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अङ्गुत्तर निकाय १०।७७
Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.77
Numbered Discourses 10.77
८। आकङ्खवग्ग
8. Ākaṅkhavagga
8. If You Want
काकसुत्त
Kākasutta
A Crow
“दसहि, भिक्खवे, असद्धम्मेहि समन्नागतो काको। कतमेहि दसहि? धंसी च, पगब्भो च, तिन्तिणो च, महग्घसो च, लुद्दो च, अकारुणिको च, दुब्बलो च, ओरविता च, मुट्ठस्सति च, नेचयिको च—इमेहि खो, भिक्खवे, दसहि असद्धम्मेहि समन्नागतो काको। एवमेवं खो, भिक्खवे, दसहि असद्धम्मेहि समन्नागतो पापभिक्खु। कतमेहि दसहि? धंसी च, पगब्भो च, तिन्तिणो च, महग्घसो च, लुद्दो च, अकारुणिको च, दुब्बलो च, ओरविता च, मुट्ठस्सति च, नेचयिको च—इमेहि खो, भिक्खवे, दसहि असद्धम्मेहि समन्नागतो पापभिक्खू”ति।
“Dasahi, bhikkhave, asaddhammehi samannāgato kāko. Katamehi dasahi? Dhaṁsī ca, pagabbho ca, tintiṇo1 ca, mahagghaso ca, luddo ca, akāruṇiko ca, dubbalo ca, oravitā ca, muṭṭhassati ca, necayiko ca—imehi kho, bhikkhave, dasahi asaddhammehi samannāgato kāko. Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dasahi asaddhammehi samannāgato pāpabhikkhu. Katamehi dasahi? Dhaṁsī ca, pagabbho ca, tintiṇo ca, mahagghaso ca, luddo ca, akāruṇiko ca, dubbalo ca, oravitā ca, muṭṭhassati ca, necayiko ca—imehi kho, bhikkhave, dasahi asaddhammehi samannāgato pāpabhikkhū”ti.
“Bhikkhus, a crow has ten bad qualities. What ten? They’re rude and impudent, gluttonous and voracious, cruel and pitiless, weak and raucous, unmindful and acquisitive. A crow has these ten bad qualities. In the same way, a bad bhikkhu has these ten bad qualities. What ten? They’re rude and impudent, gluttonous and voracious, cruel and pitiless, weak and raucous, unmindful and acquisitive. A bad bhikkhu has these ten bad qualities.”
सत्तमं।
Sattamaṁ.
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