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Indakasutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 10।1

Saṁyutta Nikāya 10.1

Linked Discourses 10.1
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1। इन्दकवग्गin·da·ka·vag·ga

1. Indakavagga

1. With Indaka
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इन्दकसुत्तin·da·ka·sut·ta

Indakasutta

With Indaka
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एवंe·vaṃ मेme सुतं—su·taṃ

Evaṁ me sutaṁ—

So I have heard.
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एकंe·kaṃ समयंsa·ma·yaṃ भगवाbha·ga·vā राजगहेrā·ja·ga·he विहरतिvi·ha·ra·ti इन्दकूटेin·da·kū·ṭe पब्बते,pab·ba·te इन्दकस्सin·da·kas·sa यक्खस्सyak·khas·sa भवने।bha·va·ne

ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati indakūṭe pabbate, indakassa yakkhassa bhavane.

At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha on Mount Indra’s Peak, the haunt of the native spirit Indaka.
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अथa·tha खोkho इन्दकोin·da·ko यक्खोyak·kho येनye·na भगवाbha·ga·vā तेनुपसङ्कमि;te·nu·pa·saṅ·ka·mi उपसङ्कमित्वाu·pa·saṅ·ka·mit·vā भगवन्तंbha·ga·van·taṃ गाथायgā·thā·ya अज्झभासि:aj·jha·bhā·si

Atha kho indako yakkho yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:

Then the native spirit Indaka went up to the Buddha, and addressed him in verse:
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“रूपंrū·paṃ नna जीवन्तिjī·van·ti वदन्तिva·dan·ti बुद्धा,bud·dhā

“Rūpaṁ na jīvanti vadanti buddhā,

“The Buddhas say that form is not the soul.
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कथंka·thaṃ न्वयंnva·yaṃ विन्दतिमंvin·da·ti·maṃ सरीरं;sa·rī·raṃ

Kathaṁ nvayaṁ vindatimaṁ sarīraṁ;

Then how does this one obtain this body?
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कुतस्सku·tas·sa अट्ठीयकपिण्डमेति,aṭ·ṭhī·ya·ka·piṇ·ḍa·me·ti

Kutassa aṭṭhīyakapiṇḍameti,

From where do his bones and organs come?
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कथंka·thaṃ न्वयंnva·yaṃ सज्जतिsaj·ja·ti गब्भरस्मिन्”ति।gab·bha·ras·min

Kathaṁ nvayaṁ sajjati gabbharasmin”ti.

How does this one coalesce in the womb?”
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“पठमंpa·ṭha·maṃ कललंka·la·laṃ होति,ho·ti

“Paṭhamaṁ kalalaṁ hoti,

“First there’s the zygote;
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कललाka·la·lā होतिho·ti अब्बुदं;ab·bu·daṃ

kalalā hoti abbudaṁ;

then there’s the blastocyst;
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अब्बुदाab·bu·dā जायतेjā·ya·te पेसि,pe·si

Abbudā jāyate pesi,

from there arises the gastrula;
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पेसिpe·si निब्बत्ततीnib·bat·ta·tī घनो;gha·no

pesi nibbattatī ghano;

which produces the embryonic mass.
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घनाgha·nā पसाखाpa·sā·khā जायन्ति,jā·yan·ti

Ghanā pasākhā jāyanti,

From that the limb buds appear,
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केसाke·sā लोमाlo·mā नखापिna·khā·pi च।ca

kesā lomā nakhāpi ca.

the head hair, body hair, and nails.
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यञ्चस्सyañ·cas·sa भुञ्जतीbhuñ·ja·tī माता,mā·tā

Yañcassa bhuñjatī mātā,

And whatever the mother eats—
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अन्नंan·naṃ पानञ्चpā·nañ·ca भोजनं;bho·ja·naṃ

annaṁ pānañca bhojanaṁ;

the food and drink that she consumes—
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तेनte·na सोso तत्थtat·tha यापेति,yā·pe·ti

Tena so tattha yāpeti,

nourishes them there,
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मातुकुच्छिगतोmā·tu·kuc·chi·ga·to नरो”ति।na·ro

mātukucchigato naro”ti.

the person in the mother’s womb.”

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.