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Lakuṇḍakabhaddiyasutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 21।6

Saṁyutta Nikāya 21.6

Linked Discourses 21.6
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1। भिक्खुवग्गbhik·khu·vag·ga

1. Bhikkhuvagga

1. Monks
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लकुण्डकभद्दियसुत्तla·kuṇ·ḍa·ka·bhad·di·ya·sut·ta

Lakuṇḍakabhaddiyasutta

With Bhaddiya the Dwarf
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सावत्थियंsā·vat·thi·yaṃ विहरति।vi·ha·ra·ti

Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.

At Sāvatthī.
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अथa·tha खोkho आयस्माā·yas·mā लकुण्डकभद्दियोla·kuṇ·ḍa·ka·bhad·di·yo येनye·na भगवाbha·ga·vā तेनुपसङ्कमि।te·nu·pa·saṅ·ka·mi

Atha kho āyasmā lakuṇḍakabhaddiyo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami.

Then Venerable Bhaddiya the Dwarf went to the Buddha.
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अद्दसाad·da·sā खोkho भगवाbha·ga·vā आयस्मन्तंā·yas·man·taṃ लकुण्डकभद्दियंla·kuṇ·ḍa·ka·bhad·di·yaṃ दूरतोवdū·ra·to·va आगच्छन्तं।ā·gac·chan·taṃ

Addasā kho bhagavā āyasmantaṁ lakuṇḍakabhaddiyaṁ dūratova āgacchantaṁ.

The Buddha saw him coming off in the distance,
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दिस्वानdis·vā·na भिक्खूbhik·khū आमन्तेसि:ā·man·te·si

Disvāna bhikkhū āmantesi:

and addressed the mendicants:
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“पस्सथpas·sa·tha नोno तुम्हे,tum·he भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve एतंe·taṃ भिक्खुंbhik·khuṃ आगच्छन्तंā·gac·chan·taṃ दुब्बण्णंdub·baṇ·ṇaṃ दुद्दसिकंdud·da·si·kaṃ ओकोटिमकंo·ko·ṭi·ma·kaṃ भिक्खूनंbhik·khū·naṃ परिभूतरूपन्”ति?pa·ri·bhū·ta·rū·pan

“passatha no tumhe, bhikkhave, etaṁ bhikkhuṁ āgacchantaṁ dubbaṇṇaṁ duddasikaṁ okoṭimakaṁ bhikkhūnaṁ paribhūtarūpan”ti?

“Mendicants, do you see this monk coming—ugly, unsightly, deformed, and despised by the mendicants?”
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“एवं,e·vaṃ भन्ते”।bhan·te

“Evaṁ, bhante”.

“Yes, sir.”
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“एसोe·so खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भिक्खुbhik·khu महिद्धिकोma·hid·dhi·ko महानुभावो,ma·hā·nu·bhā·vo नna चca साsā समापत्तिsa·mā·pat·ti सुलभरूपाsu·la·bha·rū·pā याyā तेनte·na भिक्खुनाbhik·khu·nā असमापन्नपुब्बा।a·sa·mā·pan·na·pub·bā

“Eso kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu mahiddhiko mahānubhāvo, na ca sā samāpatti sulabharūpā yā tena bhikkhunā asamāpannapubbā.

“That mendicant is very mighty and powerful. It’s not easy to find an attainment that he has not already attained.
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यस्सyas·sa चत्थायcat·thā·ya कुलपुत्ताku·la·put·tā सम्मदेवsam·ma·de·va अगारस्माa·gā·ras·mā अनगारियंa·na·gā·ri·yaṃ पब्बजन्ति,pab·ba·jan·ti तदनुत्तरंta·da·nut·ta·raṃ ब्रह्मचरियपरियोसानंbrah·ma·ca·ri·ya·pa·ri·yo·sā·naṃ दिट्ठेवdiṭ·ṭhe·va धम्मेdham·me सयंsa·yaṃ अभिञ्ञाa·bhiñ·ñā सच्छिकत्वाsac·chi·kat·vā उपसम्पज्जu·pa·sam·paj·ja विहरती”ति।vi·ha·ra·tī

Yassa catthāya kulaputtā sammadeva agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajanti, tadanuttaraṁ brahmacariyapariyosānaṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharatī”ti.

And he has realized the supreme culmination of the spiritual path in this very life. He lives having achieved with his own insight the goal for which gentlemen rightly go forth from the lay life to homelessness.”
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इदमवोचi·da·ma·vo·ca भगवाbha·ga·vā …पे…pe

Idamavoca bhagavā …pe…

That is what the Buddha said.
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सत्था:sat·thā

satthā:

Then the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say:
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“हंसाhaṃ·sā कोञ्चाkoñ·cā मयूराma·yū·rā च,ca

“Haṁsā koñcā mayūrā ca,

“Geese, herons, and peacocks,
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हत्थयोhat·tha·yo पसदाpa·sa·dā मिगा;mi·gā

hatthayo pasadā migā;

elephants and spotted deer—
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सब्बेsab·be सीहस्सsī·has·sa भायन्ति,bhā·yan·ti

Sabbe sīhassa bhāyanti,

though their bodies are not equal,
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नत्थिnat·thi कायस्मिंkā·yas·miṃ तुल्यता।tul·ya·tā

natthi kāyasmiṁ tulyatā.

they all fear the lion.
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एवमेवe·va·me·va मनुस्सेसु,ma·nus·se·su

Evameva manussesu,

So it is for humans—
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दहरोda·ha·ro चेपिce·pi पञ्ञवा;pañ·ña·vā

daharo cepi paññavā;

if a little person is wise,
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सोso हिhi तत्थtat·tha महाma·hā होति,ho·ti

So hi tattha mahā hoti,

they’re the truly great one,
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नेवne·va बालोbā·lo सरीरवा”ति।sa·rī·ra·vā

neva bālo sarīravā”ti.

not the fool with a good body.”
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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.