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Jaṭilasutta

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।9

Udāna 1.9

Heartfelt Sayings 1.9
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जटिलसुत्तja·ṭi·la·sut·ta

Jaṭilasutta

Matted Hair Ascetics
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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 गयायंga·yā·yaṃ विहरतिvi·ha·ra·ti गयासीसे।ga·yā·sī·se

ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā gayāyaṁ viharati gayāsīse.

At one time the Buddha was staying near Gayā on Gayā Head.
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तेनte·na खोkho पनpa·na समयेनsa·ma·ye·na सम्बहुलाsam·ba·hu·lā जटिलाja·ṭi·lā सीतासुsī·tā·su हेमन्तिकासुhe·man·ti·kā·su रत्तीसुrat·tī·su अन्तरट्ठकेan·ta·raṭ·ṭha·ke हिमपातसमयेhi·ma·pā·ta·sa·ma·ye गयायंga·yā·yaṃ उम्मुज्जन्तिपिum·muj·jan·ti·pi निमुज्जन्तिपि,ni·muj·jan·ti·pi उम्मुज्जनिमुज्जम्पिum·muj·ja·ni·muj·jam·pi करोन्तिka·ron·ti ओसिञ्चन्तिपि,o·siñ·can·ti·pi अग्गिम्पिag·gim·pi जुहन्ति:ju·han·ti

Tena kho pana samayena sambahulā jaṭilā sītāsu hemantikāsu rattīsu antaraṭṭhake himapātasamaye gayāyaṁ ummujjantipi nimujjantipi, ummujjanimujjampi karonti osiñcantipi, aggimpi juhanti:

Now at that time—during the cold spell when the snow falls in the January winter—many matted hair ascetics plunged in and out of the Gayā river. Plunging and showering, they served the sacred flame, thinking:
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“इमिनाi·mi·nā सुद्धी”ति।sud·dhī

“iminā suddhī”ti.

“Through this there is purity.”
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अद्दसाad·da·sā खोkho भगवाbha·ga·vā तेte सम्बहुलेsam·ba·hu·le जटिलेja·ṭi·le सीतासुsī·tā·su हेमन्तिकासुhe·man·ti·kā·su रत्तीसुrat·tī·su अन्तरट्ठकेan·ta·raṭ·ṭha·ke हिमपातसमयेhi·ma·pā·ta·sa·ma·ye गयायंga·yā·yaṃ उम्मुज्जन्तेपिum·muj·jan·te·pi निमुज्जन्तेपिni·muj·jan·te·pi उम्मुज्जनिमुज्जम्पिum·muj·ja·ni·muj·jam·pi करोन्तेka·ron·te ओसिञ्चन्तेपिo·siñ·can·te·pi अग्गिम्पिag·gim·pi जुहन्ते:ju·han·te

Addasā kho bhagavā te sambahule jaṭile sītāsu hemantikāsu rattīsu antaraṭṭhake himapātasamaye gayāyaṁ ummujjantepi nimujjantepi ummujjanimujjampi karonte osiñcantepi aggimpi juhante:

The Buddha saw them plunging in and out.
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“इमिनाi·mi·nā सुद्धी”ति।sud·dhī

“iminā suddhī”ti.

(Pāli only)
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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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“नna उदकेनu·da·ke·na सुचीsu·cī होति,ho·ti

“Na udakena sucī hoti,

“Purity doesn’t come from water,
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बह्वेत्थbah·vet·tha न्हायतीnhā·ya·tī जनो;ja·no

bahvettha nhāyatī jano;

no matter how many people bathe there.
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यम्हिyam·hi सच्चञ्चsac·cañ·ca धम्मोdham·mo च,ca

Yamhi saccañca dhammo ca,

One who has truth and principle,
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सोso सुचीsu·cī सोso चca ब्राह्मणो”ति।brāh·ma·ṇo

so sucī so ca brāhmaṇo”ti.

they are pure, they are brahmins.”
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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.