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Mahākassapasutta

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उदानu·dā·na 1।6

Udāna 1.6

Heartfelt Sayings 1.6
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महाकस्सपसुत्तma·hā·kas·sa·pa·sut·ta

Mahākassapasutta

With Mahākassapa
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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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तेनte·na खोkho पनpa·na समयेनsa·ma·ye·na आयस्माā·yas·mā महाकस्सपोma·hā·kas·sa·po पिप्पलिगुहायंpip·pa·li·gu·hā·yaṃ विहरतिvi·ha·ra·ti आबाधिकोā·bā·dhi·ko दुक्खितोduk·khi·to बाळ्हगिलानो।bā·ḷha·gi·lā·no

Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā mahākassapo pippaliguhāyaṁ viharati ābādhiko dukkhito bāḷhagilāno.

Now at that time Venerable Mahākassapa was staying in the Pipphali cave, and he was sick, suffering, gravely ill.
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अथa·tha खोkho आयस्माā·yas·mā महाकस्सपोma·hā·kas·sa·po अपरेनa·pa·re·na समयेनsa·ma·ye·na तम्हाtam·hā आबाधाā·bā·dhā वुट्ठासि।vuṭ·ṭhā·si

Atha kho āyasmā mahākassapo aparena samayena tamhā ābādhā vuṭṭhāsi.

Then after some time he recovered from that illness.
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अथa·tha खोkho आयस्मतोā·yas·ma·to महाकस्सपस्सma·hā·kas·sa·pas·sa तम्हाtam·hā आबाधाā·bā·dhā वुट्ठितस्सvuṭ·ṭhi·tas·sa एतदहोसि:e·ta·da·ho·si

Atha kho āyasmato mahākassapassa tamhā ābādhā vuṭṭhitassa etadahosi:

It occurred to him,
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“यन्नूनाहंyan·nū·nā·haṃ राजगहंrā·ja·ga·haṃ पिण्डायpiṇ·ḍā·ya पविसेय्यन्”ति।pa·vi·sey·yan

“yannūnāhaṁ rājagahaṁ piṇḍāya paviseyyan”ti.

“Why not enter Rājagaha for almsfood?”
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तेनte·na खोkho पनpa·na समयेनsa·ma·ye·na पञ्चमत्तानिpañ·ca·mat·tā·ni देवतासतानिde·va·tā·sa·tā·ni उस्सुक्कंus·suk·kaṃ आपन्नानिā·pan·nā·ni होन्तिhon·ti आयस्मतोā·yas·ma·to महाकस्सपस्सma·hā·kas·sa·pas·sa पिण्डपातपटिलाभाय।piṇ·ḍa·pā·ta·pa·ṭi·lā·bhā·ya

Tena kho pana samayena pañcamattāni devatāsatāni ussukkaṁ āpannāni honti āyasmato mahākassapassa piṇḍapātapaṭilābhāya.

Now at that time five hundred deities were ready and eager for the chance to offer alms to Mahākassapa.
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अथa·tha खोkho आयस्माā·yas·mā महाकस्सपोma·hā·kas·sa·po तानिtā·ni पञ्चमत्तानिpañ·ca·mat·tā·ni देवतासतानिde·va·tā·sa·tā·ni पटिक्खिपित्वाpa·ṭik·khi·pit·vā पुब्बण्हसमयंpub·baṇ·ha·sa·ma·yaṃ निवासेत्वाni·vā·set·vā पत्तचीवरमादायpat·ta·cī·va·ra·mā·dā·ya राजगहंrā·ja·ga·haṃ पिण्डायpiṇ·ḍā·ya पाविसि—pā·vi·si

Atha kho āyasmā mahākassapo tāni pañcamattāni devatāsatāni paṭikkhipitvā pubbaṇhasamayaṁ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya rājagahaṁ piṇḍāya pāvisi—

But Mahākasspa turned down those deities. In the morning, he robed up, took his bowl and robe, and entered Rājagaha for alms.
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येनye·na दलिद्दविसिखाda·lid·da·vi·si·khā कपणविसिखाka·pa·ṇa·vi·si·khā पेसकारविसिखा।pe·sa·kā·ra·vi·si·khā

yena daliddavisikhā kapaṇavisikhā pesakāravisikhā.

He went to the street markets of the poor, the destitute, and the embroiderers.
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अद्दसाad·da·sā खोkho भगवाbha·ga·vā आयस्मन्तंā·yas·man·taṃ महाकस्सपंma·hā·kas·sa·paṃ राजगहेrā·ja·ga·he पिण्डायpiṇ·ḍā·ya चरन्तंca·ran·taṃ येनye·na दलिद्दविसिखाda·lid·da·vi·si·khā कपणविसिखाka·pa·ṇa·vi·si·khā पेसकारविसिखा।pe·sa·kā·ra·vi·si·khā

Addasā kho bhagavā āyasmantaṁ mahākassapaṁ rājagahe piṇḍāya carantaṁ yena daliddavisikhā kapaṇavisikhā pesakāravisikhā.

The Buddha saw him wandering for alms in the street markets of the poor, the destitute, and the embroiderers.
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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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“अनञ्ञपोसिमञ्ञातं,a·nañ·ña·po·si·mañ·ñā·taṃ

“Anaññaposimaññātaṁ,

“The stranger, providing for no other,
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दन्तंdan·taṃ सारेsā·re पतिट्ठितं;pa·tiṭ·ṭhi·taṃ

dantaṁ sāre patiṭṭhitaṁ;

tamed, consolidated in the core,
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खीणासवंkhī·ṇā·sa·vaṃ वन्तदोसं,van·ta·do·saṃ

Khīṇāsavaṁ vantadosaṁ,

with defilements ended and flaws purged:
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तमहंta·ma·haṃ ब्रूमिbrū·mi ब्राह्मणन्”ति।brāh·ma·ṇan

tamahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇan”ti.

that’s who I declare a brahmin.”
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छट्ठं।chaṭ·ṭhaṃ

Chaṭṭhaṁ.

(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.