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Balādisutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 50।1–12

Saṁyutta Nikāya 50.1–12

Linked Discourses 50.1–12
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1। गङ्गापेय्यालवग्गgaṅ·gā·pey·yā·la·vag·ga

1. Gaṅgāpeyyālavagga

1. Abbreviated Texts on the Ganges
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बलादिसुत्तba·lā·di·sut·ta

Balādisutta

Sloping East, Etc.
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“पञ्चिमानि,pañ·ci·mā·ni भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve बलानि।ba·lā·ni

“Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, balāni.

“Mendicants, there are these five powers.
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कतमानिka·ta·mā·ni पञ्च?pañ·ca

Katamāni pañca?

What five?
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सद्धाबलं,sad·dhā·ba·laṃ वीरियबलं,vī·ri·ya·ba·laṃ सतिबलं,sa·ti·ba·laṃ समाधिबलं,sa·mā·dhi·ba·laṃ पञ्ञाबलं—pañ·ñā·ba·laṃ

Saddhābalaṁ, vīriyabalaṁ, satibalaṁ, samādhibalaṁ, paññābalaṁ—

The powers of faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom.
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इमानिi·mā·ni खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve पञ्चpañ·ca बलानीति।ba·lā·nī·ti

imāni kho, bhikkhave, pañca balānīti.

These are the five powers.
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सेय्यथापि,sey·ya·thā·pi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve गङ्गाgaṅ·gā नदीna·dī पाचीननिन्नाpā·cī·na·nin·nā पाचीनपोणाpā·cī·na·po·ṇā पाचीनपब्भारा;pā·cī·na·pab·bhā·rā

Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, gaṅgā nadī pācīnaninnā pācīnapoṇā pācīnapabbhārā;

The Ganges River slants, slopes, and inclines to the east.
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एवमेवe·va·me·va खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भिक्खुbhik·khu पञ्चpañ·ca बलानिba·lā·ni भावेन्तोbhā·ven·to पञ्चpañ·ca बलानिba·lā·ni बहुलीकरोन्तोba·hu·lī·ka·ron·to निब्बाननिन्नोnib·bā·na·nin·no होतिho·ti निब्बानपोणोnib·bā·na·po·ṇo निब्बानपब्भारो।nib·bā·na·pab·bhā·ro

evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañca balāni bhāvento pañca balāni bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro.

In the same way, a mendicant who develops and cultivates the five powers slants, slopes, and inclines to extinguishment.
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कथञ्च,ka·thañ·ca भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भिक्खुbhik·khu पञ्चpañ·ca बलानिba·lā·ni भावेन्तोbhā·ven·to पञ्चpañ·ca बलानिba·lā·ni बहुलीकरोन्तोba·hu·lī·ka·ron·to निब्बाननिन्नोnib·bā·na·nin·no होतिho·ti निब्बानपोणोnib·bā·na·po·ṇo निब्बानपब्भारो?nib·bā·na·pab·bhā·ro

Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañca balāni bhāvento pañca balāni bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro?

And how does a mendicant who develops the five powers slant, slope, and incline to extinguishment?
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इध,i·dha भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भिक्खुbhik·khu सद्धाबलंsad·dhā·ba·laṃ भावेतिbhā·ve·ti विवेकनिस्सितंvi·ve·ka·nis·si·taṃ विरागनिस्सितंvi·rā·ga·nis·si·taṃ निरोधनिस्सितंni·ro·dha·nis·si·taṃ वोस्सग्गपरिणामिं,vos·sag·ga·pa·ri·ṇā·miṃ

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu saddhābalaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ,

It’s when a mendicant develops the powers of faith,
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वीरियबलंvī·ri·ya·ba·laṃ …पे…pe

vīriyabalaṁ …pe…

energy,
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सतिबलंsa·ti·ba·laṃ …

satibalaṁ …

mindfulness,
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समाधिबलंsa·mā·dhi·ba·laṃ …

samādhibalaṁ …

immersion,
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पञ्ञाबलंpañ·ñā·ba·laṃ भावेतिbhā·ve·ti विवेकनिस्सितंvi·ve·ka·nis·si·taṃ विरागनिस्सितंvi·rā·ga·nis·si·taṃ निरोधनिस्सितंni·ro·dha·nis·si·taṃ वोस्सग्गपरिणामिं।vos·sag·ga·pa·ri·ṇā·miṃ

paññābalaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ.

and wisdom, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go.
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एवंe·vaṃ खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भिक्खुbhik·khu पञ्चpañ·ca बलानिba·lā·ni भावेन्तोbhā·ven·to पञ्चpañ·ca बलानिba·lā·ni बहुलीकरोन्तोba·hu·lī·ka·ron·to निब्बाननिन्नोnib·bā·na·nin·no होतिho·ti निब्बानपोणोnib·bā·na·po·ṇo निब्बानपब्भारो”ति।nib·bā·na·pab·bhā·ro

Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañca balāni bhāvento pañca balāni bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro”ti.

That’s how a mendicant who develops and cultivates the five powers slants, slopes, and inclines to extinguishment.”
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द्वादसमं।dvā·da·sa·maṃ

Dvādasamaṁ.

(Pāli only)
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गङ्गापेय्यालवग्गोgaṅ·gā·pey·yā·la·vag·go पठमो।pa·ṭha·mo

Gaṅgāpeyyālavaggo paṭhamo.

(Pāli only)
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तस्सुद्दानंtas·sud·dā·naṃ

Tassuddānaṁ

(Pāli only)
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छcha पाचीनतोpā·cī·na·to निन्ना,nin·nā

Cha pācīnato ninnā,

Six on slanting to the east,
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छcha निन्नाnin·nā चca समुद्दतो;sa·mud·da·to

cha ninnā ca samuddato;

and six on slanting to the ocean;
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द्वेतेdve·te छcha द्वादसdvā·da·sa होन्ति,hon·ti

Dvete cha dvādasa honti,

these two sixes make twelve,
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वग्गोvag·go तेनte·na पवुच्चतीति।pa·vuc·ca·tī·ti

vaggo tena pavuccatīti.

and that’s how this chapter is recited.

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.