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अङ्गुत्तर निकाय ४।१०७
Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.107
Numbered Discourses 4.107
११। वलाहकवग्ग
11. Valāhakavagga
11. Clouds
मूसिकसुत्त
Mūsikasutta
Mice
“चतस्सो इमा, भिक्खवे, मूसिका। कतमा चतस्सो?
“Catasso imā, bhikkhave, mūsikā. Katamā catasso?
“Bhikkhus, there are these four kinds of mice. What four?
गाधं कत्ता नो वसिता,
Gādhaṁ kattā no vasitā,
One makes a hole but doesn’t live in it,
वसिता नो गाधं कत्ता,
vasitā no gādhaṁ kattā,
one lives in a hole but doesn’t make it,
नेव गाधं कत्ता नो वसिता,
neva gādhaṁ kattā no vasitā,
one neither makes a hole nor lives in it, and
गाधं कत्ता च वसिता च—
gādhaṁ kattā ca vasitā ca—
one both makes a hole and lives in it.
इमा खो, भिक्खवे, चतस्सो मूसिका। एवमेवं खो, भिक्खवे, चत्तारो मूसिकूपमा पुग्गला सन्तो संविज्जमाना लोकस्मिं। कतमे चत्तारो?
imā kho, bhikkhave, catasso mūsikā. Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, cattāro mūsikūpamā puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmiṁ. Katame cattāro?
These are the four kinds of mice. In the same way, these four people similar to mice are found in the world. What four?
गाधं कत्ता नो वसिता,
Gādhaṁ kattā no vasitā,
One makes a hole but doesn’t live in it,
वसिता नो गाधं कत्ता,
vasitā no gādhaṁ kattā,
one lives in a hole but doesn’t make it,
नेव गाधं कत्ता नो वसिता,
neva gādhaṁ kattā no vasitā,
one neither makes a hole nor lives in it, and
गाधं कत्ता च वसिता च।
gādhaṁ kattā ca vasitā ca.
one both makes a hole and lives in it.
कथञ्च, भिक्खवे, पुग्गलो गाधं कत्ता होति नो वसिता? इध, भिक्खवे, एकच्चो पुग्गलो धम्मं परियापुणाति—सुत्तं, गेय्यं, वेय्याकरणं, गाथं, उदानं, इतिवुत्तकं, जातकं, अब्भुतधम्मं, वेदल्लं। सो ‘इदं दुक्खन्ऽति यथाभूतं नप्पजानाति …पे… ‘अयं दुक्खनिरोधगामिनी पटिपदाऽति यथाभूतं नप्पजानाति। एवं खो, भिक्खवे, पुग्गलो गाधं कत्ता होति, नो वसिता। सेय्यथापि सा, भिक्खवे, मूसिका गाधं कत्ता, नो वसिता; तथूपमाहं, भिक्खवे, इमं पुग्गलं वदामि।
Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo gādhaṁ kattā hoti no vasitā? Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo dhammaṁ pariyāpuṇāti—suttaṁ, geyyaṁ, veyyākaraṇaṁ, gāthaṁ, udānaṁ, itivuttakaṁ, jātakaṁ, abbhutadhammaṁ, vedallaṁ. So ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti. Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo gādhaṁ kattā hoti, no vasitā. Seyyathāpi sā, bhikkhave, mūsikā gādhaṁ kattā, no vasitā; tathūpamāhaṁ, bhikkhave, imaṁ puggalaṁ vadāmi.
And how does a person make a hole but not live in it? It’s when a person memorizes the teaching—statements, songs, discussions, verses, inspired exclamations, legends, stories of past lives, amazing stories, and classifications. But they don’t really understand: ‘This is suffering’ … ‘This is the origin of suffering’ … ‘This is the cessation of suffering’ … ‘This is the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering’. That’s how a person makes a hole but doesn’t live in it. That person is like a mouse that makes a hole but doesn’t live in it, I say.
कथञ्च, भिक्खवे, पुग्गलो वसिता होति, नो गाधं कत्ता? इध, भिक्खवे, एकच्चो पुग्गलो धम्मं न परियापुणाति—सुत्तं, गेय्यं, वेय्याकरणं, गाथं, उदानं, इतिवुत्तकं, जातकं, अब्भुतधम्मं, वेदल्लं। सो ‘इदं दुक्खन्ऽति यथाभूतं पजानाति …पे… ‘अयं दुक्खनिरोधगामिनी पटिपदाऽति यथाभूतं पजानाति। एवं खो, भिक्खवे, पुग्गलो वसिता होति, नो गाधं कत्ता। सेय्यथापि सा, भिक्खवे, मूसिका वसिता होति, नो गाधं कत्ता; तथूपमाहं, भिक्खवे, इमं, पुग्गलं वदामि।
Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo vasitā hoti, no gādhaṁ kattā? Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo dhammaṁ na pariyāpuṇāti—suttaṁ, geyyaṁ, veyyākaraṇaṁ, gāthaṁ, udānaṁ, itivuttakaṁ, jātakaṁ, abbhutadhammaṁ, vedallaṁ. So ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti. Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo vasitā hoti, no gādhaṁ kattā. Seyyathāpi sā, bhikkhave, mūsikā vasitā hoti, no gādhaṁ kattā; tathūpamāhaṁ, bhikkhave, imaṁ, puggalaṁ vadāmi.
And how does a person live in a hole but not make it? It’s when a person doesn’t memorize the teaching … But they really understand: ‘This is suffering’ …
कथञ्च, भिक्खवे, पुग्गलो नेव गाधं कत्ता होति नो वसिता? इध, भिक्खवे, एकच्चो पुग्गलो धम्मं न परियापुणाति—सुत्तं, गेय्यं, वेय्याकरणं, गाथं, उदानं, इतिवुत्तकं, जातकं, अब्भुतधम्मं, वेदल्लं। सो ‘इदं दुक्खन्ऽति यथाभूतं नप्पजानाति …पे… ‘अयं दुक्खनिरोधगामिनी पटिपदाऽति यथाभूतं नप्पजानाति। एवं खो, भिक्खवे, पुग्गलो नेव गाधं कत्ता होति, नो वसिता। सेय्यथापि सा, भिक्खवे, मूसिका नेव गाधं कत्ता होति, नो वसिता; तथूपमाहं, भिक्खवे, इमं पुग्गलं वदामि।
Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo neva gādhaṁ kattā hoti no vasitā? Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo dhammaṁ na pariyāpuṇāti—suttaṁ, geyyaṁ, veyyākaraṇaṁ, gāthaṁ, udānaṁ, itivuttakaṁ, jātakaṁ, abbhutadhammaṁ, vedallaṁ. So ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti. Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo neva gādhaṁ kattā hoti, no vasitā. Seyyathāpi sā, bhikkhave, mūsikā neva gādhaṁ kattā hoti, no vasitā; tathūpamāhaṁ, bhikkhave, imaṁ puggalaṁ vadāmi.
And how does a person neither make a hole nor live in it? It’s when a person doesn’t memorize the teaching … Nor do they really understand: ‘This is suffering’ …
कथञ्च, भिक्खवे, पुग्गलो गाधं कत्ता च होति वसिता च? इध, भिक्खवे, एकच्चो पुग्गलो धम्मं परियापुणाति—सुत्तं, गेय्यं, वेय्याकरणं, गाथं, उदानं, इतिवुत्तकं, जातकं, अब्भुतधम्मं, वेदल्लं। सो ‘इदं दुक्खन्ऽति यथाभूतं पजानाति …पे… ‘अयं दुक्खनिरोधगामिनी पटिपदाऽति यथाभूतं पजानाति। एवं खो, भिक्खवे, पुग्गलो गाधं कत्ता च होति वसिता च। सेय्यथापि सा, भिक्खवे, मूसिका गाधं कत्ता च होति वसिता च; तथूपमाहं, भिक्खवे, इमं पुग्गलं वदामि।
Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo gādhaṁ kattā ca hoti vasitā ca? Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo dhammaṁ pariyāpuṇāti—suttaṁ, geyyaṁ, veyyākaraṇaṁ, gāthaṁ, udānaṁ, itivuttakaṁ, jātakaṁ, abbhutadhammaṁ, vedallaṁ. So ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti. Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo gādhaṁ kattā ca hoti vasitā ca. Seyyathāpi sā, bhikkhave, mūsikā gādhaṁ kattā ca hoti vasitā ca; tathūpamāhaṁ, bhikkhave, imaṁ puggalaṁ vadāmi.
And how does a person both make a hole and live in it? It’s when a person memorizes the teaching … And they really understand: ‘This is suffering’ …
इमे खो, भिक्खवे, चत्तारो मूसिकूपमा पुग्गला सन्तो संविज्जमाना लोकस्मिन्”ति।
Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro mūsikūpamā puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmin”ti.
These four people similar to mice are found in the world.”
सत्तमं।
Sattamaṁ.
The authoritative text of the Aṅguttara Nikāya is the Pāli text. The English translation is provided as an aid to the study of the original Pāli text. [CREDITS »]
