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Linked Discourses 17 15 संयुत्त निकाय 17।1 15

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Kalyāṇīsutta

Pāli in Devanagari; under each word its Roman pronunciation, syllable by syllable (ṃ = nasal hum). Tap a Pāli word for its meaning (PTS Pāli-English Dictionary); tap again to open it in the Pāli dictionary.

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1. 1

   संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 17।22

   Saṁyutta Nikāya 17.22

   Linked Discourses 17.22

2. 2

   3। ततियवग्गta·ti·ya·vag·ga

   3. Tatiyavagga

   Chapter Three

3. 3

   कल्याणीसुत्तkal·yā·ṇī·sut·ta

   Kalyāṇīsutta

   The Finest Lady in the Land

4. 4

   सावत्थियंsā·vat·thi·yaṃ विहरति।vi·ha·ra·ti

   Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.

   At Sāvatthī.

5. 5

   “दारुणो,dā·ru·ṇo भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve लाभसक्कारसिलोकोlā·bha·sak·kā·ra·si·lo·ko …पे…pe

   “Dāruṇo, bhikkhave, lābhasakkārasiloko …pe…

   “Possessions, honor, and popularity are grim …

6. 6

   नna तस्स,tas·sa भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve जनपदकल्याणीja·na·pa·da·kal·yā·ṇī एकाe·kā एकस्सe·kas·sa चित्तंcit·taṃ परियादायpa·ri·yā·dā·ya तिट्ठतिtiṭ·ṭha·ti यस्सyas·sa लाभसक्कारसिलोकोlā·bha·sak·kā·ra·si·lo·ko चित्तंcit·taṃ परियादायpa·ri·yā·dā·ya तिट्ठति।tiṭ·ṭha·ti

   na tassa, bhikkhave, janapadakalyāṇī ekā ekassa cittaṁ pariyādāya tiṭṭhati yassa lābhasakkārasiloko cittaṁ pariyādāya tiṭṭhati.

   Even if you’re alone with the finest lady in the land she might not occupy your mind, but possessions, honor and popularity would still occupy your mind.

7. 7

   एवंe·vaṃ दारुणोdā·ru·ṇo खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve लाभसक्कारसिलोकोlā·bha·sak·kā·ra·si·lo·ko …पे…pe

   Evaṁ dāruṇo kho, bhikkhave, lābhasakkārasiloko …pe…

   So grim are possessions, honor, and popularity. …”

8. 8

   एवञ्हिe·vañ·hi वो,vo भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve सिक्खितब्बन्”ति।sik·khi·tab·ban

   evañhi vo, bhikkhave, sikkhitabban”ti.

   (Pāli only)

9. 9

   दुतियं।du·ti·yaṃ

   Dutiyaṁ.

   (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.