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Navakammikasutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 7।17

Saṁyutta Nikāya 7.17

Linked Discourses 7.17
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2। उपासकवग्गu·pā·sa·ka·vag·ga

2. Upāsakavagga

2. Lay Followers
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नवकम्मिकसुत्तna·va·kam·mi·ka·sut·ta

Navakammikasutta

The Builder
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एकंe·kaṃ समयंsa·ma·yaṃ भगवाbha·ga·vā कोसलेसुko·sa·le·su विहरतिvi·ha·ra·ti अञ्ञतरस्मिंañ·ña·ta·ras·miṃ वनसण्डे।va·na·saṇ·ḍe

Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā kosalesu viharati aññatarasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe.

At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Kosalans in a certain forest grove.
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तेनte·na खोkho पनpa·na समयेनsa·ma·ye·na नवकम्मिकभारद्वाजोna·va·kam·mi·ka·bhā·rad·vā·jo ब्राह्मणोbrāh·ma·ṇo तस्मिंtas·miṃ वनसण्डेva·na·saṇ·ḍe कम्मन्तंkam·man·taṃ कारापेति।kā·rā·pe·ti

Tena kho pana samayena navakammikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo tasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe kammantaṁ kārāpeti.

Now at that time the brahmin Bhāradvāja the Builder was having some building work done in that jungle thicket.
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अद्दसाad·da·sā खोkho नवकम्मिकभारद्वाजोna·va·kam·mi·ka·bhā·rad·vā·jo ब्राह्मणोbrāh·ma·ṇo भगवन्तंbha·ga·van·taṃ अञ्ञतरस्मिंañ·ña·ta·ras·miṃ सालरुक्खमूलेsā·la·ruk·kha·mū·le निसिन्नंni·sin·naṃ पल्लङ्कंpal·laṅ·kaṃ आभुजित्वाā·bhu·jit·vā उजुंu·juṃ कायंkā·yaṃ पणिधायpa·ṇi·dhā·ya परिमुखंpa·ri·mu·khaṃ सतिंsa·tiṃ उपट्ठपेत्वा।u·paṭ·ṭha·pet·vā

Addasā kho navakammikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ aññatarasmiṁ sālarukkhamūle nisinnaṁ pallaṅkaṁ ābhujitvā ujuṁ kāyaṁ paṇidhāya parimukhaṁ satiṁ upaṭṭhapetvā.

He saw the Buddha sitting down cross-legged at the root of a certain sal tree, his body set straight, and mindfulness brought to the present.
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दिस्वानस्सdis·vā·nas·sa एतदहोसि:e·ta·da·ho·si

Disvānassa etadahosi:

Seeing this, it occurred to him,
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“अहंa·haṃ खोkho इमस्मिंi·mas·miṃ वनसण्डेva·na·saṇ·ḍe कम्मन्तंkam·man·taṃ कारापेन्तोkā·rā·pen·to रमामि।ra·mā·mi

“ahaṁ kho imasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe kammantaṁ kārāpento ramāmi.

“I enjoy having this building work done here in the jungle.
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अयंa·yaṃ समणोsa·ma·ṇo गोतमोgo·ta·mo किंkiṃ कारापेन्तोkā·rā·pen·to रमती”ति?ra·ma·tī

Ayaṁ samaṇo gotamo kiṁ kārāpento ramatī”ti?

I wonder what the ascetic Gotama enjoys having done?”
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अथa·tha खोkho नवकम्मिकभारद्वाजोna·va·kam·mi·ka·bhā·rad·vā·jo ब्राह्मणोbrāh·ma·ṇo येनye·na भगवाbha·ga·vā तेनुपसङ्कमि।te·nu·pa·saṅ·ka·mi उपसङ्कमित्वाu·pa·saṅ·ka·mit·vā भगवन्तंbha·ga·van·taṃ गाथायgā·thā·ya अज्झभासि:aj·jha·bhā·si

Atha kho navakammikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami. upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:

Then Bhāradvāja the Builder went up to the Buddha and addressed him in verse:
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“केke नुnu कम्मन्ताkam·man·tā करीयन्ति,ka·rī·yan·ti

“Ke nu kammantā karīyanti,

“What kind of works are done by you,
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भिक्खुbhik·khu सालवनेsā·la·va·ne तव;ta·va

bhikkhu sālavane tava;

a mendicant in the sal jungle?
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यदेककोya·de·ka·ko अरञ्ञस्मिं,a·rañ·ñas·miṃ

Yadekako araññasmiṁ,

How do you find enjoyment
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रतिंra·tiṃ विन्दतिvin·da·ti गोतमो”ति।go·ta·mo

ratiṁ vindati gotamo”ti.

alone in the wilderness, Gotama?”
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“नna मेme वनस्मिंva·nas·miṃ करणीयमत्थि,ka·ra·ṇī·ya·mat·thi

“Na me vanasmiṁ karaṇīyamatthi,

“There’s nothing I need do in the jungle;
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उच्छिन्नमूलंuc·chin·na·mū·laṃ मेme वनंva·naṃ विसूकं;vi·sū·kaṃ

Ucchinnamūlaṁ me vanaṁ visūkaṁ;

my jungle’s cut at the root, it’s withered away.
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स्वाहंsvā·haṃ वनेva·ne निब्बनथोnib·ba·na·tho विसल्लो,vi·sal·lo

Svāhaṁ vane nibbanatho visallo,

Free of snarls and thorns in the jungle,
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एकोe·ko रमेra·me अरतिंa·ra·tiṃ विप्पहाया”ति।vip·pa·hā·yā

Eko rame aratiṁ vippahāyā”ti.

I enjoy solitude, having given up discontent.”
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एवंe·vaṃ वुत्ते,vut·te नवकम्मिकभारद्वाजोna·va·kam·mi·ka·bhā·rad·vā·jo ब्राह्मणोbrāh·ma·ṇo भगवन्तंbha·ga·van·taṃ एतदवोच:e·ta·da·vo·ca

Evaṁ vutte, navakammikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

When he had spoken, the brahmin Bhāradvāja the Builder said to the Buddha,
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“अभिक्कन्तं,a·bhik·kan·taṃ भोbho गोतमgo·ta·ma …पे…pe

“abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama …pe…

“Excellent, worthy Gotama …
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उपासकंu·pā·sa·kaṃ मंmaṃ भवंbha·vaṃ गोतमोgo·ta·mo धारेतुdhā·re·tu अज्जतग्गेaj·ja·tag·ge पाणुपेतंpā·ṇu·pe·taṃ सरणंsa·ra·ṇaṃ गतन्”ति।ga·tan

upāsakaṁ maṁ bhavaṁ gotamo dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṁ saraṇaṁ gatan”ti.

From this day forth, may the worthy Gotama remember me as a lay follower who has gone for refuge for life.”

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.