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Kulāvakasutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 11।6

Saṁyutta Nikāya 11.6

Linked Discourses 11.6
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1। पठमवग्गpa·ṭha·ma·vag·ga

1. Paṭhamavagga

Chapter One
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कुलावकसुत्तku·lā·va·ka·sut·ta

Kulāvakasutta

Bird Nests
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सावत्थियं।sā·vat·thi·yaṃ

Sāvatthiyaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.
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“भूतपुब्बं,bhū·ta·pub·baṃ भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve देवासुरसङ्गामोde·vā·su·ra·saṅ·gā·mo समुपब्यूळ्होsa·mu·pab·yū·ḷho अहोसि।a·ho·si

“Bhūtapubbaṁ, bhikkhave, devāsurasaṅgāmo samupabyūḷho ahosi.

“Once upon a time, mendicants, a battle was fought between the gods and the titans.
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तस्मिंtas·miṃ खोkho पन,pa·na भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve सङ्गामेsaṅ·gā·me असुराa·su·rā जिनिंसु,ji·niṃ·su देवाde·vā पराजिनिंसु।pa·rā·ji·niṃ·su

Tasmiṁ kho pana, bhikkhave, saṅgāme asurā jiniṁsu, devā parājiniṁsu.

In that battle the titans won and the gods lost.
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पराजिताpa·rā·ji·tā चca खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve देवाde·vā अपायंस्वेवa·pā·yaṃs·ve·va उत्तरेनमुखा,ut·ta·re·na·mu·khā अभियंस्वेवa·bhi·yaṃs·ve·va नेne असुरा।a·su·rā

Parājitā ca kho, bhikkhave, devā apāyaṁsveva uttarenamukhā, abhiyaṁsveva ne asurā.

Defeated, the gods fled north with the titans in pursuit.
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अथa·tha खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve सक्कोsak·ko देवानमिन्दोde·vā·na·min·do मातलिmā·ta·li सङ्गाहकंsaṅ·gā·ha·kaṃ गाथायgā·thā·ya अज्झभासि:aj·jha·bhā·si

Atha kho, bhikkhave, sakko devānamindo mātali saṅgāhakaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:

Then Sakka, lord of gods, addressed his chariot handler Mātali in verse:
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‘कुलावकाku·lā·va·kā मातलिmā·ta·li सिम्बलिस्मिं,sim·ba·lis·miṃ

‘Kulāvakā mātali simbalismiṁ,

‘Mātali, don’t ram the bird nests
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ईसामुखेनī·sā·mu·khe·na परिवज्जयस्सु;pa·ri·vaj·ja·yas·su

Īsāmukhena parivajjayassu;

in the Red Silk-Cotton Woods with your draft-pole.
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कामंkā·maṃ चजामca·jā·ma असुरेसुa·su·re·su पाणं,pā·ṇaṃ

Kāmaṁ cajāma asuresu pāṇaṁ,

I’d rather give up our lives to the titans
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मायिमेmā·yi·me दिजाdi·jā विकुलावकाvi·ku·lā·va·kā अहेसुन्’ति।a·he·sun

Māyime dijā vikulāvakā ahesun’ti.

than deprive these birds of their nests.’
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‘एवं,e·vaṃ भद्दन्तवा’तिbhad·dan·ta·vā खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve मातलिmā·ta·li सङ्गाहकोsaṅ·gā·ha·ko सक्कस्सsak·kas·sa देवानमिन्दस्सde·vā·na·min·das·sa पटिस्सुत्वाpa·ṭis·sut·vā सहस्सयुत्तंsa·has·sa·yut·taṃ आजञ्ञरथंā·jañ·ña·ra·thaṃ पच्चुदावत्तेसि।pac·cu·dā·vat·te·si

‘Evaṁ, bhaddantavā’ti kho, bhikkhave, mātali saṅgāhako sakkassa devānamindassa paṭissutvā sahassayuttaṁ ājaññarathaṁ paccudāvattesi.

‘Yes, lord,’ replied Mātali. And he turned the chariot back around, with its team of a thousand thoroughbreds.
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अथa·tha खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve असुरानंa·su·rā·naṃ एतदहोसि:e·ta·da·ho·si

Atha kho, bhikkhave, asurānaṁ etadahosi:

Then the titans thought,
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‘पच्चुदावत्तोpac·cu·dā·vat·to खोkho दानिdā·ni सक्कस्सsak·kas·sa देवानमिन्दस्सde·vā·na·min·das·sa सहस्सयुत्तोsa·has·sa·yut·to आजञ्ञरथो।ā·jañ·ña·ra·tho

‘paccudāvatto kho dāni sakkassa devānamindassa sahassayutto ājaññaratho.

‘Now Sakka’s chariot has turned back.
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दुतियम्पिdu·ti·yam·pi खोkho देवाde·vā असुरेहिa·su·re·hi सङ्गामेस्सन्ती’तिsaṅ·gā·mes·san·tī भीताbhī·tā असुरपुरमेवa·su·ra·pu·ra·me·va पाविसिंसु।pā·vi·siṃ·su

Dutiyampi kho devā asurehi saṅgāmessantī’ti bhītā asurapurameva pāvisiṁsu.

The titans will have to fight the gods a second time!’ Terrified, they retreated right away to the citadel of the titans.
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इतिi·ti खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve सक्कस्सsak·kas·sa देवानमिन्दस्सde·vā·na·min·das·sa धम्मेनdham·me·na जयोja·yo अहोसी”ति।a·ho·sī

Iti kho, bhikkhave, sakkassa devānamindassa dhammena jayo ahosī”ti.

And that’s how Sakka came to win victory by principle.”

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.