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Sukhapatthanāsutta

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इतिवुत्तकi·ti·vut·ta·ka 76

Itivuttaka 76

So It Was Said 76
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तिकनिपातti·ka·ni·pā·ta

Tikanipāta

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

Tatiyavagga

Chapter Three
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सुखपत्थनासुत्तsu·kha·pat·tha·nā·sut·ta

Sukhapatthanāsutta

Wishing for Happiness
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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 सुखानिsu·khā·ni पत्थयमानोpat·tha·ya·mā·no सीलंsī·laṃ रक्खेय्यrak·khey·ya पण्डितो।paṇ·ḍi·to

“Tīṇimāni, bhikkhave, sukhāni patthayamāno sīlaṁ rakkheyya paṇḍito.

“Mendicants, an astute person who wishes for three kinds of happiness should take care of their ethics.
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कतमानिka·ta·mā·ni तीणि?tī·ṇi

Katamāni tīṇi?

What three?
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पसंसाpa·saṃ·sā मेme आगच्छतूतिā·gac·cha·tū·ti सीलंsī·laṃ रक्खेय्यrak·khey·ya पण्डितो,paṇ·ḍi·to भोगाbho·gā मेme उप्पज्जन्तूतिup·paj·jan·tū·ti सीलंsī·laṃ रक्खेय्यrak·khey·ya पण्डितो,paṇ·ḍi·to कायस्सkā·yas·sa भेदाbhe·dā परंpa·raṃ मरणाma·ra·ṇā सुगतिंsu·ga·tiṃ सग्गंsag·gaṃ लोकंlo·kaṃ उपपज्जिस्सामीतिu·pa·paj·jis·sā·mī·ti सीलंsī·laṃ रक्खेय्यrak·khey·ya पण्डितो।paṇ·ḍi·to

Pasaṁsā me āgacchatūti sīlaṁ rakkheyya paṇḍito, bhogā me uppajjantūti sīlaṁ rakkheyya paṇḍito, kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjissāmīti sīlaṁ rakkheyya paṇḍito.

‘May I be praised!’ ‘May I become rich!’ ‘When my body breaks up, after death, may I be reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm!’
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इमानिi·mā·ni खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve तीणिtī·ṇi सुखानिsu·khā·ni पत्थयमानोpat·tha·ya·mā·no सीलंsī·laṃ रक्खेय्यrak·khey·ya पण्डितो”ति।paṇ·ḍi·to

Imāni kho, bhikkhave, tīṇi sukhāni patthayamāno sīlaṁ rakkheyya paṇḍito”ti.

An astute person who wishes for these three kinds of happiness should protect their precepts.”
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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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“सीलंsī·laṃ रक्खेय्यrak·khey·ya मेधावी,me·dhā·vī

“Sīlaṁ rakkheyya medhāvī,

“Wishing for three kinds of happiness—
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पत्थयानोpat·tha·yā·no तयोta·yo सुखे;su·khe

patthayāno tayo sukhe;

praise, prosperity,
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पसंसंpa·saṃ·saṃ वित्तलाभञ्च,vit·ta·lā·bhañ·ca

Pasaṁsaṁ vittalābhañca,

and to delight in heaven after passing away—
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पेच्चpec·ca सग्गेsag·ge पमोदनं।pa·mo·da·naṃ

pecca sagge pamodanaṁ.

the wise would take care of their ethics.
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अकरोन्तोपिa·ka·ron·to·pi चेce पापं,pā·paṃ

Akarontopi ce pāpaṁ,

Though you do no wrong,
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करोन्तमुपसेवति;ka·ron·ta·mu·pa·se·va·ti

karontamupasevati;

if you associate with one who does,
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सङ्कियोsaṅ·ki·yo होतिho·ti पापस्मिं,pā·pas·miṃ

Saṅkiyo hoti pāpasmiṁ,

you’re suspected of wrong,
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अवण्णोa·vaṇ·ṇo चस्सcas·sa रूहति।rū·ha·ti

avaṇṇo cassa rūhati.

and your disrepute grows.
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यादिसंyā·di·saṃ कुरुतेku·ru·te मित्तं,mit·taṃ

Yādisaṁ kurute mittaṁ,

Whatever kind of friend you make,
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यादिसंyā·di·saṃ चूपसेवति;cū·pa·se·va·ti

yādisaṁ cūpasevati;

with whom you associate,
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सsa वेve तादिसकोtā·di·sa·ko होति,ho·ti

Sa ve tādisako hoti,

that’s how you become,
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सहवासोsa·ha·vā·so हिhi तादिसो।tā·di·so

sahavāso hi tādiso.

for so it is when you share your life.
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सेवमानोse·va·mā·no सेवमानं,se·va·mā·naṃ

Sevamāno sevamānaṁ,

The one who associates and the one associated with,
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सम्फुट्ठोsam·phuṭ·ṭho सम्फुसंsam·phu·saṃ परं;pa·raṃ

samphuṭṭho samphusaṁ paraṁ;

the one contacted and the one who contacts another,
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सरोsa·ro दिद्धोdid·dho कलापंव,ka·lā·paṃ·va

Saro diddho kalāpaṁva,

are like an arrow smeared with poison
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अलित्तमुपलिम्पति;a·lit·ta·mu·pa·lim·pa·ti

alittamupalimpati;

that contaminates the quiver.
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उपलेपभयाu·pa·le·pa·bha·yā धीरो,dhī·ro

Upalepabhayā dhīro,

The attentive, fearing contamination,
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नेवne·va पापसखाpā·pa·sa·khā सिया।si·yā

neva pāpasakhā siyā.

would never have wicked comrades.
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पूतिमच्छंpū·ti·mac·chaṃ कुसग्गेन,ku·sag·ge·na

Pūtimacchaṁ kusaggena,

A man who wraps
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योyo नरोna·ro उपनय्हति;u·pa·nay·ha·ti

yo naro upanayhati;

putrid fish in blades of grass
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कुसापिku·sā·pi पूतिpū·ti वायन्ति,vā·yan·ti

Kusāpi pūti vāyanti,

makes the grass stink—
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एवंe·vaṃ बालूपसेवना।bā·lū·pa·se·va·nā

evaṁ bālūpasevanā.

so it is when associating with fools.
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तगरञ्चta·ga·rañ·ca पलासेन,pa·lā·se·na

Tagarañca palāsena,

But one who wraps
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योyo नरोna·ro उपनय्हति;u·pa·nay·ha·ti

yo naro upanayhati;

sandalwood incense in leaves
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पत्तापिpat·tā·pi सुरभिsu·ra·bhi वायन्ति,vā·yan·ti

Pattāpi surabhi vāyanti,

makes the leaves fragrant—
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एवंe·vaṃ धीरूपसेवना।dhī·rū·pa·se·va·nā

evaṁ dhīrūpasevanā.

so it is when associating with the attentive.
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तस्माtas·mā पत्तपुटस्सेव,pat·ta·pu·ṭas·se·va

Tasmā pattapuṭasseva,

So, knowing they’ll end up
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ञत्वाñat·vā सम्पाकमत्तनो;sam·pā·ka·mat·ta·no

ñatvā sampākamattano;

like the wrapping, the astute
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असन्तेa·san·te नुपसेवेय्य,nu·pa·se·vey·ya

Asante nupaseveyya,

would shun the wicked,
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सन्तेsan·te सेवेय्यse·vey·ya पण्डितो;paṇ·ḍi·to

sante seveyya paṇḍito;

and befriend the good.
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असन्तोa·san·to निरयंni·ra·yaṃ नेन्ति,nen·ti

Asanto nirayaṁ nenti,

The wicked lead you to hell,
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सन्तोsan·to पापेन्तिpā·pen·ti सुग्गतिन्”ति।sug·ga·tin

santo pāpenti suggatin”ti.

the good help you to a good place.”
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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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सत्तमं।sat·ta·maṃ

Sattamaṁ.

(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.