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Bhāvanāsutta
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भावनासुत्तbhā·va·nā·sut·ta
Bhāvanāsutta
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“भावनंbhā·va·naṃ अननुयुत्तस्स,a·na·nu·yut·tas·sa भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भिक्खुनोbhik·khu·no विहरतोvi·ha·ra·to किञ्चापिkiñ·cā·pi एवंe·vaṃ इच्छाic·chā उप्पज्जेय्य:up·paj·jey·ya
“Bhāvanaṁ ananuyuttassa, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno viharato kiñcāpi evaṁ icchā uppajjeyya:
“Mendicants, when a mendicant is not committed to development, they might wish:
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‘अभावितत्ता’तिस्सa·bhā·vi·tat·tā वचनीयं।va·ca·nī·yaṃ
‘Abhāvitattā’tissa vacanīyaṁ.
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किस्सkis·sa अभावितत्ता?a·bhā·vi·tat·tā
Kissa abhāvitattā?
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चतुन्नंca·tun·naṃ सतिपट्ठानानं,sa·ti·paṭ·ṭhā·nā·naṃ चतुन्नंca·tun·naṃ सम्मप्पधानानं,sam·map·pa·dhā·nā·naṃ चतुन्नंca·tun·naṃ इद्धिपादानं,id·dhi·pā·dā·naṃ पञ्चन्नंpañ·can·naṃ इन्द्रियानं,in·dri·yā·naṃ पञ्चन्नंpañ·can·naṃ बलानं,ba·lā·naṃ सत्तन्नंsat·tan·naṃ बोज्झङ्गानं,boj·jhaṅ·gā·naṃ अरियस्सa·ri·yas·sa अट्ठङ्गिकस्सaṭ·ṭhaṅ·gi·kas·sa मग्गस्स।mag·gas·sa
Catunnaṁ satipaṭṭhānānaṁ, catunnaṁ sammappadhānānaṁ, catunnaṁ iddhipādānaṁ, pañcannaṁ indriyānaṁ, pañcannaṁ balānaṁ, sattannaṁ bojjhaṅgānaṁ, ariyassa aṭṭhaṅgikassa maggassa.
The four kinds of mindfulness meditation, the four right efforts, the four bases of psychic power, the five faculties, the five powers, the seven awakening factors, and the noble eightfold path.
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तानस्सुtā·nas·su कुक्कुटियाkuk·ku·ṭi·yā नna सम्माsam·mā अधिसयितानि,a·dhi·sa·yi·tā·ni नna सम्माsam·mā परिसेदितानि,pa·ri·se·di·tā·ni नna सम्माsam·mā परिभावितानि।pa·ri·bhā·vi·tā·ni
Tānassu kukkuṭiyā na sammā adhisayitāni, na sammā pariseditāni, na sammā paribhāvitāni.
But she had not properly sat on them to keep them warm and incubated.
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‘अहोa·ho वतva·ta मेme कुक्कुटपोतकाkuk·ku·ṭa·po·ta·kā पादनखसिखायpā·da·na·kha·si·khā·ya वाvā मुखतुण्डकेनmu·kha·tuṇ·ḍa·ke·na वाvā अण्डकोसंaṇ·ḍa·ko·saṃ पदालेत्वाpa·dā·let·vā सोत्थिनाsot·thi·nā अभिनिब्भिज्जेय्युन्’ति,a·bhi·nib·bhij·jey·yun
‘aho vata me kukkuṭapotakā pādanakhasikhāya vā mukhatuṇḍakena vā aṇḍakosaṁ padāletvā sotthinā abhinibbhijjeyyun’ti,
‘If only my chicks could break out of the eggshell with their claws and beak and hatch safely!’
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अथa·tha खोkho अभब्बावa·bhab·bā·va तेte कुक्कुटपोतकाkuk·ku·ṭa·po·ta·kā पादनखसिखायpā·da·na·kha·si·khā·ya वाvā मुखतुण्डकेनmu·kha·tuṇ·ḍa·ke·na वाvā अण्डकोसंaṇ·ḍa·ko·saṃ पदालेत्वाpa·dā·let·vā सोत्थिनाsot·thi·nā अभिनिब्भिज्जितुं।a·bhi·nib·bhij·ji·tuṃ
atha kho abhabbāva te kukkuṭapotakā pādanakhasikhāya vā mukhatuṇḍakena vā aṇḍakosaṁ padāletvā sotthinā abhinibbhijjituṁ.
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तथाta·thā हि,hi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve कुक्कुटियाkuk·ku·ṭi·yā अण्डानिaṇ·ḍā·ni नna सम्माsam·mā अधिसयितानि,a·dhi·sa·yi·tā·ni नna सम्माsam·mā परिसेदितानि,pa·ri·se·di·tā·ni नna सम्माsam·mā परिभावितानि।pa·ri·bhā·vi·tā·ni
Tathā hi, bhikkhave, kukkuṭiyā aṇḍāni na sammā adhisayitāni, na sammā pariseditāni, na sammā paribhāvitāni.
Because she has not properly sat on them to keep them warm and incubated.
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एवमेवंe·va·me·vaṃ खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भावनंbhā·va·naṃ अननुयुत्तस्सa·na·nu·yut·tas·sa भिक्खुनोbhik·khu·no विहरतोvi·ha·ra·to किञ्चापिkiñ·cā·pi एवंe·vaṃ इच्छाic·chā उप्पज्जेय्य:up·paj·jey·ya
Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhāvanaṁ ananuyuttassa bhikkhuno viharato kiñcāpi evaṁ icchā uppajjeyya:
In the same way, when a mendicant is not committed to development, they might wish:
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‘अभावितत्ता’तिस्सa·bhā·vi·tat·tā वचनीयं।va·ca·nī·yaṃ
‘Abhāvitattā’tissa vacanīyaṁ.
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किस्सkis·sa अभावितत्ता?a·bhā·vi·tat·tā
Kissa abhāvitattā?
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चतुन्नंca·tun·naṃ सतिपट्ठानानं,sa·ti·paṭ·ṭhā·nā·naṃ चतुन्नंca·tun·naṃ सम्मप्पधानानं,sam·map·pa·dhā·nā·naṃ चतुन्नंca·tun·naṃ इद्धिपादानं,id·dhi·pā·dā·naṃ पञ्चन्नंpañ·can·naṃ इन्द्रियानं,in·dri·yā·naṃ पञ्चन्नंpañ·can·naṃ बलानं,ba·lā·naṃ सत्तन्नंsat·tan·naṃ बोज्झङ्गानं,boj·jhaṅ·gā·naṃ अरियस्सa·ri·yas·sa अट्ठङ्गिकस्सaṭ·ṭhaṅ·gi·kas·sa मग्गस्स।mag·gas·sa
Catunnaṁ satipaṭṭhānānaṁ, catunnaṁ sammappadhānānaṁ, catunnaṁ iddhipādānaṁ, pañcannaṁ indriyānaṁ, pañcannaṁ balānaṁ, sattannaṁ bojjhaṅgānaṁ, ariyassa aṭṭhaṅgikassa maggassa.
The four kinds of mindfulness meditation, the four right efforts, the four bases of psychic power, the five faculties, the five powers, the seven awakening factors, and the noble eightfold path.
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भावनंbhā·va·naṃ अनुयुत्तस्स,a·nu·yut·tas·sa भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भिक्खुनोbhik·khu·no विहरतोvi·ha·ra·to किञ्चापिkiñ·cā·pi नna एवंe·vaṃ इच्छाic·chā उप्पज्जेय्य:up·paj·jey·ya
Bhāvanaṁ anuyuttassa, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno viharato kiñcāpi na evaṁ icchā uppajjeyya:
When a mendicant is committed to development, they might not wish:
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किस्सkis·sa भावितत्ता?bhā·vi·tat·tā
Kissa bhāvitattā?
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चतुन्नंca·tun·naṃ सतिपट्ठानानं,sa·ti·paṭ·ṭhā·nā·naṃ चतुन्नंca·tun·naṃ सम्मप्पधानानं,sam·map·pa·dhā·nā·naṃ चतुन्नंca·tun·naṃ इद्धिपादानं,id·dhi·pā·dā·naṃ पञ्चन्नंpañ·can·naṃ इन्द्रियानं,in·dri·yā·naṃ पञ्चन्नंpañ·can·naṃ बलानं,ba·lā·naṃ सत्तन्नंsat·tan·naṃ बोज्झङ्गानं,boj·jhaṅ·gā·naṃ अरियस्सa·ri·yas·sa अट्ठङ्गिकस्सaṭ·ṭhaṅ·gi·kas·sa मग्गस्स।mag·gas·sa
Catunnaṁ satipaṭṭhānānaṁ, catunnaṁ sammappadhānānaṁ, catunnaṁ iddhipādānaṁ, pañcannaṁ indriyānaṁ, pañcannaṁ balānaṁ, sattannaṁ bojjhaṅgānaṁ, ariyassa aṭṭhaṅgikassa maggassa.
The four kinds of mindfulness meditation, the four right efforts, the four bases of psychic power, the five faculties, the five powers, the seven awakening factors, and the noble eightfold path.
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तानस्सुtā·nas·su कुक्कुटियाkuk·ku·ṭi·yā सम्माsam·mā अधिसयितानि,a·dhi·sa·yi·tā·ni सम्माsam·mā परिसेदितानि,pa·ri·se·di·tā·ni सम्माsam·mā परिभावितानि।pa·ri·bhā·vi·tā·ni
Tānassu kukkuṭiyā sammā adhisayitāni, sammā pariseditāni, sammā paribhāvitāni.
And she properly sat on them to keep them warm and incubated.
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‘अहोa·ho वतva·ta मेme कुक्कुटपोतकाkuk·ku·ṭa·po·ta·kā पादनखसिखायpā·da·na·kha·si·khā·ya वाvā मुखतुण्डकेनmu·kha·tuṇ·ḍa·ke·na वाvā अण्डकोसंaṇ·ḍa·ko·saṃ पदालेत्वाpa·dā·let·vā सोत्थिनाsot·thi·nā अभिनिब्भिज्जेय्युन्’ति,a·bhi·nib·bhij·jey·yun
‘aho vata me kukkuṭapotakā pādanakhasikhāya vā mukhatuṇḍakena vā aṇḍakosaṁ padāletvā sotthinā abhinibbhijjeyyun’ti,
‘If only my chicks could break out of the eggshell with their claws and beak and hatch safely!’
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अथa·tha खोkho भब्बावbhab·bā·va तेte कुक्कुटपोतकाkuk·ku·ṭa·po·ta·kā पादनखसिखायpā·da·na·kha·si·khā·ya वाvā मुखतुण्डकेनmu·kha·tuṇ·ḍa·ke·na वाvā अण्डकोसंaṇ·ḍa·ko·saṃ पदालेत्वाpa·dā·let·vā सोत्थिनाsot·thi·nā अभिनिब्भिज्जितुं।a·bhi·nib·bhij·ji·tuṃ
atha kho bhabbāva te kukkuṭapotakā pādanakhasikhāya vā mukhatuṇḍakena vā aṇḍakosaṁ padāletvā sotthinā abhinibbhijjituṁ.
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तथाta·thā हि,hi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve कुक्कुटियाkuk·ku·ṭi·yā अण्डानिaṇ·ḍā·ni सम्माsam·mā अधिसयितानि,a·dhi·sa·yi·tā·ni सम्माsam·mā परिसेदितानि,pa·ri·se·di·tā·ni सम्माsam·mā परिभावितानि।pa·ri·bhā·vi·tā·ni
Tathā hi, bhikkhave, kukkuṭiyā aṇḍāni sammā adhisayitāni, sammā pariseditāni, sammā paribhāvitāni.
Because she properly sat on them to keep them warm and incubated.
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एवमेवंe·va·me·vaṃ खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भावनंbhā·va·naṃ अनुयुत्तस्सa·nu·yut·tas·sa भिक्खुनोbhik·khu·no विहरतोvi·ha·ra·to किञ्चापिkiñ·cā·pi नna एवंe·vaṃ इच्छाic·chā उप्पज्जेय्य:up·paj·jey·ya
Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhāvanaṁ anuyuttassa bhikkhuno viharato kiñcāpi na evaṁ icchā uppajjeyya:
In the same way, when a mendicant is committed to development, they might not wish:
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किस्सkis·sa भावितत्ता?bhā·vi·tat·tā
Kissa bhāvitattā?
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चतुन्नंca·tun·naṃ सतिपट्ठानानंsa·ti·paṭ·ṭhā·nā·naṃ …पे…pe अरियस्सa·ri·yas·sa अट्ठङ्गिकस्सaṭ·ṭhaṅ·gi·kas·sa मग्गस्स।mag·gas·sa
Catunnaṁ satipaṭṭhānānaṁ …pe… ariyassa aṭṭhaṅgikassa maggassa.
The four kinds of mindfulness meditation, the four right efforts, the four bases of psychic power, the five faculties, the five powers, the seven awakening factors, and the noble eightfold path.
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सेय्यथापि,sey·ya·thā·pi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve फलगण्डस्सpha·la·gaṇ·ḍas·sa वाvā फलगण्डन्तेवासिकस्सpha·la·gaṇ·ḍan·te·vā·si·kas·sa वाvā दिस्सन्तेवdis·san·te·va वासिजटेvā·si·ja·ṭe अङ्गुलिपदानिaṅ·gu·li·pa·dā·ni दिस्सतिdis·sa·ti अङ्गुट्ठपदं।aṅ·guṭ·ṭha·pa·daṃ नोno चca ख्वस्सkhvas·sa एवंe·vaṃ ञाणंñā·ṇaṃ होति:ho·ti ‘एत्तकंet·ta·kaṃ मेme अज्जaj·ja वासिजटस्सvā·si·ja·ṭas·sa खीणं,khī·ṇaṃ एत्तकंet·ta·kaṃ हिय्यो,hiy·yo एत्तकंet·ta·kaṃ परे’ति,pa·re अथa·tha ख्वस्सkhvas·sa खीणेkhī·ṇe ‘खीणन्’तेवkhī·ṇan ञाणंñā·ṇaṃ होति।ho·ti
Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, phalagaṇḍassa vā phalagaṇḍantevāsikassa vā dissanteva vāsijaṭe aṅgulipadāni dissati aṅguṭṭhapadaṁ. No ca khvassa evaṁ ñāṇaṁ hoti: ‘ettakaṁ me ajja vāsijaṭassa khīṇaṁ, ettakaṁ hiyyo, ettakaṁ pare’ti, atha khvassa khīṇe ‘khīṇan’teva ñāṇaṁ hoti.
Suppose a mason or their apprentice sees the marks of his fingers and thumb on the handle of his adze. They don’t know how much of the handle was worn away today, how much yesterday, and how much previously. They just know what has been worn away.
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एवमेवंe·va·me·vaṃ खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भावनंbhā·va·naṃ अनुयुत्तस्सa·nu·yut·tas·sa भिक्खुनोbhik·khu·no विहरतोvi·ha·ra·to किञ्चापिkiñ·cā·pi नna एवंe·vaṃ ञाणंñā·ṇaṃ होति:ho·ti ‘एत्तकंet·ta·kaṃ मेme अज्जaj·ja आसवानंā·sa·vā·naṃ खीणं,khī·ṇaṃ एत्तकंet·ta·kaṃ हिय्यो,hiy·yo एत्तकंet·ta·kaṃ परे’ति,pa·re अथa·tha ख्वस्सkhvas·sa खीणेkhī·ṇe ‘खीणन्’तेवkhī·ṇan ञाणंñā·ṇaṃ होति।ho·ti
Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhāvanaṁ anuyuttassa bhikkhuno viharato kiñcāpi na evaṁ ñāṇaṁ hoti: ‘ettakaṁ me ajja āsavānaṁ khīṇaṁ, ettakaṁ hiyyo, ettakaṁ pare’ti, atha khvassa khīṇe ‘khīṇan’teva ñāṇaṁ hoti.
In the same way, when a mendicant is committed to development, they don’t know how much of the defilements were worn away today, how much yesterday, and how much previously. They just know what has been worn away.
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सेय्यथापि,sey·ya·thā·pi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve सामुद्दिकायsā·mud·di·kā·ya नावायnā·vā·ya वेत्तबन्धनबद्धायvet·ta·ban·dha·na·bad·dhā·ya छcha मासानिmā·sā·ni उदकेu·da·ke परियादायpa·ri·yā·dā·ya हेमन्तिकेनhe·man·ti·ke·na थलेtha·le उक्खित्तायuk·khit·tā·ya वातातपपरेतानिvā·tā·ta·pa·pa·re·tā·ni बन्धनानि,ban·dha·nā·ni तानिtā·ni पावुस्सकेनpā·vus·sa·ke·na मेघेनme·ghe·na अभिप्पवुट्ठानिa·bhip·pa·vuṭ·ṭhā·ni अप्पकसिरेनेवap·pa·ka·si·re·ne·va परिहायन्ति,pa·ri·hā·yan·ti पूतिकानिpū·ti·kā·ni भवन्ति।bha·van·ti
Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, sāmuddikāya nāvāya vettabandhanabaddhāya cha māsāni udake pariyādāya hemantikena thale ukkhittāya vātātapaparetāni bandhanāni, tāni pāvussakena meghena abhippavuṭṭhāni appakasireneva parihāyanti, pūtikāni bhavanti.
Suppose there was a sea-faring ship bound together with ropes. For six months they deteriorated in the water. Then in the cold season it was hauled up on dry land, where the ropes were weathered by wind and sun. When the monsoon clouds soaked it with rain, the ropes would readily collapse and rot away.
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एवमेवंe·va·me·vaṃ खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भावनंbhā·va·naṃ अनुयुत्तस्सa·nu·yut·tas·sa भिक्खुनोbhik·khu·no विहरतोvi·ha·ra·to अप्पकसिरेनेवap·pa·ka·si·re·ne·va संयोजनानिsaṃ·yo·ja·nā·ni पटिप्पस्सम्भन्ति,pa·ṭip·pas·sam·bhan·ti पूतिकानिpū·ti·kā·ni भवन्ती”ति।bha·van·tī
Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhāvanaṁ anuyuttassa bhikkhuno viharato appakasireneva saṁyojanāni paṭippassambhanti, pūtikāni bhavantī”ti.
In the same way, when a mendicant is committed to development their fetters readily collapse and rot away.”
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सत्तमं।sat·ta·maṃ
Sattamaṁ.
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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.