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Sāsapasutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 15।6

Saṁyutta Nikāya 15.6

Linked Discourses 15.6
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1। पठमवग्गpa·ṭha·ma·vag·ga

1. Paṭhamavagga

Chapter One
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सासपसुत्तsā·sa·pa·sut·ta

Sāsapasutta

A Mustard Seed
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सावत्थियंsā·vat·thi·yaṃ विहरति।vi·ha·ra·ti

Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.

At Sāvatthī.
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अथa·tha खोkho अञ्ञतरोañ·ña·ta·ro भिक्खुbhik·khu येनye·na भगवाbha·ga·vā …पे…pe एकमन्तंe·ka·man·taṃ निसिन्नोni·sin·no खोkho सोso भिक्खुbhik·khu भगवन्तंbha·ga·van·taṃ एतदवोच:e·ta·da·vo·ca

Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena bhagavā …pe… ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha … and asked him,
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“कीवदीघोkī·va·dī·gho नुnu खो,kho भन्ते,bhan·te कप्पो”ति?kap·po

“kīvadīgho nu kho, bhante, kappo”ti?

“Sir, how long is an eon?”
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“दीघोdī·gho खो,kho भिक्खु,bhik·khu कप्पो।kap·po

“Dīgho kho, bhikkhu, kappo.

“Mendicant, an eon is long.
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सोso नna सुकरोsu·ka·ro सङ्खातुंsaṅ·khā·tuṃ एत्तकानिet·ta·kā·ni वस्सानिvas·sā·ni इतिi·ti वाvā …पे…pe एत्तकानिet·ta·kā·ni वस्ससतसहस्सानिvas·sa·sa·ta·sa·has·sā·ni इतिi·ti वा”ति।vā

So na sukaro saṅkhātuṁ ettakāni vassāni iti vā …pe… ettakāni vassasatasahassāni iti vā”ti.

It’s not easy to calculate how many years, how many hundreds or thousands or hundreds of thousands of years it lasts.”
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“सक्काsak·kā पन,pa·na भन्ते,bhan·te उपमंu·pa·maṃ कातुन्”ति?kā·tun

“Sakkā pana, bhante, upamaṁ kātun”ti?

“But sir, is it possible to give a simile?”
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“सक्का,sak·kā भिक्खू”तिbhik·khū भगवाbha·ga·vā अवोच।a·vo·ca

“Sakkā, bhikkhū”ti bhagavā avoca.

“It’s possible,” said the Buddha.
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“सेय्यथापि,sey·ya·thā·pi भिक्खु,bhik·khu आयसंā·ya·saṃ नगरंna·ga·raṃ योजनंyo·ja·naṃ आयामेनā·yā·me·na योजनंyo·ja·naṃ वित्थारेनvit·thā·re·na योजनंyo·ja·naṃ उब्बेधेन,ub·be·dhe·na पुण्णंpuṇ·ṇaṃ सासपानंsā·sa·pā·naṃ गुळिकाबद्धं।gu·ḷi·kā·bad·dhaṃ

“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhu, āyasaṁ nagaraṁ yojanaṁ āyāmena yojanaṁ vitthārena yojanaṁ ubbedhena, puṇṇaṁ sāsapānaṁ guḷikābaddhaṁ.

“Suppose there was an iron citadel, a league long, a league wide, and a league high, full of mustard seeds pressed into balls.
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ततोta·to पुरिसोpu·ri·so वस्ससतस्सvas·sa·sa·tas·sa वस्ससतस्सvas·sa·sa·tas·sa अच्चयेनac·ca·ye·na एकमेकंe·ka·me·kaṃ सासपंsā·sa·paṃ उद्धरेय्य।ud·dha·rey·ya

Tato puriso vassasatassa vassasatassa accayena ekamekaṁ sāsapaṁ uddhareyya.

And as each century passed someone would remove a single mustard seed.
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खिप्पतरंkhip·pa·ta·raṃ खोkho सो,so भिक्खु,bhik·khu महासासपरासिma·hā·sā·sa·pa·rā·si इमिनाi·mi·nā उपक्कमेनu·pak·ka·me·na परिक्खयंpa·rik·kha·yaṃ परियादानंpa·ri·yā·dā·naṃ गच्छेय्य,gac·chey·ya नna त्वेवtve·va कप्पो।kap·po

Khippataraṁ kho so, bhikkhu, mahāsāsaparāsi iminā upakkamena parikkhayaṁ pariyādānaṁ gaccheyya, na tveva kappo.

By this means the big heap of mustard seeds would be used up before the eon comes to an end.
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एवंe·vaṃ दीघोdī·gho खो,kho भिक्खु,bhik·khu कप्पो।kap·po

Evaṁ dīgho kho, bhikkhu, kappo.

That’s how long an eon is.
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एवंe·vaṃ दीघानंdī·ghā·naṃ खो,kho भिक्खु,bhik·khu कप्पानंkap·pā·naṃ नेकोne·ko कप्पोkap·po संसितो,saṃ·si·to नेकंne·kaṃ कप्पसतंkap·pa·sa·taṃ संसितं,saṃ·si·taṃ नेकंne·kaṃ कप्पसहस्संkap·pa·sa·has·saṃ संसितं,saṃ·si·taṃ नेकंne·kaṃ कप्पसतसहस्संkap·pa·sa·ta·sa·has·saṃ संसितं।saṃ·si·taṃ

Evaṁ dīghānaṁ kho, bhikkhu, kappānaṁ neko kappo saṁsito, nekaṁ kappasataṁ saṁsitaṁ, nekaṁ kappasahassaṁ saṁsitaṁ, nekaṁ kappasatasahassaṁ saṁsitaṁ.

And we’ve transmigrated through many such eons, many hundreds, many thousands, many hundreds of thousands.
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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 भिक्खु,bhik·khu संसारोsaṃ·sā·ro …पे…pe

Anamataggoyaṁ, bhikkhu, 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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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.