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Dāmalisutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 2।5

Saṁyutta Nikāya 2.5

Linked Discourses 2.5
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1। पठमवग्गpa·ṭha·ma·vag·ga

1. Paṭhamavagga

Chapter One
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दामलिसुत्तdā·ma·li·sut·ta

Dāmalisutta

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

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.
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अथa·tha खोkho दामलिdā·ma·li देवपुत्तोde·va·put·to अभिक्कन्तायa·bhik·kan·tā·ya रत्तियाrat·ti·yā अभिक्कन्तवण्णोa·bhik·kan·ta·vaṇ·ṇo केवलकप्पंke·va·la·kap·paṃ जेतवनंje·ta·va·naṃ ओभासेत्वाo·bhā·set·vā येनye·na भगवाbha·ga·vā तेनुपसङ्कमि;te·nu·pa·saṅ·ka·mi उपसङ्कमित्वाu·pa·saṅ·ka·mit·vā भगवन्तंbha·ga·van·taṃ अभिवादेत्वाa·bhi·vā·det·vā एकमन्तंe·ka·man·taṃ अट्ठासि।aṭ·ṭhā·si

Atha kho dāmali devaputto abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṁ jetavanaṁ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi.

Then, late at night, the glorious godling Dāmali, lighting up the entire Jeta’s Grove, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side,
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एकमन्तंe·ka·man·taṃ ठितोṭhi·to खोkho दामलिdā·ma·li देवपुत्तोde·va·put·to भगवतोbha·ga·va·to सन्तिकेsan·ti·ke इमंi·maṃ गाथंgā·thaṃ अभासि:a·bhā·si

Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho dāmali devaputto bhagavato santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:

and spoke this verse in the Buddha’s presence:
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“करणीयमेतंka·ra·ṇī·ya·me·taṃ ब्राह्मणेन,brāh·ma·ṇe·na

“Karaṇīyametaṁ brāhmaṇena,

“This is what should be done by a brahmin:
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पधानंpa·dhā·naṃ अकिलासुना;a·ki·lā·su·nā

Padhānaṁ akilāsunā;

unrelenting striving.
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कामानंkā·mā·naṃ विप्पहानेन,vip·pa·hā·ne·na

Kāmānaṁ vippahānena,

Then, with the giving up of sensual pleasures,
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नna तेनासीसतेte·nā·sī·sa·te भवन्”ति।bha·van

Na tenāsīsate bhavan”ti.

they won’t hope to be reborn.”
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“नत्थिnat·thi किच्चंkic·caṃ ब्राह्मणस्स,brāh·ma·ṇas·sa

“Natthi kiccaṁ brāhmaṇassa,

“The brahmin has nothing left to do,”
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(दामलीतिdā·ma·lī·ti भगवा)bha·ga·vā

(dāmalīti bhagavā)

said the Buddha to Dāmali,
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कतकिच्चोka·ta·kic·co हिhi ब्राह्मणो;brāh·ma·ṇo

Katakicco hi brāhmaṇo;

“for they’ve completed their task.
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यावyā·va नna गाधंgā·dhaṃ लभतिla·bha·ti नदीसु,na·dī·su

Yāva na gādhaṁ labhati nadīsu,

So long as a personage fails to gain a footing in the river,
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आयूहतिā·yū·ha·ti सब्बगत्तेभिsab·ba·gat·te·bhi जन्तु;jan·tu

Āyūhati sabbagattebhi jantu;

they swim with every limb.
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गाधञ्चgā·dhañ·ca लद्धानlad·dhā·na थलेtha·le ठितोṭhi·to यो,yo

Gādhañca laddhāna thale ṭhito yo,

But someone who has gained a footing <j>and stands on dry land
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नायूहतीnā·yū·ha·tī पारगतोpā·ra·ga·to हिhi सोव।so·va

Nāyūhatī pāragato hi sova.

need not swim, <j>for they have reached the far shore.
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एसूपमाe·sū·pa·mā दामलिdā·ma·li ब्राह्मणस्स,brāh·ma·ṇas·sa

Esūpamā dāmali brāhmaṇassa,

Dāmali, this is a simile for the brahmin,
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खीणासवस्सkhī·ṇā·sa·vas·sa निपकस्सni·pa·kas·sa झायिनो;jhā·yi·no

Khīṇāsavassa nipakassa jhāyino;

alert, a meditator who has ended defilements.
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पप्पुय्यpap·puy·ya जातिमरणस्सjā·ti·ma·ra·ṇas·sa अन्तं,an·taṃ

Pappuyya jātimaraṇassa antaṁ,

Since they’ve reached the end of rebirth and death,
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नायूहतीnā·yū·ha·tī पारगतोpā·ra·ga·to हिhi सो”ति।so

Nāyūhatī pāragato hi so”ti.

they need not swim, <j>for they have reached the far shore.”

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.