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Kulagharaṇīsutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 9।8

Saṁyutta Nikāya 9.8

Linked Discourses 9.8
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1। वनवग्गva·na·vag·ga

1. Vanavagga

1. In the Woods
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कुलघरणीसुत्तku·la·gha·ra·ṇī·sut·ta

Kulagharaṇīsutta

The Mistress of the House
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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 monks 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 अञ्ञतरस्मिंañ·ña·ta·ras·miṃ कुलेku·le अतिवेलंa·ti·ve·laṃ अज्झोगाळ्हप्पत्तोaj·jho·gā·ḷhap·pat·to विहरति।vi·ha·ra·ti

Tena kho pana samayena so bhikkhu aññatarasmiṁ kule ativelaṁ ajjhogāḷhappatto viharati.

Now at that time that monk had become too closely involved in the affairs of a certain family.
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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 याyā तस्मिंtas·miṃ कुलेku·le कुलघरणी,ku·la·gha·ra·ṇī तस्साtas·sā वण्णंvaṇ·ṇaṃ अभिनिम्मिनित्वाa·bhi·nim·mi·nit·vā येनye·na सोso भिक्खुbhik·khu तेनुपसङ्कमि;te·nu·pa·saṅ·ka·mi उपसङ्कमित्वाu·pa·saṅ·ka·mit·vā तंtaṃ भिक्खुंbhik·khuṃ गाथायgā·thā·ya अज्झभासि:aj·jha·bhā·si

Atha kho yā tasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe adhivatthā devatā tassa bhikkhuno anukampikā atthakāmā taṁ bhikkhuṁ saṁvejetukāmā yā tasmiṁ kule kulagharaṇī, tassā vaṇṇaṁ abhinimminitvā yena so bhikkhu tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā taṁ bhikkhuṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:

The deity haunting that forest had sympathy for that monk, wanting what’s best for him. So, wanting to stir him up, they manifested in the appearance of the mistress of that family, approached the monk, and addressed him in verse:
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“नदीतीरेसुna·dī·tī·re·su सण्ठाने,saṇ·ṭhā·ne

“Nadītīresu saṇṭhāne,

“At river banks and guest houses,
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सभासुsa·bhā·su रथियासुra·thi·yā·su च;ca

sabhāsu rathiyāsu ca;

hotels and highways,
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जनाja·nā सङ्गम्मsaṅ·gam·ma मन्तेन्ति,man·ten·ti

Janā saṅgamma mantenti,

people gather to gossip about
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मञ्चmañ·ca तञ्चtañ·ca किमन्तरन्”ति।ki·man·ta·ran

mañca tañca kimantaran”ti.

what’s going on between you and me.”
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“बहूहिba·hū·hi सद्दाsad·dā पच्चूहा,pac·cū·hā

“Bahūhi saddā paccūhā,

“There are many sounds echoing
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खमितब्बाkha·mi·tab·bā तपस्सिना;ta·pas·si·nā

khamitabbā tapassinā;

that a fervent ascetic must endure.
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नna तेनte·na मङ्कुmaṅ·ku होतब्बं,ho·tab·baṃ

Na tena maṅku hotabbaṁ,

They ought not be dismayed by that,
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नna हिhi तेनte·na किलिस्सति।ki·lis·sa·ti

na hi tena kilissati.

for that’s not what defiles you.
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योyo चca सद्दपरित्तासी,sad·da·pa·rit·tā·sī

Yo ca saddaparittāsī,

If you’re startled by every little sound,
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वनेva·ne वातमिगोvā·ta·mi·go यथा;ya·thā

vane vātamigo yathā;

like a wind-deer in the wood,
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लहुचित्तोतिla·hu·cit·to·ti तंtaṃ आहु,ā·hu

Lahucittoti taṁ āhu,

they’ll call you ‘flighty minded’;
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नास्सnās·sa सम्पज्जतेsam·paj·ja·te वतन्”ति।va·tan

nāssa sampajjate vatan”ti.

and your practice won’t succeed.”

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.