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Pajjotasutta

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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1

संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 1।80

Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.80

Linked Discourses 1.80
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8। छेत्वावग्गchet·vā·vag·ga

8. Chetvāvagga

8. Slain
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पज्जोतसुत्तpaj·jo·ta·sut·ta

Pajjotasutta

Lamp
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“किंसुkiṃ·su लोकस्मिlo·kas·mi पज्जोतो,paj·jo·to

“Kiṁsu lokasmi pajjoto,

“What’s the lamp for the world?
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किंसुkiṃ·su लोकस्मिlo·kas·mi जागरो;jā·ga·ro

kiṁsu lokasmi jāgaro;

What in the world is wakeful?
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किंसुkiṃ·su कम्मेkam·me सजीवानं,sa·jī·vā·naṃ

Kiṁsu kamme sajīvānaṁ,

Who are one’s work colleagues?
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किमस्सki·mas·sa इरियापथो।i·ri·yā·pa·tho

kimassa iriyāpatho.

What is one’s walk of life?
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किंसुkiṃ·su अलसंa·la·saṃ अनलसञ्च,a·na·la·sañ·ca

Kiṁsu alasaṁ analasañca,

What nurtures the idle and the tireless,
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माताmā·tā पुत्तंवput·taṃ·va पोसति;po·sa·ti

Mātā puttaṁva posati;

like a mother her child?
10

किंkiṃ भूताbhū·tā उपजीवन्ति,u·pa·jī·van·ti

Kiṁ bhūtā upajīvanti,

By what do the creatures who live off the earth
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येye पाणाpā·ṇā पथविस्सिता”ति।pa·tha·vis·si·tā

Ye pāṇā pathavissitā”ti.

sustain their life?”
12

“पञ्ञाpañ·ñā लोकस्मिlo·kas·mi पज्जोतो,paj·jo·to

“Paññā lokasmi pajjoto,

“Wisdom is the lamp for the world.
13

सतिsa·ti लोकस्मिlo·kas·mi जागरो;jā·ga·ro

sati lokasmi jāgaro;

Mindfulness in the world is wakeful.
14

गावोgā·vo कम्मेkam·me सजीवानं,sa·jī·vā·naṃ

Gāvo kamme sajīvānaṁ,

Cattle are one’s work colleagues,
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सीतस्सsī·tas·sa इरियापथो।i·ri·yā·pa·tho

sītassa iriyāpatho.

and the furrow is one’s walk of life.
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वुट्ठिvuṭ·ṭhi अलसंa·la·saṃ अनलसञ्च,a·na·la·sañ·ca

Vuṭṭhi alasaṁ analasañca,

Rain nurtures the idle and the tireless,
17

माताmā·tā पुत्तंवput·taṃ·va पोसति;po·sa·ti

Mātā puttaṁva posati;

like a mother her child.
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वुट्ठिंvuṭ·ṭhiṃ भूताbhū·tā उपजीवन्ति,u·pa·jī·van·ti

Vuṭṭhiṁ bhūtā upajīvanti,

The creatures who live off the earth
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येye पाणाpā·ṇā पथविस्सिता”ति।pa·tha·vis·si·tā

Ye pāṇā pathavissitā”ti.

sustain their life by rain.”

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.