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Andhakārasutta
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अन्धकारसुत्तan·dha·kā·ra·sut·ta
Andhakārasutta
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“अत्थि,at·thi भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve लोकन्तरिकाlo·kan·ta·ri·kā अघाa·ghā असंवुताa·saṃ·vu·tā अन्धकाराan·dha·kā·rā अन्धकारतिमिसा,an·dha·kā·ra·ti·mi·sā यत्थमिमेसंyat·tha·mi·me·saṃ चन्दिमसूरियानंcan·di·ma·sū·ri·yā·naṃ एवंमहिद्धिकानंe·vaṃ·ma·hid·dhi·kā·naṃ एवंe·vaṃ महानुभावानंma·hā·nu·bhā·vā·naṃ आभायā·bhā·ya नानुभोन्ती”ति।nā·nu·bhon·tī
“Atthi, bhikkhave, lokantarikā aghā asaṁvutā andhakārā andhakāratimisā, yatthamimesaṁ candimasūriyānaṁ evaṁmahiddhikānaṁ evaṁ mahānubhāvānaṁ ābhāya nānubhontī”ti.
“Mendicants, the boundless gloom of interstellar space is so utterly dark that even the luminosity of the moon and the sun, so mighty and powerful, makes no impression.”
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अत्थिat·thi नुnu खो,kho भन्ते,bhan·te एतम्हाe·tam·hā अन्धकाराan·dha·kā·rā अञ्ञोañ·ño अन्धकारोan·dha·kā·ro महन्ततरोma·han·ta·ta·ro चca भयानकतरोbha·yā·na·ka·ta·ro चा”ति?cā
Atthi nu kho, bhante, etamhā andhakārā añño andhakāro mahantataro ca bhayānakataro cā”ti?
Is there any other darkness more mighty and terrifying than this one?”
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“येye हिhi केचि,ke·ci भिक्खु,bhik·khu समणाsa·ma·ṇā वाvā ब्राह्मणाbrāh·ma·ṇā वाvā ‘इदंi·daṃ दुक्खन्’तिduk·khan यथाभूतंya·thā·bhū·taṃ नप्पजानन्तिnap·pa·jā·nan·ti …पे…pe ‘अयंa·yaṃ दुक्खनिरोधगामिनीduk·kha·ni·ro·dha·gā·mi·nī पटिपदा’तिpa·ṭi·pa·dā यथाभूतंya·thā·bhū·taṃ नप्पजानन्ति,nap·pa·jā·nan·ti
“Ye hi keci, bhikkhu, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yathābhūtaṁ nappajānanti …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yathābhūtaṁ nappajānanti,
“There are ascetics and brahmins who don’t truly understand about suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path.
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अभिसङ्खरित्वाa·bhi·saṅ·kha·rit·vā जातन्धकारम्पिjā·tan·dha·kā·ram·pi पपतन्ति,pa·pa·tan·ti जरन्धकारम्पिja·ran·dha·kā·ram·pi पपतन्ति,pa·pa·tan·ti मरणन्धकारम्पिma·ra·ṇan·dha·kā·ram·pi पपतन्ति,pa·pa·tan·ti सोकपरिदेवदुक्खदोमनस्सुपायासन्धकारम्पिso·ka·pa·ri·de·va·duk·kha·do·ma·nas·su·pā·yā·san·dha·kā·ram·pi पपतन्ति।pa·pa·tan·ti
abhisaṅkharitvā jātandhakārampi papatanti, jarandhakārampi papatanti, maraṇandhakārampi papatanti, sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsandhakārampi papatanti.
Having made such choices, they fall into the darkness of rebirth, old age, and death, of sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress.
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तेte नna परिमुच्चन्तिpa·ri·muc·can·ti जातियाjā·ti·yā जरायja·rā·ya मरणेनma·ra·ṇe·na सोकेहिso·ke·hi परिदेवेहिpa·ri·de·ve·hi दुक्खेहिduk·khe·hi दोमनस्सेहिdo·ma·nas·se·hi उपायासेहि।u·pā·yā·se·hi
Te na parimuccanti jātiyā jarāya maraṇena sokehi paridevehi dukkhehi domanassehi upāyāsehi.
They’re not freed from rebirth, old age, and death, from sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress.
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येye चca खोkho केचि,ke·ci भिक्खु,bhik·khu समणाsa·ma·ṇā वाvā ब्राह्मणाbrāh·ma·ṇā वाvā ‘इदंi·daṃ दुक्खन्’तिduk·khan यथाभूतंya·thā·bhū·taṃ पजानन्तिpa·jā·nan·ti …पे…pe ‘अयंa·yaṃ दुक्खनिरोधगामिनीduk·kha·ni·ro·dha·gā·mi·nī पटिपदा’तिpa·ṭi·pa·dā यथाभूतंya·thā·bhū·taṃ पजानन्ति,pa·jā·nan·ti
Ye ca kho keci, bhikkhu, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānanti …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānanti,
There are ascetics and brahmins who truly understand about suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path.
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अनभिसङ्खरित्वाa·na·bhi·saṅ·kha·rit·vā जातन्धकारम्पिjā·tan·dha·kā·ram·pi नप्पपतन्ति,nap·pa·pa·tan·ti जरन्धकारम्पिja·ran·dha·kā·ram·pi नप्पपतन्ति,nap·pa·pa·tan·ti मरणन्धकारम्पिma·ra·ṇan·dha·kā·ram·pi नप्पपतन्ति,nap·pa·pa·tan·ti सोकपरिदेवदुक्खदोमनस्सुपायासन्धकारम्पिso·ka·pa·ri·de·va·duk·kha·do·ma·nas·su·pā·yā·san·dha·kā·ram·pi नप्पपतन्ति।nap·pa·pa·tan·ti
anabhisaṅkharitvā jātandhakārampi nappapatanti, jarandhakārampi nappapatanti, maraṇandhakārampi nappapatanti, sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsandhakārampi nappapatanti.
Having stopped making such choices, they don’t fall into the darkness of rebirth, old age, and death, of sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress.
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तेte परिमुच्चन्तिpa·ri·muc·can·ti जातियाjā·ti·yā जरायja·rā·ya मरणेनma·ra·ṇe·na सोकेहिso·ke·hi परिदेवेहिpa·ri·de·ve·hi दुक्खेहिduk·khe·hi दोमनस्सेहिdo·ma·nas·se·hi उपायासेहि।u·pā·yā·se·hi
Te parimuccanti jātiyā jarāya maraṇena sokehi paridevehi dukkhehi domanassehi upāyāsehi.
They’re freed from rebirth, old age, and death, from sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress.
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‘परिमुच्चन्तिpa·ri·muc·can·ti दुक्खस्मा’तिduk·khas·mā वदामि।va·dā·mi
‘Parimuccanti dukkhasmā’ti vadāmi.
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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.
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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.