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Candimasutta

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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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 2।9

Saṁyutta Nikāya 2.9

Linked Discourses 2.9
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1। पठमवग्गpa·ṭha·ma·vag·ga

1. Paṭhamavagga

Chapter One
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चन्दिमसुत्तcan·di·ma·sut·ta

Candimasutta

The Moon
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सावत्थिनिदानं।sā·vat·thi·ni·dā·naṃ

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.
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तेनte·na खोkho पनpa·na समयेनsa·ma·ye·na चन्दिमाcan·di·mā देवपुत्तोde·va·put·to राहुनाrā·hu·nā असुरिन्देनa·su·rin·de·na गहितोga·hi·to होति।ho·ti

Tena kho pana samayena candimā devaputto rāhunā asurindena gahito hoti.

Now at that time the Moon God had been seized by Rāhu, lord of titans.
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अथa·tha खोkho चन्दिमाcan·di·mā देवपुत्तोde·va·put·to भगवन्तंbha·ga·van·taṃ अनुस्सरमानोa·nus·sa·ra·mā·no तायंtā·yaṃ वेलायंve·lā·yaṃ इमंi·maṃ गाथंgā·thaṃ अभासि:a·bhā·si

Atha kho candimā devaputto bhagavantaṁ anussaramāno tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:

Then the Moon God, recollecting the Buddha, at that time spoke this verse:
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“नमोna·mo तेte बुद्धbud·dha वीरत्थु,vī·rat·thu

“Namo te buddha vīratthu,

“Homage to you, Buddha, hero!
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विप्पमुत्तोसिvip·pa·mut·to·si सब्बधि;sab·ba·dhi

vippamuttosi sabbadhi;

You’re free in every way.
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सम्बाधपटिपन्नोस्मि,sam·bā·dha·pa·ṭi·pan·nos·mi

Sambādhapaṭipannosmi,

I’ve wandered into confinement:
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तस्सtas·sa मेme सरणंsa·ra·ṇaṃ भवा”ति।bha·vā

tassa me saraṇaṁ bhavā”ti.

be my refuge!”
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अथa·tha खोkho भगवाbha·ga·vā चन्दिमंcan·di·maṃ देवपुत्तंde·va·put·taṃ आरब्भā·rab·bha राहुंrā·huṃ असुरिन्दंa·su·rin·daṃ गाथायgā·thā·ya अज्झभासि:aj·jha·bhā·si

Atha kho bhagavā candimaṁ devaputtaṁ ārabbha rāhuṁ asurindaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:

Then the Buddha addressed Rāhu in verse concerning the Moon God:
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“तथागतंta·thā·ga·taṃ अरहन्तं,a·ra·han·taṃ

“Tathāgataṁ arahantaṁ,

“The Moon God has gone for refuge
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चन्दिमाcan·di·mā सरणंsa·ra·ṇaṃ गतो;ga·to

candimā saraṇaṁ gato;

to the Realized One, the perfected one.
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राहुrā·hu चन्दंcan·daṃ पमुञ्चस्सु,pa·muñ·cas·su

Rāhu candaṁ pamuñcassu,

The Buddhas have compassion for the world—
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बुद्धाbud·dhā लोकानुकम्पका”ति।lo·kā·nu·kam·pa·kā

buddhā lokānukampakā”ti.

so Rāhu, release the Moon!”
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अथa·tha खोkho राहुrā·hu असुरिन्दोa·su·rin·do चन्दिमंcan·di·maṃ देवपुत्तंde·va·put·taṃ मुञ्चित्वाmuñ·cit·vā तरमानरूपोta·ra·mā·na·rū·po येनye·na वेपचित्तिve·pa·cit·ti असुरिन्दोa·su·rin·do तेनुपसङ्कमि;te·nu·pa·saṅ·ka·mi उपसङ्कमित्वाu·pa·saṅ·ka·mit·vā संविग्गोsaṃ·vig·go लोमहट्ठजातोlo·ma·haṭ·ṭha·jā·to एकमन्तंe·ka·man·taṃ अट्ठासि।aṭ·ṭhā·si

Atha kho rāhu asurindo candimaṁ devaputtaṁ muñcitvā taramānarūpo yena vepacitti asurindo tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā saṁviggo lomahaṭṭhajāto ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi.

Then Rāhu, having released the Moon, rushed to see Vepacitti, lord of titans and stood to one side, shocked and awestruck.
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एकमन्तंe·ka·man·taṃ ठितंṭhi·taṃ खोkho राहुंrā·huṃ असुरिन्दंa·su·rin·daṃ वेपचित्तिve·pa·cit·ti असुरिन्दोa·su·rin·do गाथायgā·thā·ya अज्झभासि:aj·jha·bhā·si

Ekamantaṁ ṭhitaṁ kho rāhuṁ asurindaṁ vepacitti asurindo gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:

Vepacitti addressed him in verse:
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“किंkiṃ नुnu सन्तरमानोव,san·ta·ra·mā·no·va

“Kiṁ nu santaramānova,

“Why the rush?
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राहुrā·hu चन्दंcan·daṃ पमुञ्चसि;pa·muñ·ca·si

rāhu candaṁ pamuñcasi;

Rāhu, you released the Moon
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संविग्गरूपोsaṃ·vig·ga·rū·po आगम्म,ā·gam·ma

Saṁviggarūpo āgamma,

and came here looking like you’re in shock:
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किंkiṃ नुnu भीतोवbhī·to·va तिट्ठसी”ति।tiṭ·ṭha·sī

kiṁ nu bhītova tiṭṭhasī”ti.

why do you stand there so scared?”
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“सत्तधाsat·ta·dhā मेme फलेpha·le मुद्धा,mud·dhā

“Sattadhā me phale muddhā,

“My head would have exploded in seven pieces,
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जीवन्तोjī·van·to नna सुखंsu·khaṃ लभे;la·bhe

jīvanto na sukhaṁ labhe;

I would have found no happiness in life,
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बुद्धगाथाभिगीतोम्हि,bud·dha·gā·thā·bhi·gī·tom·hi

Buddhagāthābhigītomhi,

if, when enchanted by the Buddha’s verse,
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नोno चेce मुञ्चेय्यmuñ·cey·ya चन्दिमन्”ति।can·di·man

no ce muñceyya candiman”ti.

I had not released the Moon.”

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.