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Turūbrahmasutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 6।9

Saṁyutta Nikāya 6.9

Linked Discourses 6.9
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1। पठमवग्गpa·ṭha·ma·vag·ga

1. Paṭhamavagga

1. The Appeal
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तुरूब्रह्मसुत्तtu·rūb·rah·ma·sut·ta

Turūbrahmasutta

With the Divinity Tudu
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सावत्थिनिदानं।sā·vat·thi·ni·dā·naṃ

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.
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तेनte·na खोkho पनpa·na समयेनsa·ma·ye·na कोकालिकोko·kā·li·ko भिक्खुbhik·khu आबाधिकोā·bā·dhi·ko होतिho·ti दुक्खितोduk·khi·to बाळ्हगिलानो।bā·ḷha·gi·lā·no

Tena kho pana samayena kokāliko bhikkhu ābādhiko hoti dukkhito bāḷhagilāno.

Now at that time the mendicant Kokālika was sick, suffering, gravely ill.
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अथa·tha खोkho तुरूtu·rū पच्चेकब्रह्माpac·ce·kab·rah·mā अभिक्कन्तायa·bhik·kan·tā·ya रत्तियाrat·ti·yā अभिक्कन्तवण्णोa·bhik·kan·ta·vaṇ·ṇo केवलकप्पंke·va·la·kap·paṃ जेतवनंje·ta·va·naṃ ओभासेत्वाo·bhā·set·vā येनye·na कोकालिकोko·kā·li·ko भिक्खुbhik·khu तेनुपसङ्कमि;te·nu·pa·saṅ·ka·mi उपसङ्कमित्वाu·pa·saṅ·ka·mit·vā वेहासंve·hā·saṃ ठितोṭhi·to कोकालिकंko·kā·li·kaṃ भिक्खुंbhik·khuṃ एतदवोच:e·ta·da·vo·ca

Atha kho turū paccekabrahmā abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṁ jetavanaṁ obhāsetvā yena kokāliko bhikkhu tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā vehāsaṁ ṭhito kokālikaṁ bhikkhuṁ etadavoca:

Then, late at night, the glorious independent divinity Tudu, lighting up the entire Jeta’s Grove, went up to the mendicant Kokālika, and standing in the air he said to him,
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“पसादेहि,pa·sā·de·hi कोकालिक,ko·kā·li·ka सारिपुत्तमोग्गल्लानेसुsā·ri·put·ta·mog·gal·lā·ne·su चित्तं।cit·taṃ

“pasādehi, kokālika, sāriputtamoggallānesu cittaṁ.

“Kokālika, have confidence in Sāriputta and Moggallāna,
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पेसलाpe·sa·lā सारिपुत्तमोग्गल्लाना”ति।sā·ri·put·ta·mog·gal·lā·nā

Pesalā sāriputtamoggallānā”ti.

they’re good monks.”
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“कोसिko·si त्वं,tvaṃ आवुसो”ति?ā·vu·so

“Kosi tvaṁ, āvuso”ti?

“Who are you, reverend?”
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“अहंa·haṃ तुरूtu·rū पच्चेकब्रह्मा”ति।pac·ce·kab·rah·mā

“Ahaṁ turū paccekabrahmā”ti.

“I am Tudu the independent divinity.”
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“ननुna·nu त्वं,tvaṃ आवुसो,ā·vu·so भगवताbha·ga·va·tā अनागामीa·nā·gā·mī ब्याकतो,byā·ka·to अथa·tha किञ्चरहिkiñ·ca·ra·hi इधागतो?i·dhā·ga·to

“Nanu tvaṁ, āvuso, bhagavatā anāgāmī byākato, atha kiñcarahi idhāgato?

“Didn’t the Buddha declare you a non-returner? So what then are you doing back here?
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पस्स,pas·sa यावञ्चyā·vañ·ca तेte इदंi·daṃ अपरद्धन्”ति।a·pa·rad·dhan

Passa, yāvañca te idaṁ aparaddhan”ti.

See how far you have strayed!”
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“पुरिसस्सpu·ri·sas·sa हिhi जातस्स,jā·tas·sa

“Purisassa hi jātassa,

“A person is born
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कुठारीku·ṭhā·rī जायतेjā·ya·te मुखे;mu·khe

kuṭhārī jāyate mukhe;

with an axe in their mouth.
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यायyā·ya छिन्दतिchin·da·ti अत्तानं,at·tā·naṃ

Yāya chindati attānaṁ,

A fool cuts themselves with it
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बालोbā·lo दुब्भासितंdub·bhā·si·taṃ भणं।bha·ṇaṃ

bālo dubbhāsitaṁ bhaṇaṁ.

when they say bad words.
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योyo निन्दियंnin·di·yaṃ पसंसति,pa·saṃ·sa·ti

Yo nindiyaṁ pasaṁsati,

When you praise someone worthy of criticism,
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तंtaṃ वाvā निन्दतिnin·da·ti योyo पसंसियो;pa·saṃ·si·yo

Taṁ vā nindati yo pasaṁsiyo;

or criticize someone worthy of praise,
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विचिनातिvi·ci·nā·ti मुखेनmu·khe·na सोso कलिं,ka·liṃ

Vicināti mukhena so kaliṁ,

you choose a losing hand with your own mouth:
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कलिनाka·li·nā तेनte·na सुखंsu·khaṃ नna विन्दति।vin·da·ti

Kalinā tena sukhaṁ na vindati.

you’ll never find happiness that way.
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अप्पमत्तकोap·pa·mat·ta·ko अयंa·yaṃ कलि,ka·li

Appamattako ayaṁ kali,

A losing hand at dice is a trivial thing,
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योyo अक्खेसुak·khe·su धनपराजयो;dha·na·pa·rā·ja·yo

Yo akkhesu dhanaparājayo;

if all you lose is your money
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सब्बस्सापिsab·bas·sā·pi सहापिsa·hā·pi अत्तना,at·ta·nā

Sabbassāpi sahāpi attanā,

and all you own, even yourself.
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अयमेवa·ya·me·va महन्ततरोma·han·ta·ta·ro कलि;ka·li

Ayameva mahantataro kali;

What’s a really terrible hand
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योyo सुगतेसुsu·ga·te·su मनंma·naṃ पदोसये।pa·do·sa·ye

Yo sugatesu manaṁ padosaye.

is to hate the holy ones.
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सतंsa·taṃ सहस्सानंsa·has·sā·naṃ निरब्बुदानं,ni·rab·bu·dā·naṃ

Sataṁ sahassānaṁ nirabbudānaṁ,

For a hundred thousand times a hundred million,
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छत्तिंसतिchat·tiṃ·sa·ti पञ्चpañ·ca चca अब्बुदानि;ab·bu·dā·ni

Chattiṁsati pañca ca abbudāni;

times five hundred and thirty-six times <j>a thousand times ten million years
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यमरियगरहीya·ma·ri·ya·ga·ra·hī निरयंni·ra·yaṃ उपेति,u·pe·ti

Yamariyagarahī nirayaṁ upeti,

a slanderer of noble ones goes to hell,
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वाचंvā·caṃ मनञ्चma·nañ·ca पणिधायpa·ṇi·dhā·ya पापकन्”ति।pā·pa·kan

Vācaṁ manañca paṇidhāya pāpakan”ti.

having aimed bad words and thoughts at them.”

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.