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Nakhasikhāsutta
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6। अभिसमयवग्गa·bhi·sa·ma·ya·vag·ga
6. Abhisamayavagga
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नखसिखासुत्तna·kha·si·khā·sut·ta
Nakhasikhāsutta
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अथa·tha खोkho भगवाbha·ga·vā परित्तंpa·rit·taṃ नखसिखायंna·kha·si·khā·yaṃ पंसुंpaṃ·suṃ आरोपेत्वाā·ro·pet·vā भिक्खूbhik·khū आमन्तेसि:ā·man·te·si
Atha kho bhagavā parittaṁ nakhasikhāyaṁ paṁsuṁ āropetvā bhikkhū āmantesi:
Then the Buddha, picking up a little bit of dirt on his fingernail, addressed the mendicants:
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कतमंka·ta·maṃ नुnu खोkho बहुतरं—योba·hu·ta·raṃ वायंvā·yaṃ मयाma·yā परित्तोpa·rit·to नखसिखायंna·kha·si·khā·yaṃ पंसुpaṃ·su आरोपितो,ā·ro·pi·to अयंa·yaṃ वाvā महापथवी”ति?ma·hā·pa·tha·vī
katamaṁ nu kho bahutaraṁ—yo vāyaṁ mayā paritto nakhasikhāyaṁ paṁsu āropito, ayaṁ vā mahāpathavī”ti?
Which is more: the little bit of dirt on my fingernail, or this great earth?”
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“एतदेव,e·ta·de·va भन्ते,bhan·te बहुतरंba·hu·ta·raṃ यदिदं—महापथवी;ya·di·daṃ अप्पमत्तकायंap·pa·mat·ta·kā·yaṃ भगवताbha·ga·va·tā परित्तोpa·rit·to नखसिखायंna·kha·si·khā·yaṃ पंसुpaṃ·su आरोपितो।ā·ro·pi·to
“Etadeva, bhante, bahutaraṁ yadidaṁ—mahāpathavī; appamattakāyaṁ bhagavatā paritto nakhasikhāyaṁ paṁsu āropito.
“Sir, the great earth is certainly more. The little bit of dirt on your fingernail is tiny.
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सङ्खम्पिsaṅ·kham·pi नna उपेति,u·pe·ti उपनिधम्पिu·pa·ni·dham·pi नna उपेति,u·pe·ti कलभागम्पिka·la·bhā·gam·pi नna उपेतिu·pe·ti महापथविंma·hā·pa·tha·viṃ उपनिधायu·pa·ni·dhā·ya भगवताbha·ga·va·tā परित्तोpa·rit·to नखसिखायंna·kha·si·khā·yaṃ पंसुpaṃ·su आरोपितो”ति।ā·ro·pi·to
Saṅkhampi na upeti, upanidhampi na upeti, kalabhāgampi na upeti mahāpathaviṁ upanidhāya bhagavatā paritto nakhasikhāyaṁ paṁsu āropito”ti.
Compared to the great earth, it doesn’t count, there’s no comparison, it’s not worth a fraction.”
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“एवमेवe·va·me·va खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve अरियसावकस्सa·ri·ya·sā·va·kas·sa दिट्ठिसम्पन्नस्सdiṭ·ṭhi·sam·pan·nas·sa पुग्गलस्सpug·ga·las·sa अभिसमेताविनोa·bhi·sa·me·tā·vi·no एतदेवe·ta·de·va बहुतरंba·hu·ta·raṃ दुक्खंduk·khaṃ यदिदंya·di·daṃ परिक्खीणंpa·rik·khī·ṇaṃ परियादिन्नं;pa·ri·yā·din·naṃ अप्पमत्तकंap·pa·mat·ta·kaṃ अवसिट्ठं।a·va·siṭ·ṭhaṃ
“Evameva kho, bhikkhave, ariyasāvakassa diṭṭhisampannassa puggalassa abhisametāvino etadeva bahutaraṁ dukkhaṁ yadidaṁ parikkhīṇaṁ pariyādinnaṁ; appamattakaṁ avasiṭṭhaṁ.
“In the same way, for an individual with comprehension, a noble disciple accomplished in view, the suffering that’s over and done with is more, what’s left is tiny.
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सङ्खम्पिsaṅ·kham·pi नna उपेति,u·pe·ti उपनिधम्पिu·pa·ni·dham·pi नna उपेति,u·pe·ti कलभागम्पिka·la·bhā·gam·pi नna उपेतिu·pe·ti पुरिमंpu·ri·maṃ दुक्खक्खन्धंduk·khak·khan·dhaṃ परिक्खीणंpa·rik·khī·ṇaṃ परियादिन्नंpa·ri·yā·din·naṃ उपनिधायu·pa·ni·dhā·ya यदिदंya·di·daṃ सत्तक्खत्तुपरमता;sat·tak·khat·tu·pa·ra·ma·tā
Saṅkhampi na upeti, upanidhampi na upeti, kalabhāgampi na upeti purimaṁ dukkhakkhandhaṁ parikkhīṇaṁ pariyādinnaṁ upanidhāya yadidaṁ sattakkhattuparamatā;
Compared to the mass of suffering in the past that’s over and done with, it doesn’t count, there’s no comparison, it’s not worth a fraction, since there are at most seven more lives.
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योyo ‘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
yo ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.
Such an individual truly understands about suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path.
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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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पठमं।pa·ṭha·maṃ
Paṭhamaṁ.
(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.