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Ubhayatthasutta

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इतिवुत्तकi·ti·vut·ta·ka 23

Itivuttaka 23

So It Was Said 23
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एककनिपातe·ka·ka·ni·pā·ta

Ekakanipāta

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

Tatiyavagga

Chapter Three
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उभयत्थसुत्तu·bha·yat·tha·sut·ta

Ubhayatthasutta

Both Kinds of Benefit
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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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“एकधम्मो,e·ka·dham·mo भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भावितोbhā·vi·to बहुलीकतोba·hu·lī·ka·to उभोu·bho अत्थेat·the समधिगय्हsa·ma·dhi·gay·ha तिट्ठति—tiṭ·ṭha·ti

“Ekadhammo, bhikkhave, bhāvito bahulīkato ubho atthe samadhigayha tiṭṭhati—

“This one thing, mendicants, when developed and cultivated, secures equal benefits for both
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दिट्ठधम्मिकञ्चेवdiṭ·ṭha·dham·mi·kañ·ce·va अत्थंat·thaṃ सम्परायिकञ्च।sam·pa·rā·yi·kañ·ca

diṭṭhadhammikañceva atthaṁ samparāyikañca.

this life and lives to come.
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कतमोka·ta·mo एकधम्मो?e·ka·dham·mo

Katamo ekadhammo?

What one thing?
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अप्पमादोap·pa·mā·do कुसलेसुku·sa·le·su धम्मेसु।dham·me·su

Appamādo kusalesu dhammesu.

Diligence in skillful qualities.
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अयंa·yaṃ खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve एकधम्मोe·ka·dham·mo भावितोbhā·vi·to बहुलीकतोba·hu·lī·ka·to उभोu·bho अत्थेat·the समधिगय्हsa·ma·dhi·gay·ha तिट्ठति—tiṭ·ṭha·ti

Ayaṁ kho, bhikkhave, ekadhammo bhāvito bahulīkato ubho atthe samadhigayha tiṭṭhati—

This is the one thing that, when developed and cultivated, secures equal benefits for both
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दिट्ठधम्मिकञ्चेवdiṭ·ṭha·dham·mi·kañ·ce·va अत्थंat·thaṃ सम्परायिकञ्चा”ति।sam·pa·rā·yi·kañ·cā

diṭṭhadhammikañceva atthaṁ samparāyikañcā”ti.

this life and lives to come.”
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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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“अप्पमादंap·pa·mā·daṃ पसंसन्ति,pa·saṃ·san·ti

“Appamādaṁ pasaṁsanti,

“The astute praise diligence
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पुञ्ञकिरियासुpuñ·ña·ki·ri·yā·su पण्डिता;paṇ·ḍi·tā

puññakiriyāsu paṇḍitā;

in making merit.
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अप्पमत्तोap·pa·mat·to उभोu·bho अत्थे,at·the

Appamatto ubho atthe,

Being diligent, an astute person
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अधिगण्हातिa·dhi·gaṇ·hā·ti पण्डितो।paṇ·ḍi·to

adhigaṇhāti paṇḍito.

secures both benefits:
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दिट्ठेdiṭ·ṭhe धम्मेdham·me चca योyo अत्थो,at·tho

Diṭṭhe dhamme ca yo attho,

the benefit in this life,
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योyo चत्थोcat·tho सम्परायिको;sam·pa·rā·yi·ko

yo cattho samparāyiko;

and in lives to come.
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अत्थाभिसमयाat·thā·bhi·sa·ma·yā धीरो,dhī·ro

Atthābhisamayā dhīro,

Attentive, comprehending the meaning,
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पण्डितोतिpaṇ·ḍi·to·ti पवुच्चती”ति।pa·vuc·ca·tī

paṇḍitoti pavuccatī”ti.

they are said to be astute.”
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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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ततियं।ta·ti·yaṃ

Tatiyaṁ.

(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.