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Ekaputtakasutta

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उदानu·dā·na 2।7

Udāna 2.7

Heartfelt Sayings 2.7
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एकपुत्तकसुत्तe·ka·put·ta·ka·sut·ta

Ekaputtakasutta

An Only Son
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एवंe·vaṃ मेme सुतं—su·taṃ

Evaṁ me sutaṁ—

So I have heard.
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एकंe·kaṃ समयंsa·ma·yaṃ भगवाbha·ga·vā सावत्थियंsā·vat·thi·yaṃ विहरतिvi·ha·ra·ti जेतवनेje·ta·va·ne अनाथपिण्डिकस्सa·nā·tha·piṇ·ḍi·kas·sa आरामे।ā·rā·me

ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.

At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.
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तेनte·na खोkho पनpa·na समयेनsa·ma·ye·na अञ्ञतरस्सañ·ña·ta·ras·sa उपासकस्सu·pā·sa·kas·sa एकपुत्तकोe·ka·put·ta·ko पियोpi·yo मनापोma·nā·po कालङ्कतोkā·laṅ·ka·to होति।ho·ti

Tena kho pana samayena aññatarassa upāsakassa ekaputtako piyo manāpo kālaṅkato hoti.

Now at that time a certain lay follower’s dear and beloved only child passed away.
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अथa·tha खोkho सम्बहुलाsam·ba·hu·lā उपासकाu·pā·sa·kā अल्लवत्थाal·la·vat·thā अल्लकेसाal·la·ke·sā दिवाdi·vā दिवस्सdi·vas·sa येनye·na भगवाbha·ga·vā तेनुपसङ्कमिंसु;te·nu·pa·saṅ·ka·miṃ·su उपसङ्कमित्वाu·pa·saṅ·ka·mit·vā भगवन्तंbha·ga·van·taṃ अभिवादेत्वाa·bhi·vā·det·vā एकमन्तंe·ka·man·taṃ निसीदिंसु।ni·sī·diṃ·su एकमन्तंe·ka·man·taṃ निसिन्नेni·sin·ne खोkho तेte उपासकेu·pā·sa·ke भगवाbha·ga·vā एतदवोच:e·ta·da·vo·ca

Atha kho sambahulā upāsakā allavatthā allakesā divā divassa yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdiṁsu. Ekamantaṁ nisinne kho te upāsake bhagavā etadavoca:

Then in the middle of the day several lay followers with wet clothes and hair went up to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. The Buddha said to them:
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“किंkiṃ नुnu खोkho तुम्हे,tum·he उपासका,u·pā·sa·kā अल्लवत्थाal·la·vat·thā अल्लकेसाal·la·ke·sā इधूपसङ्कमन्ताi·dhū·pa·saṅ·ka·man·tā दिवाdi·vā दिवस्सा”ति?di·vas·sā

“kiṁ nu kho tumhe, upāsakā, allavatthā allakesā idhūpasaṅkamantā divā divassā”ti?

“Why, lay followers, have you come here in the middle of the day with wet clothes and hair?”
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एवंe·vaṃ वुत्ते,vut·te सोso उपासकोu·pā·sa·ko भगवन्तंbha·ga·van·taṃ एतदवोच:e·ta·da·vo·ca

Evaṁ vutte, so upāsako bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

The lay follower replied,
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“मय्हंmay·haṃ खो,kho भन्ते,bhan·te एकपुत्तकोe·ka·put·ta·ko पियोpi·yo मनापोma·nā·po कालङ्कतो।kā·laṅ·ka·to

“mayhaṁ kho, bhante, ekaputtako piyo manāpo kālaṅkato.

“Sir, my dear and beloved only child has passed away.
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तेनte·na मयंma·yaṃ अल्लवत्थाal·la·vat·thā अल्लकेसाal·la·ke·sā इधूपसङ्कमन्ताi·dhū·pa·saṅ·ka·man·tā दिवाdi·vā दिवस्सा”ति।di·vas·sā

Tena mayaṁ allavatthā allakesā idhūpasaṅkamantā divā divassā”ti.

That’s why we came here in the middle of the day with wet clothes and hair.”
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अथa·tha खोkho भगवाbha·ga·vā एतमत्थंe·ta·mat·thaṃ विदित्वाvi·dit·vā तायंtā·yaṃ वेलायंve·lā·yaṃ इमंi·maṃ उदानंu·dā·naṃ उदानेसि:u·dā·ne·si

Atha kho bhagavā etamatthaṁ viditvā tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imaṁ udānaṁ udānesi:

Then, understanding this matter, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment:
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“पियरूपस्सादगधितासे,pi·ya·rū·pas·sā·da·ga·dhi·tā·se

“Piyarūpassādagadhitāse,

“Hosts of gods and most human beings are bound
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देवकायाde·va·kā·yā पुथुpu·thu मनुस्साma·nus·sā च;ca

Devakāyā puthu manussā ca;

to what seems dear and pleasant.
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अघाविनोa·ghā·vi·no परिजुन्ना,pa·ri·jun·nā

Aghāvino parijunnā,

Gloomy and exhausted,
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मच्चुराजस्सmac·cu·rā·jas·sa वसंva·saṃ गच्छन्ति।gac·chan·ti

Maccurājassa vasaṁ gacchanti.

they fall under the sway of the King of Death.
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येye वेve दिवाdi·vā चca रत्तोrat·to च,ca

Ye ve divā ca ratto ca,

The diligent, who day and night
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अप्पमत्ताap·pa·mat·tā जहन्तिja·han·ti पियरूपं;pi·ya·rū·paṃ

Appamattā jahanti piyarūpaṁ;

give up what seems pleasant,
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तेte वेve खणन्तिkha·ṇan·ti अघमूलं,a·gha·mū·laṃ

Te ve khaṇanti aghamūlaṁ,

dig out the root of gloom—
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मच्चुनोmac·cu·no आमिसंā·mi·saṃ दुरतिवत्तन्”ति।du·ra·ti·vat·tan

Maccuno āmisaṁ durativattan”ti.

Death’s bait so hard to escape.”
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सत्तमं।sat·ta·maṃ

Sattamaṁ.

(Pāli only)

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.