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Māgadhasutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 2।4

Saṁyutta Nikāya 2.4

Linked Discourses 2.4
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1। पठमवग्गpa·ṭha·ma·vag·ga

1. Paṭhamavagga

Chapter One
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मागधसुत्तmā·ga·dha·sut·ta

Māgadhasutta

With Maghada
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सावत्थिनिदानं।sā·vat·thi·ni·dā·naṃ

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.
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एकमन्तंe·ka·man·taṃ ठितोṭhi·to खोkho मागधोmā·ga·dho देवपुत्तोde·va·put·to भगवन्तंbha·ga·van·taṃ गाथायgā·thā·ya अज्झभासि:aj·jha·bhā·si

Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho māgadho devaputto bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:

Standing to one side, the godling Maghada addressed the Buddha in verse:
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“कतिka·ti लोकस्मिंlo·kas·miṃ पज्जोता,paj·jo·tā

“Kati lokasmiṁ pajjotā,

“How many lamps are there
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येहिye·hi लोकोlo·ko पकासति;pa·kā·sa·ti

yehi loko pakāsati;

that light up the world?
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भवन्तंbha·van·taṃ पुट्ठुमागम्म,puṭ·ṭhu·mā·gam·ma

Bhavantaṁ puṭṭhumāgamma,

We’ve come to ask the Buddha;
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कथंka·thaṃ जानेमुjā·ne·mu तंtaṃ मयन्”ति।ma·yan

kathaṁ jānemu taṁ mayan”ti.

how are we to understand this?”
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“चत्तारोcat·tā·ro लोकेlo·ke पज्जोता,paj·jo·tā

“Cattāro loke pajjotā,

“There are four lamps in the world,
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पञ्चमेत्थpañ·ca·met·tha नna विज्जति;vij·ja·ti

pañcamettha na vijjati;

a fifth is not found.
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दिवाdi·vā तपतिta·pa·ti आदिच्चो,ā·dic·co

Divā tapati ādicco,

The sun blazes by day,
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रत्तिमाभातिrat·ti·mā·bhā·ti चन्दिमा।can·di·mā

rattimābhāti candimā.

the moon radiates at night,
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अथa·tha अग्गिag·gi दिवारत्तिं,di·vā·rat·tiṃ

Atha aggi divārattiṁ,

while a fire illuminates both
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तत्थtat·tha तत्थtat·tha पकासति;pa·kā·sa·ti

tattha tattha pakāsati;

by day and by night.
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सम्बुद्धोsam·bud·dho तपतंta·pa·taṃ सेट्ठो,seṭ·ṭho

Sambuddho tapataṁ seṭṭho,

But a Buddha is the best of blazes:
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एसाe·sā आभाā·bhā अनुत्तरा”ति।a·nut·ta·rā

esā ābhā anuttarā”ti.

this is the supreme radiance.”

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.