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Jarāmaraṇasutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 3।3

Saṁyutta Nikāya 3.3

Linked Discourses 3.3
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1। पठमवग्गpa·ṭha·ma·vag·ga

1. Paṭhamavagga

1. Shackles
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जरामरणसुत्तja·rā·ma·ra·ṇa·sut·ta

Jarāmaraṇasutta

Old Age and Death
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सावत्थिनिदानं।sā·vat·thi·ni·dā·naṃ

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.
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एकमन्तंe·ka·man·taṃ निसिन्नोni·sin·no खोkho राजाrā·jā पसेनदिpa·se·na·di कोसलोko·sa·lo भगवन्तंbha·ga·van·taṃ एतदवोच:e·ta·da·vo·ca

Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho rājā pasenadi kosalo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

Seated to one side, King Pasenadi said to the Buddha,
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“अत्थिat·thi नुnu खो,kho भन्ते,bhan·te जातस्सjā·tas·sa अञ्ञत्रañ·ñat·ra जरामरणा”ति?ja·rā·ma·ra·ṇā

“atthi nu kho, bhante, jātassa aññatra jarāmaraṇā”ti?

“Sir, for someone who has been reborn, is there any exemption from old age and death?”
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“नत्थिnat·thi खो,kho महाराज,ma·hā·rā·ja जातस्सjā·tas·sa अञ्ञत्रañ·ñat·ra जरामरणा।ja·rā·ma·ra·ṇā

“Natthi kho, mahārāja, jātassa aññatra jarāmaraṇā.

“Great king, for someone who has been reborn, there’s no exemption from old age and death.
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येपिye·pi ते,te महाराज,ma·hā·rā·ja खत्तियमहासालाkhat·ti·ya·ma·hā·sā·lā अड्ढाaḍ·ḍhā महद्धनाma·had·dha·nā महाभोगाma·hā·bho·gā पहूतजातरूपरजताpa·hū·ta·jā·ta·rū·pa·ra·ja·tā पहूतवित्तूपकरणाpa·hū·ta·vit·tū·pa·ka·ra·ṇā पहूतधनधञ्ञा,pa·hū·ta·dha·na·dhañ·ñā तेसम्पिte·sam·pi जातानंjā·tā·naṃ नत्थिnat·thi अञ्ञत्रañ·ñat·ra जरामरणा।ja·rā·ma·ra·ṇā

Yepi te, mahārāja, khattiyamahāsālā aḍḍhā mahaddhanā mahābhogā pahūtajātarūparajatā pahūtavittūpakaraṇā pahūtadhanadhaññā, tesampi jātānaṁ natthi aññatra jarāmaraṇā.

Even for well-to-do aristocrats,
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येपिye·pi ते,te महाराज,ma·hā·rā·ja ब्राह्मणमहासालाbrāh·ma·ṇa·ma·hā·sā·lā …पे…pe

Yepi te, mahārāja, brāhmaṇamahāsālā …pe…

brahmins,
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गहपतिमहासालाga·ha·pa·ti·ma·hā·sā·lā अड्ढाaḍ·ḍhā महद्धनाma·had·dha·nā महाभोगाma·hā·bho·gā पहूतजातरूपरजताpa·hū·ta·jā·ta·rū·pa·ra·ja·tā पहूतवित्तूपकरणाpa·hū·ta·vit·tū·pa·ka·ra·ṇā पहूतधनधञ्ञा,pa·hū·ta·dha·na·dhañ·ñā तेसम्पिte·sam·pi जातानंjā·tā·naṃ नत्थिnat·thi अञ्ञत्रañ·ñat·ra जरामरणा।ja·rā·ma·ra·ṇā

gahapatimahāsālā aḍḍhā mahaddhanā mahābhogā pahūtajātarūparajatā pahūtavittūpakaraṇā pahūtadhanadhaññā, tesampi jātānaṁ natthi aññatra jarāmaraṇā.

or householders—rich, affluent, and wealthy, with lots of gold and silver, lots of property and assets, and lots of money and grain—when they’re born, there’s no exemption from old age and death.
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येपिye·pi ते,te महाराज,ma·hā·rā·ja भिक्खूbhik·khū अरहन्तोa·ra·han·to खीणासवाkhī·ṇā·sa·vā वुसितवन्तोvu·si·ta·van·to कतकरणीयाka·ta·ka·ra·ṇī·yā ओहितभाराo·hi·ta·bhā·rā अनुप्पत्तसदत्थाa·nup·pat·ta·sa·dat·thā परिक्खीणभवसंयोजनाpa·rik·khī·ṇa·bha·va·saṃ·yo·ja·nā सम्मदञ्ञाविमुत्ता,sam·ma·dañ·ñā·vi·mut·tā तेसम्पायंte·sam·pā·yaṃ कायोkā·yo भेदनधम्मोbhe·da·na·dham·mo निक्खेपनधम्मो”ति।nik·khe·pa·na·dham·mo

Yepi te, mahārāja, bhikkhū arahanto khīṇāsavā vusitavanto katakaraṇīyā ohitabhārā anuppattasadatthā parikkhīṇabhavasaṁyojanā sammadaññāvimuttā, tesampāyaṁ kāyo bhedanadhammo nikkhepanadhammo”ti.

Even for mendicants who are perfected—who have ended the defilements, completed the spiritual journey, done what had to be done, laid down the burden, achieved their heart’s goal, utterly ended the fetter of continued existence, and are rightly freed through enlightenment—their bodies are liable to break up and be laid to rest.”
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इदमवोचi·da·ma·vo·ca …पे…pe

Idamavoca …pe…

That is what the Buddha said. …
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“जीरन्तिjī·ran·ti वेve राजरथाrā·ja·ra·thā सुचित्ता,su·cit·tā

“Jīranti ve rājarathā sucittā,

“Fancy chariots of kings wear out,
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अथोa·tho सरीरम्पिsa·rī·ram·pi जरंja·raṃ उपेति;u·pe·ti

Atho sarīrampi jaraṁ upeti;

and even this body gets old.
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सतञ्चsa·tañ·ca धम्मोdham·mo नna जरंja·raṃ उपेति,u·pe·ti

Satañca dhammo na jaraṁ upeti,

But the truth of the good never gets old—
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सन्तोsan·to हवेha·ve सब्भिsab·bhi पवेदयन्ती”ति।pa·ve·da·yan·tī

Santo have sabbhi pavedayantī”ti.

so the good proclaim to the good.”

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.