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Brāhmaṇasutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 55।12

Saṁyutta Nikāya 55.12

Linked Discourses 55.12
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2। राजकारामवग्गrā·ja·kā·rā·ma·vag·ga

2. Rājakārāmavagga

2. The Royal Monastery
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ब्राह्मणसुत्तbrāh·ma·ṇa·sut·ta

Brāhmaṇasutta

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

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.
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“ब्राह्मणा,brāh·ma·ṇā भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve उदयगामिनिंu·da·ya·gā·mi·niṃ नामnā·ma पटिपदंpa·ṭi·pa·daṃ पञ्ञपेन्ति।pañ·ña·pen·ti

“Brāhmaṇā, bhikkhave, udayagāminiṁ nāma paṭipadaṁ paññapenti.

“Mendicants, the brahmins advocate a practice called ‘get up and go’.
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तेte सावकंsā·va·kaṃ एवंe·vaṃ समादपेन्ति:sa·mā·da·pen·ti

Te sāvakaṁ evaṁ samādapenti:

They encourage their disciple:
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‘एहिe·hi त्वं,tvaṃ अम्भोam·bho पुरिस,pu·ri·sa कालस्सेवkā·las·se·va उट्ठायuṭ·ṭhā·ya पाचीनमुखोpā·cī·na·mu·kho याहि।yā·hi

‘ehi tvaṁ, ambho purisa, kālasseva uṭṭhāya pācīnamukho yāhi.

‘Please, my man, rising early you should face east and walk.
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सोso त्वंtvaṃ माmā सोब्भंsob·bhaṃ परिवज्जेहि,pa·ri·vaj·je·hi माmā पपातं,pa·pā·taṃ माmā खाणुं,khā·ṇuṃ माmā कण्डकठानं,kaṇ·ḍa·ka·ṭhā·naṃ माmā चन्दनियं,can·da·ni·yaṃ माmā ओळिगल्लं।o·ḷi·gal·laṃ

So tvaṁ mā sobbhaṁ parivajjehi, mā papātaṁ, mā khāṇuṁ, mā kaṇḍakaṭhānaṁ, mā candaniyaṁ, mā oḷigallaṁ.

Do not avoid a pit, a cliff, a stump, thorny ground, a swamp, or a sewer.
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यत्थyat·tha पपतेय्यासिpa·pa·tey·yā·si तत्थेवtat·the·va मरणंma·ra·ṇaṃ आगमेय्यासि।ā·ga·mey·yā·si

Yattha papateyyāsi tattheva maraṇaṁ āgameyyāsi.

You should await death in the place that you fall.
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एवंe·vaṃ त्वं,tvaṃ अम्भोam·bho पुरिस,pu·ri·sa कायस्सkā·yas·sa भेदाbhe·dā परंpa·raṃ मरणाma·ra·ṇā सुगतिंsu·ga·tiṃ सग्गंsag·gaṃ लोकंlo·kaṃ उपपज्जिस्ससी’ति।u·pa·paj·jis·sa·sī

Evaṁ tvaṁ, ambho purisa, kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjissasī’ti.

And when your body breaks up, after death, you’ll be reborn in a good place, a heaven realm.’
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तंtaṃ खोkho पनेतं,pa·ne·taṃ भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve ब्राह्मणानंbrāh·ma·ṇā·naṃ बालगमनमेतंbā·la·ga·ma·na·me·taṃ मूळ्हगमनमेतंmū·ḷha·ga·ma·na·me·taṃ नna निब्बिदायnib·bi·dā·ya नna विरागायvi·rā·gā·ya नna निरोधायni·ro·dhā·ya नna उपसमायu·pa·sa·mā·ya नna अभिञ्ञायa·bhiñ·ñā·ya नna सम्बोधायsam·bo·dhā·ya नna निब्बानायnib·bā·nā·ya संवत्तति।saṃ·vat·ta·ti

Taṁ kho panetaṁ, bhikkhave, brāhmaṇānaṁ bālagamanametaṁ mūḷhagamanametaṁ na nibbidāya na virāgāya na nirodhāya na upasamāya na abhiññāya na sambodhāya na nibbānāya saṁvattati.

But this practice of the brahmins is a foolish procedure, a stupid procedure. It doesn’t lead to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, or extinguishment.
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अहञ्चa·hañ·ca खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve अरियस्सa·ri·yas·sa विनयेvi·na·ye उदयगामिनिंu·da·ya·gā·mi·niṃ पटिपदंpa·ṭi·pa·daṃ पञ्ञापेमि;pañ·ñā·pe·mi

Ahañca kho, bhikkhave, ariyassa vinaye udayagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ paññāpemi;

But in the training of the Noble One I advocate a ‘get up and go’ practice
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याyā एकन्तनिब्बिदायe·kan·ta·nib·bi·dā·ya विरागायvi·rā·gā·ya निरोधायni·ro·dhā·ya उपसमायu·pa·sa·mā·ya अभिञ्ञायa·bhiñ·ñā·ya सम्बोधायsam·bo·dhā·ya निब्बानायnib·bā·nā·ya संवत्तति।saṃ·vat·ta·ti

yā ekantanibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya upasamāya abhiññāya sambodhāya nibbānāya saṁvattati.

which does lead solely to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, and extinguishment.
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कतमाka·ta·mā चca सा,sā भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve उदयगामिनीu·da·ya·gā·mi·nī पटिपदा;pa·ṭi·pa·dā

Katamā ca sā, bhikkhave, udayagāminī paṭipadā;

And what is that ‘get up and go’ practice?
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याyā एकन्तनिब्बिदायe·kan·ta·nib·bi·dā·ya …पे…pe निब्बानायnib·bā·nā·ya संवत्तति?saṃ·vat·ta·ti

yā ekantanibbidāya …pe… nibbānāya saṁvattati?

(Pāli only)
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इध,i·dha भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve अरियसावकोa·ri·ya·sā·va·ko बुद्धेbud·dhe अवेच्चप्पसादेनa·vec·cap·pa·sā·de·na समन्नागतोsa·man·nā·ga·to होति—ho·ti

Idha, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako buddhe aveccappasādena samannāgato hoti—

It’s when a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the Buddha …
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इतिपिi·ti·pi सोso भगवाbha·ga·vā अरहंa·ra·haṃ सम्मासम्बुद्धोsam·mā·sam·bud·dho …पे…pe सत्थाsat·thā देवमनुस्सानंde·va·ma·nus·sā·naṃ बुद्धोbud·dho भगवाति;bha·ga·vā·ti

itipi so bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho …pe… satthā devamanussānaṁ buddho bhagavāti;

(Pāli only)
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धम्मेdham·me …पे…pe

dhamme …pe…

the teaching …
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सङ्घेsaṅ·ghe …पे…pe

saṅghe …pe…

the Saṅgha …
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अरियकन्तेहिa·ri·ya·kan·te·hi सीलेहिsī·le·hi समन्नागतोsa·man·nā·ga·to होतिho·ti अखण्डेहिa·khaṇ·ḍe·hi …पे…pe समाधिसंवत्तनिकेहि।sa·mā·dhi·saṃ·vat·ta·ni·ke·hi

ariyakantehi sīlehi samannāgato hoti akhaṇḍehi …pe… samādhisaṁvattanikehi.

And they have the ethical conduct loved by the noble ones … leading to immersion.
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अयंa·yaṃ खोkho सा,sā भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve उदयगामिनीu·da·ya·gā·mi·nī पटिपदाpa·ṭi·pa·dā एकन्तनिब्बिदायe·kan·ta·nib·bi·dā·ya …पे…pe

Ayaṁ kho sā, bhikkhave, udayagāminī paṭipadā ekantanibbidāya …pe…

This is that ‘get up and go’ practice
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निब्बानायnib·bā·nā·ya संवत्तती”ति।saṃ·vat·ta·tī

nibbānāya saṁvattatī”ti.

which does lead solely to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, and extinguishment.”
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दुतियं।du·ti·yaṃ

Dutiyaṁ.

(Pāli only)

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.