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Puññakiriyavatthusutta

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 60

Itivuttaka 60

So It Was Said 60
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तिकनिपातti·ka·ni·pā·ta

Tikanipāta

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

Dutiyavagga

Chapter Two
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पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थुसुत्तpuñ·ña·ki·ri·ya·vat·thu·sut·ta

Puññakiriyavatthusutta

Grounds for Making Merit
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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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“तीणिमानि,tī·ṇi·mā·ni भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थूनि।puñ·ña·ki·ri·ya·vat·thū·ni

“Tīṇimāni, bhikkhave, puññakiriyavatthūni.

“Mendicants, there are these three grounds for making merit.
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कतमानिka·ta·mā·ni तीणि?tī·ṇi

Katamāni tīṇi?

What three?
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दानमयंdā·na·ma·yaṃ पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थु,puñ·ña·ki·ri·ya·vat·thu सीलमयंsī·la·ma·yaṃ पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थु,puñ·ña·ki·ri·ya·vat·thu भावनामयंbhā·va·nā·ma·yaṃ पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थु—puñ·ña·ki·ri·ya·vat·thu

Dānamayaṁ puññakiriyavatthu, sīlamayaṁ puññakiriyavatthu, bhāvanāmayaṁ puññakiriyavatthu—

Giving, ethical conduct, and meditation are all grounds for making merit.
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इमानिi·mā·ni खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve तीणिtī·ṇi पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थूनी”ति।puñ·ña·ki·ri·ya·vat·thū·nī

imāni kho, bhikkhave, tīṇi puññakiriyavatthūnī”ti.

These are the three grounds for making merit.”
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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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“पुञ्ञमेवpuñ·ña·me·va सोso सिक्खेय्य,sik·khey·ya

“Puññameva so sikkheyya,

“One should practice only good deeds,
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आयतग्गंā·ya·tag·gaṃ सुखुद्रयं;su·khud·ra·yaṃ

āyataggaṁ sukhudrayaṁ;

whose happy outcome stretches ahead.
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दानञ्चdā·nañ·ca समचरियञ्च,sa·ma·ca·ri·yañ·ca

Dānañca samacariyañca,

Giving and moral conduct,
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मेत्तचित्तञ्चmet·ta·cit·tañ·ca भावये।bhā·va·ye

mettacittañca bhāvaye.

developing a mind of love:
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एतेe·te धम्मेdham·me भावयित्वा,bhā·va·yit·vā

Ete dhamme bhāvayitvā,

having developed these
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तयोta·yo सुखसमुद्दये;su·kha·sa·mud·da·ye

tayo sukhasamuddaye;

three things yielding happiness,
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अब्याबज्झंab·yā·baj·jhaṃ सुखंsu·khaṃ लोकं,lo·kaṃ

Abyābajjhaṁ sukhaṁ lokaṁ,

that astute one is reborn
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पण्डितोpaṇ·ḍi·to उपपज्जती”ति।u·pa·paj·ja·tī

paṇḍito upapajjatī”ti.

in a happy, pleasing world.”
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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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पठमं।pa·ṭha·maṃ

Paṭhamaṁ.

(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.