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Linked Discourses 2 22 संयुत्त निकाय 2।1 22

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Khemasutta

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 2।22

   Saṁyutta Nikāya 2.22

   Linked Discourses 2.22

2. 2

   3। नानातित्थियवग्गnā·nā·tit·thi·ya·vag·ga

   3. Nānātitthiyavagga

   3. Various Sectarians

3. 3

   खेमसुत्तkhe·ma·sut·ta

   Khemasutta

   With Khema

4. 4

   एकमन्तंe·ka·man·taṃ ठितोṭhi·to खोkho खेमोkhe·mo देवपुत्तोde·va·put·to भगवतोbha·ga·va·to सन्तिकेsan·ti·ke इमाi·mā गाथायोgā·thā·yo अभासि:a·bhā·si

   Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho khemo devaputto bhagavato santike imā gāthāyo abhāsi:

   Standing to one side, the godling Khema recited these verses in the Buddha’s presence:

5. 5

   “चरन्तिca·ran·ti बालाbā·lā दुम्मेधा,dum·me·dhā

   “Caranti bālā dummedhā,

   “Fools and simpletons behave

6. 6

   अमित्तेनेवa·mit·te·ne·va अत्तना;at·ta·nā

   amitteneva attanā;

   like their own worst enemies,

7. 7

   करोन्ताka·ron·tā पापकंpā·pa·kaṃ कम्मं,kam·maṃ

   Karontā pāpakaṁ kammaṁ,

   doing wicked deeds

8. 8

   यंyaṃ होतिho·ti कटुकप्फलं।ka·ṭu·kap·pha·laṃ

   yaṁ hoti kaṭukapphalaṁ.

   that ripen as bitter fruit.

9. 9

   नna तंtaṃ कम्मंkam·maṃ कतंka·taṃ साधु,sā·dhu

   Na taṁ kammaṁ kataṁ sādhu,

   It’s not good to do a deed

10. 10

    यंyaṃ कत्वाkat·vā अनुतप्पति;a·nu·tap·pa·ti

    yaṁ katvā anutappati;

    that plagues you later on,

11. 11

    यस्सyas·sa अस्सुमुखोas·su·mu·kho रोदं,ro·daṃ

    Yassa assumukho rodaṁ,

    for which you weep and wail,

12. 12

    विपाकंvi·pā·kaṃ पटिसेवति।pa·ṭi·se·va·ti

    vipākaṁ paṭisevati.

    as its effect stays with you.

13. 13

    तञ्चtañ·ca कम्मंkam·maṃ कतंka·taṃ साधु,sā·dhu

    Tañca kammaṁ kataṁ sādhu,

    It is good to do a deed

14. 14

    यंyaṃ कत्वाkat·vā नानुतप्पति;nā·nu·tap·pa·ti

    yaṁ katvā nānutappati;

    that doesn’t plague you later on,

15. 15

    यस्सyas·sa पतीतोpa·tī·to सुमनो,su·ma·no

    Yassa patīto sumano,

    that gladdens and cheers,

16. 16

    विपाकंvi·pā·kaṃ पटिसेवति।pa·ṭi·se·va·ti

    vipākaṁ paṭisevati.

    as its effect stays with you.”

17. 17

    पटिकच्चेवpa·ṭi·kac·ce·va तंtaṃ कयिरा,ka·yi·rā

    Paṭikacceva taṁ kayirā,

    “As a precaution, you should do

18. 18

    यंyaṃ जञ्ञाjañ·ñā हितमत्तनो;hi·ta·mat·ta·no

    yaṁ jaññā hitamattano;

    what you know is for your own welfare.

19. 19

    नna साकटिकचिन्ताय,sā·ka·ṭi·ka·cin·tā·ya

    Na sākaṭikacintāya,

    A thinker, an attentive one would not proceed

20. 20

    मन्ताman·tā धीरोdhī·ro परक्कमे।pa·rak·ka·me

    mantā dhīro parakkame.

    thinking like the cart driver.

21. 21

    यथाya·thā साकटिकोsā·ka·ṭi·ko मट्ठं,maṭ·ṭhaṃ

    Yathā sākaṭiko maṭṭhaṁ,

    Suppose a cart driver leaves the highway,

22. 22

    समंsa·maṃ हित्वाhit·vā महापथं;ma·hā·pa·thaṃ

    samaṁ hitvā mahāpathaṁ;

    so even and well compacted.

23. 23

    विसमंvi·sa·maṃ मग्गमारुय्ह,mag·ga·mā·ruy·ha

    Visamaṁ maggamāruyha,

    They enter upon a rough road,

24. 24

    अक्खच्छिन्नोवak·khac·chin·no·va झायति।jhā·ya·ti

    akkhacchinnova jhāyati.

    and fret as soon as their axle is broken.

25. 25

    एवंe·vaṃ धम्माdham·mā अपक्कम्म,a·pak·kam·ma

    Evaṁ dhammā apakkamma,

    So too, a dullard leaves the good

26. 26

    अधम्ममनुवत्तिय;a·dham·ma·ma·nu·vat·ti·ya

    adhammamanuvattiya;

    to follow what’s against the good.

27. 27

    मन्दोman·do मच्चुमुखंmac·cu·mu·khaṃ पत्तो,pat·to

    Mando maccumukhaṁ patto,

    Fallen in the jaws of death,

28. 28

    अक्खच्छिन्नोवak·khac·chin·no·va झायती”ति।jhā·ya·tī

    akkhacchinnova jhāyatī”ti.

    they fret like one whose axle is broken.”

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.