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Dhanuggahasutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 20।6

Saṁyutta Nikāya 20.6

Linked Discourses 20.6
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1। ओपम्मवग्गo·pam·ma·vag·ga

1. Opammavagga

1. Similes
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धनुग्गहसुत्तdha·nug·ga·ha·sut·ta

Dhanuggahasutta

The Archers
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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 चत्तारोcat·tā·ro दळ्हधम्माda·ḷha·dham·mā धनुग्गहाdha·nug·ga·hā सुसिक्खिताsu·sik·khi·tā कतहत्थाka·ta·hat·thā कतूपासनाka·tū·pā·sa·nā चतुद्दिसाca·tud·di·sā ठिताṭhi·tā अस्सु।as·su

“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, cattāro daḷhadhammā dhanuggahā susikkhitā katahatthā katūpāsanā catuddisā ṭhitā assu.

“Mendicants, suppose there were four well-trained expert archers with strong bows standing in the four quarters.
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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 इमेसंi·me·saṃ चतुन्नंca·tun·naṃ दळ्हधम्मानंda·ḷha·dham·mā·naṃ धनुग्गहानंdha·nug·ga·hā·naṃ सुसिक्खितानंsu·sik·khi·tā·naṃ कतहत्थानंka·ta·hat·thā·naṃ कतूपासनानंka·tū·pā·sa·nā·naṃ चतुद्दिसाca·tud·di·sā कण्डेkaṇ·ḍe खित्तेkhit·te अप्पतिट्ठितेap·pa·tiṭ·ṭhi·te पथवियंpa·tha·vi·yaṃ गहेत्वाga·het·vā आहरिस्सामी’ति।ā·ha·ris·sā·mī

‘ahaṁ imesaṁ catunnaṁ daḷhadhammānaṁ dhanuggahānaṁ susikkhitānaṁ katahatthānaṁ katūpāsanānaṁ catuddisā kaṇḍe khitte appatiṭṭhite pathaviyaṁ gahetvā āharissāmī’ti.

‘When these four well-trained expert archers shoot arrows in four quarters, I’ll catch them before they reach the ground, and then I’ll bring them 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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‘जवनोja·va·no पुरिसोpu·ri·so परमेनpa·ra·me·na जवेनja·ve·na समन्नागतो’तिsa·man·nā·ga·to अलंवचनाया”ति?a·laṃ·va·ca·nā·yā

‘javano puriso paramena javena samannāgato’ti alaṁvacanāyā”ti?

Are they qualified to be called ‘a speedster endowed with super-speed’?”
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“एकस्सe·kas·sa चेपि,ce·pi भन्ते,bhan·te दळ्हधम्मस्सda·ḷha·dham·mas·sa धनुग्गहस्सdha·nug·ga·has·sa सुसिक्खितस्सsu·sik·khi·tas·sa कतहत्थस्सka·ta·hat·thas·sa कतूपासनस्सka·tū·pā·sa·nas·sa कण्डंkaṇ·ḍaṃ खित्तंkhit·taṃ अप्पतिट्ठितंap·pa·tiṭ·ṭhi·taṃ पथवियंpa·tha·vi·yaṃ गहेत्वाga·het·vā आहरेय्य:ā·ha·rey·ya

“Ekassa cepi, bhante, daḷhadhammassa dhanuggahassa susikkhitassa katahatthassa katūpāsanassa kaṇḍaṁ khittaṁ appatiṭṭhitaṁ pathaviyaṁ gahetvā āhareyya:

“If he could catch an arrow shot by just one well-trained expert archer before it reaches the ground and bring it back,
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‘जवनोja·va·no पुरिसोpu·ri·so परमेनpa·ra·me·na जवेनja·ve·na समन्नागतो’तिsa·man·nā·ga·to अलंवचनाय,a·laṃ·va·ca·nā·ya कोko पनpa·na वादोvā·do चतुन्नंca·tun·naṃ दळ्हधम्मानंda·ḷha·dham·mā·naṃ धनुग्गहानंdha·nug·ga·hā·naṃ सुसिक्खितानंsu·sik·khi·tā·naṃ कतहत्थानंka·ta·hat·thā·naṃ कतूपासनानन्”ति?ka·tū·pā·sa·nā·nan

‘javano puriso paramena javena samannāgato’ti alaṁvacanāya, ko pana vādo catunnaṁ daḷhadhammānaṁ dhanuggahānaṁ susikkhitānaṁ katahatthānaṁ katūpāsanānan”ti?

he’d be qualified to be called ‘a speedster endowed with super-speed’. How much more so arrows shot by four archers!”
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“यथाya·thā च,ca भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve तस्सtas·sa पुरिसस्सpu·ri·sas·sa जवो,ja·vo यथाya·thā चca चन्दिमसूरियानंcan·di·ma·sū·ri·yā·naṃ जवो,ja·vo ततोta·to सीघतरो।sī·gha·ta·ro

“Yathā ca, bhikkhave, tassa purisassa javo, yathā ca candimasūriyānaṁ javo, tato sīghataro.

“As fast as that man is, the sun and moon are faster.
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यथाya·thā च,ca भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve तस्सtas·sa पुरिसस्सpu·ri·sas·sa जवोja·vo यथाya·thā चca चन्दिमसूरियानंcan·di·ma·sū·ri·yā·naṃ जवोja·vo यथाya·thā चca याyā देवताde·va·tā चन्दिमसूरियानंcan·di·ma·sū·ri·yā·naṃ पुरतोpu·ra·to धावन्तिdhā·van·ti तासंtā·saṃ देवतानंde·va·tā·naṃ जवो,ja·vo (…) ततोta·to सीघतरंsī·gha·ta·raṃ आयुसङ्खाराā·yu·saṅ·khā·rā खीयन्ति।khī·yan·ti

Yathā ca, bhikkhave, tassa purisassa javo yathā ca candimasūriyānaṁ javo yathā ca yā devatā candimasūriyānaṁ purato dhāvanti tāsaṁ devatānaṁ javo, (…) tato sīghataraṁ āyusaṅkhārā khīyanti.

As fast as that man is, as fast as the sun and moon are, and as fast as the deities that run before the sun and moon are, the waning of the life forces is faster.
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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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छट्ठं।chaṭ·ṭhaṃ

Chaṭṭhaṁ.

(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.