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Aṭṭhipuñjasutta

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इतिवुत्तकi·ti·vut·ta·ka 24

Itivuttaka 24

So It Was Said 24
2

एककनिपातe·ka·ka·ni·pā·ta

Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones
3

ततियवग्गta·ti·ya·vag·ga

Tatiyavagga

Chapter Three
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अट्ठिपुञ्जसुत्तaṭ·ṭhi·puñ·ja·sut·ta

Aṭṭhipuñjasutta

A Heap of Bones
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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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“एकपुग्गलस्स,e·ka·pug·ga·las·sa भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve कप्पंkap·paṃ सन्धावतोsan·dhā·va·to संसरतोsaṃ·sa·ra·to सियाsi·yā एवंe·vaṃ महाma·hā अट्ठिकङ्कलोaṭ·ṭhi·kaṅ·ka·lo अट्ठिपुञ्जोaṭ·ṭhi·puñ·jo अट्ठिरासिaṭ·ṭhi·rā·si यथायंya·thā·yaṃ वेपुल्लोve·pul·lo पब्बतो,pab·ba·to सचेsa·ce संहारकोsaṃ·hā·ra·ko अस्स,as·sa सम्भतञ्चsam·bha·tañ·ca नna विनस्सेय्या”ति।vi·nas·sey·yā

“Ekapuggalassa, bhikkhave, kappaṁ sandhāvato saṁsarato siyā evaṁ mahā aṭṭhikaṅkalo aṭṭhipuñjo aṭṭhirāsi yathāyaṁ vepullo pabbato, sace saṁhārako assa, sambhatañca na vinasseyyā”ti.

“Mendicants, one individual roaming and transmigrating for an eon would amass a heap of bones the size of this Mount Vepulla, if they were gathered together and not lost.”
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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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“एकस्सेकेनe·kas·se·ke·na कप्पेन,kap·pe·na

“Ekassekena kappena,

“If the bones of a single individual
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पुग्गलस्सट्ठिसञ्चयो;pug·ga·las·saṭ·ṭhi·sañ·ca·yo

puggalassaṭṭhisañcayo;

for a single eon were gathered up,
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सियाsi·yā पब्बतसमोpab·ba·ta·sa·mo रासि,rā·si

Siyā pabbatasamo rāsi,

they’d make a pile the size of a mountain:
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इतिi·ti वुत्तंvut·taṃ महेसिना।ma·he·si·nā

iti vuttaṁ mahesinā.

so said the great seer.
13

सोso खोkho पनायंpa·nā·yaṃ अक्खातो,ak·khā·to

So kho panāyaṁ akkhāto,

And this is declared to be
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वेपुल्लोve·pul·lo पब्बतोpab·ba·to महा;ma·hā

vepullo pabbato mahā;

as big as Mount Vepulla,
15

उत्तरोut·ta·ro गिज्झकूटस्स,gij·jha·kū·ṭas·sa

Uttaro gijjhakūṭassa,

higher than the Vulture’s Peak
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मगधानंma·ga·dhā·naṃ गिरिब्बजे।gi·rib·ba·je

magadhānaṁ giribbaje.

in the Mountainfold of the Magadhans.
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यतोya·to चca अरियसच्चानि,a·ri·ya·sac·cā·ni

Yato ca ariyasaccāni,

But then, with right understanding,
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सम्मप्पञ्ञायsam·map·pañ·ñā·ya पस्सति;pas·sa·ti

sammappaññāya passati;

one sees the noble truths—
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दुक्खंduk·khaṃ दुक्खसमुप्पादं,duk·kha·sa·mup·pā·daṃ

Dukkhaṁ dukkhasamuppādaṁ,

suffering, suffering’s origin,
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दुक्खस्सduk·khas·sa चca अतिक्कमं;a·tik·ka·maṃ

dukkhassa ca atikkamaṁ;

suffering’s transcendence,
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अरियञ्चट्ठङ्गिकंa·ri·yañ·caṭ·ṭhaṅ·gi·kaṃ मग्गं,mag·gaṃ

Ariyañcaṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ,

and the noble eightfold path
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दुक्खूपसमगामिनं।duk·khū·pa·sa·ma·gā·mi·naṃ

dukkhūpasamagāminaṁ.

that leads to the stilling of suffering.
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सsa सत्तक्खत्तुंsat·tak·khat·tuṃ परमं,pa·ra·maṃ

Sa sattakkhattuṁ paramaṁ,

After roaming on seven times at most,
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सन्धावित्वानsan·dhā·vit·vā·na पुग्गलो;pug·ga·lo

sandhāvitvāna puggalo;

that individual
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दुक्खस्सन्तकरोduk·khas·san·ta·ka·ro होति,ho·ti

Dukkhassantakaro hoti,

makes an end of suffering,
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सब्बसंयोजनक्खया”ति।sab·ba·saṃ·yo·ja·nak·kha·yā

sabbasaṁyojanakkhayā”ti.

with the ending of all fetters.”
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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.