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Tatiyaabhisandasutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 55।43

Saṁyutta Nikāya 55.43

Linked Discourses 55.43
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5। सगाथकपुञ्ञाभिसन्दवग्गsa·gā·tha·ka·puñ·ñā·bhi·san·da·vag·ga

5. Sagāthakapuññābhisandavagga

5. Overflowing Merit, With Verses
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ततियअभिसन्दसुत्तta·ti·ya·a·bhi·san·da·sut·ta

Tatiyaabhisandasutta

Overflowing Merit (3rd)
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“चत्तारोमे,cat·tā·ro·me भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve पुञ्ञाभिसन्दा,puñ·ñā·bhi·san·dā कुसलाभिसन्दा,ku·sa·lā·bhi·san·dā सुखस्साहारा।su·khas·sā·hā·rā

“Cattārome, bhikkhave, puññābhisandā, kusalābhisandā, sukhassāhārā.

“Mendicants, there are these four kinds of overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurture happiness.
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कतमेka·ta·me चत्तारो?cat·tā·ro

Katame cattāro?

What four?
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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 …पे…pe सत्थाsat·thā देवमनुस्सानंde·va·ma·nus·sā·naṃ बुद्धोbud·dho भगवाति।bha·ga·vā·ti

itipi so bhagavā …pe… satthā devamanussānaṁ buddho bhagavāti.

(Pāli only)
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अयंa·yaṃ पठमोpa·ṭha·mo पुञ्ञाभिसन्दो,puñ·ñā·bhi·san·do कुसलाभिसन्दो,ku·sa·lā·bhi·san·do सुखस्साहारो।su·khas·sā·hā·ro

Ayaṁ paṭhamo puññābhisando, kusalābhisando, sukhassāhāro.

(Pāli only)
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पुनpu·na चपरं,ca·pa·raṃ भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve अरियसावकोa·ri·ya·sā·va·ko धम्मेdham·me …पे…pe

Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako dhamme …pe…

the teaching …
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सङ्घेsaṅ·ghe …पे…।pe

saṅghe …pe….

the Saṅgha …
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पुनpu·na चपरं,ca·pa·raṃ भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve अरियसावकोa·ri·ya·sā·va·ko पञ्ञवाpañ·ña·vā होतिho·ti उदयत्थगामिनियाu·da·yat·tha·gā·mi·ni·yā पञ्ञायpañ·ñā·ya समन्नागतोsa·man·nā·ga·to अरियायa·ri·yā·ya निब्बेधिकायnib·be·dhi·kā·ya सम्माsam·mā दुक्खक्खयगामिनिया।duk·khak·kha·ya·gā·mi·ni·yā

Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako paññavā hoti udayatthagāminiyā paññāya samannāgato ariyāya nibbedhikāya sammā dukkhakkhayagāminiyā.

Furthermore, a noble disciple is wise. They have the wisdom of arising and passing away which is noble, penetrative, and leads to the complete ending of suffering.
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अयंa·yaṃ चतुत्थोca·tut·tho पुञ्ञाभिसन्दोpuñ·ñā·bhi·san·do कुसलाभिसन्दोku·sa·lā·bhi·san·do सुखस्साहारो।su·khas·sā·hā·ro

Ayaṁ catuttho puññābhisando kusalābhisando sukhassāhāro.

This is the fourth kind of overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurtures happiness.
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इमेi·me खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve चत्तारोcat·tā·ro पुञ्ञाभिसन्दाpuñ·ñā·bhi·san·dā कुसलाभिसन्दाku·sa·lā·bhi·san·dā सुखस्साहारा।su·khas·sā·hā·rā

Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro puññābhisandā kusalābhisandā sukhassāhārā.

These are the four kinds of overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurture happiness.
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इमेहिi·me·hi खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve चतूहिca·tū·hi पुञ्ञाभिसन्देहिpuñ·ñā·bhi·san·de·hi कुसलाभिसन्देहिku·sa·lā·bhi·san·de·hi समन्नागतस्सsa·man·nā·ga·tas·sa अरियसावकस्सa·ri·ya·sā·va·kas·sa नna सुकरंsu·ka·raṃ पुञ्ञस्सpuñ·ñas·sa पमाणंpa·mā·ṇaṃ गणेतुं:ga·ṇe·tuṃ

Imehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi puññābhisandehi kusalābhisandehi samannāgatassa ariyasāvakassa na sukaraṁ puññassa pamāṇaṁ gaṇetuṁ:

When a noble disciple has these four kinds of overflowing merit and goodness, it’s not easy to count how much merit they have by saying that
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‘एत्तकोet·ta·ko पुञ्ञाभिसन्दो,puñ·ñā·bhi·san·do कुसलाभिसन्दो,ku·sa·lā·bhi·san·do सुखस्साहारो’ति।su·khas·sā·hā·ro

‘ettako puññābhisando, kusalābhisando, sukhassāhāro’ti.

this is the extent of their overflowing merit, overflowing goodness that nurtures happiness.
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अथa·tha खोkho असङ्ख्येय्योa·saṅ·khyey·yo अप्पमेय्योap·pa·mey·yo महापुञ्ञक्खन्धोत्वेवma·hā·puñ·ñak·khan·dhot·ve·va सङ्ख्यंsaṅ·khyaṃ गच्छती”ति।gac·cha·tī

Atha kho asaṅkhyeyyo appameyyo mahāpuññakkhandhotveva saṅkhyaṁ gacchatī”ti.

It’s simply reckoned as an incalculable, immeasurable, great mass of merit.”
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इदमवोचi·da·ma·vo·ca भगवाbha·ga·vā …पे…pe

Idamavoca bhagavā …pe…

That is what the Buddha said.
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सत्था:sat·thā

satthā:

Then the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say:
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“योyo पुञ्ञकामोpuñ·ña·kā·mo कुसलेku·sa·le पतिट्ठितो,pa·tiṭ·ṭhi·to

“Yo puññakāmo kusale patiṭṭhito,

“One who desires merit, grounded in the skillful,
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भावेतिbhā·ve·ti मग्गंmag·gaṃ अमतस्सa·ma·tas·sa पत्तिया;pat·ti·yā

Bhāveti maggaṁ amatassa pattiyā;

develops the path to realize freedom from death.
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सोso धम्मसाराधिगमोdham·ma·sā·rā·dhi·ga·mo खयेkha·ye रतो,ra·to

So dhammasārādhigamo khaye rato,

Once they’ve reached the heart of the teaching, <j>delighting in ending,
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नna वेधतिve·dha·ti मच्चुराजागमनस्मिन्”ति।mac·cu·rā·jā·ga·ma·nas·min

Na vedhati maccurājāgamanasmin”ti.

they don’t tremble at the approach <j>of the King of Death.”
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ततियं।ta·ti·yaṃ

Tatiyaṁ.

(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.