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Upasenasutta

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उदानu·dā·na 4।9

Udāna 4.9

Heartfelt Sayings 4.9
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उपसेनसुत्तu·pa·se·na·sut·ta

Upasenasutta

With Upasena
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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 राजगहेrā·ja·ga·he विहरतिvi·ha·ra·ti वेळुवनेve·ḷu·va·ne कलन्दकनिवापे।ka·lan·da·ka·ni·vā·pe

ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe.

At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrels’ feeding ground.
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अथa·tha खोkho आयस्मतोā·yas·ma·to उपसेनस्सu·pa·se·nas·sa वङ्गन्तपुत्तस्सvaṅ·gan·ta·put·tas·sa रहोगतस्सra·ho·ga·tas·sa पटिसल्लीनस्सpa·ṭi·sal·lī·nas·sa एवंe·vaṃ चेतसोce·ta·so परिवितक्कोpa·ri·vi·tak·ko उदपादि:u·da·pā·di

Atha kho āyasmato upasenassa vaṅgantaputtassa rahogatassa paṭisallīnassa evaṁ cetaso parivitakko udapādi:

Then as Venerable Upasena son of Vaṅgantā was in private retreat this thought came to his mind:
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“लाभाlā·bhā वतva·ta मे,me सुलद्धंsu·lad·dhaṃ वतva·ta मे,me

“lābhā vata me, suladdhaṁ vata me,

“I’m so fortunate, so very fortunate!
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सत्थाsat·thā चca मेme भगवाbha·ga·vā अरहंa·ra·haṃ सम्मासम्बुद्धो;sam·mā·sam·bud·dho

satthā ca me bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho;

My Teacher is the Blessed One, perfected, a fully awakened Buddha.
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स्वाक्खातेsvāk·khā·te चम्हिcam·hi धम्मविनयेdham·ma·vi·na·ye अगारस्माa·gā·ras·mā अनगारियंa·na·gā·ri·yaṃ पब्बजितो;pab·ba·ji·to

svākkhāte camhi dhammavinaye agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajito;

Well explained is the teaching and training in which I have gone forth from the lay life to homelessness.
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सब्रह्मचारिनोsab·rah·ma·cā·ri·no चca मेme सीलवन्तोsī·la·van·to कल्याणधम्मा;kal·yā·ṇa·dham·mā

sabrahmacārino ca me sīlavanto kalyāṇadhammā;

My spiritual companions are ethical and of good character.
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सीलेसुsī·le·su चम्हिcam·hi परिपूरकारी;pa·ri·pū·ra·kā·rī

sīlesu camhi paripūrakārī;

I have fulfilled the precepts.
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सुसमाहितोsu·sa·mā·hi·to चम्हिcam·hi एकग्गचित्तो;e·kag·ga·cit·to

susamāhito camhi ekaggacitto;

My mind is unified and serene.
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अरहाa·ra·hā चम्हिcam·hi खीणासवो;khī·ṇā·sa·vo

arahā camhi khīṇāsavo;

I am a perfected one who has ended the defilements.
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महिद्धिकोma·hid·dhi·ko चम्हिcam·hi महानुभावो।ma·hā·nu·bhā·vo

mahiddhiko camhi mahānubhāvo.

I am of great might and power.
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भद्दकंbhad·da·kaṃ मेme जीवितं,jī·vi·taṃ भद्दकंbhad·da·kaṃ मरणन्”ति।ma·ra·ṇan

Bhaddakaṁ me jīvitaṁ, bhaddakaṁ maraṇan”ti.

My life has been good, and my death will be good.”
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अथa·tha खोkho भगवाbha·ga·vā आयस्मतोā·yas·ma·to उपसेनस्सu·pa·se·nas·sa वङ्गन्तपुत्तस्सvaṅ·gan·ta·put·tas·sa चेतसाce·ta·sā चेतोपरिवितक्कमञ्ञायce·to·pa·ri·vi·tak·ka·mañ·ñā·ya तायंtā·yaṃ वेलायंve·lā·yaṃ इमंi·maṃ उदानंu·dā·naṃ उदानेसि:u·dā·ne·si

Atha kho bhagavā āyasmato upasenassa vaṅgantaputtassa cetasā cetoparivitakkamaññāya tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imaṁ udānaṁ udānesi:

Then, knowing that Venerable Upasena’s train of thought, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment:
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“यंyaṃ जीवितंjī·vi·taṃ नna तपति,ta·pa·ti

“Yaṁ jīvitaṁ na tapati,

“One who has no guilt in life,
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मरणन्तेma·ra·ṇan·te नna सोचति;so·ca·ti

maraṇante na socati;

nor grief at facing death:
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सsa वेve दिट्ठपदोdiṭ·ṭha·pa·do धीरो,dhī·ro

Sa ve diṭṭhapado dhīro,

that attentive one who has seen the truth,
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सोकमज्झेso·ka·maj·jhe नna सोचति।so·ca·ti

sokamajjhe na socati.

grieves not among the grieving.
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उच्छिन्नभवतण्हस्स,uc·chin·na·bha·va·taṇ·has·sa

Ucchinnabhavataṇhassa,

For the mendicant with peaceful mind,
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सन्तचित्तस्सsan·ta·cit·tas·sa भिक्खुनो;bhik·khu·no

santacittassa bhikkhuno;

who has cut off craving for continued existence,
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विक्खीणोvik·khī·ṇo जातिसंसारो,jā·ti·saṃ·sā·ro

Vikkhīṇo jātisaṁsāro,

transmigration through births is finished,
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नत्थिnat·thi तस्सtas·sa पुनब्भवो”ति।pu·nab·bha·vo

natthi tassa punabbhavo”ti.

there’ll be no more future lives for them.”
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नवमं।na·va·maṃ

Navamaṁ.

(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.