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Dūteyyasutta

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अङ्गुत्तरaṅ·gut·ta·ra निकायni·kā·ya 8।16

Aṅguttara Nikāya 8.16

Numbered Discourses 8.16
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2। महावग्गma·hā·vag·ga

2. Mahāvagga

2. The Great Chapter
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दूतेय्यसुत्तdū·tey·ya·sut·ta

Dūteyyasutta

Going on a Mission
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“अट्ठहि,aṭ·ṭha·hi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve धम्मेहिdham·me·hi समन्नागतोsa·man·nā·ga·to भिक्खुbhik·khu दूतेय्यंdū·tey·yaṃ गन्तुमरहति।gan·tu·ma·ra·ha·ti

“Aṭṭhahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu dūteyyaṁ gantumarahati.

“Mendicants, a mendicant with eight qualities is worthy of going on a mission.
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कतमेहिka·ta·me·hi अट्ठहि?aṭ·ṭha·hi

Katamehi aṭṭhahi?

What eight?
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इध,i·dha भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भिक्खुbhik·khu सोताso·tā चca होति,ho·ti सावेताsā·ve·tā च,ca उग्गहेताug·ga·he·tā च,ca धारेताdhā·re·tā च,ca विञ्ञाताviñ·ñā·tā च,ca विञ्ञापेताviñ·ñā·pe·tā च,ca कुसलोku·sa·lo चca सहितासहितस्स,sa·hi·tā·sa·hi·tas·sa नोno चca कलहकारको—ka·la·ha·kā·ra·ko

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sotā ca hoti, sāvetā ca, uggahetā ca, dhāretā ca, viññātā ca, viññāpetā ca, kusalo ca sahitāsahitassa, no ca kalahakārako—

It’s a mendicant who learns and educates others. They memorize and remember. They understand and help others understand. They’re skilled at knowing what’s on topic and what isn’t. And they don’t cause quarrels.
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इमेहिi·me·hi खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve अट्ठहिaṭ·ṭha·hi धम्मेहिdham·me·hi समन्नागतोsa·man·nā·ga·to भिक्खुbhik·khu दूतेय्यंdū·tey·yaṃ गन्तुमरहति।gan·tu·ma·ra·ha·ti

imehi kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭhahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu dūteyyaṁ gantumarahati.

A mendicant with these eight qualities is worthy of going on a mission.
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अट्ठहि,aṭ·ṭha·hi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve धम्मेहिdham·me·hi समन्नागतोsa·man·nā·ga·to सारिपुत्तोsā·ri·put·to दूतेय्यंdū·tey·yaṃ गन्तुमरहति।gan·tu·ma·ra·ha·ti

Aṭṭhahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato sāriputto dūteyyaṁ gantumarahati.

Having eight qualities Sāriputta is worthy of going on a mission.
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कतमेहिka·ta·me·hi अट्ठहि?aṭ·ṭha·hi

Katamehi aṭṭhahi?

What eight?
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इध,i·dha भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve सारिपुत्तोsā·ri·put·to सोताso·tā चca होति,ho·ti सावेताsā·ve·tā च,ca उग्गहेताug·ga·he·tā च,ca धारेताdhā·re·tā च,ca विञ्ञाताviñ·ñā·tā च,ca विञ्ञापेताviñ·ñā·pe·tā च,ca कुसलोku·sa·lo चca सहितासहितस्स,sa·hi·tā·sa·hi·tas·sa नोno चca कलहकारको।ka·la·ha·kā·ra·ko

Idha, bhikkhave, sāriputto sotā ca hoti, sāvetā ca, uggahetā ca, dhāretā ca, viññātā ca, viññāpetā ca, kusalo ca sahitāsahitassa, no ca kalahakārako.

He learns and educates others. He memorizes and remembers. He understands and helps others understand. He’s skilled at knowing what’s on topic and what isn’t. And he doesn’t cause quarrels.
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इमेहिi·me·hi खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve अट्ठहिaṭ·ṭha·hi धम्मेहिdham·me·hi समन्नागतोsa·man·nā·ga·to सारिपुत्तोsā·ri·put·to दूतेय्यंdū·tey·yaṃ गन्तुमरहतीति।gan·tu·ma·ra·ha·tī·ti

Imehi kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭhahi dhammehi samannāgato sāriputto dūteyyaṁ gantumarahatīti.

Having these eight qualities Sāriputta is worthy of going on a mission.
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योyo वेve नna ब्यथतिbya·tha·ti पत्वा,pat·vā

Yo ve na byathati patvā,

They don’t tremble when arriving
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परिसंpa·ri·saṃ उग्गवादिनिं;ug·ga·vā·di·niṃ

parisaṁ uggavādiniṁ;

at an assembly of fierce debaters.
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नna चca हापेतिhā·pe·ti वचनं,va·ca·naṃ

Na ca hāpeti vacanaṁ,

They don’t miss out any words,
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नna चca छादेतिchā·de·ti सासनं।sā·sa·naṃ

na ca chādeti sāsanaṁ.

or conceal the instructions.
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असन्दिद्धञ्चa·san·did·dhañ·ca भणति,bha·ṇa·ti

Asandiddhañca bhaṇati,

Their words aren’t poisoned,
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पुच्छितोpuc·chi·to नna चca कुप्पति;kup·pa·ti

Pucchito na ca kuppati;

and they don’t tremble when questioned.
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सsa वेve तादिसकोtā·di·sa·ko भिक्खु,bhik·khu

Sa ve tādisako bhikkhu,

Such a mendicant
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दूतेय्यंdū·tey·yaṃ गन्तुमरहती”ति।gan·tu·ma·ra·ha·tī

Dūteyyaṁ gantumarahatī”ti.

is worthy of going on a mission.”
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छट्ठं।chaṭ·ṭhaṃ

Chaṭṭhaṁ.

(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.