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Gaṇḍasutta

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अङ्गुत्तरaṅ·gut·ta·ra निकायni·kā·ya 9।15

Aṅguttara Nikāya 9.15

Numbered Discourses 9.15
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2। सीहनादवग्गsī·ha·nā·da·vag·ga

2. Sīhanādavagga

2. The Lion’s Roar
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गण्डसुत्तgaṇ·ḍa·sut·ta

Gaṇḍasutta

The Simile of the Boil
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“सेय्यथापि,sey·ya·thā·pi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve गण्डोgaṇ·ḍo अनेकवस्सगणिको।a·ne·ka·vas·sa·ga·ṇi·ko

“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, gaṇḍo anekavassagaṇiko.

“Mendicants, suppose there was a boil that was many years old.
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तस्सस्सुtas·sas·su गण्डस्सgaṇ·ḍas·sa नवna·va वणमुखानिva·ṇa·mu·khā·ni नवna·va अभेदनमुखानि।a·bhe·da·na·mu·khā·ni

Tassassu gaṇḍassa nava vaṇamukhāni nava abhedanamukhāni.

And that boil had nine orifices that were continually open wounds.
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ततोta·to यंyaṃ किञ्चिkiñ·ci पग्घरेय्य—pag·gha·rey·ya

Tato yaṁ kiñci pagghareyya—

Whatever oozed out of them
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असुचियेवa·su·ci·ye·va पग्घरेय्य,pag·gha·rey·ya दुग्गन्धंयेवdug·gan·dhaṃ·ye·va पग्घरेय्य,pag·gha·rey·ya जेगुच्छियंयेवje·guc·chi·yaṃ·ye·va पग्घरेय्य;pag·gha·rey·ya

asuciyeva pagghareyya, duggandhaṁyeva pagghareyya, jegucchiyaṁyeva pagghareyya;

would be filthy, stinking, and disgusting.
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यंyaṃ किञ्चिkiñ·ci पसवेय्य—pa·sa·vey·ya

yaṁ kiñci pasaveyya—

Whatever exuded from them
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असुचियेवa·su·ci·ye·va पसवेय्य,pa·sa·vey·ya दुग्गन्धंयेवdug·gan·dhaṃ·ye·va पसवेय्य,pa·sa·vey·ya जेगुच्छियंयेवje·guc·chi·yaṃ·ye·va पसवेय्य।pa·sa·vey·ya

asuciyeva pasaveyya, duggandhaṁyeva pasaveyya, jegucchiyaṁyeva pasaveyya.

would be filthy, stinking, and disgusting.
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गण्डोतिgaṇ·ḍo·ti खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve इमस्सेतंi·mas·se·taṃ चातुमहाभूतिकस्सcā·tu·ma·hā·bhū·ti·kas·sa कायस्सkā·yas·sa अधिवचनंa·dhi·va·ca·naṃ मातापेत्तिकसम्भवस्सmā·tā·pet·ti·ka·sam·bha·vas·sa ओदनकुम्मासूपचयस्सo·da·na·kum·mā·sū·pa·ca·yas·sa अनिच्चुच्छादनपरिमद्दनभेदनविद्धंसनधम्मस्स।a·nic·cuc·chā·da·na·pa·ri·mad·da·na·bhe·da·na·vid·dhaṃ·sa·na·dham·mas·sa

Gaṇḍoti kho, bhikkhave, imassetaṁ cātumahābhūtikassa kāyassa adhivacanaṁ mātāpettikasambhavassa odanakummāsūpacayassa aniccucchādanaparimaddanabhedanaviddhaṁsanadhammassa.

‘Boil’ is a term for this body made up of the four principal states, produced by mother and father, built up from rice and porridge, liable to impermanence, to wearing away and erosion, to breaking up and destruction.
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तस्सस्सुtas·sas·su गण्डस्सgaṇ·ḍas·sa नवna·va वणमुखानिva·ṇa·mu·khā·ni नवna·va अभेदनमुखानि।a·bhe·da·na·mu·khā·ni

Tassassu gaṇḍassa nava vaṇamukhāni nava abhedanamukhāni.

And that boil has nine orifices that are continually open wounds.
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ततोta·to यंyaṃ किञ्चिkiñ·ci पग्घरति—pag·gha·ra·ti

Tato yaṁ kiñci paggharati—

Whatever oozes out of them
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असुचियेवa·su·ci·ye·va पग्घरति,pag·gha·ra·ti दुग्गन्धंयेवdug·gan·dhaṃ·ye·va पग्घरति,pag·gha·ra·ti जेगुच्छियंयेवje·guc·chi·yaṃ·ye·va पग्घरति;pag·gha·ra·ti

asuciyeva paggharati, duggandhaṁyeva paggharati, jegucchiyaṁyeva paggharati;

is filthy, stinking, and disgusting.
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यंyaṃ किञ्चिkiñ·ci पसवति—pa·sa·va·ti

yaṁ kiñci pasavati—

Whatever exudes from them
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असुचियेवa·su·ci·ye·va पसवति,pa·sa·va·ti दुग्गन्धंयेवdug·gan·dhaṃ·ye·va पसवति,pa·sa·va·ti जेगुच्छियंयेवje·guc·chi·yaṃ·ye·va पसवति।pa·sa·va·ti

asuciyeva pasavati, duggandhaṁyeva pasavati, jegucchiyaṁyeva pasavati.

is filthy, stinking, and disgusting.
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तस्मातिह,tas·mā·ti·ha भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve इमस्मिंi·mas·miṃ कायेkā·ye निब्बिन्दथा”ति।nib·bin·da·thā

Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, imasmiṁ kāye nibbindathā”ti.

So, mendicants, have no illusion about this body.”
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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.