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Siṅgālasutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 17।8

Saṁyutta Nikāya 17.8

Linked Discourses 17.8
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1। पठमवग्गpa·ṭha·ma·vag·ga

1. Paṭhamavagga

Chapter One
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सिङ्गालसुत्तsiṅ·gā·la·sut·ta

Siṅgālasutta

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

Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.

At Sāvatthī.
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“दारुणो,dā·ru·ṇo भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve लाभसक्कारसिलोकोlā·bha·sak·kā·ra·si·lo·ko …पे…pe अधिगमाय।a·dhi·ga·mā·ya

“Dāruṇo, bhikkhave, lābhasakkārasiloko …pe… adhigamāya.

“Possessions, honor, and popularity are grim …
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अस्सुत्थas·sut·tha नोno तुम्हे,tum·he भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve रत्तियाrat·ti·yā पच्चूससमयंpac·cū·sa·sa·ma·yaṃ जरसिङ्गालस्सja·ra·siṅ·gā·las·sa वस्समानस्सा”ति?vas·sa·mā·nas·sā

Assuttha no tumhe, bhikkhave, rattiyā paccūsasamayaṁ jarasiṅgālassa vassamānassā”ti?

Mendicants, did you hear an old jackal howling at the crack of dawn?”
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“एवं,e·vaṃ भन्ते”।bhan·te

“Evaṁ, bhante”.

“Yes, sir.”
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“एसोe·so खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve जरसिङ्गालोja·ra·siṅ·gā·lo उक्कण्डकेनuk·kaṇ·ḍa·ke·na नामnā·ma रोगजातेनro·ga·jā·te·na फुट्ठोphuṭ·ṭho नेवne·va बिलगतोbi·la·ga·to रमति,ra·ma·ti नna रुक्खमूलगतोruk·kha·mū·la·ga·to रमति,ra·ma·ti नna अज्झोकासगतोaj·jho·kā·sa·ga·to रमति;ra·ma·ti

“Eso kho, bhikkhave, jarasiṅgālo ukkaṇḍakena nāma rogajātena phuṭṭho neva bilagato ramati, na rukkhamūlagato ramati, na ajjhokāsagato ramati;

“That old jackal has the disease called mange. He’s not happy in his den, or at the root of a tree, or out in the open.
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येनye·na येनye·na गच्छति,gac·cha·ti यत्थyat·tha यत्थyat·tha तिट्ठति,tiṭ·ṭha·ti यत्थyat·tha यत्थyat·tha निसीदति,ni·sī·da·ti यत्थyat·tha यत्थyat·tha निपज्जति;ni·paj·ja·ti तत्थtat·tha तत्थtat·tha अनयब्यसनंa·na·yab·ya·sa·naṃ आपज्जति।ā·paj·ja·ti

yena yena gacchati, yattha yattha tiṭṭhati, yattha yattha nisīdati, yattha yattha nipajjati; tattha tattha anayabyasanaṁ āpajjati.

Wherever he goes, stands, sits, or lies down he meets with tragedy and disaster.
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एवमेवe·va·me·va खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve इधेकच्चोi·dhe·kac·co भिक्खुbhik·khu लाभसक्कारसिलोकेनlā·bha·sak·kā·ra·si·lo·ke·na अभिभूतोa·bhi·bhū·to परियादिण्णचित्तोpa·ri·yā·diṇ·ṇa·cit·to नेवne·va सुञ्ञागारगतोsuñ·ñā·gā·ra·ga·to रमति,ra·ma·ti नna रुक्खमूलगतोruk·kha·mū·la·ga·to रमति,ra·ma·ti नna अज्झोकासगतोaj·jho·kā·sa·ga·to रमति;ra·ma·ti

Evameva kho, bhikkhave, idhekacco bhikkhu lābhasakkārasilokena abhibhūto pariyādiṇṇacitto neva suññāgāragato ramati, na rukkhamūlagato ramati, na ajjhokāsagato ramati;

In the same way, take a certain mendicant whose mind is overcome and overwhelmed by possessions, honor, and popularity. They’re not happy in an empty hut, at the root of a tree, or out in the open.
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येनye·na येनye·na गच्छति,gac·cha·ti यत्थyat·tha यत्थyat·tha तिट्ठति,tiṭ·ṭha·ti यत्थyat·tha यत्थyat·tha निसीदति,ni·sī·da·ti यत्थyat·tha यत्थyat·tha निपज्जति;ni·paj·ja·ti तत्थtat·tha तत्थtat·tha अनयब्यसनंa·na·yab·ya·sa·naṃ आपज्जति।ā·paj·ja·ti

yena yena gacchati, yattha yattha tiṭṭhati, yattha yattha nisīdati, yattha yattha nipajjati; tattha tattha anayabyasanaṁ āpajjati.

Wherever they go, stand, sit, or lie down they meet with tragedy and disaster.
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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. …”
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एवञ्हिe·vañ·hi वो,vo भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve सिक्खितब्बन्”ति।sik·khi·tab·ban

evañhi vo, bhikkhave, sikkhitabban”ti.

(Pāli only)
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अट्ठमं।aṭ·ṭha·maṃ

Aṭṭhamaṁ.

(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.