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Dutiyamahārukkhasutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 12।56

Saṁyutta Nikāya 12.56

Linked Discourses 12.56
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6। दुक्खवग्गduk·kha·vag·ga

6. Dukkhavagga

6. Suffering
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दुतियमहारुक्खसुत्तdu·ti·ya·ma·hā·ruk·kha·sut·ta

Dutiyamahārukkhasutta

A Great Tree (2nd)
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सावत्थियंsā·vat·thi·yaṃ विहरति।vi·ha·ra·ti

Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.

At Sāvatthī.
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“सेय्यथापि,sey·ya·thā·pi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve महारुक्खो।ma·hā·ruk·kho

“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, mahārukkho.

“Mendicants, suppose there was a great tree.
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तस्सtas·sa यानिyā·ni चेवce·va मूलानिmū·lā·ni अधोगमानि,a·dho·ga·mā·ni यानिyā·ni चca तिरियङ्गमानि,ti·ri·yaṅ·ga·mā·ni सब्बानिsab·bā·ni तानिtā·ni उद्धंud·dhaṃ ओजंo·jaṃ अभिहरन्ति।a·bhi·ha·ran·ti

Tassa yāni ceva mūlāni adhogamāni, yāni ca tiriyaṅgamāni, sabbāni tāni uddhaṁ ojaṁ abhiharanti.

And its roots going downwards and across all draw the sap upwards.
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एवञ्हिe·vañ·hi सो,so भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve महारुक्खोma·hā·ruk·kho तदाहारोta·dā·hā·ro तदुपादानोta·du·pā·dā·no चिरंci·raṃ दीघमद्धानंdī·gha·mad·dhā·naṃ तिट्ठेय्य।tiṭ·ṭhey·ya

Evañhi so, bhikkhave, mahārukkho tadāhāro tadupādāno ciraṁ dīghamaddhānaṁ tiṭṭheyya.

Fed and fuelled by that, the great tree would stand for a long time.
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एवमेवe·va·me·va खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve उपादानियेसुu·pā·dā·ni·ye·su धम्मेसुdham·me·su अस्सादानुपस्सिनोas·sā·dā·nu·pas·si·no विहरतोvi·ha·ra·to तण्हाtaṇ·hā पवड्ढति।pa·vaḍ·ḍha·ti

Evameva kho, bhikkhave, upādāniyesu dhammesu assādānupassino viharato taṇhā pavaḍḍhati.

In the same way, there are things that fuel grasping. When you concentrate on the gratification provided by these things, your craving grows.
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तण्हापच्चयाtaṇ·hā·pac·ca·yā उपादानंu·pā·dā·naṃ …पे…pe

Taṇhāpaccayā upādānaṁ …pe…

Craving is a requirement for grasping. …
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एवमेतस्सe·va·me·tas·sa केवलस्सke·va·las·sa दुक्खक्खन्धस्सduk·khak·khan·dhas·sa समुदयोsa·mu·da·yo होति।ho·ti

evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa samudayo hoti.

That is how this entire mass of suffering originates.
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सेय्यथापि,sey·ya·thā·pi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve महारुक्खो।ma·hā·ruk·kho

Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, mahārukkho.

Suppose there was a great tree.
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अथa·tha पुरिसोpu·ri·so आगच्छेय्यā·gac·chey·ya कुद्दालपिटकंkud·dā·la·pi·ṭa·kaṃ आदाय।ā·dā·ya

Atha puriso āgaccheyya kuddālapiṭakaṁ ādāya.

Then a person comes along with a spade and basket.
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सोso तंtaṃ रुक्खंruk·khaṃ मूलेmū·le छिन्देय्य,chin·dey·ya मूलेmū·le छेत्वाchet·vā पलिखणेय्य,pa·li·kha·ṇey·ya पलिखणित्वाpa·li·kha·ṇit·vā मूलानिmū·lā·ni उद्धरेय्यud·dha·rey·ya …पे…pe

So taṁ rukkhaṁ mūle chindeyya, mūle chetvā palikhaṇeyya, palikhaṇitvā mūlāni uddhareyya …pe…

They’d cut the tree down at the roots, dig them up, and pull them out, down to the fibers and stems.
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नदियाna·di·yā वाvā सीघसोतायsī·gha·so·tā·ya पवाहेय्य।pa·vā·hey·ya

nadiyā vā sīghasotāya pavāheyya.

They’d cut the tree apart, cut up the parts, and chop it into splinters. They’d dry the splinters in the wind and sun, burn them with fire, and reduce them to ashes. Then they’d winnow the ashes in a strong wind, or glide them down a swift stream.
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एवञ्हिe·vañ·hi सो,so भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve महारुक्खोma·hā·ruk·kho उच्छिन्नमूलोuc·chin·na·mū·lo अस्सas·sa तालावत्थुकतोtā·lā·vat·thu·ka·to अनभावङ्कतोa·na·bhā·vaṅ·ka·to आयतिंā·ya·tiṃ अनुप्पादधम्मो।a·nup·pā·da·dham·mo

Evañhi so, bhikkhave, mahārukkho ucchinnamūlo assa tālāvatthukato anabhāvaṅkato āyatiṁ anuppādadhammo.

In this way the great tree is cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, obliterated, and unable to arise in the future.
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एवमेवe·va·me·va खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve उपादानियेसुu·pā·dā·ni·ye·su धम्मेसुdham·me·su आदीनवानुपस्सिनोā·dī·na·vā·nu·pas·si·no विहरतोvi·ha·ra·to तण्हाtaṇ·hā निरुज्झति।ni·ruj·jha·ti

Evameva kho, bhikkhave, upādāniyesu dhammesu ādīnavānupassino viharato taṇhā nirujjhati.

In the same way, there are things that fuel grasping. When you concentrate on the drawbacks of these things, your craving ceases.
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तण्हानिरोधाtaṇ·hā·ni·ro·dhā उपादाननिरोधोu·pā·dā·na·ni·ro·dho …पे…pe

Taṇhānirodhā upādānanirodho …pe…

When craving ceases, grasping ceases. …
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एवमेतस्सe·va·me·tas·sa केवलस्सke·va·las·sa दुक्खक्खन्धस्सduk·khak·khan·dhas·sa निरोधोni·ro·dho होती”ति।ho·tī

evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hotī”ti.

That is how this entire mass of suffering ceases.”
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छट्ठं।chaṭ·ṭhaṃ

Chaṭṭhaṁ.

(Pāli only)

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.