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Avijjānīvaraṇasutta

Pāli in Devanagari; under each word its Roman pronunciation, syllable by syllable (ṃ = nasal hum). Tap a Pāli word for its meaning (PTS Pāli-English Dictionary); tap again to open it in the Pāli dictionary.

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इतिवुत्तकi·ti·vut·ta·ka 14

Itivuttaka 14

So It Was Said 14
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एककनिपातe·ka·ka·ni·pā·ta

Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones
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दुतियवग्गdu·ti·ya·vag·ga

Dutiyavagga

Chapter Two
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अविज्जानीवरणसुत्तa·vij·jā·nī·va·ra·ṇa·sut·ta

Avijjānīvaraṇasutta

The Shroud of Ignorance
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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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“नाहं,nā·haṃ भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve अञ्ञंañ·ñaṃ एकनीवरणम्पिe·ka·nī·va·ra·ṇam·pi समनुपस्सामिsa·ma·nu·pas·sā·mi येनye·na नीवरणेनnī·va·ra·ṇe·na निवुताni·vu·tā पजाpa·jā दीघरत्तंdī·gha·rat·taṃ सन्धावन्तिsan·dhā·van·ti संसरन्तिsaṃ·sa·ran·ti यथयिदं,ya·tha·yi·daṃ भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve अविज्जानीवरणं।a·vij·jā·nī·va·ra·ṇaṃ

“Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekanīvaraṇampi samanupassāmi yena nīvaraṇena nivutā pajā dīgharattaṁ sandhāvanti saṁsaranti yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, avijjānīvaraṇaṁ.

“Mendicants, I do not see a single shroud, shrouded by which people wander and transmigrate for a long time like the shroud of ignorance.
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अविज्जानीवरणेनa·vij·jā·nī·va·ra·ṇe·na हि,hi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve निवुताni·vu·tā पजाpa·jā दीघरत्तंdī·gha·rat·taṃ सन्धावन्तिsan·dhā·van·ti संसरन्ती”ति।saṃ·sa·ran·tī

Avijjānīvaraṇena hi, bhikkhave, nivutā pajā dīgharattaṁ sandhāvanti saṁsarantī”ti.

Shrouded by ignorance, people wander and transmigrate for a long time.”
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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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“नत्थञ्ञोnat·thañ·ño एकधम्मोपि,e·ka·dham·mo·pi

“Natthañño ekadhammopi,

“There is no other thing
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येनेवंye·ne·vaṃ निवुताni·vu·tā पजा;pa·jā

yenevaṁ nivutā pajā;

that shrouds people like ignorance.
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संसरन्तिsaṃ·sa·ran·ti अहोरत्तं,a·ho·rat·taṃ

Saṁsaranti ahorattaṁ,

Veiled by delusion,
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यथाya·thā मोहेनmo·he·na आवुता।ā·vu·tā

yathā mohena āvutā.

they transmigrate day and night.
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येye चca मोहंmo·haṃ पहन्त्वान,pa·han·tvā·na

Ye ca mohaṁ pahantvāna,

Those who have given up delusion,
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तमोखन्धंta·mo·khan·dhaṃ पदालयुं;pa·dā·la·yuṃ

tamokhandhaṁ padālayuṁ;

shattering the mass of darkness,
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नna तेte पुनpu·na संसरन्ति,saṃ·sa·ran·ti

Na te puna saṁsaranti,

wander no more,
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हेतुhe·tu तेसंte·saṃ नna विज्जती”ति।vij·ja·tī

hetu tesaṁ na vijjatī”ti.

the root is not found in them.”
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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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चतुत्थं।ca·tut·thaṃ

Catutthaṁ.

(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.