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Sanaṅkumārasutta

Pāli in Devanagari; under each word its Roman pronunciation, syllable by syllable (ṃ = nasal hum). Tap a Pāli word for its meaning (PTS Pāli-English Dictionary); tap again to open it in the Pāli dictionary.

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 6।11

Saṁyutta Nikāya 6.11

Linked Discourses 6.11
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2। दुतियवग्गdu·ti·ya·vag·ga

2. Dutiyavagga

Chapter Two
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सनङ्कुमारसुत्तsa·naṅ·ku·mā·ra·sut·ta

Sanaṅkumārasutta

With Sanaṅkumāra
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एवंe·vaṃ मेme सुतं—su·taṃ

Evaṁ me sutaṁ—

So I have heard.
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एकंe·kaṃ समयंsa·ma·yaṃ भगवाbha·ga·vā राजगहेrā·ja·ga·he विहरतिvi·ha·ra·ti सप्पिनीतीरे।sap·pi·nī·tī·re

ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati sappinītīre.

At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, on the bank of the Serpentine River.
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अथa·tha खोkho ब्रह्माbrah·mā सनङ्कुमारोsa·naṅ·ku·mā·ro अभिक्कन्तायa·bhik·kan·tā·ya रत्तियाrat·ti·yā अभिक्कन्तवण्णोa·bhik·kan·ta·vaṇ·ṇo केवलकप्पंke·va·la·kap·paṃ सप्पिनीतीरंsap·pi·nī·tī·raṃ ओभासेत्वाo·bhā·set·vā येनye·na भगवाbha·ga·vā तेनुपसङ्कमि;te·nu·pa·saṅ·ka·mi उपसङ्कमित्वाu·pa·saṅ·ka·mit·vā भगवन्तंbha·ga·van·taṃ अभिवादेत्वाa·bhi·vā·det·vā एकमन्तंe·ka·man·taṃ अट्ठासि।aṭ·ṭhā·si

Atha kho brahmā sanaṅkumāro abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṁ sappinītīraṁ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi.

Then, late at night, the glorious divinity Sanaṅkumāra, lighting up the entire Serpentine riverbank, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side,
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एकमन्तंe·ka·man·taṃ ठितोṭhi·to खोkho ब्रह्माbrah·mā सनङ्कुमारोsa·naṅ·ku·mā·ro भगवतोbha·ga·va·to सन्तिकेsan·ti·ke इमंi·maṃ गाथंgā·thaṃ अभासि:a·bhā·si

Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho brahmā sanaṅkumāro bhagavato santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:

and spoke this verse in the Buddha’s presence:
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“खत्तियोkhat·ti·yo सेट्ठोseṭ·ṭho जनेतस्मिं,ja·ne·tas·miṃ

“Khattiyo seṭṭho janetasmiṁ,

“The aristocrat is best among people
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येye गोत्तपटिसारिनो;got·ta·pa·ṭi·sā·ri·no

ye gottapaṭisārino;

who take clan as the standard.
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विज्जाचरणसम्पन्नो,vij·jā·ca·ra·ṇa·sam·pan·no

Vijjācaraṇasampanno,

But one accomplished in knowledge and conduct
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सोso सेट्ठोseṭ·ṭho देवमानुसे”ति।de·va·mā·nu·se

so seṭṭho devamānuse”ti.

is best among gods and humans.”
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इदमवोचi·da·ma·vo·ca ब्रह्माbrah·mā सनङ्कुमारो।sa·naṅ·ku·mā·ro

Idamavoca brahmā sanaṅkumāro.

That is what the divinity Sanaṅkumāra said,
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समनुञ्ञोsa·ma·nuñ·ño सत्थाsat·thā अहोसि।a·ho·si

Samanuñño satthā ahosi.

and the Teacher concurred.
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अथa·tha खोkho ब्रह्माbrah·mā सनङ्कुमारोsa·naṅ·ku·mā·ro “समनुञ्ञोsa·ma·nuñ·ño मेme सत्था”तिsat·thā भगवन्तंbha·ga·van·taṃ अभिवादेत्वाa·bhi·vā·det·vā पदक्खिणंpa·dak·khi·ṇaṃ कत्वाkat·vā तत्थेवन्तरधायीति।tat·the·van·ta·ra·dhā·yī·ti

Atha kho brahmā sanaṅkumāro “samanuñño me satthā”ti bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṁ katvā tatthevantaradhāyīti.

Then the divinity Sanaṅkumāra, knowing that the Teacher concurred, bowed and respectfully circled the Buddha, keeping him on his right, before vanishing right there.

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.