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Hatthirājavaṇṇasutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 4।2

Saṁyutta Nikāya 4.2

Linked Discourses 4.2
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1। पठमवग्गpa·ṭha·ma·vag·ga

1. Paṭhamavagga

1. Lifespan
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हत्थिराजवण्णसुत्तhat·thi·rā·ja·vaṇ·ṇa·sut·ta

Hatthirājavaṇṇasutta

In the Form of an Elephant King
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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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तेनte·na खोkho पनpa·na समयेनsa·ma·ye·na भगवाbha·ga·vā रत्तन्धकारतिमिसायंrat·tan·dha·kā·ra·ti·mi·sā·yaṃ अब्भोकासेab·bho·kā·se निसिन्नोni·sin·no होति,ho·ti देवोde·vo चca एकमेकंe·ka·me·kaṃ फुसायति।phu·sā·ya·ti

Tena kho pana samayena bhagavā rattandhakāratimisāyaṁ abbhokāse nisinno hoti, devo ca ekamekaṁ phusāyati.

Now at that time the Buddha was meditating in the open during the dark of night, while a gentle rain drizzled down.
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अथa·tha खोkho मारोmā·ro पापिमाpā·pi·mā भगवतोbha·ga·va·to भयंbha·yaṃ छम्भितत्तंcham·bhi·tat·taṃ लोमहंसंlo·ma·haṃ·saṃ उप्पादेतुकामोup·pā·de·tu·kā·mo महन्तंma·han·taṃ हत्थिराजवण्णंhat·thi·rā·ja·vaṇ·ṇaṃ अभिनिम्मिनित्वाa·bhi·nim·mi·nit·vā येनye·na भगवाbha·ga·vā तेनुपसङ्कमि।te·nu·pa·saṅ·ka·mi

Atha kho māro pāpimā bhagavato bhayaṁ chambhitattaṁ lomahaṁsaṁ uppādetukāmo mahantaṁ hatthirājavaṇṇaṁ abhinimminitvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami.

Then Māra the Wicked, wanting to make the Buddha feel fear, terror, and goosebumps, manifested in the form of a big elephant king and approached him.
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सेय्यथापिsey·ya·thā·pi नामnā·ma महाअरिट्ठकोma·hā·a·riṭ·ṭha·ko मणि;ma·ṇi

Seyyathāpi nāma mahāariṭṭhako maṇi;

Its head was like a big block of soapstone.
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एवमस्सe·va·mas·sa सीसंsī·saṃ होति।ho·ti

evamassa sīsaṁ hoti.

(Pāli only)
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सेय्यथापिsey·ya·thā·pi नामnā·ma सुद्धंsud·dhaṃ रूपियं;rū·pi·yaṃ

Seyyathāpi nāma suddhaṁ rūpiyaṁ;

Its tusks were like pure silver.
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एवमस्सe·va·mas·sa दन्ताdan·tā होन्ति।hon·ti

evamassa dantā honti.

(Pāli only)
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सेय्यथापिsey·ya·thā·pi नामnā·ma महतीma·ha·tī नङ्गलीसा;naṅ·ga·lī·sā

Seyyathāpi nāma mahatī naṅgalīsā;

Its trunk was like a long plough pole.
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एवमस्सe·va·mas·sa सोण्डोsoṇ·ḍo होति।ho·ti

evamassa soṇḍo hoti.

(Pāli only)
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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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“संसरंsaṃ·sa·raṃ दीघमद्धानं,dī·gha·mad·dhā·naṃ

“Saṁsaraṁ dīghamaddhānaṁ,

“Transmigrating for such a long time,
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वण्णंvaṇ·ṇaṃ कत्वाkat·vā सुभासुभं;su·bhā·su·bhaṃ

Vaṇṇaṁ katvā subhāsubhaṁ;

you’ve made forms beautiful and ugly.
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अलंa·laṃ तेte तेनte·na पापिम,pā·pi·ma

Alaṁ te tena pāpima,

Enough of this, Wicked One!
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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.