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Sucaritasutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 32।2

Saṁyutta Nikāya 32.2

Linked Discourses 32.2
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1। वलाहकवग्गva·lā·ha·ka·vag·ga

1. Valāhakavagga

1. Gods of the Thunderclouds
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सुचरितसुत्तsu·ca·ri·ta·sut·ta

Sucaritasutta

Good Conduct
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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 सोso भिक्खुbhik·khu भगवन्तंbha·ga·van·taṃ एतदवोच:e·ta·da·vo·ca

Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

Seated to one side, that mendicant said to the Buddha:
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“कोko नुnu खो,kho भन्ते,bhan·te हेतु,he·tu कोko पच्चयो,pac·ca·yo येनye·na मिधेकच्चोmi·dhe·kac·co कायस्सkā·yas·sa भेदाbhe·dā परंpa·raṃ मरणाma·ra·ṇā वलाहककायिकानंva·lā·ha·ka·kā·yi·kā·naṃ देवानंde·vā·naṃ सहब्यतंsa·hab·ya·taṃ उपपज्जती”ति?u·pa·paj·ja·tī

“ko nu kho, bhante, hetu, ko paccayo, yena midhekacco kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā valāhakakāyikānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjatī”ti?

“Sir, what is the cause, what is the reason why someone, when their body breaks up, after death, is reborn in the company of the gods of the thundercloud host?”
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“इध,i·dha भिक्खु,bhik·khu एकच्चोe·kac·co कायेनkā·ye·na सुचरितंsu·ca·ri·taṃ चरति,ca·ra·ti वाचायvā·cā·ya सुचरितंsu·ca·ri·taṃ चरति,ca·ra·ti मनसाma·na·sā सुचरितंsu·ca·ri·taṃ चरति।ca·ra·ti

“Idha, bhikkhu, ekacco kāyena sucaritaṁ carati, vācāya sucaritaṁ carati, manasā sucaritaṁ carati.

“Mendicant, it’s when someone does good things by way of body, speech, and mind.
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तस्सtas·sa सुतंsu·taṃ होति:ho·ti

Tassa sutaṁ hoti:

And they’ve heard:
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‘वलाहककायिकाva·lā·ha·ka·kā·yi·kā देवाde·vā दीघायुकाdī·ghā·yu·kā वण्णवन्तोvaṇ·ṇa·van·to सुखबहुला’ति।su·kha·ba·hu·lā

‘valāhakakāyikā devā dīghāyukā vaṇṇavanto sukhabahulā’ti.

‘The gods of the thundercloud host are long-lived, beautiful, and very happy.’
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तस्सtas·sa एवंe·vaṃ होति:ho·ti

Tassa evaṁ hoti:

They think:
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‘अहोa·ho वताहंva·tā·haṃ कायस्सkā·yas·sa भेदाbhe·dā परंpa·raṃ मरणाma·ra·ṇā वलाहककायिकानंva·lā·ha·ka·kā·yi·kā·naṃ देवानंde·vā·naṃ सहब्यतंsa·hab·ya·taṃ उपपज्जेय्यन्’ति।u·pa·paj·jey·yan

‘aho vatāhaṁ kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā valāhakakāyikānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjeyyan’ti.

‘If only, when my body breaks up, after death, I would be reborn in the company of the gods of the thundercloud host!’
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सोso कायस्सkā·yas·sa भेदाbhe·dā परंpa·raṃ मरणाma·ra·ṇā वलाहककायिकानंva·lā·ha·ka·kā·yi·kā·naṃ देवानंde·vā·naṃ सहब्यतंsa·hab·ya·taṃ उपपज्जति।u·pa·paj·ja·ti

So kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā valāhakakāyikānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjati.

When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in the company of the gods of the thundercloud host.
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अयंa·yaṃ खो,kho भिक्खु,bhik·khu हेतु,he·tu अयंa·yaṃ पच्चयो,pac·ca·yo येनye·na मिधेकच्चोmi·dhe·kac·co कायस्सkā·yas·sa भेदाbhe·dā परंpa·raṃ मरणाma·ra·ṇā वलाहककायिकानंva·lā·ha·ka·kā·yi·kā·naṃ देवानंde·vā·naṃ सहब्यतंsa·hab·ya·taṃ उपपज्जती”ति।u·pa·paj·ja·tī

Ayaṁ kho, bhikkhu, hetu, ayaṁ paccayo, yena midhekacco kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā valāhakakāyikānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjatī”ti.

This is the cause, this is the reason why someone, when their body breaks up, after death, is reborn in the company of the gods of the thundercloud host.”
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दुतियं।du·ti·yaṃ

Dutiyaṁ.

(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.