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Kumārakasutta

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उदानu·dā·na 5।4

Udāna 5.4

Heartfelt Sayings 5.4
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कुमारकसुत्तku·mā·ra·ka·sut·ta

Kumārakasutta

The Boys
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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 सम्बहुलाsam·ba·hu·lā कुमारकाku·mā·ra·kā अन्तराan·ta·rā चca सावत्थिंsā·vat·thiṃ अन्तराan·ta·rā चca जेतवनंje·ta·va·naṃ मच्छकेmac·cha·ke बाधेन्ति।bā·dhen·ti

Tena kho pana samayena sambahulā kumārakā antarā ca sāvatthiṁ antarā ca jetavanaṁ macchake bādhenti.

Now at that time, between Sāvatthī and the Jeta Grove, several boys were tormenting some fish.
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अथa·tha खोkho भगवाbha·ga·vā पुब्बण्हसमयंpub·baṇ·ha·sa·ma·yaṃ निवासेत्वाni·vā·set·vā पत्तचीवरमादायpat·ta·cī·va·ra·mā·dā·ya सावत्थिंsā·vat·thiṃ पिण्डायpiṇ·ḍā·ya पाविसि।pā·vi·si

Atha kho bhagavā pubbaṇhasamayaṁ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya sāvatthiṁ piṇḍāya pāvisi.

Then the Buddha robed up in the morning and, taking his bowl and robe, entered Sāvatthī for alms.
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अद्दसाad·da·sā खोkho भगवाbha·ga·vā तेte सम्बहुलेsam·ba·hu·le कुमारकेku·mā·ra·ke अन्तराan·ta·rā चca सावत्थिंsā·vat·thiṃ अन्तराan·ta·rā चca जेतवनंje·ta·va·naṃ मच्छकेmac·cha·ke बाधेन्ते।bā·dhen·te

Addasā kho bhagavā te sambahule kumārake antarā ca sāvatthiṁ antarā ca jetavanaṁ macchake bādhente.

He saw the boys tormenting the fish.
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दिस्वानdis·vā·na येनye·na तेte कुमारकाku·mā·ra·kā तेनुपसङ्कमि;te·nu·pa·saṅ·ka·mi उपसङ्कमित्वाu·pa·saṅ·ka·mit·vā तेte कुमारकेku·mā·ra·ke एतदवोच:e·ta·da·vo·ca

Disvāna yena te kumārakā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā te kumārake etadavoca:

He went to them and said,
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“भायथbhā·ya·tha वो,vo तुम्हेtum·he कुमारका,ku·mā·ra·kā दुक्खस्स,duk·khas·sa अप्पियंap·pi·yaṃ वोvo दुक्खन्”ति?duk·khan

“bhāyatha vo, tumhe kumārakā, dukkhassa, appiyaṁ vo dukkhan”ti?

“Boys, do you fear pain? Do you dislike pain?”
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“एवं,e·vaṃ भन्ते,bhan·te भायामbhā·yā·ma मयं,ma·yaṃ भन्ते,bhan·te दुक्खस्स,duk·khas·sa अप्पियंap·pi·yaṃ नोno दुक्खन्”ति।duk·khan

“Evaṁ, bhante, bhāyāma mayaṁ, bhante, dukkhassa, appiyaṁ no dukkhan”ti.

“Yes, sir,” they replied. “We dislike pain.”
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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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“सचेsa·ce भायथbhā·ya·tha दुक्खस्स,duk·khas·sa

“Sace bhāyatha dukkhassa,

“If you fear pain,
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सचेsa·ce वोvo दुक्खमप्पियं;duk·kha·map·pi·yaṃ

sace vo dukkhamappiyaṁ;

if you dislike pain,
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माकत्थmā·kat·tha पापकंpā·pa·kaṃ कम्मं,kam·maṃ

Mākattha pāpakaṁ kammaṁ,

don’t do bad deeds
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आविā·vi वाvā यदिya·di वाvā रहो।ra·ho

āvi vā yadi vā raho.

either openly or in secret.
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सचेsa·ce चca पापकंpā·pa·kaṃ कम्मं,kam·maṃ

Sace ca pāpakaṁ kammaṁ,

If you should do a bad deed,
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करिस्सथka·ris·sa·tha करोथka·ro·tha वा;vā

karissatha karotha vā;

now or in the future,
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नna वोvo दुक्खाduk·khā पमुत्यत्थि,pa·mut·yat·thi

Na vo dukkhā pamutyatthi,

you won’t be freed from suffering,
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उपेच्चपिu·pec·ca·pi पलायतन्”ति।pa·lā·ya·tan

upeccapi palāyatan”ti.

though you fly away and flee.”
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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.