ti यत्थyat·tha नेमित्तानंne·mit·tā·naṃ चक्खुcak·khu नna कमती”ति।ka·ma·tī

    Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca vassassa antarāyā, yaṁ nemittā na jānanti, yattha nemittānaṁ cakkhu na kamatī”ti.

    These are the five obstacles to rain, which the forecasters don’t know, and which their vision does not traverse.”

19. 19

    सत्तमं।sat·ta·maṃ

    Sattamaṁ.

    (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.