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So It Was Said 101 इतिवुत्तक 101

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Sulabhasutta

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इतिवुत्तकi·ti·vut·ta·ka 101

Itivuttaka 101

So It Was Said 101
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चतुक्कनिपातca·tuk·ka·ni·pā·ta

Catukkanipāta

The Book of the Fours
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ब्राह्मणधम्मयागवग्गbrāh·ma·ṇa·dham·ma·yā·ga·vag·ga

Brāhmaṇadhammayāgavagga

The Chapter on the Brahmin’s Offering of the Teaching
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सुलभसुत्तsu·la·bha·sut·ta

Sulabhasutta

Easy to Find
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वुत्तञ्हेतंvut·tañ·he·taṃ भगवताbha·ga·va·tā वुत्तमरहतातिvut·ta·ma·ra·ha·tā·ti मेme सुतं:su·taṃ

Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:

This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
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“चत्तारिमानि,cat·tā·ri·mā·ni भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve अप्पानिap·pā·ni चेवce·va सुलभानिsu·la·bhā·ni च,ca तानिtā·ni चca अनवज्जानि।a·na·vaj·jā·ni

“Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, appāni ceva sulabhāni ca, tāni ca anavajjāni.

“Mendicants, these four trifles are easy to find and are blameless.
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कतमानिka·ta·mā·ni चत्तारि?cat·tā·ri

Katamāni cattāri?

What four?
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पंसुकूलं,paṃ·su·kū·laṃ भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve चीवरानंcī·va·rā·naṃ अप्पञ्चap·pañ·ca सुलभञ्च,su·la·bhañ·ca तञ्चtañ·ca अनवज्जं।a·na·vaj·jaṃ

Paṁsukūlaṁ, bhikkhave, cīvarānaṁ appañca sulabhañca, tañca anavajjaṁ.

Rag-robes …
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पिण्डियालोपो,piṇ·ḍi·yā·lo·po भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भोजनानंbho·ja·nā·naṃ अप्पञ्चap·pañ·ca सुलभञ्च,su·la·bhañ·ca तञ्चtañ·ca अनवज्जं।a·na·vaj·jaṃ

Piṇḍiyālopo, bhikkhave, bhojanānaṁ appañca sulabhañca, tañca anavajjaṁ.

A lump of almsfood …
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रुक्खमूलं,ruk·kha·mū·laṃ भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve सेनासनानंse·nā·sa·nā·naṃ अप्पञ्चap·pañ·ca सुलभञ्च,su·la·bhañ·ca तञ्चtañ·ca अनवज्जं।a·na·vaj·jaṃ

Rukkhamūlaṁ, bhikkhave, senāsanānaṁ appañca sulabhañca, tañca anavajjaṁ.

Lodgings at the root of a tree …
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पूतिमुत्तं,pū·ti·mut·taṃ भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भेसज्जानंbhe·saj·jā·naṃ अप्पञ्चap·pañ·ca सुलभञ्चsu·la·bhañ·ca तञ्चtañ·ca अनवज्जं।a·na·vaj·jaṃ

Pūtimuttaṁ, bhikkhave, bhesajjānaṁ appañca sulabhañca tañca anavajjaṁ.

Rancid urine as medicine …
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इमानिi·mā·ni खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve चत्तारिcat·tā·ri अप्पानिap·pā·ni चेवce·va सुलभानिsu·la·bhā·ni च,ca तानिtā·ni चca अनवज्जानि।a·na·vaj·jā·ni

Imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri appāni ceva sulabhāni ca, tāni ca anavajjāni.

These four trifles are easy to find and are blameless.
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यतोya·to खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भिक्खुbhik·khu अप्पेनap·pe·na चca तुट्ठोtuṭ·ṭho होतिho·ti सुलभेनsu·la·bhe·na चca अनवज्जेनa·na·vaj·je·na च,ca इदमस्साहंi·da·mas·sā·haṃ अञ्ञतरंañ·ña·ta·raṃ सामञ्ञङ्गन्तिsā·mañ·ñaṅ·gan·ti वदामी”ति।va·dā·mī

Yato kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu appena ca tuṭṭho hoti sulabhena ca anavajjena ca, idamassāhaṁ aññataraṁ sāmaññaṅganti vadāmī”ti.

When a mendicant is content with trifles that are easy to find, they have one of the factors of the ascetic life, I say.”
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एतमत्थंe·ta·mat·thaṃ भगवाbha·ga·vā अवोच।a·vo·ca

Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.

The Buddha spoke this matter.
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तत्थेतंtat·the·taṃ इतिi·ti वुच्चति:vuc·ca·ti

Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:

On this it is said:
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“अनवज्जेनa·na·vaj·je·na तुट्ठस्स,tuṭ·ṭhas·sa

“Anavajjena tuṭṭhassa,

“When one is content with what’s blameless,
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अप्पेनap·pe·na सुलभेनsu·la·bhe·na च;ca

appena sulabhena ca;

trifling, and easy to find,
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नna सेनासनमारब्भ,se·nā·sa·na·mā·rab·bha

Na senāsanamārabbha,

they don’t get distressed
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चीवरंcī·va·raṃ पानभोजनं;pā·na·bho·ja·naṃ

cīvaraṁ pānabhojanaṁ;

about lodgings, robes,
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विघातोvi·ghā·to होतिho·ti चित्तस्स,cit·tas·sa

Vighāto hoti cittassa,

food, and drink,
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दिसाdi·sā नप्पटिहञ्ञति।nap·pa·ṭi·hañ·ña·ti

disā nappaṭihaññati.

and they’re not obstructed anywhere.
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येye चस्सcas·sa धम्माdham·mā अक्खाता,ak·khā·tā

Ye cassa dhammā akkhātā,

These qualities are said to be
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सामञ्ञस्सानुलोमिका;sā·mañ·ñas·sā·nu·lo·mi·kā

sāmaññassānulomikā;

integral to the ascetic life.
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अधिग्गहिताa·dhig·ga·hi·tā तुट्ठस्स,tuṭ·ṭhas·sa

Adhiggahitā tuṭṭhassa,

They’re mastered by a mendicant,
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अप्पमत्तस्सap·pa·mat·tas·sa भिक्खुनो”ति।bhik·khu·no

appamattassa bhikkhuno”ti.

content and diligent.”
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अयम्पिa·yam·pi अत्थोat·tho वुत्तोvut·to भगवता,bha·ga·va·tā इतिi·ti मेme सुतन्ति।su·tan·ti

Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.

This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.
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दुतियं।du·ti·yaṃ

Dutiyaṁ.

(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.