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Majjhanhikasutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 9।12

Saṁyutta Nikāya 9.12

Linked Discourses 9.12
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1। वनवग्गva·na·vag·ga

1. Vanavagga

1. In the Woods
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मज्झन्हिकसुत्तmaj·jhan·hi·ka·sut·ta

Majjhanhikasutta

Midday
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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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अथa·tha खोkho तस्मिंtas·miṃ वनसण्डेva·na·saṇ·ḍe अधिवत्थाa·dhi·vat·thā देवताde·va·tā येनye·na सोso भिक्खुbhik·khu तेनुपसङ्कमि;te·nu·pa·saṅ·ka·mi उपसङ्कमित्वाu·pa·saṅ·ka·mit·vā तस्सtas·sa भिक्खुनोbhik·khu·no सन्तिकेsan·ti·ke इमंi·maṃ गाथंgā·thaṃ अभासि:a·bhā·si

Atha kho tasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe adhivatthā devatā yena so bhikkhu tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā tassa bhikkhuno santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:

The deity haunting that forest approached that mendicant and spoke this verse in their presence:
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“ठितेṭhi·te मज्झन्हिकेmaj·jhan·hi·ke काले,kā·le

“Ṭhite majjhanhike kāle,

“In the still of high noon,
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सन्निसीवेसुsan·ni·sī·ve·su पक्खिसु;pak·khi·su

sannisīvesu pakkhisu;

when the birds have settled down,
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सणतेवsa·ṇa·te·va ब्रहारञ्ञं,bra·hā·rañ·ñaṃ

Saṇateva brahāraññaṁ,

the mighty forest itself resounds—
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तंtaṃ भयंbha·yaṃ पटिभातिpa·ṭi·bhā·ti मं।maṃ

taṁ bhayaṁ paṭibhāti maṁ.

that strikes me as so scary!”
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ठितेṭhi·te मज्झन्हिकेmaj·jhan·hi·ke काले,kā·le

Ṭhite majjhanhike kāle,

“In the still of high noon,
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सन्निसीवेसुsan·ni·sī·ve·su पक्खिसु;pak·khi·su

sannisīvesu pakkhisu;

when the birds have settled down,
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सणतेवsa·ṇa·te·va ब्रहारञ्ञं,bra·hā·rañ·ñaṃ

Saṇateva brahāraññaṁ,

the mighty forest itself resounds—
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साsā रतिra·ti पटिभातिpa·ṭi·bhā·ti मन्”ति।man

sā rati paṭibhāti man”ti.

that strikes me as so delightful!”

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.