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Huṁhuṅkasutta

Pāli in Devanagari; under each word its Roman pronunciation, syllable by syllable (ṃ = nasal hum). Tap a Pāli word for its meaning (PTS Pāli-English Dictionary); tap again to open it in the Pāli dictionary.

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उदानu·dā·na 1।4

Udāna 1.4

Heartfelt Sayings 1.4
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हुंहुङ्कसुत्तhuṃ·huṅ·ka·sut·ta

Huṁhuṅkasutta

The Mystic Syllable Huṁ
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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 उरुवेलायंu·ru·ve·lā·yaṃ विहरतिvi·ha·ra·ti नज्जाnaj·jā नेरञ्जरायne·rañ·ja·rā·ya तीरेtī·re अजपालनिग्रोधेa·ja·pā·la·nig·ro·dhe पठमाभिसम्बुद्धो।pa·ṭha·mā·bhi·sam·bud·dho

ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā uruvelāyaṁ viharati najjā nerañjarāya tīre ajapālanigrodhe paṭhamābhisambuddho.

At one time, when he was first awakened, the Buddha was staying in Uruvelā at the goatherd’s banyan tree on the bank of the Nerañjarā River.
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तेनte·na खोkho पनpa·na समयेनsa·ma·ye·na भगवाbha·ga·vā सत्ताहंsat·tā·haṃ एकपल्लङ्केनe·ka·pal·laṅ·ke·na निसिन्नोni·sin·no होतिho·ti विमुत्तिसुखपटिसंवेदी।vi·mut·ti·su·kha·pa·ṭi·saṃ·ve·dī

Tena kho pana samayena bhagavā sattāhaṁ ekapallaṅkena nisinno hoti vimuttisukhapaṭisaṁvedī.

There the Buddha sat cross-legged for seven days without moving, experiencing the bliss of freedom.
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अथa·tha खोkho भगवाbha·ga·vā तस्सtas·sa सत्ताहस्सsat·tā·has·sa अच्चयेनac·ca·ye·na तम्हाtam·hā समाधिम्हाsa·mā·dhim·hā वुट्ठासि।vuṭ·ṭhā·si

Atha kho bhagavā tassa sattāhassa accayena tamhā samādhimhā vuṭṭhāsi.

When seven days had passed, the Buddha emerged from that state of immersion.
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अथa·tha खोkho अञ्ञतरोañ·ña·ta·ro हुंहुङ्कजातिकोhuṃ·huṅ·ka·jā·ti·ko ब्राह्मणोbrāh·ma·ṇo येनye·na भगवाbha·ga·vā तेनुपसङ्कमि;te·nu·pa·saṅ·ka·mi उपसङ्कमित्वाu·pa·saṅ·ka·mit·vā भगवताbha·ga·va·tā सद्धिंsad·dhiṃ सम्मोदि।sam·mo·di

Atha kho aññataro huṁhuṅkajātiko brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṁ sammodi.

Then a certain brahmin, one of those who murmured the mystic syllable huṁ, huṁ, went up to the Buddha and exchanged greetings with him.
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सम्मोदनीयंsam·mo·da·nī·yaṃ कथंka·thaṃ सारणीयंsā·ra·ṇī·yaṃ वीतिसारेत्वाvī·ti·sā·ret·vā एकमन्तंe·ka·man·taṃ अट्ठासि।aṭ·ṭhā·si एकमन्तंe·ka·man·taṃ ठितोṭhi·to खोkho सोso ब्राह्मणोbrāh·ma·ṇo भगवन्तंbha·ga·van·taṃ एतदवोच:e·ta·da·vo·ca

Sammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho so brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he stood to one side and said,
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“कित्तावताkit·tā·va·tā नुnu खो,kho भोbho गोतम,go·ta·ma ब्राह्मणोbrāh·ma·ṇo होति,ho·ti कतमेka·ta·me चca पनpa·na ब्राह्मणकरणाbrāh·ma·ṇa·ka·ra·ṇā धम्मा”ति?dham·mā

“kittāvatā nu kho, bho gotama, brāhmaṇo hoti, katame ca pana brāhmaṇakaraṇā dhammā”ti?

“Worthy Gotama, how do you define a brahmin? And what are the things that make one a brahmin?”
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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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“योyo ब्राह्मणोbrāh·ma·ṇo बाहितपापधम्मो,bā·hi·ta·pā·pa·dham·mo

“Yo brāhmaṇo bāhitapāpadhammo,

“Any brahmin who has banished bad qualities—
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निहुंहुङ्कोni·huṃ·huṅ·ko निक्कसावोnik·ka·sā·vo यतत्तो;ya·tat·to

Nihuṁhuṅko nikkasāvo yatatto;

not murmuring the mystic syllable huṁ, <j>unstained, self-controlled,
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वेदन्तगूve·dan·ta·gū वूसितब्रह्मचरियो,vū·si·tab·rah·ma·ca·ri·yo

Vedantagū vūsitabrahmacariyo,

a complete knowledge master <j>who has completed the spiritual journey—
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धम्मेनdham·me·na सोso ब्रह्मवादंbrah·ma·vā·daṃ वदेय्य;va·dey·ya

Dhammena so brahmavādaṁ vadeyya;

they may legitimately proclaim the divine doctrine;
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यस्सुस्सदाyas·sus·sa·dā नत्थिnat·thi कुहिञ्चिku·hiñ·ci लोके”ति।lo·ke

Yassussadā natthi kuhiñci loke”ti.

who have no pretensions about anything in the world.”
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चतुत्थं।ca·tut·thaṃ

Catutthaṁ.

(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.