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Pāṇasutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 56।36

Saṁyutta Nikāya 56.36

Linked Discourses 56.36
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4। सीसपावनवग्गsī·sa·pā·va·na·vag·ga

4. Sīsapāvanavagga

4. In a Rosewood Forest
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पाणसुत्तpā·ṇa·sut·ta

Pāṇasutta

Living Creatures
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“सेय्यथापि,sey·ya·thā·pi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve पुरिसोpu·ri·so यंyaṃ इमस्मिंi·mas·miṃ जम्बुदीपेjam·bu·dī·pe तिणकट्ठसाखापलासंti·ṇa·kaṭ·ṭha·sā·khā·pa·lā·saṃ तच्छेत्वाtac·chet·vā एकज्झंe·kaj·jhaṃ संहरेय्य;saṃ·ha·rey·ya

“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, puriso yaṁ imasmiṁ jambudīpe tiṇakaṭṭhasākhāpalāsaṁ tacchetvā ekajjhaṁ saṁhareyya;

“Suppose a person was to strip all the grass, sticks, branches, and leaves in the Black Plum Tree Land, gather them together into one pile,
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एकज्झंe·kaj·jhaṃ संहरित्वाsaṃ·ha·rit·vā सूलंsū·laṃ करेय्य।ka·rey·ya

ekajjhaṁ saṁharitvā sūlaṁ kareyya.

and make them into stakes.
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सूलंsū·laṃ करित्वाka·rit·vā येye महासमुद्देma·hā·sa·mud·de महन्तकाma·han·ta·kā पाणाpā·ṇā तेte महन्तकेसुma·han·ta·ke·su सूलेसुsū·le·su आवुनेय्य,ā·vu·ney·ya येye महासमुद्देma·hā·sa·mud·de मज्झिमकाmaj·jhi·ma·kā पाणाpā·ṇā तेte मज्झिमकेसुmaj·jhi·ma·ke·su सूलेसुsū·le·su आवुनेय्य,ā·vu·ney·ya येye महासमुद्देma·hā·sa·mud·de सुखुमकाsu·khu·ma·kā पाणाpā·ṇā तेte सुखुमकेसुsu·khu·ma·ke·su सूलेसुsū·le·su आवुनेय्य।ā·vu·ney·ya

Sūlaṁ karitvā ye mahāsamudde mahantakā pāṇā te mahantakesu sūlesu āvuneyya, ye mahāsamudde majjhimakā pāṇā te majjhimakesu sūlesu āvuneyya, ye mahāsamudde sukhumakā pāṇā te sukhumakesu sūlesu āvuneyya.

Then they’d impale the large creatures in the ocean on large stakes; the medium-sized creatures on medium-sized stakes; and the small creatures on small stakes.
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अपरियादिन्नाa·pa·ri·yā·din·nā च,ca भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve महासमुद्देma·hā·sa·mud·de ओळारिकाo·ḷā·ri·kā पाणाpā·ṇā अस्सु।as·su

Apariyādinnā ca, bhikkhave, mahāsamudde oḷārikā pāṇā assu.

They wouldn’t run out of sizable creatures in the ocean before
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अथa·tha इमस्मिंi·mas·miṃ जम्बुदीपेjam·bu·dī·pe तिणकट्ठसाखापलासंti·ṇa·kaṭ·ṭha·sā·khā·pa·lā·saṃ परिक्खयंpa·rik·kha·yaṃ परियादानंpa·ri·yā·dā·naṃ गच्छेय्य।gac·chey·ya

Atha imasmiṁ jambudīpe tiṇakaṭṭhasākhāpalāsaṁ parikkhayaṁ pariyādānaṁ gaccheyya.

using up all the grass, sticks, branches, and leaves in the Black Plum Tree Land.
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इतोi·to बहुतराba·hu·ta·rā खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve महासमुद्देma·hā·sa·mud·de सुखुमकाsu·khu·ma·kā पाणा,pā·ṇā येye नna सुकराsu·ka·rā सूलेसुsū·le·su आवुनितुं।ā·vu·ni·tuṃ

Ito bahutarā kho, bhikkhave, mahāsamudde sukhumakā pāṇā, ye na sukarā sūlesu āvunituṁ.

There are far more small creatures in the ocean than this, so it wouldn’t be feasible to impale them on stakes.
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तंtaṃ किस्सkis·sa हेतु?he·tu

Taṁ kissa hetu?

Why is that?
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सुखुमत्ता,su·khu·mat·tā भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve अत्तभावस्स।at·ta·bhā·vas·sa

Sukhumattā, bhikkhave, attabhāvassa.

Because of the small size of those life-forms.
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एवंe·vaṃ महाma·hā खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve अपायो।a·pā·yo

Evaṁ mahā kho, bhikkhave, apāyo.

That’s how big the plane of loss is.
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एवंe·vaṃ महन्तस्माma·han·tas·mā खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve अपायस्माa·pā·yas·mā परिमुत्तोpa·ri·mut·to दिट्ठिसम्पन्नोdiṭ·ṭhi·sam·pan·no पुग्गलोpug·ga·lo ‘इदंi·daṃ दुक्खन्’तिduk·khan यथाभूतंya·thā·bhū·taṃ पजानातिpa·jā·nā·ti …पे…pe ‘अयंa·yaṃ दुक्खनिरोधगामिनीduk·kha·ni·ro·dha·gā·mi·nī पटिपदा’तिpa·ṭi·pa·dā यथाभूतंya·thā·bhū·taṃ पजानाति।pa·jā·nā·ti

Evaṁ mahantasmā kho, bhikkhave, apāyasmā parimutto diṭṭhisampanno puggalo ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.

An individual accomplished in view, exempt from that vast plane of loss, truly understands: ‘This is suffering’ … ‘This is the origin of suffering’ … ‘This is the cessation of suffering’ … ‘This is the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering’.
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तस्मातिह,tas·mā·ti·ha भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve ‘इदंi·daṃ दुक्खन्’तिduk·khan योगोyo·go करणीयोka·ra·ṇī·yo …पे…pe ‘अयंa·yaṃ दुक्खनिरोधगामिनीduk·kha·ni·ro·dha·gā·mi·nī पटिपदा’तिpa·ṭi·pa·dā योगोyo·go करणीयो”ति।ka·ra·ṇī·yo

Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yogo karaṇīyo …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yogo karaṇīyo”ti.

That’s why you should practice meditation …”
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छट्ठं।chaṭ·ṭhaṃ

Chaṭṭhaṁ.

(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.