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Mānasasutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 4।15

Saṁyutta Nikāya 4.15

Linked Discourses 4.15
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2। दुतियवग्गdu·ti·ya·vag·ga

2. Dutiyavagga

2. Rule
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मानससुत्तmā·na·sa·sut·ta

Mānasasutta

A Mental Snare
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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 सावत्थियंsā·vat·thi·yaṃ विहरतिvi·ha·ra·ti जेतवनेje·ta·va·ne अनाथपिण्डिकस्सa·nā·tha·piṇ·ḍi·kas·sa आरामे।ā·rā·me

ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.

At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.
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अथa·tha खोkho मारोmā·ro पापिमाpā·pi·mā 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 yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:

Then Māra the Wicked went up to the Buddha and addressed him in verse:
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“अन्तलिक्खचरोan·ta·lik·kha·ca·ro पासो,pā·so

“Antalikkhacaro pāso,

“There’s a mental snare
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य्वायंyvā·yaṃ चरतिca·ra·ti मानसो;mā·na·so

yvāyaṁ carati mānaso;

wandering in midair.
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तेनte·na तंtaṃ बाधयिस्सामि,bā·dha·yis·sā·mi

Tena taṁ bādhayissāmi,

I’ll bind you with it—
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नna मेme समणsa·ma·ṇa मोक्खसी”ति।mok·kha·sī

na me samaṇa mokkhasī”ti.

you won’t escape me, ascetic!”
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“रूपाrū·pā सद्दाsad·dā रसाra·sā गन्धा,gan·dhā

“Rūpā saddā rasā gandhā,

“Sights, sounds, tastes, smells,
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फोट्ठब्बाphoṭ·ṭhab·bā चca मनोरमा;ma·no·ra·mā

Phoṭṭhabbā ca manoramā;

and touches so delightful:
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एत्थet·tha मेme विगतोvi·ga·to छन्दो,chan·do

Ettha me vigato chando,

desire for these is gone from me.
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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”तिsu·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.