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Nāgadattasutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 9।7

Saṁyutta Nikāya 9.7

Linked Discourses 9.7
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1। वनवग्गva·na·vag·ga

1. Vanavagga

1. In the Woods
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नागदत्तसुत्तnā·ga·dat·ta·sut·ta

Nāgadattasutta

With Nāgadatta
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एकंe·kaṃ समयंsa·ma·yaṃ आयस्माā·yas·mā नागदत्तोnā·ga·dat·to कोसलेसुko·sa·le·su विहरतिvi·ha·ra·ti अञ्ञतरस्मिंañ·ña·ta·ras·miṃ वनसण्डे।va·na·saṇ·ḍe

Ekaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā nāgadatto kosalesu viharati aññatarasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe.

At one time Venerable Nāgadatta 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 नागदत्तोnā·ga·dat·to अतिकालेनa·ti·kā·le·na गामंgā·maṃ पविसति,pa·vi·sa·ti अतिदिवाa·ti·di·vā पटिक्कमति।pa·ṭik·ka·ma·ti

Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā nāgadatto atikālena gāmaṁ pavisati, atidivā paṭikkamati.

Now at that time Venerable Nāgadatta had been entering the village too early and returning late in the day.
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अथa·tha खोkho याyā तस्मिंtas·miṃ वनसण्डेva·na·saṇ·ḍe अधिवत्थाa·dhi·vat·thā देवताde·va·tā आयस्मतोā·yas·ma·to नागदत्तस्सnā·ga·dat·tas·sa अनुकम्पिकाa·nu·kam·pi·kā अत्थकामाat·tha·kā·mā आयस्मन्तंā·yas·man·taṃ नागदत्तंnā·ga·dat·taṃ संवेजेतुकामाsaṃ·ve·je·tu·kā·mā येनायस्माye·nā·yas·mā नागदत्तोnā·ga·dat·to तेनुपसङ्कमि;te·nu·pa·saṅ·ka·mi उपसङ्कमित्वाu·pa·saṅ·ka·mit·vā आयस्मन्तंā·yas·man·taṃ नागदत्तंnā·ga·dat·taṃ गाथाहिgā·thā·hi अज्झभासि:aj·jha·bhā·si

Atha kho yā tasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe adhivatthā devatā āyasmato nāgadattassa anukampikā atthakāmā āyasmantaṁ nāgadattaṁ saṁvejetukāmā yenāyasmā nāgadatto tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṁ nāgadattaṁ gāthāhi ajjhabhāsi:

Then the deity haunting that forest had sympathy for Nāgadatta, wanting what’s best for him. So they approached him wanting to stir him up, and recited these verses:
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“कालेkā·le पविसpa·vi·sa नागदत्त,nā·ga·dat·ta

“Kāle pavisa nāgadatta,

“Entering the village too early,
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दिवाdi·vā चca आगन्त्वाā·gan·tvā अतिवेलचारी;a·ti·ve·la·cā·rī

Divā ca āgantvā ativelacārī;

and returning too late in the day,
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संसट्ठोsaṃ·saṭ·ṭho गहट्ठेहि,ga·haṭ·ṭhe·hi

Saṁsaṭṭho gahaṭṭhehi,

Nāgadatta mixes with lay people,
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समानसुखदुक्खो।sa·mā·na·su·kha·duk·kho

Samānasukhadukkho.

sharing their joys and sorrows.
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भायामिbhā·yā·mi नागदत्तंnā·ga·dat·taṃ सुप्पगब्भं,sup·pa·gab·bhaṃ

Bhāyāmi nāgadattaṁ suppagabbhaṁ,

I’m afraid for Nāgadatta; he’s reckless,
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कुलेसुku·le·su विनिबद्धं;vi·ni·bad·dhaṃ

Kulesu vinibaddhaṁ;

shackled to families.
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माmā हेवhe·va मच्चुरञ्ञोmac·cu·rañ·ño बलवतो,ba·la·va·to

Mā heva maccurañño balavato,

May he not come under the King of Death’s power,
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अन्तकस्सan·ta·kas·sa वसंva·saṃ उपेसी”ति।u·pe·sī

Antakassa vasaṁ upesī”ti.

under the sway of the terminator!”
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अथa·tha खोkho आयस्माā·yas·mā नागदत्तोnā·ga·dat·to तायtā·ya देवतायde·va·tā·ya संवेजितोsaṃ·ve·ji·to संवेगमापादीति।saṃ·ve·ga·mā·pā·dī·ti

Atha kho āyasmā nāgadatto tāya devatāya saṁvejito saṁvegamāpādīti.

Impelled by that deity, Venerable Nāgadatta 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.