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So It Was Said 26 इतिवुत्तक 26
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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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“एवञ्चे,e·vañ·ce भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve सत्ताsat·tā जानेय्युंjā·ney·yuṃ दानसंविभागस्सdā·na·saṃ·vi·bhā·gas·sa विपाकंvi·pā·kaṃ यथाहंya·thā·haṃ जानामि,jā·nā·mi नna अदत्वाa·dat·vā भुञ्जेय्युं,bhuñ·jey·yuṃ नna चca नेसंne·saṃ मच्छेरमलंmac·che·ra·ma·laṃ चित्तंcit·taṃ परियादायpa·ri·yā·dā·ya तिट्ठेय्य।tiṭ·ṭhey·ya
“Evañce, bhikkhave, sattā jāneyyuṁ dānasaṁvibhāgassa vipākaṁ yathāhaṁ jānāmi, na adatvā bhuñjeyyuṁ, na ca nesaṁ maccheramalaṁ cittaṁ pariyādāya tiṭṭheyya.
“Mendicants, if sentient beings only knew, as I do, the fruit of giving and sharing, they would not eat without first giving, and the stain of stinginess would not occupy their minds.
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योपिyo·pi नेसंne·saṃ अस्सas·sa चरिमोca·ri·mo आलोपोā·lo·po चरिमंca·ri·maṃ कबळं,ka·ba·ḷaṃ ततोपिta·to·pi नna असंविभजित्वाa·saṃ·vi·bha·jit·vā भुञ्जेय्युं,bhuñ·jey·yuṃ सचेsa·ce नेसंne·saṃ पटिग्गाहकाpa·ṭig·gā·ha·kā अस्सु।as·su
Yopi nesaṁ assa carimo ālopo carimaṁ kabaḷaṁ, tatopi na asaṁvibhajitvā bhuñjeyyuṁ, sace nesaṁ paṭiggāhakā assu.
They would not eat without sharing even their last mouthful, their last morsel, so long as there was someone to receive it.
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यस्माyas·mā चca खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve सत्ताsat·tā नna एवंe·vaṃ जानन्तिjā·nan·ti दानसंविभागस्सdā·na·saṃ·vi·bhā·gas·sa विपाकंvi·pā·kaṃ यथाहंya·thā·haṃ जानामि,jā·nā·mi तस्माtas·mā अदत्वाa·dat·vā भुञ्जन्ति,bhuñ·jan·ti मच्छेरमलञ्चmac·che·ra·ma·lañ·ca नेसंne·saṃ चित्तंcit·taṃ परियादायpa·ri·yā·dā·ya तिट्ठती”ति।tiṭ·ṭha·tī
Yasmā ca kho, bhikkhave, sattā na evaṁ jānanti dānasaṁvibhāgassa vipākaṁ yathāhaṁ jānāmi, tasmā adatvā bhuñjanti, maccheramalañca nesaṁ cittaṁ pariyādāya tiṭṭhatī”ti.
It is because sentient beings do not know, as I do, the fruit of giving and sharing, that they eat without first giving, and the stain of stinginess occupies their minds.”
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विनेय्यvi·ney·ya मच्छेरमलं,mac·che·ra·ma·laṃ
Vineyya maccheramalaṁ,
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छट्ठं।chaṭ·ṭhaṃ
Chaṭṭhaṁ.
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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.