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Tapokammasutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 4।1

Saṁyutta Nikāya 4.1

Linked Discourses 4.1
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1। पठमवग्गpa·ṭha·ma·vag·ga

1. Paṭhamavagga

1. Lifespan
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तपोकम्मसुत्तta·po·kam·ma·sut·ta

Tapokammasutta

Mortification
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एवंe·vaṃ मेme सुतं—su·taṃ

Evaṁ me sutaṁ—

So I have heard.
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एकंe·kaṃ समयंsa·ma·yaṃ भगवाbha·ga·vā उरुवेलायंu·ru·ve·lā·yaṃ विहरतिvi·ha·ra·ti नज्जाnaj·jā नेरञ्जरायne·rañ·ja·rā·ya तीरेtī·re अजपालनिग्रोधमूलेa·ja·pā·la·nig·ro·dha·mū·le पठमाभिसम्बुद्धो।pa·ṭha·mā·bhi·sam·bud·dho

ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā uruvelāyaṁ viharati najjā nerañjarāya tīre ajapālanigrodhamūle paṭhamābhisambuddho.

At one time, when he was first awakened, the Buddha was staying in Uruvelā at the root of the goatherd’s banyan tree on the bank of the Nerañjarā River.
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अथa·tha खोkho भगवतोbha·ga·va·to 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

Atha kho bhagavato rahogatassa paṭisallīnassa evaṁ cetaso parivitakko udapādi:

Then as he was in private retreat this thought came to his mind,
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“मुत्तोmut·to वतम्हिva·tam·hi तायtā·ya दुक्करकारिकाय।duk·ka·ra·kā·ri·kā·ya

“mutto vatamhi tāya dukkarakārikāya.

“I am truly freed from that grueling work!
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साधुsā·dhu मुत्तोmut·to वतम्हिva·tam·hi तायtā·ya अनत्थसंहितायa·nat·tha·saṃ·hi·tā·ya दुक्करकारिकाय।duk·ka·ra·kā·ri·kā·ya

Sādhu mutto vatamhi tāya anatthasaṁhitāya dukkarakārikāya.

Thank goodness I’m freed from that pointless grueling work.
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साधुsā·dhu वतम्हिva·tam·hi मुत्तोmut·to बोधिंbo·dhiṃ समज्झगन्”ति।sa·maj·jha·gan

Sādhu vatamhi mutto bodhiṁ samajjhagan”ti.

Thank goodness I’m freed and have attained awakening.”
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अथa·tha खोkho मारोmā·ro पापिमाpā·pi·mā भगवतोbha·ga·va·to चेतसाce·ta·sā चेतोपरिवितक्कमञ्ञायce·to·pa·ri·vi·tak·ka·mañ·ñā·ya येनye·na भगवाbha·ga·vā तेनुपसङ्कमि;te·nu·pa·saṅ·ka·mi उपसङ्कमित्वाu·pa·saṅ·ka·mit·vā भगवन्तंbha·ga·van·taṃ गाथायgā·thā·ya अज्झभासि:aj·jha·bhā·si

Atha kho māro pāpimā bhagavato cetasā cetoparivitakkamaññāya yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:

And then Māra the Wicked, knowing the Buddha’s train of thought, went up to him and addressed him in verse:
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“तपोकम्माta·po·kam·mā अपक्कम्म,a·pak·kam·ma

“Tapokammā apakkamma,

“You’ve left the practice of mortification
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येनye·na सुज्झन्तिsuj·jhan·ti माणवा;mā·ṇa·vā

yena sujjhanti māṇavā;

by which sons of men purify themselves.
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असुद्धोa·sud·dho मञ्ञसिmañ·ña·si सुद्धो,sud·dho

Asuddho maññasi suddho,

You’re impure, but think yourself pure;
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सुद्धिमग्गाsud·dhi·mag·gā अपरद्धो”ति।a·pa·rad·dho

suddhimaggā aparaddho”ti.

you’ve strayed from the path of purity.”
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अथa·tha खोkho भगवाbha·ga·vā “मारोmā·ro अयंa·yaṃ पापिमा”pā·pi·mā इतिi·ti विदित्वाvi·dit·vā मारंmā·raṃ पापिमन्तंpā·pi·man·taṃ गाथाहिgā·thā·hi अज्झभासि:aj·jha·bhā·si

Atha kho bhagavā “māro ayaṁ pāpimā” iti viditvā māraṁ pāpimantaṁ gāthāhi ajjhabhāsi:

Then the Buddha, knowing that this was Māra the Wicked, replied to him in verse:
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“अनत्थसंहितंa·nat·tha·saṃ·hi·taṃ ञत्वा,ñat·vā

“Anatthasaṁhitaṁ ñatvā,

“I realized that it’s pointless;
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यंyaṃ किञ्चिkiñ·ci अमरंa·ma·raṃ तपं;ta·paṃ

yaṁ kiñci amaraṁ tapaṁ;

all that endless mortification
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सब्बंsab·baṃ नत्थावहंnat·thā·va·haṃ होति,ho·ti

Sabbaṁ natthāvahaṁ hoti,

is as futile
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फियारित्तंवphi·yā·rit·taṃ·va धम्मनि।dham·ma·ni

phiyārittaṁva dhammani.

as oars and rudder on dry land.
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सीलंsī·laṃ समाधिsa·mā·dhi पञ्ञञ्च,pañ·ñañ·ca

Sīlaṁ samādhi paññañca,

Ethics, immersion, and wisdom:
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मग्गंmag·gaṃ बोधायbo·dhā·ya भावयं;bhā·va·yaṃ

Maggaṁ bodhāya bhāvayaṁ;

by developing this path to awakening
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पत्तोस्मिpat·tos·mi परमंpa·ra·maṃ सुद्धिं,sud·dhiṃ

Pattosmi paramaṁ suddhiṁ,

I attained ultimate purity.
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निहतोni·ha·to त्वमसिtva·ma·si अन्तका”ति।an·ta·kā

Nihato tvamasi antakā”ti.

You’re beaten, terminator!”
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अथa·tha खोkho मारोmā·ro पापिमाpā·pi·mā “जानातिjā·nā·ti मंmaṃ भगवा,bha·ga·vā जानातिjā·nā·ti मंmaṃ सुगतो”ति,su·ga·to दुक्खीduk·khī दुम्मनोdum·ma·no तत्थेवन्तरधायीति।tat·the·van·ta·ra·dhā·yī·ti

Atha kho māro pāpimā “jānāti maṁ bhagavā, jānāti maṁ sugato”ti, dukkhī dummano tatthevantaradhāyīti.

Then Māra the Wicked, thinking, “The Buddha knows me! The Holy One knows me!” miserable and sad, vanished right there.

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.