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Upaṭṭhānasutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 9।2

Saṁyutta Nikāya 9.2

Linked Discourses 9.2
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1। वनवग्गva·na·vag·ga

1. Vanavagga

1. In the Woods
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उपट्ठानसुत्तu·paṭ·ṭhā·na·sut·ta

Upaṭṭhānasutta

Application
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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 सुपति।su·pa·ti

Tena kho pana samayena so bhikkhu divāvihāragato supati.

Now at that time that mendicant went for the day’s meditation, but fell asleep.
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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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“उट्ठेहिuṭ·ṭhe·hi भिक्खुbhik·khu किंkiṃ सेसि,se·si

“Uṭṭhehi bhikkhu kiṁ sesi,

“Get up, mendicant! Why lie down?
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कोko अत्थोat·tho सुपितेनsu·pi·te·na ते;te

ko attho supitena te;

What’s the point in sleeping?
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आतुरस्सā·tu·ras·sa हिhi काkā निद्दा,nid·dā

Āturassa hi kā niddā,

How can the afflicted slumber,
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सल्लविद्धस्सsal·la·vid·dhas·sa रुप्पतो।rup·pa·to

sallaviddhassa ruppato.

inflicted by an arrow strike?
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यायyā·ya सद्धायsad·dhā·ya पब्बजितो,pab·ba·ji·to

Yāya saddhāya pabbajito,

You should amplify the faith
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अगारस्मानगारियं;a·gā·ras·mā·na·gā·ri·yaṃ

agārasmānagāriyaṁ;

that led you to go forth
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तमेवta·me·va सद्धंsad·dhaṃ ब्रूहेहि,brū·he·hi

Tameva saddhaṁ brūhehi,

from the lay life to homelessness.
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माmā निद्दायnid·dā·ya वसंva·saṃ गमी”ति।ga·mī

mā niddāya vasaṁ gamī”ti.

Don’t fall under the sway of slumber.”
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“अनिच्चाa·nic·cā अद्धुवाad·dhu·vā कामा,kā·mā

“Aniccā addhuvā kāmā,

“Sensual pleasures are impermanent and unstable,
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येसुye·su मन्दोवman·do·va मुच्छितो;muc·chi·to

yesu mandova mucchito;

but dullards still fall for them.
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बद्धेसुbad·dhe·su मुत्तंmut·taṃ असितं,a·si·taṃ

Baddhesu muttaṁ asitaṁ,

Among those who are bound, <j>they’re free and unattached:
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कस्माkas·mā पब्बजितंpab·ba·ji·taṃ तपे।ta·pe

kasmā pabbajitaṁ tape.

why bother a renunciate?
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छन्दरागस्सchan·da·rā·gas·sa विनया,vi·na·yā

Chandarāgassa vinayā,

By removing desire and greed,
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अविज्जासमतिक्कमा;a·vij·jā·sa·ma·tik·ka·mā

avijjāsamatikkamā;

by going beyond ignorance,
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तंtaṃ ञाणंñā·ṇaṃ परमोदानं,pa·ra·mo·dā·naṃ

Taṁ ñāṇaṁ paramodānaṁ,

that knowledge has been perfectly cleansed:
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कस्माkas·mā पब्बजितंpab·ba·ji·taṃ तपे।ta·pe

kasmā pabbajitaṁ tape.

why bother a renunciate?
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छेत्वाchet·vā अविज्जंa·vij·jaṃ विज्जाय,vij·jā·ya

Chetvā avijjaṁ vijjāya,

By breaking ignorance with knowledge,
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आसवानंā·sa·vā·naṃ परिक्खया;pa·rik·kha·yā

āsavānaṁ parikkhayā;

by the ending of defilements,
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असोकंa·so·kaṃ अनुपायासं,a·nu·pā·yā·saṃ

Asokaṁ anupāyāsaṁ,

they’re sorrowless, unstressed:
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कस्माkas·mā पब्बजितंpab·ba·ji·taṃ तपे।ta·pe

kasmā pabbajitaṁ tape.

why bother a renunciate?
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आरद्धवीरियंā·rad·dha·vī·ri·yaṃ पहितत्तं,pa·hi·tat·taṃ

Āraddhavīriyaṁ pahitattaṁ,

Energetic, resolute,
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निच्चंnic·caṃ दळ्हपरक्कमं;da·ḷha·pa·rak·ka·maṃ

Niccaṁ daḷhaparakkamaṁ;

always staunchly vigorous,
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निब्बानंnib·bā·naṃ अभिकङ्खन्तं,a·bhi·kaṅ·khan·taṃ

Nibbānaṁ abhikaṅkhantaṁ,

aspiring to extinguishment:
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कस्माkas·mā पब्बजितंpab·ba·ji·taṃ तपे”ति।ta·pe

Kasmā pabbajitaṁ tape”ti.

why bother a renunciate?”

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.