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Kiṁsukopamasutta

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 35।245

    Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.245

    Linked Discourses 35.245

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    19। आसीविसवग्गā·sī·vi·sa·vag·ga

    19. Āsīvisavagga

    19. The Simile of the Vipers

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    किंसुकोपमसुत्तkiṃ·su·ko·pa·ma·sut·ta

    Kiṁsukopamasutta

    The Simile of the Parrot Tree

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    अथa·tha खोkho अञ्ञतरोañ·ña·ta·ro भिक्खुbhik·khu येनञ्ञतरोye·nañ·ña·ta·ro भिक्खुbhik·khu तेनुपसङ्कमि;te·nu·pa·saṅ·ka·mi उपसङ्कमित्वाu·pa·saṅ·ka·mit·vā तंtaṃ भिक्खुंbhik·khuṃ एतदवोच:e·ta·da·vo·ca

    Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu yenaññataro bhikkhu tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā taṁ bhikkhuṁ etadavoca:

    Then one mendicant went up to another mendicant and asked,

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    “कित्तावताkit·tā·va·tā नुnu खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so भिक्खुनोbhik·khu·no दस्सनंdas·sa·naṃ सुविसुद्धंsu·vi·sud·dhaṃ होती”ति?ho·tī

    “kittāvatā nu kho, āvuso, bhikkhuno dassanaṁ suvisuddhaṁ hotī”ti?

    “Reverend, at what point is a mendicant’s vision well purified?”

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    “यतोya·to खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so भिक्खुbhik·khu छन्नंchan·naṃ फस्सायतनानंphas·sā·ya·ta·nā·naṃ समुदयञ्चsa·mu·da·yañ·ca अत्थङ्गमञ्चat·thaṅ·ga·mañ·ca यथाभूतंya·thā·bhū·taṃ पजानाति,pa·jā·nā·ti एत्तावताet·tā·va·tā खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so भिक्खुनोbhik·khu·no दस्सनंdas·sa·naṃ सुविसुद्धंsu·vi·sud·dhaṃ होती”ति।ho·tī

    “Yato kho, āvuso, bhikkhu channaṁ phassāyatanānaṁ samudayañca atthaṅgamañca yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti, ettāvatā kho, āvuso, bhikkhuno dassanaṁ suvisuddhaṁ hotī”ti.

    “When a mendicant truly understands the origin and disappearance of the six fields of contact, at that point their vision is well purified.”

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    अथa·tha खोkho सोso भिक्खुbhik·khu असन्तुट्ठोa·san·tuṭ·ṭho तस्सtas·sa भिक्खुस्सbhik·khus·sa पञ्हवेय्याकरणेन,pañ·ha·vey·yā·ka·ra·ṇe·na येनञ्ञतरोye·nañ·ña·ta·ro भिक्खुbhik·khu तेनुपसङ्कमि;te·nu·pa·saṅ·ka·mi उपसङ्कमित्वाu·pa·saṅ·ka·mit·vā तंtaṃ भिक्खुंbhik·khuṃ एतदवोच:e·ta·da·vo·ca

    Atha kho so bhikkhu asantuṭṭho tassa bhikkhussa pañhaveyyākaraṇena, yenaññataro bhikkhu tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā taṁ bhikkhuṁ etadavoca:

    Not content with that answer, that mendicant went up to a series of other mendicants and received the following answers:

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    “कित्तावताkit·tā·va·tā नुnu खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so भिक्खुनोbhik·khu·no दस्सनंdas·sa·naṃ सुविसुद्धंsu·vi·sud·dhaṃ होती”ति?ho·tī

    “kittāvatā nu kho, āvuso, bhikkhuno dassanaṁ suvisuddhaṁ hotī”ti?

    (Pāli only)

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    “यतोya·to खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so भिक्खुbhik·khu पञ्चन्नंpañ·can·naṃ उपादानक्खन्धानंu·pā·dā·nak·khan·dhā·naṃ समुदयञ्चsa·mu·da·yañ·ca अत्थङ्गमञ्चat·thaṅ·ga·mañ·ca यथाभूतंya·thā·bhū·taṃ पजानाति,pa·jā·nā·ti एत्तावताet·tā·va·tā खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so भिक्खुनोbhik·khu·no दस्सनंdas·sa·naṃ सुविसुद्धंsu·vi·sud·dhaṃ होती”ति।ho·tī

    “Yato kho, āvuso, bhikkhu pañcannaṁ upādānakkhandhānaṁ samudayañca atthaṅgamañca yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti, ettāvatā kho, āvuso, bhikkhuno dassanaṁ suvisuddhaṁ hotī”ti.

    “When a mendicant truly understands the origin and disappearance of the five grasping aggregates, at that point their vision is well purified.”

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    अथa·tha खोkho सोso भिक्खुbhik·khu असन्तुट्ठोa·san·tuṭ·ṭho तस्सtas·sa भिक्खुस्सbhik·khus·sa पञ्हवेय्याकरणेन,pañ·ha·vey·yā·ka·ra·ṇe·na येनञ्ञतरोye·nañ·ña·ta·ro भिक्खुbhik·khu तेनुपसङ्कमि;te·nu·pa·saṅ·ka·mi उपसङ्कमित्वाu·pa·saṅ·ka·mit·vā तंtaṃ भिक्खुंbhik·khuṃ एतदवोच:e·ta·da·vo·ca

    Atha kho so bhikkhu asantuṭṭho tassa bhikkhussa pañhaveyyākaraṇena, yenaññataro bhikkhu tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā taṁ bhikkhuṁ etadavoca:

    (Pāli only)

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    “कित्तावताkit·tā·va·tā नुnu खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so भिक्खुनोbhik·khu·no दस्सनंdas·sa·naṃ सुविसुद्धंsu·vi·sud·dhaṃ होती”ति?ho·tī

    “kittāvatā nu kho, āvuso, bhikkhuno dassanaṁ suvisuddhaṁ hotī”ti?

    (Pāli only)

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    “यतोya·to खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so भिक्खुbhik·khu चतुन्नंca·tun·naṃ महाभूतानंma·hā·bhū·tā·naṃ समुदयञ्चsa·mu·da·yañ·ca अत्थङ्गमञ्चat·thaṅ·ga·mañ·ca यथाभूतंya·thā·bhū·taṃ पजानाति,pa·jā·nā·ti एत्तावताet·tā·va·tā खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so भिक्खुनोbhik·khu·no दस्सनंdas·sa·naṃ सुविसुद्धंsu·vi·sud·dhaṃ होती”ति।ho·tī

    “Yato kho, āvuso, bhikkhu catunnaṁ mahābhūtānaṁ samudayañca atthaṅgamañca yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti, ettāvatā kho, āvuso, bhikkhuno dassanaṁ suvisuddhaṁ hotī”ti.

    “When a mendicant truly understands the origin and disappearance of the four principal states, at that point their vision is well purified.”

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    अथa·tha खोkho सोso भिक्खुbhik·khu असन्तुट्ठोa·san·tuṭ·ṭho तस्सtas·sa भिक्खुस्सbhik·khus·sa पञ्हवेय्याकरणेन,pañ·ha·vey·yā·ka·ra·ṇe·na येनञ्ञतरोye·nañ·ña·ta·ro भिक्खुbhik·khu तेनुपसङ्कमि;te·nu·pa·saṅ·ka·mi उपसङ्कमित्वाu·pa·saṅ·ka·mit·vā तंtaṃ भिक्खुंbhik·khuṃ एतदवोच:e·ta·da·vo·ca

    Atha kho so bhikkhu asantuṭṭho tassa bhikkhussa pañhaveyyākaraṇena, yenaññataro bhikkhu tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā taṁ bhikkhuṁ etadavoca:

    (Pāli only)

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    “कित्तावताkit·tā·va·tā नुnu खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so भिक्खुनोbhik·khu·no दस्सनंdas·sa·naṃ सुविसुद्धंsu·vi·sud·dhaṃ होती”ति?ho·tī

    “kittāvatā nu kho, āvuso, bhikkhuno dassanaṁ suvisuddhaṁ hotī”ti?

    (Pāli only)

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    “यतोya·to खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so भिक्खुbhik·khu यंyaṃ किञ्चिkiñ·ci समुदयधम्मं,sa·mu·da·ya·dham·maṃ सब्बंsab·baṃ तंtaṃ निरोधधम्मन्तिni·ro·dha·dham·man·ti यथाभूतंya·thā·bhū·taṃ पजानाति,pa·jā·nā·ti एत्तावताet·tā·va·tā खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so भिक्खुनोbhik·khu·no दस्सनंdas·sa·naṃ सुविसुद्धंsu·vi·sud·dhaṃ होती”ति।ho·tī

    “Yato kho, āvuso, bhikkhu yaṁ kiñci samudayadhammaṁ, sabbaṁ taṁ nirodhadhammanti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti, ettāvatā kho, āvuso, bhikkhuno dassanaṁ suvisuddhaṁ hotī”ti.

    “When a mendicant truly understands that everything that is liable to arise is liable to cease, at that point their vision is well purified.”

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    अथa·tha खोkho सोso भिक्खुbhik·khu असन्तुट्ठोa·san·tuṭ·ṭho तस्सtas·sa भिक्खुस्सbhik·khus·sa पञ्हवेय्याकरणेन,pañ·ha·vey·yā·ka·ra·ṇe·na येनye·na भगवाbha·ga·vā तेनुपसङ्कमि;te·nu·pa·saṅ·ka·mi उपसङ्कमित्वाu·pa·saṅ·ka·mit·vā भगवन्तंbha·ga·van·taṃ एतदवोच:e·ta·da·vo·ca “इधाहं,i·dhā·haṃ भन्ते,bhan·te येनञ्ञतरोye·nañ·ña·ta·ro भिक्खुbhik·khu तेनुपसङ्कमिं;te·nu·pa·saṅ·ka·miṃ उपसङ्कमित्वाu·pa·saṅ·ka·mit·vā तंtaṃ भिक्खुंbhik·khuṃ एतदवोचं:e·ta·da·vo·caṃ

    Atha kho so bhikkhu asantuṭṭho tassa bhikkhussa pañhaveyyākaraṇena, yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: “idhāhaṁ, bhante, yenaññataro bhikkhu tenupasaṅkamiṁ; upasaṅkamitvā taṁ bhikkhuṁ etadavocaṁ:

    Not content with any of those answers, that mendicant went up to the Buddha and told him what had happened. Then he said to him,

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    ‘कित्तावताkit·tā·va·tā नुnu खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so भिक्खुनोbhik·khu·no दस्सनंdas·sa·naṃ सुविसुद्धंsu·vi·sud·dhaṃ होती’ति?ho·tī

    ‘kittāvatā nu kho, āvuso, bhikkhuno dassanaṁ suvisuddhaṁ hotī’ti?

    (Pāli only)

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    एवंe·vaṃ वुत्ते,vut·te भन्ते,bhan·te सोso भिक्खुbhik·khu मंmaṃ एतदवोच:e·ta·da·vo·ca

    Evaṁ vutte, bhante, so bhikkhu maṁ etadavoca:

    (Pāli only)

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    ‘यतोya·to खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so भिक्खुbhik·khu छन्नंchan·naṃ फस्सायतनानंphas·sā·ya·ta·nā·naṃ समुदयञ्चsa·mu·da·yañ·ca अत्थङ्गमञ्चat·thaṅ·ga·mañ·ca यथाभूतंya·thā·bhū·taṃ पजानाति,pa·jā·nā·ti एत्तावताet·tā·va·tā खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so भिक्खुनोbhik·khu·no दस्सनंdas·sa·naṃ सुविसुद्धंsu·vi·sud·dhaṃ होती’ति।ho·tī

    ‘yato kho, āvuso, bhikkhu channaṁ phassāyatanānaṁ samudayañca atthaṅgamañca yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti, ettāvatā kho, āvuso, bhikkhuno dassanaṁ suvisuddhaṁ hotī’ti.

    (Pāli only)

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    अथa·tha ख्वाहं,khvā·haṃ भन्ते,bhan·te असन्तुट्ठोa·san·tuṭ·ṭho तस्सtas·sa भिक्खुस्सbhik·khus·sa पञ्हवेय्याकरणेन,pañ·ha·vey·yā·ka·ra·ṇe·na येनञ्ञतरोye·nañ·ña·ta·ro भिक्खुbhik·khu तेनुपसङ्कमिं;te·nu·pa·saṅ·ka·miṃ उपसङ्कमित्वाu·pa·saṅ·ka·mit·vā तंtaṃ भिक्खुंbhik·khuṃ एतदवोचं:e·ta·da·vo·caṃ

    Atha khvāhaṁ, bhante, asantuṭṭho tassa bhikkhussa pañhaveyyākaraṇena, yenaññataro bhikkhu tenupasaṅkamiṁ; upasaṅkamitvā taṁ bhikkhuṁ etadavocaṁ:

    (Pāli only)

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    ‘कित्तावताkit·tā·va·tā नुnu खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so भिक्खुनोbhik·khu·no दस्सनंdas·sa·naṃ सुविसुद्धंsu·vi·sud·dhaṃ होती’ति?ho·tī

    ‘kittāvatā nu kho, āvuso, bhikkhuno dassanaṁ suvisuddhaṁ hotī’ti?

    (Pāli only)

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    एवंe·vaṃ वुत्ते,vut·te भन्ते,bhan·te सोso भिक्खुbhik·khu मंmaṃ एतदवोच:e·ta·da·vo·ca

    Evaṁ vutte, bhante, so bhikkhu maṁ etadavoca:

    (Pāli only)

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    ‘यतोya·to खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so भिक्खुbhik·khu पञ्चन्नंpañ·can·naṃ उपादानक्खन्धानंu·pā·dā·nak·khan·dhā·naṃ …पे…pe

    ‘yato kho, āvuso, bhikkhu pañcannaṁ upādānakkhandhānaṁ …pe…

    (Pāli only)

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    चतुन्नंca·tun·naṃ महाभूतानंma·hā·bhū·tā·naṃ समुदयञ्चsa·mu·da·yañ·ca अत्थङ्गमञ्चat·thaṅ·ga·mañ·ca यथाभूतंya·thā·bhū·taṃ पजानातिpa·jā·nā·ti …पे…pe

    catunnaṁ mahābhūtānaṁ samudayañca atthaṅgamañca yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti …pe…

    (Pāli only)

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    यंyaṃ किञ्चिkiñ·ci समुदयधम्मंsa·mu·da·ya·dham·maṃ सब्बंsab·baṃ तंtaṃ निरोधधम्मन्तिni·ro·dha·dham·man·ti यथाभूतंya·thā·bhū·taṃ पजानाति,pa·jā·nā·ti एत्तावताet·tā·va·tā खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so भिक्खुनोbhik·khu·no दस्सनंdas·sa·naṃ सुविसुद्धंsu·vi·sud·dhaṃ होती’ति।ho·tī

    yaṁ kiñci samudayadhammaṁ sabbaṁ taṁ nirodhadhammanti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti, ettāvatā kho, āvuso, bhikkhuno dassanaṁ suvisuddhaṁ hotī’ti.

    (Pāli only)

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    अथa·tha ख्वाहं,khvā·haṃ भन्ते,bhan·te असन्तुट्ठोa·san·tuṭ·ṭho तस्सtas·sa भिक्खुस्सbhik·khus·sa पञ्हवेय्याकरणेनpañ·ha·vey·yā·ka·ra·ṇe·na येनye·na भगवाbha·ga·vā तेनुपसङ्कमिंte·nu·pa·saṅ·ka·miṃ (…)।

    Atha khvāhaṁ, bhante, asantuṭṭho tassa bhikkhussa pañhaveyyākaraṇena yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁ (…).

    (Pāli only)

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    कित्तावताkit·tā·va·tā नुnu खो,kho भन्ते,bhan·te भिक्खुनोbhik·khu·no दस्सनंdas·sa·naṃ सुविसुद्धंsu·vi·sud·dhaṃ होती”ति?ho·tī

    Kittāvatā nu kho, bhante, bhikkhuno dassanaṁ suvisuddhaṁ hotī”ti?

    “Sir, at what point is a mendicant’s vision well purified?”

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    “सेय्यथापि,sey·ya·thā·pi भिक्खु,bhik·khu पुरिसस्सpu·ri·sas·sa किंसुकोkiṃ·su·ko अदिट्ठपुब्बोa·diṭ·ṭha·pub·bo अस्स।as·sa

    “Seyyathāpi, bhikkhu, purisassa kiṁsuko adiṭṭhapubbo assa.

    “Mendicant, suppose a person had never seen a parrot tree before.

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    सोso येनञ्ञतरोye·nañ·ña·ta·ro पुरिसोpu·ri·so किंसुकस्सkiṃ·su·kas·sa दस्सावीdas·sā·vī तेनुपसङ्कमेय्य।te·nu·pa·saṅ·ka·mey·ya उपसङ्कमित्वाu·pa·saṅ·ka·mit·vā तंtaṃ पुरिसंpu·ri·saṃ एवंe·vaṃ वदेय्य:va·dey·ya

    So yenaññataro puriso kiṁsukassa dassāvī tenupasaṅkameyya. Upasaṅkamitvā taṁ purisaṁ evaṁ vadeyya:

    They’d go up to someone who had seen a parrot tree and ask them,

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    ‘कीदिसो,kī·di·so भोbho पुरिस,pu·ri·sa किंसुको’ति?kiṃ·su·ko

    ‘kīdiso, bho purisa, kiṁsuko’ti?

    ‘My man, what’s a parrot tree like?’

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    सोso एवंe·vaṃ वदेय्य:va·dey·ya

    So evaṁ vadeyya:

    They’d say,

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    ‘काळकोkā·ḷa·ko खो,kho अम्भोam·bho पुरिस,pu·ri·sa किंसुको—सेय्यथापिkiṃ·su·ko झामखाणू’ति।jhā·ma·khā·ṇū

    ‘kāḷako kho, ambho purisa, kiṁsuko—seyyathāpi jhāmakhāṇū’ti.

    ‘A parrot tree is blackish, like a charred stump.’

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    तेनte·na खोkho पन,pa·na भिक्खु,bhik·khu समयेनsa·ma·ye·na तादिसोवस्सtā·di·so·vas·sa किंसुकोkiṃ·su·ko यथापिya·thā·pi तस्सtas·sa पुरिसस्सpu·ri·sas·sa दस्सनं।das·sa·naṃ

    Tena kho pana, bhikkhu, samayena tādisovassa kiṁsuko yathāpi tassa purisassa dassanaṁ.

    Now, at that time a parrot tree may well have been just as that person saw it.

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    अथa·tha खोkho सो,so भिक्खु,bhik·khu पुरिसोpu·ri·so असन्तुट्ठोa·san·tuṭ·ṭho तस्सtas·sa पुरिसस्सpu·ri·sas·sa पञ्हवेय्याकरणेन,pañ·ha·vey·yā·ka·ra·ṇe·na येनञ्ञतरोye·nañ·ña·ta·ro पुरिसोpu·ri·so किंसुकस्सkiṃ·su·kas·sa दस्सावीdas·sā·vī तेनुपसङ्कमेय्य;te·nu·pa·saṅ·ka·mey·ya उपसङ्कमित्वाu·pa·saṅ·ka·mit·vā तंtaṃ पुरिसंpu·ri·saṃ एवंe·vaṃ वदेय्य:va·dey·ya

    Atha kho so, bhikkhu, puriso asantuṭṭho tassa purisassa pañhaveyyākaraṇena, yenaññataro puriso kiṁsukassa dassāvī tenupasaṅkameyya; upasaṅkamitvā taṁ purisaṁ evaṁ vadeyya:

    Not content with that answer, that person would go up to a series of other people and receive the following answers:

  35. 35

    ‘कीदिसो,kī·di·so भोbho पुरिस,pu·ri·sa किंसुको’ति?kiṃ·su·ko

    ‘kīdiso, bho purisa, kiṁsuko’ti?

    (Pāli only)

  36. 36

    सोso एवंe·vaṃ वदेय्य:va·dey·ya

    So evaṁ vadeyya:

    (Pāli only)

  37. 37

    ‘लोहितकोlo·hi·ta·ko खो,kho अम्भोam·bho पुरिस,pu·ri·sa किंसुको—सेय्यथापिkiṃ·su·ko मंसपेसी’ति।maṃ·sa·pe·sī

    ‘lohitako kho, ambho purisa, kiṁsuko—seyyathāpi maṁsapesī’ti.

    ‘A parrot tree is reddish, like a scrap of meat.’

  38. 38

    तेनte·na खोkho पन,pa·na भिक्खु,bhik·khu समयेनsa·ma·ye·na तादिसोवस्सtā·di·so·vas·sa किंसुकोkiṃ·su·ko यथापिya·thā·pi तस्सtas·sa पुरिसस्सpu·ri·sas·sa दस्सनं।das·sa·naṃ

    Tena kho pana, bhikkhu, samayena tādisovassa kiṁsuko yathāpi tassa purisassa dassanaṁ.

    (Pāli only)

  39. 39

    अथa·tha खोkho सोso भिक्खुbhik·khu पुरिसोpu·ri·so असन्तुट्ठोa·san·tuṭ·ṭho तस्सtas·sa पुरिसस्सpu·ri·sas·sa पञ्हवेय्याकरणेन,pañ·ha·vey·yā·ka·ra·ṇe·na येनञ्ञतरोye·nañ·ña·ta·ro पुरिसोpu·ri·so किंसुकस्सkiṃ·su·kas·sa दस्सावीdas·sā·vī तेनुपसङ्कमेय्य;te·nu·pa·saṅ·ka·mey·ya उपसङ्कमित्वाu·pa·saṅ·ka·mit·vā तंtaṃ पुरिसंpu·ri·saṃ एवंe·vaṃ वदेय्य:va·dey·ya

    Atha kho so bhikkhu puriso asantuṭṭho tassa purisassa pañhaveyyākaraṇena, yenaññataro puriso kiṁsukassa dassāvī tenupasaṅkameyya; upasaṅkamitvā taṁ purisaṁ evaṁ vadeyya:

    (Pāli only)

  40. 40

    ‘कीदिसो,kī·di·so भोbho पुरिस,pu·ri·sa किंसुको’ति?kiṃ·su·ko

    ‘kīdiso, bho purisa, kiṁsuko’ti?

    (Pāli only)

  41. 41

    सोso एवंe·vaṃ वदेय्य:va·dey·ya

    So evaṁ vadeyya:

    (Pāli only)

  42. 42

    ‘ओचीरकजातोo·cī·ra·ka·jā·to खो,kho अम्भोam·bho पुरिस,pu·ri·sa किंसुकोkiṃ·su·ko आदिन्नसिपाटिको—सेय्यथापिā·din·na·si·pā·ṭi·ko सिरीसो’ति।si·rī·so

    ‘ocīrakajāto kho, ambho purisa, kiṁsuko ādinnasipāṭiko—seyyathāpi sirīso’ti.

    ‘A parrot tree has flaking bark and burst pods, like a lebbeck tree.’

  43. 43

    तेनte·na खोkho पन,pa·na भिक्खु,bhik·khu समयेनsa·ma·ye·na तादिसोवस्सtā·di·so·vas·sa किंसुको,kiṃ·su·ko यथापिya·thā·pi तस्सtas·sa पुरिसस्सpu·ri·sas·sa दस्सनं।das·sa·naṃ

    Tena kho pana, bhikkhu, samayena tādisovassa kiṁsuko, yathāpi tassa purisassa dassanaṁ.

    (Pāli only)

  44. 44

    अथa·tha खोkho सोso भिक्खुbhik·khu पुरिसोpu·ri·so असन्तुट्ठोa·san·tuṭ·ṭho तस्सtas·sa पुरिसस्सpu·ri·sas·sa पञ्हवेय्याकरणेन,pañ·ha·vey·yā·ka·ra·ṇe·na येनञ्ञतरोye·nañ·ña·ta·ro पुरिसोpu·ri·so किंसुकस्सkiṃ·su·kas·sa दस्सावीdas·sā·vī तेनुपसङ्कमेय्य;te·nu·pa·saṅ·ka·mey·ya उपसङ्कमित्वाu·pa·saṅ·ka·mit·vā तंtaṃ पुरिसंpu·ri·saṃ एवंe·vaṃ वदेय्य:va·dey·ya

    Atha kho so bhikkhu puriso asantuṭṭho tassa purisassa pañhaveyyākaraṇena, yenaññataro puriso kiṁsukassa dassāvī tenupasaṅkameyya; upasaṅkamitvā taṁ purisaṁ evaṁ vadeyya:

    (Pāli only)

  45. 45

    ‘कीदिसो,kī·di·so भोbho पुरिस,pu·ri·sa किंसुको’ति?kiṃ·su·ko

    ‘kīdiso, bho purisa, kiṁsuko’ti?

    (Pāli only)

  46. 46

    सोso एवंe·vaṃ वदेय्य:va·dey·ya

    So evaṁ vadeyya:

    (Pāli only)

  47. 47

    ‘बहलपत्तपलासोba·ha·la·pat·ta·pa·lā·so सन्दच्छायोsan·dac·chā·yo खो,kho अम्भोam·bho पुरिस,pu·ri·sa किंसुको—सेय्यथापिkiṃ·su·ko निग्रोधो’ति।nig·ro·dho

    ‘bahalapattapalāso sandacchāyo kho, ambho purisa, kiṁsuko—seyyathāpi nigrodho’ti.

    ‘A parrot tree has luxuriant, shady foliage, like a banyan.’

  48. 48

    तेनte·na खोkho पन,pa·na भिक्खु,bhik·khu समयेनsa·ma·ye·na तादिसोवस्सtā·di·so·vas·sa किंसुको,kiṃ·su·ko यथापिya·thā·pi तस्सtas·sa पुरिसस्सpu·ri·sas·sa दस्सनं।das·sa·naṃ

    Tena kho pana, bhikkhu, samayena tādisovassa kiṁsuko, yathāpi tassa purisassa dassanaṁ.

    Now, at each of those times a parrot tree may well have been just as those people saw them.

  49. 49

    एवमेवe·va·me·va खो,kho भिक्खु,bhik·khu यथाya·thā यथाya·thā अधिमुत्तानंa·dhi·mut·tā·naṃ तेसंte·saṃ सप्पुरिसानंsap·pu·ri·sā·naṃ दस्सनंdas·sa·naṃ सुविसुद्धंsu·vi·sud·dhaṃ होतिho·ti तथाta·thā तथाta·thā खोkho तेहिte·hi सप्पुरिसेहिsap·pu·ri·se·hi ब्याकतं।byā·ka·taṃ

    Evameva kho, bhikkhu, yathā yathā adhimuttānaṁ tesaṁ sappurisānaṁ dassanaṁ suvisuddhaṁ hoti tathā tathā kho tehi sappurisehi byākataṁ.

    In the same way, those true persons each answered according to what they were focused on when their vision was well purified.

  50. 50

    सेय्यथापि,sey·ya·thā·pi भिक्खु,bhik·khu रञ्ञोrañ·ño पच्चन्तिमंpac·can·ti·maṃ नगरंna·ga·raṃ दळ्हुद्धापंda·ḷhud·dhā·paṃ दळ्हपाकारतोरणंda·ḷha·pā·kā·ra·to·ra·ṇaṃ छद्वारं।chad·vā·raṃ

    Seyyathāpi, bhikkhu, rañño paccantimaṁ nagaraṁ daḷhuddhāpaṁ daḷhapākāratoraṇaṁ chadvāraṁ.

    Suppose there was a king’s frontier citadel with fortified embankments, ramparts, and arches, and six gates.

  51. 51

    तत्रस्सtat·ras·sa दोवारिकोdo·vā·ri·ko पण्डितोpaṇ·ḍi·to ब्यत्तोbyat·to मेधावी,me·dhā·vī अञ्ञातानंañ·ñā·tā·naṃ निवारेता,ni·vā·re·tā ञातानंñā·tā·naṃ पवेसेता।pa·ve·se·tā

    Tatrassa dovāriko paṇḍito byatto medhāvī, aññātānaṁ nivāretā, ñātānaṁ pavesetā.

    And it has a gatekeeper who is astute, competent, and intelligent. He keeps strangers out and lets known people in.

  52. 52

    पुरत्थिमायpu·rat·thi·mā·ya दिसायdi·sā·ya आगन्त्वाā·gan·tvā सीघंsī·ghaṃ दूतयुगंdū·ta·yu·gaṃ तंtaṃ दोवारिकंdo·vā·ri·kaṃ एवंe·vaṃ वदेय्य:va·dey·ya

    Puratthimāya disāya āgantvā sīghaṁ dūtayugaṁ taṁ dovārikaṁ evaṁ vadeyya:

    A swift pair of messengers would arrive from the east and say to the gatekeeper,

  53. 53

    ‘कहं,ka·haṃ भोbho पुरिस,pu·ri·sa इमस्सi·mas·sa नगरस्सna·ga·ras·sa नगरस्सामी’ति?na·ga·ras·sā·mī

    ‘kahaṁ, bho purisa, imassa nagarassa nagarassāmī’ti?

    ‘Worthy man, where is the lord of the city?’

  54. 54

    सोso एवंe·vaṃ वदेय्य:va·dey·ya

    So evaṁ vadeyya:

    They’d say,

  55. 55

    ‘एसो,e·so भन्ते,bhan·te मज्झेmaj·jhe सिङ्घाटकेsiṅ·ghā·ṭa·ke निसिन्नो’ति।ni·sin·no

    ‘eso, bhante, majjhe siṅghāṭake nisinno’ti.

    ‘There he is, sirs, seated at the central square.’

  56. 56

    अथa·tha खोkho तंtaṃ सीघंsī·ghaṃ दूतयुगंdū·ta·yu·gaṃ नगरस्सामिकस्सna·ga·ras·sā·mi·kas·sa यथाभूतंya·thā·bhū·taṃ वचनंva·ca·naṃ निय्यातेत्वाniy·yā·tet·vā यथागतमग्गंya·thā·ga·ta·mag·gaṃ पटिपज्जेय्य।pa·ṭi·paj·jey·ya

    Atha kho taṁ sīghaṁ dūtayugaṁ nagarassāmikassa yathābhūtaṁ vacanaṁ niyyātetvā yathāgatamaggaṁ paṭipajjeyya.

    Then that swift pair of messengers would deliver a message of truth to the lord of the city and depart the way they came.

  57. 57

    पच्छिमायpac·chi·mā·ya दिसायdi·sā·ya आगन्त्वाā·gan·tvā सीघंsī·ghaṃ दूतयुगंdū·ta·yu·gaṃ …पे…pe

    Pacchimāya disāya āgantvā sīghaṁ dūtayugaṁ …pe…

    A swift pair of messengers would come from the west …

  58. 58

    उत्तरायut·ta·rā·ya दिसायdi·sā·ya …

    uttarāya disāya …

    north …

  59. 59

    दक्खिणायdak·khi·ṇā·ya दिसायdi·sā·ya आगन्त्वाā·gan·tvā सीघंsī·ghaṃ दूतयुगंdū·ta·yu·gaṃ तंtaṃ दोवारिकंdo·vā·ri·kaṃ एवंe·vaṃ वदेय्य:va·dey·ya

    dakkhiṇāya disāya āgantvā sīghaṁ dūtayugaṁ taṁ dovārikaṁ evaṁ vadeyya:

    south …

  60. 60

    ‘कहं,ka·haṃ भोbho पुरिस,pu·ri·sa इमस्सi·mas·sa नगरस्सामी’ति?na·ga·ras·sā·mī

    ‘kahaṁ, bho purisa, imassa nagarassāmī’ti?

    (Pāli only)

  61. 61

    सोso एवंe·vaṃ वदेय्य:va·dey·ya

    So evaṁ vadeyya:

    (Pāli only)

  62. 62

    ‘एसो,e·so भन्ते,bhan·te मज्झेmaj·jhe सिङ्घाटकेsiṅ·ghā·ṭa·ke निसिन्नो’ति।ni·sin·no

    ‘eso, bhante, majjhe siṅghāṭake nisinno’ti.

    (Pāli only)

  63. 63

    अथa·tha खोkho तंtaṃ सीघंsī·ghaṃ दूतयुगंdū·ta·yu·gaṃ नगरस्सामिकस्सna·ga·ras·sā·mi·kas·sa यथाभूतंya·thā·bhū·taṃ वचनंva·ca·naṃ निय्यातेत्वाniy·yā·tet·vā यथागतमग्गंya·thā·ga·ta·mag·gaṃ पटिपज्जेय्य।pa·ṭi·paj·jey·ya

    Atha kho taṁ sīghaṁ dūtayugaṁ nagarassāmikassa yathābhūtaṁ vacanaṁ niyyātetvā yathāgatamaggaṁ paṭipajjeyya.

    deliver a message of truth to the lord of the city and depart the way they came.

  64. 64

    उपमाu·pa·mā खोkho म्यायं,myā·yaṃ भिक्खु,bhik·khu कताka·tā अत्थस्सat·thas·sa विञ्ञापनाय।viñ·ñā·pa·nā·ya

    Upamā kho myāyaṁ, bhikkhu, katā atthassa viññāpanāya.

    I’ve made up this simile to make a point.

  65. 65

    अयञ्चेत्थa·yañ·cet·tha अत्थो:at·tho

    Ayañcettha attho:

    And this is the point.

  66. 66

    ‘नगरन्’तिna·ga·ran खो,kho भिक्खु,bhik·khu इमस्सेतंi·mas·se·taṃ चातुमहाभूतिकस्सcā·tu·ma·hā·bhū·ti·kas·sa कायस्सkā·yas·sa अधिवचनंa·dhi·va·ca·naṃ मातापेत्तिकसम्भवस्सmā·tā·pet·ti·ka·sam·bha·vas·sa ओदनकुम्मासूपचयस्सo·da·na·kum·mā·sū·pa·ca·yas·sa अनिच्चुच्छादनपरिमद्दनभेदनविद्धंसनधम्मस्स।a·nic·cuc·chā·da·na·pa·ri·mad·da·na·bhe·da·na·vid·dhaṃ·sa·na·dham·mas·sa

    ‘nagaran’ti kho, bhikkhu, imassetaṁ cātumahābhūtikassa kāyassa adhivacanaṁ mātāpettikasambhavassa odanakummāsūpacayassa aniccucchādanaparimaddanabhedanaviddhaṁsanadhammassa.

    ‘City’ is a term for this body made up of the four principal states, produced by mother and father, built up from rice and porridge, liable to impermanence, to wearing away and erosion, to breaking up and destruction.

  67. 67

    ‘छcha द्वारा’तिdvā·rā खो,kho भिक्खु,bhik·khu छन्नेतंchan·ne·taṃ अज्झत्तिकानंaj·jhat·ti·kā·naṃ आयतनानंā·ya·ta·nā·naṃ अधिवचनं।a·dhi·va·ca·naṃ

    ‘Cha dvārā’ti kho, bhikkhu, channetaṁ ajjhattikānaṁ āyatanānaṁ adhivacanaṁ.

    ‘Six gates’ is a term for the six interior sense fields.

  68. 68

    ‘दोवारिको’तिdo·vā·ri·ko खो,kho भिक्खु,bhik·khu सतियाsa·ti·yā एतंe·taṃ अधिवचनं।a·dhi·va·ca·naṃ

    ‘Dovāriko’ti kho, bhikkhu, satiyā etaṁ adhivacanaṁ.

    ‘Gatekeeper’ is a term for mindfulness.

  69. 69

    ‘सीघंsī·ghaṃ दूतयुगन्’तिdū·ta·yu·gan खो,kho भिक्खु,bhik·khu समथविपस्सनानेतंsa·ma·tha·vi·pas·sa·nā·ne·taṃ अधिवचनं।a·dhi·va·ca·naṃ

    ‘Sīghaṁ dūtayugan’ti kho, bhikkhu, samathavipassanānetaṁ adhivacanaṁ.

    ‘A swift pair of messengers’ is a term for serenity and discernment.

  70. 70

    ‘नगरस्सामी’तिna·ga·ras·sā·mī खो,kho भिक्खु,bhik·khu विञ्ञाणस्सेतंviñ·ñā·ṇas·se·taṃ अधिवचनं।a·dhi·va·ca·naṃ

    ‘Nagarassāmī’ti kho, bhikkhu, viññāṇassetaṁ adhivacanaṁ.

    ‘The lord of the city’ is a term for consciousness.

  71. 71

    ‘मज्झेmaj·jhe सिङ्घाटको’तिsiṅ·ghā·ṭa·ko खो,kho भिक्खु,bhik·khu चतुन्नेतंca·tun·ne·taṃ महाभूतानंma·hā·bhū·tā·naṃ अधिवचनं—a·dhi·va·ca·naṃ

    ‘Majjhe siṅghāṭako’ti kho, bhikkhu, catunnetaṁ mahābhūtānaṁ adhivacanaṁ—

    ‘The central square’ is a term for the four principal states:

  72. 72

    पथवीधातुया,pa·tha·vī·dhā·tu·yā आपोधातुया,ā·po·dhā·tu·yā तेजोधातुया,te·jo·dhā·tu·yā वायोधातुया।vā·yo·dhā·tu·yā

    pathavīdhātuyā, āpodhātuyā, tejodhātuyā, vāyodhātuyā.

    the elements of earth, water, fire, and air.

  73. 73

    ‘यथाभूतंya·thā·bhū·taṃ वचनन्’तिva·ca·nan खो,kho भिक्खु,bhik·khu निब्बानस्सेतंnib·bā·nas·se·taṃ अधिवचनं।a·dhi·va·ca·naṃ

    ‘Yathābhūtaṁ vacanan’ti kho, bhikkhu, nibbānassetaṁ adhivacanaṁ.

    ‘A message of truth’ is a term for extinguishment.

  74. 74

    ‘यथागतमग्गो’तिya·thā·ga·ta·mag·go खो,kho भिक्खु,bhik·khu अरियस्सेतंa·ri·yas·se·taṃ अट्ठङ्गिकस्सaṭ·ṭhaṅ·gi·kas·sa मग्गस्सmag·gas·sa अधिवचनं,a·dhi·va·ca·naṃ सेय्यथिदं—sey·ya·thi·daṃ

    ‘Yathāgatamaggo’ti kho, bhikkhu, ariyassetaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikassa maggassa adhivacanaṁ, seyyathidaṁ—

    ‘The way they came’ is a term for the noble eightfold path, that is,

  75. 75

    सम्मादिट्ठियाsam·mā·diṭ·ṭhi·yā …पे…pe सम्मासमाधिस्सा”ति।sam·mā·sa·mā·dhis·sā

    sammādiṭṭhiyā …pe… sammāsamādhissā”ti.

    right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.”

  76. 76

    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.