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Nakhasikhasutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 20।2

Saṁyutta Nikāya 20.2

Linked Discourses 20.2
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1। ओपम्मवग्गo·pam·ma·vag·ga

1. Opammavagga

1. Similes
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नखसिखसुत्तna·kha·si·kha·sut·ta

Nakhasikhasutta

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

Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.

At Sāvatthī.
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अथa·tha खोkho भगवाbha·ga·vā परित्तंpa·rit·taṃ नखसिखायंna·kha·si·khā·yaṃ पंसुंpaṃ·suṃ आरोपेत्वाā·ro·pet·vā भिक्खूbhik·khū आमन्तेसि:ā·man·te·si

Atha kho bhagavā parittaṁ nakhasikhāyaṁ paṁsuṁ āropetvā bhikkhū āmantesi:

Then the Buddha, picking up a little bit of dirt on his fingernail, addressed the mendicants:
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“तंtaṃ किंkiṃ मञ्ञथ,mañ·ña·tha भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve

“Taṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave,

“What do you think, mendicants?
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कतमंka·ta·maṃ नुnu खोkho बहुतरं,ba·hu·ta·raṃ योyo चायंcā·yaṃ मयाma·yā परित्तोpa·rit·to नखसिखायंna·kha·si·khā·yaṃ पंसुpaṃ·su आरोपितोā·ro·pi·to याyā चायंcā·yaṃ महापथवी”ति?ma·hā·pa·tha·vī

katamaṁ nu kho bahutaraṁ, yo cāyaṁ mayā paritto nakhasikhāyaṁ paṁsu āropito yā cāyaṁ mahāpathavī”ti?

Which is more: the little bit of dirt on my fingernail, or this great earth?”
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“एतदेव,e·ta·de·va भन्ते,bhan·te बहुतरंba·hu·ta·raṃ यदिदंya·di·daṃ महापथवी।ma·hā·pa·tha·vī

“Etadeva, bhante, bahutaraṁ yadidaṁ mahāpathavī.

“Sir, the great earth is far more.
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अप्पमत्तकोयंap·pa·mat·ta·ko·yaṃ भगवताbha·ga·va·tā परित्तोpa·rit·to नखसिखायंna·kha·si·khā·yaṃ पंसुpaṃ·su आरोपितो।ā·ro·pi·to

Appamattakoyaṁ bhagavatā paritto nakhasikhāyaṁ paṁsu āropito.

The little bit of dirt on your fingernail is tiny.
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सङ्खम्पिsaṅ·kham·pi नna उपेतिu·pe·ti उपनिधिम्पिu·pa·ni·dhim·pi नna उपेतिu·pe·ti कलभागम्पिka·la·bhā·gam·pi नna उपेतिu·pe·ti महापथविंma·hā·pa·tha·viṃ उपनिधायu·pa·ni·dhā·ya भगवताbha·ga·va·tā परित्तोpa·rit·to नखसिखायंna·kha·si·khā·yaṃ पंसुpaṃ·su आरोपितो”ति।ā·ro·pi·to

Saṅkhampi na upeti upanidhimpi na upeti kalabhāgampi na upeti mahāpathaviṁ upanidhāya bhagavatā paritto nakhasikhāyaṁ paṁsu āropito”ti.

Compared to the great earth, it doesn’t count, there’s no comparison, it’s not worth a fraction.”
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“एवमेवe·va·me·va खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve अप्पकाap·pa·kā तेte सत्ताsat·tā येye मनुस्सेसुma·nus·se·su पच्चाजायन्ति;pac·cā·jā·yan·ti

“Evameva kho, bhikkhave, appakā te sattā ye manussesu paccājāyanti;

“In the same way the sentient beings reborn as humans are few,
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अथa·tha खोkho एतेयेवe·te·ye·va बहुतराba·hu·ta·rā सत्ताsat·tā येye अञ्ञत्रañ·ñat·ra मनुस्सेहिma·nus·se·hi पच्चाजायन्ति।pac·cā·jā·yan·ti

atha kho eteyeva bahutarā sattā ye aññatra manussehi paccājāyanti.

while those not reborn as humans are many.
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तस्मातिह,tas·mā·ti·ha भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve एवंe·vaṃ सिक्खितब्बं:sik·khi·tab·baṃ

Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, evaṁ sikkhitabbaṁ:

So you should train like this:
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‘अप्पमत्ताap·pa·mat·tā विहरिस्सामा’ति।vi·ha·ris·sā·mā

‘appamattā viharissāmā’ti.

‘We will stay diligent.’
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एवञ्हिe·vañ·hi वो,vo भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve सिक्खितब्बन्”ति।sik·khi·tab·ban

Evañhi vo, bhikkhave, sikkhitabban”ti.

That’s how you should train.”
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दुतियं।du·ti·yaṃ

Dutiyaṁ.

(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.