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Mātuposakasutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 7।19

Saṁyutta Nikāya 7.19

Linked Discourses 7.19
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2। उपासकवग्गu·pā·sa·ka·vag·ga

2. Upāsakavagga

2. Lay Followers
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मातुपोसकसुत्तmā·tu·po·sa·ka·sut·ta

Mātuposakasutta

The Brahmin Who Provided for His Mother
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सावत्थिनिदानं।sā·vat·thi·ni·dā·naṃ

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.
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अथa·tha खोkho मातुपोसकोmā·tu·po·sa·ko ब्राह्मणोbrāh·ma·ṇo येनye·na भगवाbha·ga·vā तेनुपसङ्कमि;te·nu·pa·saṅ·ka·mi उपसङ्कमित्वाu·pa·saṅ·ka·mit·vā भगवताbha·ga·va·tā सद्धिंsad·dhiṃ सम्मोदि।sam·mo·di

Atha kho mātuposako brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṁ sammodi.

Then a brahmin who provided for his mother went up to the Buddha, and exchanged greetings with him.
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सम्मोदनीयंsam·mo·da·nī·yaṃ कथंka·thaṃ सारणीयंsā·ra·ṇī·yaṃ वीतिसारेत्वाvī·ti·sā·ret·vā एकमन्तंe·ka·man·taṃ निसीदि।ni·sī·di एकमन्तंe·ka·man·taṃ निसिन्नोni·sin·no खोkho मातुपोसकोmā·tu·po·sa·ko ब्राह्मणोbrāh·ma·ṇo भगवन्तंbha·ga·van·taṃ एतदवोच:e·ta·da·vo·ca

Sammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho mātuposako brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said to the Buddha,
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“अहञ्हि,a·hañ·hi भोbho गोतम,go·ta·ma धम्मेनdham·me·na भिक्खंbhik·khaṃ परियेसामि,pa·ri·ye·sā·mi धम्मेनdham·me·na भिक्खंbhik·khaṃ परियेसित्वाpa·ri·ye·sit·vā मातापितरोmā·tā·pi·ta·ro पोसेमि।po·se·mi

“ahañhi, bho gotama, dhammena bhikkhaṁ pariyesāmi, dhammena bhikkhaṁ pariyesitvā mātāpitaro posemi.

“Worthy Gotama, I seek alms by legitimate means, which I use to provide for my mother and father.
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कच्चाहं,kac·cā·haṃ भोbho गोतम,go·ta·ma एवङ्कारीe·vaṅ·kā·rī किच्चकारीkic·ca·kā·rī होमी”ति?ho·mī

Kaccāhaṁ, bho gotama, evaṅkārī kiccakārī homī”ti?

In doing so, am I doing my duty?”
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“तग्घtag·gha त्वं,tvaṃ ब्राह्मण,brāh·ma·ṇa एवङ्कारीe·vaṅ·kā·rī किच्चकारीkic·ca·kā·rī होसि।ho·si

“Taggha tvaṁ, brāhmaṇa, evaṅkārī kiccakārī hosi.

“Indeed, brahmin, in so doing you are doing your duty.
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योyo खो,kho ब्राह्मण,brāh·ma·ṇa धम्मेनdham·me·na भिक्खंbhik·khaṃ परियेसति,pa·ri·ye·sa·ti धम्मेनdham·me·na भिक्खंbhik·khaṃ परियेसित्वाpa·ri·ye·sit·vā मातापितरोmā·tā·pi·ta·ro पोसेति,po·se·ti बहुंba·huṃ सोso पुञ्ञंpuñ·ñaṃ पसवतीति।pa·sa·va·tī·ti

Yo kho, brāhmaṇa, dhammena bhikkhaṁ pariyesati, dhammena bhikkhaṁ pariyesitvā mātāpitaro poseti, bahuṁ so puññaṁ pasavatīti.

Whoever seeks alms by legitimate means, and uses them to provide for their mother and father brims with much merit.
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योyo मातरंmā·ta·raṃ पितरंpi·ta·raṃ वा,vā

Yo mātaraṁ pitaraṁ vā,

A mortal provides for their mother
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मच्चोmac·co धम्मेनdham·me·na पोसति;po·sa·ti

macco dhammena posati;

and father by legitimate means;
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तायtā·ya नंnaṃ पारिचरियाय,pā·ri·ca·ri·yā·ya

Tāya naṁ pāricariyāya,

because they serve
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मातापितूसुmā·tā·pi·tū·su पण्डिता;paṇ·ḍi·tā

mātāpitūsu paṇḍitā;

their parents like this,
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इधेवi·dhe·va नंnaṃ पसंसन्ति,pa·saṃ·san·ti

Idheva naṁ pasaṁsanti,

they’re praised in this life by the astute,
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पेच्चpec·ca सग्गेsag·ge पमोदती”ति।pa·mo·da·tī

pecca sagge pamodatī”ti.

and they depart to rejoice in heaven.”
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एवंe·vaṃ वुत्ते,vut·te मातुपोसकोmā·tu·po·sa·ko ब्राह्मणोbrāh·ma·ṇo भगवन्तंbha·ga·van·taṃ एतदवोच:e·ta·da·vo·ca

Evaṁ vutte, mātuposako brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

When he said this, the brahmin who provided for his mother said to the Buddha,
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“अभिक्कन्तं,a·bhik·kan·taṃ भोbho गोतम,go·ta·ma अभिक्कन्तं,a·bhik·kan·taṃ भोbho गोतमgo·ta·ma …पे…pe

“abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama, abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama …pe…

“Excellent, worthy Gotama! Excellent! …
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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.