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Sappurisasutta

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अङ्गुत्तरaṅ·gut·ta·ra निकायni·kā·ya 8।38

Aṅguttara Nikāya 8.38

Numbered Discourses 8.38
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4। दानवग्गdā·na·vag·ga

4. Dānavagga

4. Giving
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सप्पुरिससुत्तsap·pu·ri·sa·sut·ta

Sappurisasutta

A True Person
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“सप्पुरिसो,sap·pu·ri·so भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve कुलेku·le जायमानोjā·ya·mā·no बहुनोba·hu·no जनस्सja·nas·sa अत्थायat·thā·ya हितायhi·tā·ya सुखायsu·khā·ya होति—ho·ti

“Sappuriso, bhikkhave, kule jāyamāno bahuno janassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti—

“Mendicants, a true person is born in a family for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of the people.
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मातापितूनंmā·tā·pi·tū·naṃ अत्थायat·thā·ya हितायhi·tā·ya सुखायsu·khā·ya होति,ho·ti पुत्तदारस्सput·ta·dā·ras·sa अत्थायat·thā·ya हितायhi·tā·ya सुखायsu·khā·ya होति,ho·ti दासकम्मकरपोरिसस्सdā·sa·kam·ma·ka·ra·po·ri·sas·sa अत्थायat·thā·ya हितायhi·tā·ya सुखायsu·khā·ya होति,ho·ti मित्तामच्चानंmit·tā·mac·cā·naṃ अत्थायat·thā·ya हितायhi·tā·ya सुखायsu·khā·ya होति,ho·ti पुब्बपेतानंpub·ba·pe·tā·naṃ अत्थायat·thā·ya हितायhi·tā·ya सुखायsu·khā·ya होति,ho·ti रञ्ञोrañ·ño अत्थायat·thā·ya हितायhi·tā·ya सुखायsu·khā·ya होति,ho·ti देवतानंde·va·tā·naṃ अत्थायat·thā·ya हितायhi·tā·ya सुखायsu·khā·ya होति,ho·ti समणब्राह्मणानंsa·ma·ṇab·rāh·ma·ṇā·naṃ अत्थायat·thā·ya हितायhi·tā·ya सुखायsu·khā·ya होति।ho·ti

mātāpitūnaṁ atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti, puttadārassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti, dāsakammakaraporisassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti, mittāmaccānaṁ atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti, pubbapetānaṁ atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti, rañño atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti, devatānaṁ atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti, samaṇabrāhmaṇānaṁ atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti.

For the benefit, welfare, and happiness of mother and father; children and partners; bondservants, workers, and staff; friends and colleagues; departed ancestors; the king; the deities; and ascetics and brahmins.
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सेय्यथापि,sey·ya·thā·pi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve महामेघोma·hā·me·gho सब्बसस्सानिsab·ba·sas·sā·ni सम्पादेन्तोsam·pā·den·to बहुनोba·hu·no जनस्सja·nas·sa अत्थायat·thā·ya हितायhi·tā·ya सुखायsu·khā·ya होति;ho·ti

Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, mahāmegho sabbasassāni sampādento bahuno janassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti;

It’s like a great rain cloud, which nourishes all the crops for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of the people.
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एवमेवंe·va·me·vaṃ खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve सप्पुरिसोsap·pu·ri·so कुलेku·le जायमानोjā·ya·mā·no बहुनोba·hu·no जनस्सja·nas·sa अत्थायat·thā·ya हितायhi·tā·ya सुखायsu·khā·ya होति—ho·ti

evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, sappuriso kule jāyamāno bahuno janassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti—

In the same way, a true person is born in a family for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of the people. …
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मातापितूनंmā·tā·pi·tū·naṃ अत्थायat·thā·ya हितायhi·tā·ya सुखायsu·khā·ya होति,ho·ti पुत्तदारस्सput·ta·dā·ras·sa अत्थायat·thā·ya हितायhi·tā·ya सुखायsu·khā·ya होति,ho·ti दासकम्मकरपोरिसस्सdā·sa·kam·ma·ka·ra·po·ri·sas·sa अत्थायat·thā·ya हितायhi·tā·ya सुखायsu·khā·ya होति,ho·ti मित्तामच्चानंmit·tā·mac·cā·naṃ अत्थायat·thā·ya हितायhi·tā·ya सुखायsu·khā·ya होति,ho·ti पुब्बपेतानंpub·ba·pe·tā·naṃ अत्थायat·thā·ya हितायhi·tā·ya सुखायsu·khā·ya होति,ho·ti रञ्ञोrañ·ño अत्थायat·thā·ya हितायhi·tā·ya सुखायsu·khā·ya होति,ho·ti देवतानंde·va·tā·naṃ अत्थायat·thā·ya हितायhi·tā·ya सुखायsu·khā·ya होति,ho·ti समणब्राह्मणानंsa·ma·ṇab·rāh·ma·ṇā·naṃ अत्थायat·thā·ya हितायhi·tā·ya सुखायsu·khā·ya होतीति।ho·tī·ti

mātāpitūnaṁ atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti, puttadārassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti, dāsakammakaraporisassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti, mittāmaccānaṁ atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti, pubbapetānaṁ atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti, rañño atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti, devatānaṁ atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti, samaṇabrāhmaṇānaṁ atthāya hitāya sukhāya hotīti.

(Pāli only)
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बहूनंba·hū·naṃ वतva·ta अत्थाय,at·thā·ya

Bahūnaṁ vata atthāya,

A wise person living at home
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सप्पञ्ञोsap·pañ·ño घरमावसं;gha·ra·mā·va·saṃ

sappañño gharamāvasaṁ;

benefits many people.
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मातरंmā·ta·raṃ पितरंpi·ta·raṃ पुब्बे,pub·be

Mātaraṁ pitaraṁ pubbe,

Neither by day or at night do they neglect
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रत्तिन्दिवमतन्दितो।rat·tin·di·va·ma·tan·di·to

rattindivamatandito.

their mother, father, and ancestors.
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पूजेतिpū·je·ti सहधम्मेन,sa·ha·dham·me·na

Pūjeti sahadhammena,

They venerate them in accord with the teaching,
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पुब्बेकतमनुस्सरं;pub·be·ka·ta·ma·nus·sa·raṃ

pubbekatamanussaraṁ;

remembering what they have done.
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अनागारेa·nā·gā·re पब्बजिते,pab·ba·ji·te

Anāgāre pabbajite,

One of settled faith and good nature
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अपचेa·pa·ce ब्रह्मचारयो।brah·ma·cā·ra·yo

apace brahmacārayo.

venerates the homeless renunciates,
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निविट्ठसद्धोni·viṭ·ṭha·sad·dho पूजेति,pū·je·ti

Niviṭṭhasaddho pūjeti,

the mendicant spiritual practitioners,
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ञत्वाñat·vā धम्मेdham·me चca पेसलो;pe·sa·lo

ñatvā dhamme ca pesalo;

knowing their good-hearted qualities.
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रञ्ञोrañ·ño हितोhi·to देवहितो,de·va·hi·to

Rañño hito devahito,

Good for the king, good for the gods,
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ञातीनंñā·tī·naṃ सखिनंsa·khi·naṃ हितो।hi·to

ñātīnaṁ sakhinaṁ hito.

and good for relatives and comrades.
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सब्बेसंsab·be·saṃ सोso हितोhi·to होति,ho·ti

Sabbesaṁ so hito hoti,

In fact, they’re good for everyone,
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सद्धम्मेsad·dham·me सुप्पतिट्ठितो;sup·pa·tiṭ·ṭhi·to

saddhamme suppatiṭṭhito;

well grounded in the true teaching.
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विनेय्यvi·ney·ya मच्छेरमलं,mac·che·ra·ma·laṃ

Vineyya maccheramalaṁ,

Rid of the stain of stinginess,
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सsa लोकंlo·kaṃ भजतेbha·ja·te सिवन्”ति।si·van

sa lokaṁ bhajate sivan”ti.

they’ll enjoy a world of grace.”
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अट्ठमं।aṭ·ṭha·maṃ

Aṭṭhamaṁ.

(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.