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Ajakalāpakasutta

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।7

Udāna 1.7

Heartfelt Sayings 1.7
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अजकलापकसुत्तa·ja·ka·lā·pa·ka·sut·ta

Ajakalāpakasutta

At Ajakalāpaka
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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 पावायंpā·vā·yaṃ विहरतिvi·ha·ra·ti अजकलापकेa·ja·ka·lā·pa·ke चेतिये,ce·ti·ye अजकलापकस्सa·ja·ka·lā·pa·kas·sa यक्खस्सyak·khas·sa भवने।bha·va·ne

ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā pāvāyaṁ viharati ajakalāpake cetiye, ajakalāpakassa yakkhassa bhavane.

At one time the Buddha was staying in Pāvā at the Ajakalāpaka Shrine, the haunt of the native spirit Ajakalāpaka.
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तेनte·na खोkho पनpa·na समयेनsa·ma·ye·na भगवाbha·ga·vā रत्तन्धकारतिमिसायंrat·tan·dha·kā·ra·ti·mi·sā·yaṃ अब्भोकासेab·bho·kā·se निसिन्नोni·sin·no होति;ho·ti देवोde·vo चca एकमेकंe·ka·me·kaṃ फुसायति।phu·sā·ya·ti

Tena kho pana samayena bhagavā rattandhakāratimisāyaṁ abbhokāse nisinno hoti; devo ca ekamekaṁ phusāyati.

Now at that time the Buddha was meditating in the open during the dark of night, while a gentle rain drizzled down.
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अथa·tha खोkho अजकलापकोa·ja·ka·lā·pa·ko यक्खोyak·kho भगवतोbha·ga·va·to भयंbha·yaṃ छम्भितत्तंcham·bhi·tat·taṃ लोमहंसंlo·ma·haṃ·saṃ उप्पादेतुकामोup·pā·de·tu·kā·mo येनye·na भगवाbha·ga·vā तेनुपसङ्कमि;te·nu·pa·saṅ·ka·mi उपसङ्कमित्वाu·pa·saṅ·ka·mit·vā भगवतोbha·ga·va·to अविदूरेa·vi·dū·re तिक्खत्तुंtik·khat·tuṃ “अक्कुलोak·ku·lo पक्कुलो”तिpak·ku·lo अक्कुलपक्कुलिकंak·ku·la·pak·ku·li·kaṃ अकासि:a·kā·si

Atha kho ajakalāpako yakkho bhagavato bhayaṁ chambhitattaṁ lomahaṁsaṁ uppādetukāmo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavato avidūre tikkhattuṁ “akkulo pakkulo”ti akkulapakkulikaṁ akāsi:

Then Ajakalāpaka, wanting to make the Buddha feel fear, terror, and goosebumps, approached him, and while not far away yelled three times, “Havoc and heck!” Then he added,
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“एसोe·so ते,te समण,sa·ma·ṇa पिसाचो”ति।pi·sā·co

“eso te, samaṇa, pisāco”ti.

“Now that’s a goblin for you, ascetic!”
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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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“यदाya·dā सकेसुsa·ke·su धम्मेसु,dham·me·su

“Yadā sakesu dhammesu,

“When a brahmin gets over
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पारगूpā·ra·gū होतिho·ti ब्राह्मणो;brāh·ma·ṇo

pāragū hoti brāhmaṇo;

their own issues,
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अथa·tha एतंe·taṃ पिसाचञ्च,pi·sā·cañ·ca

Atha etaṁ pisācañca,

they transcend this goblin
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पक्कुलञ्चातिवत्तती”ति।pak·ku·lañ·cā·ti·vat·ta·tī

pakkulañcātivattatī”ti.

and his havoc.”
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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.