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Paṭhamasattakasutta

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अङ्गुत्तरaṅ·gut·ta·ra निकायni·kā·ya 7।23

Aṅguttara Nikāya 7.23

Numbered Discourses 7.23
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3। वज्जिसत्तकवग्गvaj·ji·sat·ta·ka·vag·ga

3. Vajjisattakavagga

3. The Vajji Seven
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पठमसत्तकसुत्तpa·ṭha·ma·sat·ta·ka·sut·ta

Paṭhamasattakasutta

Non-Decline for Mendicants (1st)
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एवंe·vaṃ मेme सुतं—su·taṃ

Evaṁ me sutaṁ—

So I have heard.
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एकंe·kaṃ समयंsa·ma·yaṃ भगवाbha·ga·vā राजगहेrā·ja·ga·he विहरतिvi·ha·ra·ti गिज्झकूटेgij·jha·kū·ṭe पब्बते।pab·ba·te

ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati gijjhakūṭe pabbate.

At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, on the Vulture’s Peak Mountain.
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तत्रtat·ra खोkho भगवाbha·ga·vā भिक्खूbhik·khū आमन्तेसि:ā·man·te·si

Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:

There the Buddha addressed the mendicants:
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“सत्तsat·ta वो,vo भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve अपरिहानियेa·pa·ri·hā·ni·ye धम्मेdham·me देसेस्सामि।de·ses·sā·mi

“satta vo, bhikkhave, aparihāniye dhamme desessāmi.

“Mendicants, I will teach you these seven principles that prevent decline.
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तंtaṃ सुणाथ,su·ṇā·tha साधुकंsā·dhu·kaṃ मनसिma·na·si करोथ,ka·ro·tha भासिस्सामी”ति।bhā·sis·sā·mī

Taṁ suṇātha, sādhukaṁ manasi karotha, bhāsissāmī”ti.

Listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.”
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“एवं,e·vaṃ भन्ते”तिbhan·te खोkho तेte भिक्खूbhik·khū भगवतोbha·ga·va·to पच्चस्सोसुं।pac·cas·so·suṃ

“Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.

“Yes, sir,” they replied.
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भगवाbha·ga·vā एतदवोच:e·ta·da·vo·ca

Bhagavā etadavoca:

The Buddha said this:
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“कतमेka·ta·me च,ca भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve सत्तsat·ta अपरिहानियाa·pa·ri·hā·ni·yā धम्मा?dham·mā

“Katame ca, bhikkhave, satta aparihāniyā dhammā?

“What are the seven principles that prevent decline?
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यावकीवञ्च,yā·va·kī·vañ·ca भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भिक्खूbhik·khū अभिण्हंa·bhiṇ·haṃ सन्निपाताsan·ni·pā·tā भविस्सन्तिbha·vis·san·ti सन्निपातबहुला;san·ni·pā·ta·ba·hu·lā वुद्धियेव,vud·dhi·ye·va भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भिक्खूनंbhik·khū·naṃ पाटिकङ्खा,pā·ṭi·kaṅ·khā नोno परिहानि।pa·ri·hā·ni

Yāvakīvañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhū abhiṇhaṁ sannipātā bhavissanti sannipātabahulā; vuddhiyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhūnaṁ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihāni.

As long as the mendicants meet frequently and have many meetings, they can expect growth, not decline.
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यावकीवञ्च,yā·va·kī·vañ·ca भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भिक्खूbhik·khū समग्गाsa·mag·gā सन्निपतिस्सन्ति,san·ni·pa·tis·san·ti समग्गाsa·mag·gā वुट्ठहिस्सन्ति,vuṭ·ṭha·his·san·ti समग्गाsa·mag·gā सङ्घकरणीयानिsaṅ·gha·ka·ra·ṇī·yā·ni करिस्सन्ति;ka·ris·san·ti वुद्धियेव,vud·dhi·ye·va भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भिक्खूनंbhik·khū·naṃ पाटिकङ्खा,pā·ṭi·kaṅ·khā नोno परिहानि।pa·ri·hā·ni

Yāvakīvañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhū samaggā sannipatissanti, samaggā vuṭṭhahissanti, samaggā saṅghakaraṇīyāni karissanti; vuddhiyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhūnaṁ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihāni.

As long as the mendicants meet in harmony, leave in harmony, and carry on their business in harmony, they can expect growth, not decline.
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यावकीवञ्च,yā·va·kī·vañ·ca भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भिक्खूbhik·khū अपञ्ञत्तंa·pañ·ñat·taṃ नna पञ्ञापेस्सन्ति,pañ·ñā·pes·san·ti पञ्ञत्तंpañ·ñat·taṃ नna समुच्छिन्दिस्सन्ति,sa·muc·chin·dis·san·ti यथापञ्ञत्तेसुya·thā·pañ·ñat·te·su सिक्खापदेसुsik·khā·pa·de·su समादायsa·mā·dā·ya वत्तिस्सन्ति;vat·tis·san·ti वुद्धियेव,vud·dhi·ye·va भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भिक्खूनंbhik·khū·naṃ पाटिकङ्खा,pā·ṭi·kaṅ·khā नोno परिहानि।pa·ri·hā·ni

Yāvakīvañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhū apaññattaṁ na paññāpessanti, paññattaṁ na samucchindissanti, yathāpaññattesu sikkhāpadesu samādāya vattissanti; vuddhiyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhūnaṁ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihāni.

As long as the mendicants don’t make new decrees or abolish existing decrees, but proceed having undertaken the training rules as they have been decreed, they can expect growth, not decline.
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यावकीवञ्च,yā·va·kī·vañ·ca भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भिक्खूbhik·khū येye तेte भिक्खूbhik·khū थेराthe·rā रत्तञ्ञूrat·tañ·ñū चिरपब्बजिताci·ra·pab·ba·ji·tā सङ्घपितरोsaṅ·gha·pi·ta·ro सङ्घपरिणायकाsaṅ·gha·pa·ri·ṇā·ya·kā तेte सक्करिस्सन्तिsak·ka·ris·san·ti गरुंga·ruṃ करिस्सन्तिka·ris·san·ti मानेस्सन्तिmā·nes·san·ti पूजेस्सन्ति,pū·jes·san·ti तेसञ्चte·sañ·ca सोतब्बंso·tab·baṃ मञ्ञिस्सन्ति;mañ·ñis·san·ti वुद्धियेव,vud·dhi·ye·va भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भिक्खूनंbhik·khū·naṃ पाटिकङ्खा,pā·ṭi·kaṅ·khā नोno परिहानि।pa·ri·hā·ni

Yāvakīvañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhū ye te bhikkhū therā rattaññū cirapabbajitā saṅghapitaro saṅghapariṇāyakā te sakkarissanti garuṁ karissanti mānessanti pūjessanti, tesañca sotabbaṁ maññissanti; vuddhiyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhūnaṁ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihāni.

As long as the mendicants honor, respect, esteem, and venerate the senior mendicants—of long standing, long gone forth, fathers and leaders of the Saṅgha—and think them worth listening to, they can expect growth, not decline.
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यावकीवञ्च,yā·va·kī·vañ·ca भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भिक्खूbhik·khū उप्पन्नायup·pan·nā·ya तण्हायtaṇ·hā·ya पोनोभविकायpo·no·bha·vi·kā·ya नna वसंva·saṃ गच्छिस्सन्ति;gac·chis·san·ti वुद्धियेव,vud·dhi·ye·va भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भिक्खूनंbhik·khū·naṃ पाटिकङ्खा,pā·ṭi·kaṅ·khā नोno परिहानि।pa·ri·hā·ni

Yāvakīvañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhū uppannāya taṇhāya ponobhavikāya na vasaṁ gacchissanti; vuddhiyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhūnaṁ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihāni.

As long as the mendicants don’t fall under the sway of arisen craving for future lives, they can expect growth, not decline.
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यावकीवञ्च,yā·va·kī·vañ·ca भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भिक्खूbhik·khū आरञ्ञकेसुā·rañ·ña·ke·su सेनासनेसुse·nā·sa·ne·su सापेक्खाsā·pek·khā भविस्सन्ति;bha·vis·san·ti वुद्धियेव,vud·dhi·ye·va भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भिक्खूनंbhik·khū·naṃ पाटिकङ्खा,pā·ṭi·kaṅ·khā नोno परिहानि।pa·ri·hā·ni

Yāvakīvañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhū āraññakesu senāsanesu sāpekkhā bhavissanti; vuddhiyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhūnaṁ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihāni.

As long as the mendicants take care to live in wilderness lodgings, they can expect growth, not decline.
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यावकीवञ्च,yā·va·kī·vañ·ca भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भिक्खूbhik·khū पच्चत्तञ्ञेवpac·cat·tañ·ñe·va सतिंsa·tiṃ उपट्ठापेस्सन्ति:u·paṭ·ṭhā·pes·san·ti ‘किन्तिkin·ti अनागताa·nā·ga·tā चca पेसलाpe·sa·lā सब्रह्मचारीsab·rah·ma·cā·rī आगच्छेय्युं,ā·gac·chey·yuṃ आगताā·ga·tā चca पेसलाpe·sa·lā सब्रह्मचारीsab·rah·ma·cā·rī फासुंphā·suṃ विहरेय्युन्’ति;vi·ha·rey·yun वुद्धियेव,vud·dhi·ye·va भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भिक्खूनंbhik·khū·naṃ पाटिकङ्खा,pā·ṭi·kaṅ·khā नोno परिहानि।pa·ri·hā·ni

Yāvakīvañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhū paccattaññeva satiṁ upaṭṭhāpessanti: ‘kinti anāgatā ca pesalā sabrahmacārī āgaccheyyuṁ, āgatā ca pesalā sabrahmacārī phāsuṁ vihareyyun’ti; vuddhiyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhūnaṁ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihāni.

As long as the mendicants individually establish mindfulness, so that more good-hearted spiritual companions might come, and those that have already come may live comfortably, they can expect growth, not decline.
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यावकीवञ्च,yā·va·kī·vañ·ca भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve इमेi·me सत्तsat·ta अपरिहानियाa·pa·ri·hā·ni·yā धम्माdham·mā भिक्खूसुbhik·khū·su ठस्सन्ति,ṭhas·san·ti इमेसुi·me·su चca सत्तसुsat·ta·su अपरिहानियेसुa·pa·ri·hā·ni·ye·su धम्मेसुdham·me·su भिक्खूbhik·khū सन्दिस्सिस्सन्ति;san·dis·sis·san·ti वुद्धियेव,vud·dhi·ye·va भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भिक्खूनंbhik·khū·naṃ पाटिकङ्खा,pā·ṭi·kaṅ·khā नोno परिहानी”ति।pa·ri·hā·nī

Yāvakīvañca, bhikkhave, ime satta aparihāniyā dhammā bhikkhūsu ṭhassanti, imesu ca sattasu aparihāniyesu dhammesu bhikkhū sandississanti; vuddhiyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhūnaṁ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihānī”ti.

As long as these seven principles that prevent decline last among the mendicants, and as long as the mendicants are seen following them, they can expect growth, not decline.”
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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.