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Sambahulasutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 9।4

Saṁyutta Nikāya 9.4

Linked Discourses 9.4
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1। वनवग्गva·na·vag·ga

1. Vanavagga

1. In the Woods
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सम्बहुलसुत्तsam·ba·hu·la·sut·ta

Sambahulasutta

Several Mendicants Set Out Wandering
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एकंe·kaṃ समयंsa·ma·yaṃ सम्बहुलाsam·ba·hu·lā भिक्खूbhik·khū कोसलेसुko·sa·le·su विहरन्तिvi·ha·ran·ti अञ्ञतरस्मिंañ·ña·ta·ras·miṃ वनसण्डे।va·na·saṇ·ḍe

Ekaṁ samayaṁ sambahulā bhikkhū kosalesu viharanti aññatarasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe.

At one time several mendicants were staying in the land of the Kosalans in a certain forest grove.
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अथa·tha खोkho तेte भिक्खूbhik·khū वस्संवुट्ठाvas·saṃ·vuṭ·ṭhā तेमासच्चयेनte·mā·sac·ca·ye·na चारिकंcā·ri·kaṃ पक्कमिंसु।pak·ka·miṃ·su

Atha kho te bhikkhū vassaṁvuṭṭhā temāsaccayena cārikaṁ pakkamiṁsu.

Then after completing the three months of the rainy season residence, those mendicants set out wandering.
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अथa·tha खोkho याyā तस्मिंtas·miṃ वनसण्डेva·na·saṇ·ḍe अधिवत्थाa·dhi·vat·thā देवताde·va·tā तेte भिक्खूbhik·khū अपस्सन्तीa·pas·san·tī परिदेवमानाpa·ri·de·va·mā·nā तायंtā·yaṃ वेलायंve·lā·yaṃ इमंi·maṃ गाथंgā·thaṃ अभासि:a·bhā·si

Atha kho yā tasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe adhivatthā devatā te bhikkhū apassantī paridevamānā tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:

Not seeing those mendicants, the deity haunting that forest cried. And on that occasion they spoke this verse:
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“अरतिa·ra·ti वियvi·ya मेज्जmej·ja खायति,khā·ya·ti

“Arati viya mejja khāyati,

“Dissatisfaction, <j>it seems to me today,
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बहुकेba·hu·ke दिस्वानdis·vā·na विवित्तेvi·vit·te आसने;ā·sa·ne

Bahuke disvāna vivitte āsane;

seeing so many vacated seats.
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तेte चित्तकथाcit·ta·ka·thā बहुस्सुता,ba·hus·su·tā

Te cittakathā bahussutā,

They were so learned, such brilliant speakers!
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कोमेko·me गोतमसावकाgo·ta·ma·sā·va·kā गता”ति।ga·tā

Kome gotamasāvakā gatā”ti.

Where have these disciples of Gotama gone?”
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एवंe·vaṃ वुत्ते,vut·te अञ्ञतराañ·ña·ta·rā देवताde·va·tā तंtaṃ देवतंde·va·taṃ गाथायgā·thā·ya पच्चभासि:pac·ca·bhā·si

Evaṁ vutte, aññatarā devatā taṁ devataṁ gāthāya paccabhāsi:

When they had spoken, another deity replied with this verse:
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“मागधंmā·ga·dhaṃ गताga·tā कोसलंko·sa·laṃ गता,ga·tā

“Māgadhaṁ gatā kosalaṁ gatā,

“They’ve gone to Magadha, they’ve gone to Kosala,
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एकच्चियाe·kac·ci·yā पनpa·na वज्जिभूमिया;vaj·ji·bhū·mi·yā

Ekacciyā pana vajjibhūmiyā;

and some are in the Vajjian lands.
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मगाma·gā वियvi·ya असङ्गचारिनो,a·saṅ·ga·cā·ri·no

Magā viya asaṅgacārino,

Like deer that wander free of ties,
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अनिकेताa·ni·ke·tā विहरन्तिvi·ha·ran·ti भिक्खवो”ति।bhik·kha·vo

Aniketā viharanti bhikkhavo”ti.

the mendicants live with no abode.”

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.