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Kulasutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 20।3

Saṁyutta Nikāya 20.3

Linked Discourses 20.3
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1। ओपम्मवग्गo·pam·ma·vag·ga

1. Opammavagga

1. Similes
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कुलसुत्तku·la·sut·ta

Kulasutta

Families
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सावत्थियंsā·vat·thi·yaṃ विहरति।vi·ha·ra·ti

Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.

At Sāvatthī.
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“सेय्यथापि,sey·ya·thā·pi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve यानिyā·ni कानिचिkā·ni·ci कुलानिku·lā·ni बहुत्थिकानिba·hut·thi·kā·ni अप्पपुरिसानिap·pa·pu·ri·sā·ni तानिtā·ni सुप्पधंसियानिsup·pa·dhaṃ·si·yā·ni होन्तिhon·ti चोरेहिco·re·hi कुम्भत्थेनकेहि;kum·bhat·the·na·ke·hi

“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, yāni kānici kulāni bahutthikāni appapurisāni tāni suppadhaṁsiyāni honti corehi kumbhatthenakehi;

“Mendicants, those families with many women and few men are easy prey for bandits and grain-jar thieves.
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एवमेवe·va·me·va खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve यस्सyas·sa कस्सचिkas·sa·ci भिक्खुनोbhik·khu·no मेत्ताचेतोविमुत्तिmet·tā·ce·to·vi·mut·ti अभाविताa·bhā·vi·tā अबहुलीकताa·ba·hu·lī·ka·tā सोso सुप्पधंसियोsup·pa·dhaṃ·si·yo होतिho·ti अमनुस्सेहि।a·ma·nus·se·hi

evameva kho, bhikkhave, yassa kassaci bhikkhuno mettācetovimutti abhāvitā abahulīkatā so suppadhaṁsiyo hoti amanussehi.

In the same way any mendicant who has not developed and cultivated the heart’s release by love is easy prey for non-humans.
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सेय्यथापि,sey·ya·thā·pi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve यानिyā·ni कानिचिkā·ni·ci कुलानिku·lā·ni अप्पित्थिकानिap·pit·thi·kā·ni बहुपुरिसानिba·hu·pu·ri·sā·ni तानिtā·ni दुप्पधंसियानिdup·pa·dhaṃ·si·yā·ni होन्तिhon·ti चोरेहिco·re·hi कुम्भत्थेनकेहि;kum·bhat·the·na·ke·hi

Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, yāni kānici kulāni appitthikāni bahupurisāni tāni duppadhaṁsiyāni honti corehi kumbhatthenakehi;

Those families with few women and many men are hard prey for bandits and grain-jar thieves.
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एवमेवe·va·me·va खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve यस्सyas·sa कस्सचिkas·sa·ci भिक्खुनोbhik·khu·no मेत्ताचेतोविमुत्तिmet·tā·ce·to·vi·mut·ti भाविताbhā·vi·tā बहुलीकताba·hu·lī·ka·tā सोso दुप्पधंसियोdup·pa·dhaṃ·si·yo होतिho·ti अमनुस्सेहि।a·ma·nus·se·hi

evameva kho, bhikkhave, yassa kassaci bhikkhuno mettācetovimutti bhāvitā bahulīkatā so duppadhaṁsiyo hoti amanussehi.

In the same way a mendicant who has developed and cultivated the heart’s release by love is hard prey for non-humans.
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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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‘मेत्ताmet·tā नोno चेतोविमुत्तिce·to·vi·mut·ti भाविताbhā·vi·tā भविस्सतिbha·vis·sa·ti बहुलीकताba·hu·lī·ka·tā यानीकताyā·nī·ka·tā वत्थुकताvat·thu·ka·tā अनुट्ठिताa·nuṭ·ṭhi·tā परिचिताpa·ri·ci·tā सुसमारद्धा’ति।su·sa·mā·rad·dhā

‘mettā no cetovimutti bhāvitā bhavissati bahulīkatā yānīkatā vatthukatā anuṭṭhitā paricitā susamāraddhā’ti.

‘We will develop the heart’s release by love. We’ll cultivate it, make it our vehicle and our basis, keep it up, consolidate it, and properly implement it.’
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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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ततियं।ta·ti·yaṃ

Tatiyaṁ.

(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.