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Malasutta

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अङ्गुत्तरaṅ·gut·ta·ra निकायni·kā·ya 8।15

Aṅguttara Nikāya 8.15

Numbered Discourses 8.15
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2। महावग्गma·hā·vag·ga

2. Mahāvagga

2. The Great Chapter
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मलसुत्तma·la·sut·ta

Malasutta

Stains
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“अट्ठिमानि,aṭ·ṭhi·mā·ni भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve मलानि।ma·lā·ni

“Aṭṭhimāni, bhikkhave, malāni.

“Mendicants, there are these eight stains.
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कतमानिka·ta·mā·ni अट्ठ?aṭ·ṭha

Katamāni aṭṭha?

What eight?
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असज्झायमला,a·saj·jhā·ya·ma·lā भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve मन्ता;man·tā

Asajjhāyamalā, bhikkhave, mantā;

Not rehearsing is the stain of hymns.
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अनुट्ठानमला,a·nuṭ·ṭhā·na·ma·lā भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve घरा;gha·rā

anuṭṭhānamalā, bhikkhave, gharā;

Neglect is the stain of houses.
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मलं,ma·laṃ भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve वण्णस्सvaṇ·ṇas·sa कोसज्जं;ko·saj·jaṃ

malaṁ, bhikkhave, vaṇṇassa kosajjaṁ;

Laziness is the stain of beauty.
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पमादो,pa·mā·do भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve रक्खतोrak·kha·to मलं;ma·laṃ

pamādo, bhikkhave, rakkhato malaṁ;

Negligence is a guard’s stain.
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मलं,ma·laṃ भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve इत्थियाit·thi·yā दुच्चरितं;duc·ca·ri·taṃ

malaṁ, bhikkhave, itthiyā duccaritaṁ;

Misconduct is a woman’s stain.
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मच्छेरं,mac·che·raṃ भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve ददतोda·da·to मलं;ma·laṃ

maccheraṁ, bhikkhave, dadato malaṁ;

Stinginess is a giver’s stain.
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मला,ma·lā भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve पापकाpā·pa·kā अकुसलाa·ku·sa·lā धम्माdham·mā अस्मिंas·miṃ लोकेlo·ke परम्हिpa·ram·hi च;ca

malā, bhikkhave, pāpakā akusalā dhammā asmiṁ loke paramhi ca;

Bad, unskillful qualities are a stain in this world and the next.
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ततो,ta·to भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve मलाma·lā मलतरंma·la·ta·raṃ अविज्जाa·vij·jā परमंpa·ra·maṃ मलं।ma·laṃ

tato, bhikkhave, malā malataraṁ avijjā paramaṁ malaṁ.

Worse than any of these is ignorance, the worst stain of all.
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इमानिi·mā·ni खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve अट्ठaṭ·ṭha मलानीति।ma·lā·nī·ti

Imāni kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭha malānīti.

These are the eight stains.
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असज्झायमलाa·saj·jhā·ya·ma·lā मन्ता,man·tā

Asajjhāyamalā mantā,

Not rehearsing is the stain of hymns.
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अनुट्ठानमलाa·nuṭ·ṭhā·na·ma·lā घरा;gha·rā

anuṭṭhānamalā gharā;

The stain of houses is neglect.
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मलंma·laṃ वण्णस्सvaṇ·ṇas·sa कोसज्जं,ko·saj·jaṃ

Malaṁ vaṇṇassa kosajjaṁ,

Laziness is the stain of beauty.
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पमादोpa·mā·do रक्खतोrak·kha·to मलं।ma·laṃ

pamādo rakkhato malaṁ.

A guard’s stain is negligence.
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मलित्थियाma·lit·thi·yā दुच्चरितं,duc·ca·ri·taṃ

Malitthiyā duccaritaṁ,

Misconduct is a woman’s stain.
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मच्छेरंmac·che·raṃ ददतोda·da·to मलं;ma·laṃ

maccheraṁ dadato malaṁ;

A giver’s stain is stinginess.
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मलाma·lā वेve पापकाpā·pa·kā धम्मा,dham·mā

Malā ve pāpakā dhammā,

Bad qualities are a stain
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अस्मिंas·miṃ लोकेlo·ke परम्हिpa·ram·hi च;ca

asmiṁ loke paramhi ca;

in this world and the next.
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ततोta·to मलाma·lā मलतरं,ma·la·ta·raṃ

Tato malā malataraṁ,

But a worse stain than these
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अविज्जाa·vij·jā परमंpa·ra·maṃ मलन्”ति।ma·lan

avijjā paramaṁ malan”ti.

is ignorance, the worst stain of all.”
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पञ्चमं।pañ·ca·maṃ

Pañcamaṁ.

(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.