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Akusalavitakkasutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 9।11

Saṁyutta Nikāya 9.11

Linked Discourses 9.11
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1। वनवग्गva·na·vag·ga

1. Vanavagga

1. In the Woods
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अकुसलवितक्कसुत्तa·ku·sa·la·vi·tak·ka·sut·ta

Akusalavitakkasutta

Unskillful Thoughts
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एकंe·kaṃ समयंsa·ma·yaṃ अञ्ञतरोañ·ña·ta·ro भिक्खुbhik·khu कोसलेसुko·sa·le·su विहरतिvi·ha·ra·ti अञ्ञतरस्मिंañ·ña·ta·ras·miṃ वनसण्डे।va·na·saṇ·ḍe

Ekaṁ samayaṁ aññataro bhikkhu kosalesu viharati aññatarasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe.

At one time one of the mendicants 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 सोso भिक्खुbhik·khu दिवाविहारगतोdi·vā·vi·hā·ra·ga·to पापकेpā·pa·ke अकुसलेa·ku·sa·le वितक्केvi·tak·ke वितक्केति,vi·tak·ke·ti सेय्यथिदं—sey·ya·thi·daṃ

Tena kho pana samayena so bhikkhu divāvihāragato pāpake akusale vitakke vitakketi, seyyathidaṁ—

Now at that time that mendicant, during their day’s meditation, was thinking bad, unskillful thoughts, that is,
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कामवितक्कं,kā·ma·vi·tak·kaṃ ब्यापादवितक्कं,byā·pā·da·vi·tak·kaṃ विहिंसावितक्कं।vi·hiṃ·sā·vi·tak·kaṃ

kāmavitakkaṁ, byāpādavitakkaṁ, vihiṁsāvitakkaṁ.

sensual, malicious, and cruel thoughts.
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अथa·tha खोkho याyā तस्मिंtas·miṃ वनसण्डेva·na·saṇ·ḍe अधिवत्थाa·dhi·vat·thā देवताde·va·tā तस्सtas·sa भिक्खुनोbhik·khu·no अनुकम्पिकाa·nu·kam·pi·kā अत्थकामाat·tha·kā·mā तंtaṃ भिक्खुंbhik·khuṃ संवेजेतुकामाsaṃ·ve·je·tu·kā·mā येनye·na सोso भिक्खुbhik·khu तेनुपसङ्कमि;te·nu·pa·saṅ·ka·mi उपसङ्कमित्वाu·pa·saṅ·ka·mit·vā तंtaṃ भिक्खुंbhik·khuṃ गाथाहिgā·thā·hi अज्झभासि:aj·jha·bhā·si

Atha kho yā tasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe adhivatthā devatā tassa bhikkhuno anukampikā atthakāmā taṁ bhikkhuṁ saṁvejetukāmā yena so bhikkhu tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā taṁ bhikkhuṁ gāthāhi ajjhabhāsi:

The deity haunting that forest had sympathy for that mendicant, and wanted what’s best for them. So they approached that mendicant wanting to stir them up, and addressed them in verse:
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“अयोनिसोa·yo·ni·so मनसिकारा,ma·na·si·kā·rā

“Ayoniso manasikārā,

“Because of irrational application of mind,
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सोso वितक्केहिvi·tak·ke·hi खज्जसि;khaj·ja·si

so vitakkehi khajjasi;

you’re consumed by your thoughts.
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अयोनिसोa·yo·ni·so पटिनिस्सज्ज,pa·ṭi·nis·saj·ja

Ayoniso paṭinissajja,

When you’ve given up irrationality,
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योनिसोyo·ni·so अनुचिन्तय।a·nu·cin·ta·ya

yoniso anucintaya.

make sure your thoughts are rational.
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सत्थारंsat·thā·raṃ धम्ममारब्भ,dham·ma·mā·rab·bha

Satthāraṁ dhammamārabbha,

Thinking about the Teacher, the teaching,
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सङ्घंsaṅ·ghaṃ सीलानिsī·lā·ni अत्तनो;at·ta·no

saṅghaṁ sīlāni attano;

the Saṅgha, and your own ethics,
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अधिगच्छसिa·dhi·gac·cha·si पामोज्जं,pā·moj·jaṃ

Adhigacchasi pāmojjaṁ,

you’ll find gladness,
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पीतिसुखमसंसयं;pī·ti·su·kha·ma·saṃ·sa·yaṃ

pītisukhamasaṁsayaṁ;

and rapture and bliss as well, no doubt.
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ततोta·to पामोज्जबहुलो,pā·moj·ja·ba·hu·lo

Tato pāmojjabahulo,

And when you’re full of joy,
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दुक्खस्सन्तंduk·khas·san·taṃ करिस्ससी”ति।ka·ris·sa·sī

dukkhassantaṁ karissasī”ti.

you’ll make an end to suffering.”
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अथa·tha खोkho सोso भिक्खुbhik·khu तायtā·ya देवतायde·va·tā·ya संवेजितोsaṃ·ve·ji·to संवेगमापादीति।saṃ·ve·ga·mā·pā·dī·ti

Atha kho so bhikkhu tāya devatāya saṁvejito saṁvegamāpādīti.

Impelled by that deity, that mendicant was struck with a sense of urgency.

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.