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Issariyasutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 1।77

Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.77

Linked Discourses 1.77
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8। छेत्वावग्गchet·vā·vag·ga

8. Chetvāvagga

8. Slain
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इस्सरियसुत्तis·sa·ri·ya·sut·ta

Issariyasutta

Authority
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“किंसुkiṃ·su इस्सरियंis·sa·ri·yaṃ लोके,lo·ke

“Kiṁsu issariyaṁ loke,

“What is authority in the world?
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किंसुkiṃ·su भण्डानमुत्तमं;bhaṇ·ḍā·na·mut·ta·maṃ

kiṁsu bhaṇḍānamuttamaṁ;

What’s the best of valuables?
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किंसुkiṃ·su सत्थमलंsat·tha·ma·laṃ लोके,lo·ke

Kiṁsu satthamalaṁ loke,

What in the world is a rusty sword?
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किंसुkiṃ·su लोकस्मिमब्बुदं।lo·kas·mi·mab·bu·daṃ

kiṁsu lokasmimabbudaṁ.

Who is a pest in the world?
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किंसुkiṃ·su हरन्तंha·ran·taṃ वारेन्ति,vā·ren·ti

Kiṁsu harantaṁ vārenti,

Who gets arrested when they take things away?
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हरन्तोha·ran·to पनpa·na कोko पियो;pi·yo

haranto pana ko piyo;

And who is loved when they take things away?
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किंसुkiṃ·su पुनप्पुनायन्तं,pu·nap·pu·nā·yan·taṃ

Kiṁsu punappunāyantaṁ,

And who is approved by the astute
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अभिनन्दन्तिa·bhi·nan·dan·ti पण्डिता”ति।paṇ·ḍi·tā

abhinandanti paṇḍitā”ti.

when they come again and again?”
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“वसोva·so इस्सरियंis·sa·ri·yaṃ लोके,lo·ke

“Vaso issariyaṁ loke,

“Sway is authority in the world.
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इत्थीit·thī भण्डानमुत्तमं;bhaṇ·ḍā·na·mut·ta·maṃ

itthī bhaṇḍānamuttamaṁ;

A woman is the best of valuables.
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कोधोko·dho सत्थमलंsat·tha·ma·laṃ लोके,lo·ke

Kodho satthamalaṁ loke,

Anger in the world is a rusty sword.
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चोराco·rā लोकस्मिमब्बुदा।lo·kas·mi·mab·bu·dā

corā lokasmimabbudā.

A bandit is a pest in the world.
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चोरंco·raṃ हरन्तंha·ran·taṃ वारेन्ति,vā·ren·ti

Coraṁ harantaṁ vārenti,

A bandit gets arrested when they take things away.
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हरन्तोha·ran·to समणोsa·ma·ṇo पियो;pi·yo

haranto samaṇo piyo;

And an ascetic is loved when they take things away.
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समणंsa·ma·ṇaṃ पुनप्पुनायन्तं,pu·nap·pu·nā·yan·taṃ

Samaṇaṁ punappunāyantaṁ,

An ascetic is approved by the astute
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अभिनन्दन्तिa·bhi·nan·dan·ti पण्डिता”ति।paṇ·ḍi·tā

abhinandanti paṇḍitā”ti.

when they come again and again.”

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.