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Aññatrasutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 56।61

Saṁyutta Nikāya 56.61

Linked Discourses 56.61
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7। पठमआमकधञ्ञपेय्यालवग्गpa·ṭha·ma·ā·ma·ka·dhañ·ña·pey·yā·la·vag·ga

7. Paṭhamaāmakadhaññapeyyālavagga

7. Abbreviated Texts on Raw Grain
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अञ्ञत्रसुत्तañ·ñat·ra·sut·ta

Aññatrasutta

Not Human
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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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“तंtaṃ किंkiṃ मञ्ञथ,mañ·ña·tha भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve

“Taṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave,

“What do you think, 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 बहुतरं,ba·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 अप्पमत्तकाap·pa·mat·ta·kā तेte सत्ताsat·tā येye मनुस्सेसुma·nus·se·su पच्चाजायन्ति;pac·cā·jā·yan·ti अथa·tha खोkho एतेवe·te·va बहुतराba·hu·ta·rā सत्ताsat·tā येye अञ्ञत्रañ·ñat·ra मनुस्सेहिma·nus·se·hi पच्चाजायन्ति।pac·cā·jā·yan·ti

“Evameva kho, bhikkhave, appamattakā te sattā ye manussesu paccājāyanti; atha kho eteva bahutarā sattā ye aññatra manussehi paccājāyanti.

“In the same way, the sentient beings reborn as humans are few, while those not reborn as humans are many.
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तंtaṃ किस्सkis·sa हेतु?he·tu

Taṁ kissa hetu?

Why is that?
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अदिट्ठत्ता,a·diṭ·ṭhat·tā भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve चतुन्नंca·tun·naṃ अरियसच्चानं।a·ri·ya·sac·cā·naṃ

Adiṭṭhattā, bhikkhave, catunnaṁ ariyasaccānaṁ.

It’s because they haven’t seen the four noble truths.
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कतमेसंka·ta·me·saṃ चतुन्नं?ca·tun·naṃ

Katamesaṁ catunnaṁ?

What four?
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दुक्खस्सduk·khas·sa अरियसच्चस्सa·ri·ya·sac·cas·sa …पे…pe दुक्खनिरोधगामिनियाduk·kha·ni·ro·dha·gā·mi·ni·yā पटिपदायpa·ṭi·pa·dā·ya अरियसच्चस्स।a·ri·ya·sac·cas·sa

Dukkhassa ariyasaccassa …pe… dukkhanirodhagāminiyā paṭipadāya ariyasaccassa.

The noble truths of 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.

That’s why you should practice meditation …”
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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.