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Appakasutta

Pāli in Devanagari; under each word its Roman pronunciation, syllable by syllable (ṃ = nasal hum). Tap a Pāli word for its meaning (PTS Pāli-English Dictionary); tap again to open it in the Pāli dictionary.

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 3।6

Saṁyutta Nikāya 3.6

Linked Discourses 3.6
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1। पठमवग्गpa·ṭha·ma·vag·ga

1. Paṭhamavagga

1. Shackles
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अप्पकसुत्तap·pa·ka·sut·ta

Appakasutta

Few
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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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“इधi·dha मय्हं,may·haṃ भन्ते,bhan·te रहोगतस्सra·ho·ga·tas·sa पटिसल्लीनस्सpa·ṭi·sal·lī·nas·sa एवंe·vaṃ चेतसोce·ta·so परिवितक्कोpa·ri·vi·tak·ko उदपादि:u·da·pā·di

“idha mayhaṁ, bhante, rahogatassa paṭisallīnassa evaṁ cetaso parivitakko udapādi:

“Just now, sir, as I was in private retreat this thought came to mind:
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‘अप्पकाap·pa·kā तेte सत्ताsat·tā लोकस्मिंlo·kas·miṃ येye उळारेu·ḷā·re उळारेu·ḷā·re भोगेbho·ge लभित्वाla·bhit·vā नna चेवce·va मज्जन्ति,maj·jan·ti नna चca पमज्जन्ति,pa·maj·jan·ti नna चca कामेसुkā·me·su गेधंge·dhaṃ आपज्जन्ति,ā·paj·jan·ti नna चca सत्तेसुsat·te·su विप्पटिपज्जन्ति।vip·pa·ṭi·paj·jan·ti

‘appakā te sattā lokasmiṁ ye uḷāre uḷāre bhoge labhitvā na ceva majjanti, na ca pamajjanti, na ca kāmesu gedhaṁ āpajjanti, na ca sattesu vippaṭipajjanti.

‘Few are the sentient beings in the world who, when they obtain luxury possessions, don’t grow indulgent and negligent, giving in to greed for sensual pleasures, and doing the wrong thing by others.
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अथa·tha खोkho एतेवe·te·va बहुतराba·hu·ta·rā सत्ताsat·tā लोकस्मिंlo·kas·miṃ येye उळारेu·ḷā·re उळारेu·ḷā·re भोगेbho·ge लभित्वाla·bhit·vā मज्जन्तिmaj·jan·ti चेवce·va पमज्जन्तिpa·maj·jan·ti चca कामेसुkā·me·su चca गेधंge·dhaṃ आपज्जन्ति,ā·paj·jan·ti सत्तेसुsat·te·su चca विप्पटिपज्जन्ती’”ति।vip·pa·ṭi·paj·jan·tī

Atha kho eteva bahutarā sattā lokasmiṁ ye uḷāre uḷāre bhoge labhitvā majjanti ceva pamajjanti ca kāmesu ca gedhaṁ āpajjanti, sattesu ca vippaṭipajjantī’”ti.

There are many more who, when they obtain luxury possessions, do grow indulgent and negligent, giving in to greed for sensual pleasures, and doing the wrong thing by others.’”
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“एवमेतं,e·va·me·taṃ महाराज,ma·hā·rā·ja एवमेतं,e·va·me·taṃ महाराज।ma·hā·rā·ja

“Evametaṁ, mahārāja, evametaṁ, mahārāja.

“That’s so true, Great King! That’s so true!” said the Buddha. And he repeated the king’s statement, adding:
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अप्पकाap·pa·kā ते,te महाराज,ma·hā·rā·ja सत्ताsat·tā लोकस्मिं,lo·kas·miṃ येye उळारेu·ḷā·re उळारेu·ḷā·re भोगेbho·ge लभित्वाla·bhit·vā नna चेवce·va मज्जन्ति,maj·jan·ti नna चca पमज्जन्ति,pa·maj·jan·ti नna चca कामेसुkā·me·su गेधंge·dhaṃ आपज्जन्ति,ā·paj·jan·ti नna चca सत्तेसुsat·te·su विप्पटिपज्जन्ति।vip·pa·ṭi·paj·jan·ti

Appakā te, mahārāja, sattā lokasmiṁ, ye uḷāre uḷāre bhoge labhitvā na ceva majjanti, na ca pamajjanti, na ca kāmesu gedhaṁ āpajjanti, na ca sattesu vippaṭipajjanti.

(Pāli only)
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अथa·tha खोkho एतेवe·te·va बहुतराba·hu·ta·rā सत्ताsat·tā लोकस्मिं,lo·kas·miṃ येye उळारेu·ḷā·re उळारेu·ḷā·re भोगेbho·ge लभित्वाla·bhit·vā मज्जन्तिmaj·jan·ti चेवce·va पमज्जन्तिpa·maj·jan·ti चca कामेसुkā·me·su चca गेधंge·dhaṃ आपज्जन्ति,ā·paj·jan·ti सत्तेसुsat·te·su चca विप्पटिपज्जन्ती”ति।vip·pa·ṭi·paj·jan·tī

Atha kho eteva bahutarā sattā lokasmiṁ, ye uḷāre uḷāre bhoge labhitvā majjanti ceva pamajjanti ca kāmesu ca gedhaṁ āpajjanti, sattesu ca vippaṭipajjantī”ti.

(Pāli only)
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इदमवोचi·da·ma·vo·ca …पे…pe

Idamavoca …pe…

(Pāli only)
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“सारत्ताsā·rat·tā कामभोगेसु,kā·ma·bho·ge·su

“Sārattā kāmabhogesu,

“Full of desire for possessions and pleasures,
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गिद्धाgid·dhā कामेसुkā·me·su मुच्छिता;muc·chi·tā

giddhā kāmesu mucchitā;

greedy, infatuated by sensual pleasures;
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अतिसारंa·ti·sā·raṃ नna बुज्झन्ति,buj·jhan·ti

Atisāraṁ na bujjhanti,

they don’t notice that they’ve gone too far,
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मिगाmi·gā कूटंवkū·ṭaṃ·va ओड्डितं;oḍ·ḍi·taṃ

migā kūṭaṁva oḍḍitaṁ;

like deer ensnared in a trap set out.
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पच्छासंpac·chā·saṃ कटुकंka·ṭu·kaṃ होति,ho·ti

Pacchāsaṁ kaṭukaṁ hoti,

It’ll be bitter later on;
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विपाकोvi·pā·ko हिस्सhis·sa पापको”ति।pā·pa·ko

vipāko hissa pāpako”ti.

for the result will be bad for them.”

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.