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Kassapagottasutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 9।3

Saṁyutta Nikāya 9.3

Linked Discourses 9.3
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1। वनवग्गva·na·vag·ga

1. Vanavagga

1. In the Woods
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कस्सपगोत्तसुत्तkas·sa·pa·got·ta·sut·ta

Kassapagottasutta

With Kassapagotta
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एकंe·kaṃ समयंsa·ma·yaṃ आयस्माā·yas·mā कस्सपगोत्तोkas·sa·pa·got·to कोसलेसुko·sa·le·su विहरतिvi·ha·ra·ti अञ्ञतरस्मिंañ·ña·ta·ras·miṃ वनसण्डे।va·na·saṇ·ḍe

Ekaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā kassapagotto kosalesu viharati aññatarasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe.

At one time Venerable Kassapagotta 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 आयस्माā·yas·mā कस्सपगोत्तोkas·sa·pa·got·to दिवाविहारगतोdi·vā·vi·hā·ra·ga·to अञ्ञतरंañ·ña·ta·raṃ छेतंche·taṃ ओवदति।o·va·da·ti

Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā kassapagotto divāvihāragato aññataraṁ chetaṁ ovadati.

Now at that time Venerable Kassapagotta, having withdrawn for his day’s meditation, tried to advise a nimrod.
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अथa·tha खोkho याyā तस्मिंtas·miṃ वनसण्डेva·na·saṇ·ḍe अधिवत्थाa·dhi·vat·thā देवताde·va·tā आयस्मन्तंā·yas·man·taṃ कस्सपगोत्तंkas·sa·pa·got·taṃ संवेजेतुकामाsaṃ·ve·je·tu·kā·mā येनायस्माye·nā·yas·mā कस्सपगोत्तोkas·sa·pa·got·to तेनुपसङ्कमि;te·nu·pa·saṅ·ka·mi उपसङ्कमित्वाu·pa·saṅ·ka·mit·vā आयस्मन्तंā·yas·man·taṃ कस्सपगोत्तंkas·sa·pa·got·taṃ गाथाहिgā·thā·hi अज्झभासि:aj·jha·bhā·si

Atha kho yā tasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe adhivatthā devatā āyasmantaṁ kassapagottaṁ saṁvejetukāmā yenāyasmā kassapagotto tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṁ kassapagottaṁ gāthāhi ajjhabhāsi:

Then the deity haunting that forest approached Kassapagotta wanting to stir him up, and recited these verses:
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“गिरिदुग्गचरंgi·ri·dug·ga·ca·raṃ छेतं,che·taṃ

“Giriduggacaraṁ chetaṁ,

“A nimrod wandering the rugged hills
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अप्पपञ्ञंap·pa·pañ·ñaṃ अचेतसं;a·ce·ta·saṃ

appapaññaṁ acetasaṁ;

is unintelligent, unthinking.
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अकालेa·kā·le ओवदंo·va·daṃ भिक्खु,bhik·khu

Akāle ovadaṁ bhikkhu,

It’s a waste of time to advise him, mendicant;
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मन्दोवman·do·va पटिभातिpa·ṭi·bhā·ti मं।maṃ

mandova paṭibhāti maṁ.

he strikes me as a dullard.
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सुणातिsu·ṇā·ti नna विजानाति,vi·jā·nā·ti

Suṇāti na vijānāti,

He listens without understanding,
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आलोकेतिā·lo·ke·ti नna पस्सति;pas·sa·ti

Āloketi na passati;

looks without seeing.
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धम्मस्मिंdham·mas·miṃ भञ्ञमानस्मिं,bhañ·ña·mā·nas·miṃ

Dhammasmiṁ bhaññamānasmiṁ,

Though the teaching is spoken,
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अत्थंat·thaṃ बालोbā·lo नna बुज्झति।buj·jha·ti

Atthaṁ bālo na bujjhati.

the fool doesn’t get it.
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सचेपिsa·ce·pi दसda·sa पज्जोते,paj·jo·te

Sacepi dasa pajjote,

Even if you lit ten lamps
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धारयिस्ससिdhā·ra·yis·sa·si कस्सप;kas·sa·pa

dhārayissasi kassapa;

and brought them to him, Kassapa,
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नेवne·va दक्खतिdak·kha·ti रूपानि,rū·pā·ni

Neva dakkhati rūpāni,

he wouldn’t see anything,
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चक्खुcak·khu हिस्सhis·sa नna विज्जती”ति।vij·ja·tī

cakkhu hissa na vijjatī”ti.

for he has no eyes to see.”
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अथa·tha खोkho आयस्माā·yas·mā कस्सपगोत्तोkas·sa·pa·got·to तायtā·ya देवतायde·va·tā·ya संवेजितोsaṃ·ve·ji·to संवेगमापादीति।saṃ·ve·ga·mā·pā·dī·ti

Atha kho āyasmā kassapagotto tāya devatāya saṁvejito saṁvegamāpādīti.

Impelled by that deity, Venerable Kassapagotta 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.