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Chetvāsutta

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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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 1।71

Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.71

Linked Discourses 1.71
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8। छेत्वावग्गchet·vā·vag·ga

8. Chetvāvagga

8. Slain
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छेत्वासुत्तchet·vā·sut·ta

Chetvāsutta

Slain
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सावत्थिनिदानं।sā·vat·thi·ni·dā·naṃ

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.
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एकमन्तंe·ka·man·taṃ ठिताṭhi·tā खोkho साsā देवताde·va·tā भगवन्तंbha·ga·van·taṃ गाथायgā·thā·ya अज्झभासि:aj·jha·bhā·si

Ekamantaṁ ṭhitā kho sā devatā bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:

Standing to one side, that deity addressed the Buddha in verse:
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“किंसुkiṃ·su छेत्वाchet·vā सुखंsu·khaṃ सेति,se·ti

“Kiṁsu chetvā sukhaṁ seti,

“When what is slain do you sleep at ease?
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किंसुkiṃ·su छेत्वाchet·vā नna सोचति;so·ca·ti

kiṁsu chetvā na socati;

When what is slain is there no sorrow?
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किस्सस्सुkis·sas·su एकधम्मस्स,e·ka·dham·mas·sa

Kissassu ekadhammassa,

What is the one thing, Gotama,
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वधंva·dhaṃ रोचेसिro·ce·si गोतमा”ति।go·ta·mā

vadhaṁ rocesi gotamā”ti.

whose killing you approve?”
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“कोधंko·dhaṃ छेत्वाchet·vā सुखंsu·khaṃ सेति,se·ti

“Kodhaṁ chetvā sukhaṁ seti,

“When anger’s slain you sleep at ease.
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कोधंko·dhaṃ छेत्वाchet·vā नna सोचति;so·ca·ti

kodhaṁ chetvā na socati;

When anger’s slain there is no sorrow.
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कोधस्सko·dhas·sa विसमूलस्स,vi·sa·mū·las·sa

Kodhassa visamūlassa,

Anger has a poisonous root
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मधुरग्गस्सma·dhu·rag·gas·sa देवते;de·va·te

madhuraggassa devate;

and a sweet tip, O deity.
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वधंva·dhaṃ अरियाa·ri·yā पसंसन्ति,pa·saṃ·san·ti

Vadhaṁ ariyā pasaṁsanti,

The noble ones praise its killing,
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तञ्हिtañ·hi छेत्वाchet·vā नna सोचती”ति।so·ca·tī

tañhi chetvā na socatī”ti.

for when it’s slain there is no sorrow.”

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.