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Maggasutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 51।21

Saṁyutta Nikāya 51.21

Linked Discourses 51.21
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3। अयोगुळवग्गa·yo·gu·ḷa·vag·ga

3. Ayoguḷavagga

3. The Iron Ball
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मग्गसुत्तmag·ga·sut·ta

Maggasutta

The Path
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सावत्थिनिदानं।sā·vat·thi·ni·dā·naṃ

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.
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“पुब्बेवpub·be·va मे,me भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve सम्बोधाsam·bo·dhā अनभिसम्बुद्धस्सa·na·bhi·sam·bud·dhas·sa बोधिसत्तस्सेवbo·dhi·sat·tas·se·va सतोsa·to एतदहोसि:e·ta·da·ho·si

“Pubbeva me, bhikkhave, sambodhā anabhisambuddhassa bodhisattasseva sato etadahosi:

“Mendicants, before my awakening—when I was still unawakened but intent on awakening—I thought:
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‘कोko नुnu खोkho मग्गो,mag·go काkā पटिपदाpa·ṭi·pa·dā इद्धिपादभावनाया’ति?id·dhi·pā·da·bhā·va·nā·yā

‘ko nu kho maggo, kā paṭipadā iddhipādabhāvanāyā’ti?

‘What’s the path and practice for developing the bases of psychic power?’
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तस्सtas·sa मय्हं,may·haṃ भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve एतदहोसि:e·ta·da·ho·si

Tassa mayhaṁ, bhikkhave, etadahosi:

Then it occurred to me:
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‘इधi·dha भिक्खुbhik·khu छन्दसमाधिप्पधानसङ्खारसमन्नागतंchan·da·sa·mā·dhip·pa·dhā·na·saṅ·khā·ra·sa·man·nā·ga·taṃ इद्धिपादंid·dhi·pā·daṃ भावेति—bhā·ve·ti

‘idha bhikkhu chandasamādhippadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti—

‘It’s when a mendicant develops the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to enthusiasm, and active effort.
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इतिi·ti मेme छन्दोchan·do नna चca अतिलीनोa·ti·lī·no भविस्सति,bha·vis·sa·ti नna चca अतिप्पग्गहितोa·tip·pag·ga·hi·to भविस्सति,bha·vis·sa·ti नna चca अज्झत्तंaj·jhat·taṃ सङ्खित्तोsaṅ·khit·to भविस्सति,bha·vis·sa·ti नna चca बहिद्धाba·hid·dhā विक्खित्तोvik·khit·to भविस्सति।bha·vis·sa·ti

iti me chando na ca atilīno bhavissati, na ca atippaggahito bhavissati, na ca ajjhattaṁ saṅkhitto bhavissati, na ca bahiddhā vikkhitto bhavissati.

They think: “My enthusiasm won’t be too lax or too tense. And it’ll be neither constricted internally nor scattered externally.”
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पच्छापुरेसञ्ञीpac·chā·pu·re·sañ·ñī चca विहरति—vi·ha·ra·ti

Pacchāpuresaññī ca viharati—

And they meditate perceiving before and behind:
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यथाya·thā पुरेpu·re तथाta·thā पच्छा,pac·chā यथाya·thā पच्छाpac·chā तथाta·thā पुरे;pu·re

yathā pure tathā pacchā, yathā pacchā tathā pure;

as before, so behind; as behind, so before;
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यथाya·thā अधोa·dho तथाta·thā उद्धं,ud·dhaṃ यथाya·thā उद्धंud·dhaṃ तथाta·thā अधो;a·dho

yathā adho tathā uddhaṁ, yathā uddhaṁ tathā adho;

as below, so above; as above, so below;
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यथाya·thā दिवाdi·vā तथाta·thā रत्तिं,rat·tiṃ यथाya·thā रत्तिंrat·tiṃ तथाta·thā दिवा।di·vā

yathā divā tathā rattiṁ, yathā rattiṁ tathā divā.

as by day, so by night; as by night, so by day.
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इतिi·ti विवटेनvi·va·ṭe·na चेतसाce·ta·sā अपरियोनद्धेनa·pa·ri·yo·nad·dhe·na सप्पभासंsap·pa·bhā·saṃ चित्तंcit·taṃ भावेति।bhā·ve·ti

Iti vivaṭena cetasā apariyonaddhena sappabhāsaṁ cittaṁ bhāveti.

And so, with an open and unenveloped heart, they develop a mind that’s full of radiance.
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वीरियसमाधिvī·ri·ya·sa·mā·dhi …पे…pe

Vīriyasamādhi …pe…

They develop the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to energy …
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चित्तसमाधिcit·ta·sa·mā·dhi …

cittasamādhi …

mental development …
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वीमंसासमाधिप्पधानसङ्खारसमन्नागतंvī·maṃ·sā·sa·mā·dhip·pa·dhā·na·saṅ·khā·ra·sa·man·nā·ga·taṃ इद्धिपादंid·dhi·pā·daṃ भावेति—bhā·ve·ti

vīmaṁsāsamādhippadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti—

inquiry, and active effort.
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इतिi·ti मेme वीमंसाvī·maṃ·sā नna चca अतिलीनाa·ti·lī·nā भविस्सति,bha·vis·sa·ti नna चca अतिप्पग्गहिताa·tip·pag·ga·hi·tā भविस्सति,bha·vis·sa·ti नna चca अज्झत्तंaj·jhat·taṃ सङ्खित्ताsaṅ·khit·tā भविस्सति,bha·vis·sa·ti नna चca बहिद्धाba·hid·dhā विक्खित्ताvik·khit·tā भविस्सति।bha·vis·sa·ti

iti me vīmaṁsā na ca atilīnā bhavissati, na ca atippaggahitā bhavissati, na ca ajjhattaṁ saṅkhittā bhavissati, na ca bahiddhā vikkhittā bhavissati.

They think: “My inquiry won’t be too lax or too tense. And it’ll be neither constricted internally nor scattered externally.”
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पच्छापुरेसञ्ञीpac·chā·pu·re·sañ·ñī चca विहरति—vi·ha·ra·ti

Pacchāpuresaññī ca viharati—

And they meditate perceiving before and behind:
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यथाya·thā पुरेpu·re तथाta·thā पच्छा,pac·chā यथाya·thā पच्छाpac·chā तथाta·thā पुरे;pu·re

yathā pure tathā pacchā, yathā pacchā tathā pure;

as before, so behind; as behind, so before;
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यथाya·thā अधोa·dho तथाta·thā उद्धं,ud·dhaṃ यथाya·thā उद्धंud·dhaṃ तथाta·thā अधो;a·dho

yathā adho tathā uddhaṁ, yathā uddhaṁ tathā adho;

as below, so above; as above, so below;
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यथाya·thā दिवाdi·vā तथाta·thā रत्तिंrat·tiṃ यथाya·thā रत्तिंrat·tiṃ तथाta·thā दिवा’—di·vā

yathā divā tathā rattiṁ yathā rattiṁ tathā divā’—

as by day, so by night; as by night, so by day.
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इतिi·ti विवटेनvi·va·ṭe·na चेतसाce·ta·sā अपरियोनद्धेनa·pa·ri·yo·nad·dhe·na सप्पभासंsap·pa·bhā·saṃ चित्तंcit·taṃ भावेति।bhā·ve·ti

iti vivaṭena cetasā apariyonaddhena sappabhāsaṁ cittaṁ bhāveti.

And so, with an open and unenveloped heart, they develop a mind that’s full of radiance.’
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एवंe·vaṃ भावितेसुbhā·vi·te·su खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भिक्खुbhik·khu चतूसुca·tū·su इद्धिपादेसुid·dhi·pā·de·su एवंe·vaṃ बहुलीकतेसुba·hu·lī·ka·te·su अनेकविहितंa·ne·ka·vi·hi·taṃ इद्धिविधंid·dhi·vi·dhaṃ पच्चनुभोति—एकोपिpac·ca·nu·bho·ti हुत्वाhut·vā बहुधाba·hu·dhā होति,ho·ti बहुधापिba·hu·dhā·pi हुत्वाhut·vā एकोe·ko होतिho·ti …पे…pe यावyā·va ब्रह्मलोकापिbrah·ma·lo·kā·pi कायेनkā·ye·na वसंva·saṃ वत्तेति।vat·te·ti

Evaṁ bhāvitesu kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu catūsu iddhipādesu evaṁ bahulīkatesu anekavihitaṁ iddhividhaṁ paccanubhoti—ekopi hutvā bahudhā hoti, bahudhāpi hutvā eko hoti …pe… yāva brahmalokāpi kāyena vasaṁ vatteti.

When the four bases of psychic power have been developed and cultivated in this way, a mendicant wields the many kinds of psychic power: multiplying themselves and becoming one again … controlling the body as far as the realm of divinity.
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एवंe·vaṃ भावितेसुbhā·vi·te·su खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भिक्खुbhik·khu चतूसुca·tū·su इद्धिपादेसुid·dhi·pā·de·su एवंe·vaṃ बहुलीकतेसु,ba·hu·lī·ka·te·su आसवानंā·sa·vā·naṃ खयाkha·yā अनासवंa·nā·sa·vaṃ चेतोविमुत्तिंce·to·vi·mut·tiṃ पञ्ञाविमुत्तिंpañ·ñā·vi·mut·tiṃ दिट्ठेवdiṭ·ṭhe·va धम्मेdham·me सयंsa·yaṃ अभिञ्ञाa·bhiñ·ñā सच्छिकत्वाsac·chi·kat·vā उपसम्पज्जu·pa·sam·paj·ja विहरती”ति।vi·ha·ra·tī

Evaṁ bhāvitesu kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu catūsu iddhipādesu evaṁ bahulīkatesu, āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharatī”ti.

When the four bases of psychic power have been developed and cultivated in this way, they realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom. And they live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.”
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पठमं।pa·ṭha·maṃ

Paṭhamaṁ.

(Pāli only)
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(छपिcha·pi अभिञ्ञायोa·bhiñ·ñā·yo वित्थारेतब्बा।)vit·thā·re·tab·bā

(Chapi abhiññāyo vitthāretabbā.)

(The six direct knowledges should be told in full.)

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.