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Acirapakkantasutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 17।35

Saṁyutta Nikāya 17.35

Linked Discourses 17.35
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4। चतुत्थवग्गca·tut·tha·vag·ga

4. Catutthavagga

Chapter Four
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अचिरपक्कन्तसुत्तa·ci·ra·pak·kan·ta·sut·ta

Acirapakkantasutta

Shortly After He Left
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एकंe·kaṃ समयंsa·ma·yaṃ भगवाbha·ga·vā राजगहेrā·ja·ga·he विहरतिvi·ha·ra·ti गिज्झकूटेgij·jha·kū·ṭe पब्बतेpab·ba·te अचिरपक्कन्तेa·ci·ra·pak·kan·te देवदत्ते।de·va·dat·te

Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati gijjhakūṭe pabbate acirapakkante devadatte.

At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, on the Vulture’s Peak Mountain, not long after Devadatta had left.
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तत्रtat·ra खोkho भगवाbha·ga·vā देवदत्तंde·va·dat·taṃ आरब्भā·rab·bha भिक्खूbhik·khū आमन्तेसि:ā·man·te·si

Tatra kho bhagavā devadattaṁ ārabbha bhikkhū āmantesi:

There the Buddha spoke to the mendicants about Devadatta:
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“अत्तवधाय,at·ta·va·dhā·ya भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve देवदत्तस्सde·va·dat·tas·sa लाभसक्कारसिलोकोlā·bha·sak·kā·ra·si·lo·ko उदपादि,u·da·pā·di पराभवायpa·rā·bha·vā·ya देवदत्तस्सde·va·dat·tas·sa लाभसक्कारसिलोकोlā·bha·sak·kā·ra·si·lo·ko उदपादि।u·da·pā·di

“attavadhāya, bhikkhave, devadattassa lābhasakkārasiloko udapādi, parābhavāya devadattassa lābhasakkārasiloko udapādi.

“Possessions, honor, and popularity came to Devadatta for his own ruin and downfall.
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सेय्यथापि,sey·ya·thā·pi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve कदलीka·da·lī अत्तवधायat·ta·va·dhā·ya फलंpha·laṃ देति,de·ti पराभवायpa·rā·bha·vā·ya फलंpha·laṃ देति;de·ti

Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, kadalī attavadhāya phalaṁ deti, parābhavāya phalaṁ deti;

It’s like a banana plant …
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एवमेवe·va·me·va खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve अत्तवधायat·ta·va·dhā·ya देवदत्तस्सde·va·dat·tas·sa लाभसक्कारसिलोकोlā·bha·sak·kā·ra·si·lo·ko उदपादि,u·da·pā·di पराभवायpa·rā·bha·vā·ya देवदत्तस्सde·va·dat·tas·sa लाभसक्कारसिलोकोlā·bha·sak·kā·ra·si·lo·ko उदपादि।u·da·pā·di

evameva kho, bhikkhave, attavadhāya devadattassa lābhasakkārasiloko udapādi, parābhavāya devadattassa lābhasakkārasiloko udapādi.

(Pāli only)
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सेय्यथापि,sey·ya·thā·pi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve वेळुve·ḷu अत्तवधायat·ta·va·dhā·ya फलंpha·laṃ देति,de·ti पराभवायpa·rā·bha·vā·ya फलंpha·laṃ देति;de·ti

Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, veḷu attavadhāya phalaṁ deti, parābhavāya phalaṁ deti;

or a bamboo …
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एवमेवe·va·me·va खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve अत्तवधायat·ta·va·dhā·ya देवदत्तस्सde·va·dat·tas·sa लाभसक्कारसिलोकोlā·bha·sak·kā·ra·si·lo·ko उदपादि,u·da·pā·di पराभवायpa·rā·bha·vā·ya देवदत्तस्सde·va·dat·tas·sa लाभसक्कारसिलोकोlā·bha·sak·kā·ra·si·lo·ko उदपादि।u·da·pā·di

evameva kho, bhikkhave, attavadhāya devadattassa lābhasakkārasiloko udapādi, parābhavāya devadattassa lābhasakkārasiloko udapādi.

(Pāli only)
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सेय्यथापि,sey·ya·thā·pi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve नळोna·ḷo अत्तवधायat·ta·va·dhā·ya फलंpha·laṃ देति,de·ti पराभवायpa·rā·bha·vā·ya फलंpha·laṃ देति;de·ti

Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, naḷo attavadhāya phalaṁ deti, parābhavāya phalaṁ deti;

or a reed, all of which bear fruit to their own ruin and downfall …
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एवमेवe·va·me·va खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve अत्तवधायat·ta·va·dhā·ya देवदत्तस्सde·va·dat·tas·sa लाभसक्कारसिलोकोlā·bha·sak·kā·ra·si·lo·ko उदपादि,u·da·pā·di पराभवायpa·rā·bha·vā·ya देवदत्तस्सde·va·dat·tas·sa लाभसक्कारसिलोकोlā·bha·sak·kā·ra·si·lo·ko उदपादि।u·da·pā·di

evameva kho, bhikkhave, attavadhāya devadattassa lābhasakkārasiloko udapādi, parābhavāya devadattassa lābhasakkārasiloko udapādi.

(Pāli only)
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सेय्यथापि,sey·ya·thā·pi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve अस्सतरीas·sa·ta·rī अत्तवधायat·ta·va·dhā·ya गब्भंgab·bhaṃ गण्हाति,gaṇ·hā·ti पराभवायpa·rā·bha·vā·ya गब्भंgab·bhaṃ गण्हाति;gaṇ·hā·ti

Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, assatarī attavadhāya gabbhaṁ gaṇhāti, parābhavāya gabbhaṁ gaṇhāti;

It’s like a mule, which becomes pregnant to its own ruin and downfall.
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एवमेवe·va·me·va खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve अत्तवधायat·ta·va·dhā·ya देवदत्तस्सde·va·dat·tas·sa लाभसक्कारसिलोकोlā·bha·sak·kā·ra·si·lo·ko उदपादि,u·da·pā·di पराभवायpa·rā·bha·vā·ya देवदत्तस्सde·va·dat·tas·sa लाभसक्कारसिलोकोlā·bha·sak·kā·ra·si·lo·ko उदपादि।u·da·pā·di

evameva kho, bhikkhave, attavadhāya devadattassa lābhasakkārasiloko udapādi, parābhavāya devadattassa lābhasakkārasiloko udapādi.

In the same way, possessions, honor, and popularity came to Devadatta for his own ruin and downfall.
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एवंe·vaṃ दारुणोdā·ru·ṇo खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve लाभसक्कारसिलोको।lā·bha·sak·kā·ra·si·lo·ko

Evaṁ dāruṇo kho, bhikkhave, lābhasakkārasiloko.

So grim are possessions, honor, and popularity.
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एवञ्हिe·vañ·hi वो,vo भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve सिक्खितब्बन्”ति।sik·khi·tab·ban

Evañhi vo, bhikkhave, sikkhitabban”ti.

That’s how you should train.”
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इदमवोचi·da·ma·vo·ca भगवा।bha·ga·vā

Idamavoca bhagavā.

That is what the Buddha said.
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इदंi·daṃ वत्वानvat·vā·na सुगतोsu·ga·to अथापरंa·thā·pa·raṃ एतदवोचe·ta·da·vo·ca सत्था:sat·thā

Idaṁ vatvāna sugato athāparaṁ etadavoca satthā:

Then the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say:
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“फलंpha·laṃ वेve कदलिंka·da·liṃ हन्ति,han·ti

“Phalaṁ ve kadaliṁ hanti,

“The banana plant is destroyed by its own fruit,
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फलंpha·laṃ वेळुंve·ḷuṃ फलंpha·laṃ नळं;na·ḷaṃ

phalaṁ veḷuṁ phalaṁ naḷaṁ;

as are the bamboo and the reed.
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सक्कारोsak·kā·ro कापुरिसंkā·pu·ri·saṃ हन्ति,han·ti

Sakkāro kāpurisaṁ hanti,

Honor destroys a reprobate,
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गब्भोgab·bho अस्सतरिंas·sa·ta·riṃ यथा”ति।ya·thā

gabbho assatariṁ yathā”ti.

as pregnancy destroys a mule.”
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पञ्चमं।pañ·ca·maṃ

Pañcamaṁ.

(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.