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Sattisutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 20।5

Saṁyutta Nikāya 20.5

Linked Discourses 20.5
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1। ओपम्मवग्गo·pam·ma·vag·ga

1. Opammavagga

1. Similes
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सत्तिसुत्तsat·ti·sut·ta

Sattisutta

A Spear
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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 सत्तिsat·ti तिण्हफला।tiṇ·ha·pha·lā

“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, satti tiṇhaphalā.

“Mendicants, suppose there was a sharp-pointed spear.
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अथa·tha पुरिसोpu·ri·so आगच्छेय्य:ā·gac·chey·ya

Atha puriso āgaccheyya:

And a man came along and thought,
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‘अहंa·haṃ इमंi·maṃ सत्तिंsat·tiṃ तिण्हफलंtiṇ·ha·pha·laṃ पाणिनाpā·ṇi·nā वाvā मुट्ठिनाmuṭ·ṭhi·nā वाvā पटिलेणिस्सामिpa·ṭi·le·ṇis·sā·mi पटिकोट्टिस्सामिpa·ṭi·koṭ·ṭis·sā·mi पटिवट्टेस्सामी’ति।pa·ṭi·vaṭ·ṭes·sā·mī

‘ahaṁ imaṁ sattiṁ tiṇhaphalaṁ pāṇinā vā muṭṭhinā vā paṭileṇissāmi paṭikoṭṭissāmi paṭivaṭṭessāmī’ti.

‘With my hand or fist I’ll fold this sharp spear over, crumple it, and bend it back!’
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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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भब्बोbhab·bo नुnu खोkho सोso पुरिसोpu·ri·so अमुंa·muṃ सत्तिंsat·tiṃ तिण्हफलंtiṇ·ha·pha·laṃ पाणिनाpā·ṇi·nā वाvā मुट्ठिनाmuṭ·ṭhi·nā वाvā पटिलेणेतुंpa·ṭi·le·ṇe·tuṃ पटिकोट्टेतुंpa·ṭi·koṭ·ṭe·tuṃ पटिवट्टेतुन्”ति?pa·ṭi·vaṭ·ṭe·tun

bhabbo nu kho so puriso amuṁ sattiṁ tiṇhaphalaṁ pāṇinā vā muṭṭhinā vā paṭileṇetuṁ paṭikoṭṭetuṁ paṭivaṭṭetun”ti?

Is that man capable of doing so?”
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“नोno हेतं,he·taṃ भन्ते”।bhan·te

“No hetaṁ, bhante”.

“No, sir.
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“तंtaṃ किस्सkis·sa हेतु”?he·tu

“Taṁ kissa hetu”?

Why not?
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“असुa·su हि,hi भन्ते,bhan·te सत्तिsat·ti तिण्हफलाtiṇ·ha·pha·lā नna सुकराsu·ka·rā पाणिनाpā·ṇi·nā वाvā मुट्ठिनाmuṭ·ṭhi·nā वाvā पटिलेणेतुंpa·ṭi·le·ṇe·tuṃ पटिकोट्टेतुंpa·ṭi·koṭ·ṭe·tuṃ पटिवट्टेतुं।pa·ṭi·vaṭ·ṭe·tuṃ

“Asu hi, bhante, satti tiṇhaphalā na sukarā pāṇinā vā muṭṭhinā vā paṭileṇetuṁ paṭikoṭṭetuṁ paṭivaṭṭetuṁ.

Because it’s not easy to fold that sharp spear over, crumple it, and bend it back with the hand or fist.
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यावदेवyā·va·de·va चca पनpa·na सोso पुरिसोpu·ri·so किलमथस्सki·la·ma·thas·sa विघातस्सvi·ghā·tas·sa भागीbhā·gī अस्सा”ति।as·sā

Yāvadeva ca pana so puriso kilamathassa vighātassa bhāgī assā”ti.

That man will eventually get weary and frustrated.”
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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 यानीकताyā·nī·ka·tā वत्थुकताvat·thu·ka·tā अनुट्ठिताa·nuṭ·ṭhi·tā परिचिताpa·ri·ci·tā सुसमारद्धा,su·sa·mā·rad·dhā तस्सtas·sa चेce अमनुस्सोa·ma·nus·so चित्तंcit·taṃ खिपितब्बंkhi·pi·tab·baṃ मञ्ञेय्य;mañ·ñey·ya

“Evameva kho, bhikkhave, yassa kassaci bhikkhuno mettācetovimutti bhāvitā bahulīkatā yānīkatā vatthukatā anuṭṭhitā paricitā susamāraddhā, tassa ce amanusso cittaṁ khipitabbaṁ maññeyya;

“In the same way, suppose a mendicant has developed the heart’s release by love, has cultivated it, made it a vehicle and a basis, kept it up, consolidated it, and properly implemented it. Should any non-human think to overthrow their mind,
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अथa·tha खोkho स्वेवsve·va अमनुस्सोa·ma·nus·so किलमथस्सki·la·ma·thas·sa विघातस्सvi·ghā·tas·sa भागीbhā·gī अस्स।as·sa

atha kho sveva amanusso kilamathassa vighātassa bhāgī assa.

they’ll eventually get weary and frustrated.
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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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पञ्चमं।pañ·ca·maṃ

Pañcamaṁ.

(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.