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Khīrasutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 15।4

Saṁyutta Nikāya 15.4

Linked Discourses 15.4
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1। पठमवग्गpa·ṭha·ma·vag·ga

1. Paṭhamavagga

Chapter One
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खीरसुत्तkhī·ra·sut·ta

Khīrasutta

Mother’s Milk
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सावत्थियंsā·vat·thi·yaṃ विहरति।vi·ha·ra·ti

Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.

At Sāvatthī.
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“अनमतग्गोयं,a·na·ma·tag·go·yaṃ भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve संसारो।saṃ·sā·ro

“Anamataggoyaṁ, bhikkhave, saṁsāro.

“Mendicants, this transmigration has no known beginning.
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पुब्बाpub·bā कोटिko·ṭi नna पञ्ञायतिpañ·ñā·ya·ti अविज्जानीवरणानंa·vij·jā·nī·va·ra·ṇā·naṃ सत्तानंsat·tā·naṃ तण्हासंयोजनानंtaṇ·hā·saṃ·yo·ja·nā·naṃ सन्धावतंsan·dhā·va·taṃ संसरतं।saṃ·sa·ra·taṃ

Pubbā koṭi na paññāyati avijjānīvaraṇānaṁ sattānaṁ taṇhāsaṁyojanānaṁ sandhāvataṁ saṁsarataṁ.

No first point is found of sentient beings roaming and transmigrating, shrouded by ignorance and fettered by craving.
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तंtaṃ किंkiṃ मञ्ञथ,mañ·ña·tha भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve कतमंka·ta·maṃ नुnu खोkho बहुतरं,ba·hu·ta·raṃ यंyaṃ वाvā वोvo इमिनाi·mi·nā दीघेनdī·ghe·na अद्धुनाad·dhu·nā सन्धावतंsan·dhā·va·taṃ संसरतंsaṃ·sa·ra·taṃ मातुथञ्ञंmā·tu·thañ·ñaṃ पीतं,pī·taṃ यंyaṃ वाvā चतूसुca·tū·su महासमुद्देसुma·hā·sa·mud·de·su उदकन्”ति?u·da·kan

Taṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave, katamaṁ nu kho bahutaraṁ, yaṁ vā vo iminā dīghena addhunā sandhāvataṁ saṁsarataṁ mātuthaññaṁ pītaṁ, yaṁ vā catūsu mahāsamuddesu udakan”ti?

What do you think? Which is more: the mother’s milk you’ve drunk while roaming and transmigrating for such a very long time, or the water in the four oceans?”
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“यथाya·thā खोkho मयं,ma·yaṃ भन्ते,bhan·te भगवताbha·ga·va·tā धम्मंdham·maṃ देसितंde·si·taṃ आजानाम,ā·jā·nā·ma एतदेव,e·ta·de·va भन्ते,bhan·te बहुतरंba·hu·ta·raṃ यंyaṃ नोno इमिनाi·mi·nā दीघेनdī·ghe·na अद्धुनाad·dhu·nā सन्धावतंsan·dhā·va·taṃ संसरतंsaṃ·sa·ra·taṃ मातुथञ्ञंmā·tu·thañ·ñaṃ पीतं,pī·taṃ नna त्वेवtve·va चतूसुca·tū·su महासमुद्देसुma·hā·sa·mud·de·su उदकन्”ति।u·da·kan

“Yathā kho mayaṁ, bhante, bhagavatā dhammaṁ desitaṁ ājānāma, etadeva, bhante, bahutaraṁ yaṁ no iminā dīghena addhunā sandhāvataṁ saṁsarataṁ mātuthaññaṁ pītaṁ, na tveva catūsu mahāsamuddesu udakan”ti.

“As we understand the Buddha’s teaching, the mother’s milk we’ve drunk while roaming and transmigrating is more than the water in the four oceans.”
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“साधुsā·dhu साधु,sā·dhu भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve साधुsā·dhu खोkho मेme तुम्हे,tum·he भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve एवंe·vaṃ धम्मंdham·maṃ देसितंde·si·taṃ आजानाथ।ā·jā·nā·tha

“Sādhu sādhu, bhikkhave, sādhu kho me tumhe, bhikkhave, evaṁ dhammaṁ desitaṁ ājānātha.

“Good, good, mendicants! It’s good that you understand my teaching like this.
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एतदेव,e·ta·de·va भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve बहुतरंba·hu·ta·raṃ यंyaṃ वोvo इमिनाi·mi·nā दीघेनdī·ghe·na अद्धुनाad·dhu·nā सन्धावतंsan·dhā·va·taṃ संसरतंsaṃ·sa·ra·taṃ मातुथञ्ञंmā·tu·thañ·ñaṃ पीतं,pī·taṃ नna त्वेवtve·va चतूसुca·tū·su महासमुद्देसुma·hā·sa·mud·de·su उदकं।u·da·kaṃ

Etadeva, bhikkhave, bahutaraṁ yaṁ vo iminā dīghena addhunā sandhāvataṁ saṁsarataṁ mātuthaññaṁ pītaṁ, na tveva catūsu mahāsamuddesu udakaṁ.

The mother’s milk you’ve drunk while roaming and transmigrating for such a very long time is more than the water in the four oceans.
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तंtaṃ किस्सkis·sa हेतु?he·tu

Taṁ kissa hetu?

Why is that?
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अनमतग्गोयं,a·na·ma·tag·go·yaṃ भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve संसारोsaṃ·sā·ro …पे…pe

Anamataggoyaṁ, bhikkhave, saṁsāro …pe…

This transmigration has no known beginning. …
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अलंa·laṃ विमुच्चितुन्”ति।vi·muc·ci·tun

alaṁ vimuccitun”ti.

This is quite enough for you to become disillusioned, dispassionate, and freed regarding all conditions.”
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चतुत्थं।ca·tut·thaṃ

Catutthaṁ.

(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.