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Vajjiputtasutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 9।9

Saṁyutta Nikāya 9.9

Linked Discourses 9.9
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1। वनवग्गva·na·vag·ga

1. Vanavagga

1. In the Woods
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वज्जिपुत्तसुत्तvaj·ji·put·ta·sut·ta

Vajjiputtasutta

A Vajji
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एकंe·kaṃ समयंsa·ma·yaṃ अञ्ञतरोañ·ña·ta·ro वज्जिपुत्तकोvaj·ji·put·ta·ko भिक्खुbhik·khu वेसालियंve·sā·li·yaṃ विहरतिvi·ha·ra·ti अञ्ञतरस्मिंañ·ña·ta·ras·miṃ वनसण्डे।va·na·saṇ·ḍe

Ekaṁ samayaṁ aññataro vajjiputtako bhikkhu vesāliyaṁ viharati aññatarasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe.

At one time a certain Vajjian mendicant was staying near Vesālī in a certain forest grove.
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तेनte·na खोkho पनpa·na समयेनsa·ma·ye·na वेसालियंve·sā·li·yaṃ वज्जिपुत्तकोvaj·ji·put·ta·ko सब्बरत्तिचारोsab·ba·rat·ti·cā·ro होति।ho·ti

Tena kho pana samayena vesāliyaṁ vajjiputtako sabbaratticāro hoti.

Now at that time the Vajjis were holding an all-night event in Vesālī.
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अथa·tha खोkho सोso भिक्खुbhik·khu वेसालियाve·sā·li·yā तूरियताळितवादितनिग्घोससद्दंtū·ri·ya·tā·ḷi·ta·vā·di·ta·nig·gho·sa·sad·daṃ सुत्वाsut·vā परिदेवमानोpa·ri·de·va·mā·no तायंtā·yaṃ वेलायंve·lā·yaṃ इमंi·maṃ गाथंgā·thaṃ अभासि:a·bhā·si

Atha kho so bhikkhu vesāliyā tūriyatāḷitavāditanigghosasaddaṁ sutvā paridevamāno tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:

Then that mendicant, complaining at the noise of musical instruments being beaten and played, on that occasion spoke this verse:
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“एककाe·ka·kā मयंma·yaṃ अरञ्ञेa·rañ·ñe विहराम,vi·ha·rā·ma

“Ekakā mayaṁ araññe viharāma,

“We dwell alone in the wilderness,
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अपविद्धंवa·pa·vid·dhaṃ·va वनस्मिंva·nas·miṃ दारुकं;dā·ru·kaṃ

Apaviddhaṁva vanasmiṁ dārukaṁ;

like a log dumped in the forest.
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एतादिसिकायe·tā·di·si·kā·ya रत्तिया,rat·ti·yā

Etādisikāya rattiyā,

On a night like this,
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कोko सुsu नामम्हेहिnā·mam·he·hi पापियो”ति।pā·pi·yo

Ko su nāmamhehi pāpiyo”ti.

who’s worse off than me?”
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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 गाथायgā·thā·ya 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 gāthāya 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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“एककोवe·ka·ko·va त्वंtvaṃ अरञ्ञेa·rañ·ñe विहरसि,vi·ha·ra·si

“Ekakova tvaṁ araññe viharasi,

“You dwell alone in the wilderness,
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अपविद्धंवa·pa·vid·dhaṃ·va वनस्मिंva·nas·miṃ दारुकं;dā·ru·kaṃ

Apaviddhaṁva vanasmiṁ dārukaṁ;

like a log dumped in the forest.
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तस्सtas·sa तेte बहुकाba·hu·kā पिहयन्ति,pi·ha·yan·ti

Tassa te bahukā pihayanti,

Lots of people are jealous of you,
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नेरयिकाne·ra·yi·kā वियvi·ya सग्गगामिनन्”ति।sag·ga·gā·mi·nan

Nerayikā viya saggagāminan”ti.

like beings in hell of those going to heaven.”
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अथa·tha खोkho सोso भिक्खुbhik·khu तायtā·ya देवतायde·va·tā·ya संवेजितोsaṃ·ve·ji·to संवेगमापादीति।saṃ·ve·ga·mā·pā·dī·ti

Atha kho so bhikkhu tāya devatāya saṁvejito saṁvegamāpādīti.

Impelled by that deity, that mendicant 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.