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Pattasutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 4।16

Saṁyutta Nikāya 4.16

Linked Discourses 4.16
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2। दुतियवग्गdu·ti·ya·vag·ga

2. Dutiyavagga

2. Rule
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पत्तसुत्तpat·ta·sut·ta

Pattasutta

The Alms Bowls
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सावत्थिनिदानं।sā·vat·thi·ni·dā·naṃ

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.
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तेनte·na खोkho पनpa·na समयेनsa·ma·ye·na भगवाbha·ga·vā पञ्चन्नंpañ·can·naṃ उपादानक्खन्धानंu·pā·dā·nak·khan·dhā·naṃ उपादायu·pā·dā·ya भिक्खूनंbhik·khū·naṃ धम्मियाdham·mi·yā कथायka·thā·ya सन्दस्सेतिsan·das·se·ti समादपेतिsa·mā·da·pe·ti समुत्तेजेतिsa·mut·te·je·ti सम्पहंसेति।sam·pa·haṃ·se·ti

Tena kho pana samayena bhagavā pañcannaṁ upādānakkhandhānaṁ upādāya bhikkhūnaṁ dhammiyā kathāya sandasseti samādapeti samuttejeti sampahaṁseti.

Now at that time the Buddha was educating, encouraging, firing up, and inspiring the mendicants with a Dhamma talk on the topic of the five grasping aggregates.
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तेte चca भिक्खूbhik·khū अट्ठिंaṭ·ṭhiṃ कत्वाkat·vā मनसिma·na·si कत्वाkat·vā सब्बचेतसाsab·ba·ce·ta·sā समन्नाहरित्वाsa·man·nā·ha·rit·vā ओहितसोताo·hi·ta·so·tā धम्मंdham·maṃ सुणन्ति।su·ṇan·ti

Te ca bhikkhū aṭṭhiṁ katvā manasi katvā sabbacetasā samannāharitvā ohitasotā dhammaṁ suṇanti.

And those mendicants were paying attention, applying the mind, concentrating wholeheartedly, and actively listening.
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अथa·tha खोkho मारस्सmā·ras·sa पापिमतोpā·pi·ma·to एतदहोसि:e·ta·da·ho·si

Atha kho mārassa pāpimato etadahosi:

Then Māra thought,
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“अयंa·yaṃ खोkho समणोsa·ma·ṇo गोतमोgo·ta·mo पञ्चन्नंpañ·can·naṃ उपादानक्खन्धानंu·pā·dā·nak·khan·dhā·naṃ उपादायu·pā·dā·ya भिक्खूनंbhik·khū·naṃ धम्मियाdham·mi·yā कथायka·thā·ya सन्दस्सेतिsan·das·se·ti समादपेतिsa·mā·da·pe·ti समुत्तेजेतिsa·mut·te·je·ti सम्पहंसेति।sam·pa·haṃ·se·ti

“ayaṁ kho samaṇo gotamo pañcannaṁ upādānakkhandhānaṁ upādāya bhikkhūnaṁ dhammiyā kathāya sandasseti samādapeti samuttejeti sampahaṁseti.

“This ascetic Gotama is educating, encouraging, firing up, and inspiring the mendicants with a Dhamma talk on the topic of the five grasping aggregates.
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तेte चca भिक्खूbhik·khū अट्ठिंaṭ·ṭhiṃ कत्वाkat·vā मनसिma·na·si कत्वाkat·vā सब्बचेतसाsab·ba·ce·ta·sā समन्नाहरित्वाsa·man·nā·ha·rit·vā ओहितसोताo·hi·ta·so·tā धम्मंdham·maṃ सुणन्ति।su·ṇan·ti

Te ca bhikkhū aṭṭhiṁ katvā manasi katvā sabbacetasā samannāharitvā ohitasotā dhammaṁ suṇanti.

And the mendicants are paying attention, applying the mind, concentrating wholeheartedly, and actively listening.
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यन्नूनाहंyan·nū·nā·haṃ येनye·na समणोsa·ma·ṇo गोतमोgo·ta·mo तेनुपसङ्कमेय्यंte·nu·pa·saṅ·ka·mey·yaṃ विचक्खुकम्माया”ति।vi·cak·khu·kam·mā·yā

Yannūnāhaṁ yena samaṇo gotamo tenupasaṅkameyyaṁ vicakkhukammāyā”ti.

Why don’t I go and pull the wool over their eyes?”
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तेनte·na खोkho पनpa·na समयेनsa·ma·ye·na सम्बहुलाsam·ba·hu·lā पत्ताpat·tā अब्भोकासेab·bho·kā·se निक्खित्ताnik·khit·tā होन्ति।hon·ti

Tena kho pana samayena sambahulā pattā abbhokāse nikkhittā honti.

At that time several alms bowls were placed in the open air.
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अथa·tha खोkho मारोmā·ro पापिमाpā·pi·mā बलीबद्दवण्णंba·lī·bad·da·vaṇ·ṇaṃ अभिनिम्मिनित्वाa·bhi·nim·mi·nit·vā येनye·na तेte पत्ताpat·tā तेनुपसङ्कमि।te·nu·pa·saṅ·ka·mi

Atha kho māro pāpimā balībaddavaṇṇaṁ abhinimminitvā yena te pattā tenupasaṅkami.

Then Māra the Wicked manifested in the form of an ox and approached those bowls.
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अथa·tha खोkho अञ्ञतरोañ·ña·ta·ro भिक्खुbhik·khu अञ्ञतरंañ·ña·ta·raṃ भिक्खुंbhik·khuṃ एतदवोच:e·ta·da·vo·ca

Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu aññataraṁ bhikkhuṁ etadavoca:

One of the mendicants said to another,
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“भिक्खुbhik·khu भिक्खु,bhik·khu एसोe·so बलीबद्दोba·lī·bad·do पत्तेpat·te भिन्देय्या”ति।bhin·dey·yā

“bhikkhu bhikkhu, eso balībaddo patte bhindeyyā”ti.

“Mendicant, mendicant, that ox will break the bowls.”
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एवंe·vaṃ वुत्ते,vut·te भगवाbha·ga·vā तंtaṃ भिक्खुंbhik·khuṃ एतदवोच:e·ta·da·vo·ca

Evaṁ vutte, bhagavā taṁ bhikkhuṁ etadavoca:

When this was said, the Buddha said to that mendicant,
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“नna सो,so भिक्खु,bhik·khu बलीबद्दो।ba·lī·bad·do

“na so, bhikkhu, balībaddo.

“Mendicant, that’s no ox.
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मारोmā·ro एसोe·so पापिमाpā·pi·mā तुम्हाकंtum·hā·kaṃ विचक्खुकम्मायvi·cak·khu·kam·mā·ya आगतो”ति।ā·ga·to

Māro eso pāpimā tumhākaṁ vicakkhukammāya āgato”ti.

That’s Māra the Wicked come to pull the wool over your eyes!”
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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 गाथायgā·thā·ya अज्झभासि:aj·jha·bhā·si

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

Then the Buddha, knowing that this was Māra the Wicked, addressed him in verse:
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“रूपंrū·paṃ वेदयितंve·da·yi·taṃ सञ्ञा,sañ·ñā

“Rūpaṁ vedayitaṁ saññā,

“Form, what is felt, and perception,
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विञ्ञाणंviñ·ñā·ṇaṃ यञ्चyañ·ca सङ्खतं;saṅ·kha·taṃ

viññāṇaṁ yañca saṅkhataṁ;

consciousness, and what is chosen:
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नेसोहमस्मिne·so·ha·mas·mi नेतंne·taṃ मे,me

Nesohamasmi netaṁ me,

‘I am not this’ and ‘this is not mine’;
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एवंe·vaṃ तत्थtat·tha विरज्जति।vi·raj·ja·ti

evaṁ tattha virajjati.

that’s how they become free of desire for them.
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एवंe·vaṃ विरत्तंvi·rat·taṃ खेमत्तं,khe·mat·taṃ

Evaṁ virattaṁ khemattaṁ,

When you’re detached, secure,
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सब्बसंयोजनातिगं;sab·ba·saṃ·yo·ja·nā·ti·gaṃ

sabbasaṁyojanātigaṁ;

all fetters transcended,
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अन्वेसंan·ve·saṃ सब्बट्ठानेसु,sab·baṭ·ṭhā·ne·su

Anvesaṁ sabbaṭṭhānesu,

though Māra and his army chase everywhere
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मारसेनापिmā·ra·se·nā·pi नाज्झगा”ति।nāj·jha·gā

mārasenāpi nājjhagā”ti.

they never find you.”
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अथa·tha खोkho मारोmā·ro पापिमाpā·pi·mā …पे…pe तत्थेवन्तरधायीति।tat·the·van·ta·ra·dhā·yī·ti

Atha kho māro pāpimā …pe… tatthevantaradhāyīti.

Then Māra … 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.