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Kaliṅgarasutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 20।8

Saṁyutta Nikāya 20.8

Linked Discourses 20.8
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1। ओपम्मवग्गo·pam·ma·vag·ga

1. Opammavagga

1. Similes
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कलिङ्गरसुत्तka·liṅ·ga·ra·sut·ta

Kaliṅgarasutta

Wood Blocks
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एवंe·vaṃ मेme सुतं—su·taṃ

Evaṁ me sutaṁ—

So I have heard.
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एकंe·kaṃ समयंsa·ma·yaṃ भगवाbha·ga·vā वेसालियंve·sā·li·yaṃ विहरतिvi·ha·ra·ti महावनेma·hā·va·ne कूटागारसालायं।kū·ṭā·gā·ra·sā·lā·yaṃ

ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā vesāliyaṁ viharati mahāvane kūṭāgārasālāyaṁ.

At one time the Buddha was staying near Vesālī, at the Great Wood, in the hall with the peaked roof.
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तत्रtat·ra खोkho भगवाbha·ga·vā भिक्खूbhik·khū आमन्तेसि:ā·man·te·si

Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:

There the Buddha addressed the mendicants,
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“भिक्खवो”ति।bhik·kha·vo

“bhikkhavo”ti.

“Mendicants!”
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“भदन्ते”तिbha·dan·te तेte भिक्खूbhik·khū भगवतोbha·ga·va·to पच्चस्सोसुं।pac·cas·so·suṃ

“Bhadante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.

“Venerable sir,” they replied.
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भगवाbha·ga·vā एतदवोच:e·ta·da·vo·ca

Bhagavā etadavoca:

The Buddha said this:
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“कलिङ्गरूपधाना,ka·liṅ·ga·rū·pa·dhā·nā भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve एतरहिe·ta·ra·hi लिच्छवीlic·cha·vī विहरन्तिvi·ha·ran·ti अप्पमत्ताap·pa·mat·tā आतापिनोā·tā·pi·no उपासनस्मिं।u·pā·sa·nas·miṃ

“Kaliṅgarūpadhānā, bhikkhave, etarahi licchavī viharanti appamattā ātāpino upāsanasmiṁ.

“Mendicants, these days the Licchavis live using wood blocks as pillows, and they exercise diligently and keenly.
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तेसंte·saṃ राजाrā·jā मागधोmā·ga·dho अजातसत्तुa·jā·ta·sat·tu वेदेहिपुत्तोve·de·hi·put·to नna लभतिla·bha·ti ओतारंo·tā·raṃ नna लभतिla·bha·ti आरम्मणं।ā·ram·ma·ṇaṃ

Tesaṁ rājā māgadho ajātasattu vedehiputto na labhati otāraṁ na labhati ārammaṇaṁ.

King Ajātasattu of Magadha, son of the princess of Videha, finds no vulnerability, he’s got no opportunity.
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भविस्सन्ति,bha·vis·san·ti भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve अनागतमद्धानंa·nā·ga·ta·mad·dhā·naṃ लिच्छवीlic·cha·vī सुखुमालाsu·khu·mā·lā मुदुतलुनहत्थपादाmu·du·ta·lu·na·hat·tha·pā·dā

Bhavissanti, bhikkhave, anāgatamaddhānaṁ licchavī sukhumālā mudutalunahatthapādā

But in the future the Licchavis will become delicate, with soft and tender hands and feet.
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तेte मुदुकासुmu·du·kā·su सेय्यासुsey·yā·su तूलबिब्बोहनासुtū·la·bib·bo·ha·nā·su यावसूरियुग्गमनाyā·va·sū·ri·yug·ga·ma·nā सेय्यंsey·yaṃ कप्पिस्सन्ति।kap·pis·san·ti

te mudukāsu seyyāsu tūlabibbohanāsu yāvasūriyuggamanā seyyaṁ kappissanti.

They’ll sleep on soft beds with down pillows until the sun comes up.
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तेसंte·saṃ राजाrā·jā मागधोmā·ga·dho अजातसत्तुa·jā·ta·sat·tu वेदेहिपुत्तोve·de·hi·put·to लच्छतिlac·cha·ti ओतारंo·tā·raṃ लच्छतिlac·cha·ti आरम्मणं।ā·ram·ma·ṇaṃ

Tesaṁ rājā māgadho ajātasattu vedehiputto lacchati otāraṁ lacchati ārammaṇaṁ.

King Ajātasattu of Magadha, son of the princess of Videha, will find a vulnerability and get an opportunity.
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कलिङ्गरूपधाना,ka·liṅ·ga·rū·pa·dhā·nā भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve एतरहिe·ta·ra·hi भिक्खूbhik·khū विहरन्तिvi·ha·ran·ti अप्पमत्ताap·pa·mat·tā आतापिनोā·tā·pi·no पधानस्मिं।pa·dhā·nas·miṃ

Kaliṅgarūpadhānā, bhikkhave, etarahi bhikkhū viharanti appamattā ātāpino padhānasmiṁ.

These days the mendicants live using wood blocks as pillows, and they meditate diligently and keenly.
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तेसंte·saṃ मारोmā·ro पापिमाpā·pi·mā नna लभतिla·bha·ti ओतारंo·tā·raṃ नna लभतिla·bha·ti आरम्मणं।ā·ram·ma·ṇaṃ

Tesaṁ māro pāpimā na labhati otāraṁ na labhati ārammaṇaṁ.

Māra the Wicked finds no vulnerability, he’s got no opportunity.
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भविस्सन्ति,bha·vis·san·ti भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve अनागतमद्धानंa·nā·ga·ta·mad·dhā·naṃ भिक्खूbhik·khū सुखुमाsu·khu·mā मुदुतलुनहत्थपादा।mu·du·ta·lu·na·hat·tha·pā·dā

Bhavissanti, bhikkhave, anāgatamaddhānaṁ bhikkhū sukhumā mudutalunahatthapādā.

But in the future the mendicants will become delicate, with soft and tender hands and feet.
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तेte मुदुकासुmu·du·kā·su सेय्यासुsey·yā·su तूलबिब्बोहनासुtū·la·bib·bo·ha·nā·su यावसूरियुग्गमनाyā·va·sū·ri·yug·ga·ma·nā सेय्यंsey·yaṃ कप्पिस्सन्ति।kap·pis·san·ti

Te mudukāsu seyyāsu tūlabibbohanāsu yāvasūriyuggamanā seyyaṁ kappissanti.

They’ll sleep on soft beds with down pillows until the sun comes up.
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तेसंte·saṃ मारोmā·ro पापिमाpā·pi·mā लच्छतिlac·cha·ti ओतारंo·tā·raṃ लच्छतिlac·cha·ti आरम्मणं।ā·ram·ma·ṇaṃ

Tesaṁ māro pāpimā lacchati otāraṁ lacchati ārammaṇaṁ.

Māra the Wicked will find a vulnerability and get an opportunity.
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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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‘कलिङ्गरूपधानाka·liṅ·ga·rū·pa·dhā·nā विहरिस्सामvi·ha·ris·sā·ma अप्पमत्ताap·pa·mat·tā आतापिनोā·tā·pi·no पधानस्मिन्’ति।pa·dhā·nas·min

‘kaliṅgarūpadhānā viharissāma appamattā ātāpino padhānasmin’ti.

‘We will live using wood blocks as pillows, and we will meditate diligently and keenly.’
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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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अट्ठमं।aṭ·ṭha·maṃ

Aṭṭhamaṁ.

(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.