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संयुत्त निकाय ४।९
Saṁyutta Nikāya 4.9
The Related Suttas Collection 4.9
१। पठमवग्ग
1. Paṭhamavagga
1. Life Span
पठमआयुसुत्त
Paṭhamaāyusutta
Life Span (1st)
एवं मे सुतं—एकं समयं भगवा राजगहे विहरति वेळुवने कलन्दकनिवापे। तत्र खो भगवा भिक्खू आमन्तेसि: “भिक्खवो”ति।
Evaṁ me sutaṁ—ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe. Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi: “bhikkhavo”ti.
So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrels’ feeding ground. There the Buddha addressed the bhikkhus, “Bhikkhus!”
“भदन्ते”ति ते भिक्खू भगवतो पच्चस्सोसुं। भगवा एतदवोच:
“Bhadante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ. Bhagavā etadavoca:
“Venerable sir,” they replied. The Buddha said this:
“अप्पमिदं, भिक्खवे, मनुस्सानं आयु। गमनीयो सम्परायो, कत्तब्बं कुसलं, चरितब्बं ब्रह्मचरियं। नत्थि जातस्स अमरणं। यो, भिक्खवे, चिरं जीवति, सो वस्ससतं अप्पं वा भिय्यो”ति।
“Appamidaṁ, bhikkhave, manussānaṁ āyu. Gamanīyo samparāyo, kattabbaṁ kusalaṁ, caritabbaṁ brahmacariyaṁ. Natthi jātassa amaraṇaṁ. Yo, bhikkhave, ciraṁ jīvati, so vassasataṁ appaṁ vā bhiyyo”ti.
“Bhikkhus, the life span of humans is short. You must go to the next life. So you should do what is skillful, you should practice the spiritual life. No-one born is immortal. A long life is a hundred years or a little more.”
अथ खो मारो पापिमा येन भगवा तेनुपसङ्कमि; उपसङ्कमित्वा भगवन्तं गाथाय अज्झभासि:
Atha kho māro pāpimā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:
Then Māra the Wicked went up to the Buddha and addressed him in verse:
“दीघमायु मनुस्सानं, न नं हीळे सुपोरिसो; चरेय्य खीरमत्तोव, नत्थि मच्चुस्स आगमो”ति।
“Dīghamāyu manussānaṁ, na naṁ hīḷe suporiso; Careyya khīramattova, natthi maccussa āgamo”ti.
“The life of humans is long! A good person wouldn’t scorn it. Live like a suckling babe, for Death has not come for you.”
“अप्पमायु मनुस्सानं, हीळेय्य नं सुपोरिसो; चरेय्यादित्तसीसोव, नत्थि मच्चुस्स नागमो”ति।
“Appamāyu manussānaṁ, hīḷeyya naṁ suporiso; Careyyādittasīsova, natthi maccussa nāgamo”ti.
“The life of humans is short, and a good person scorns it. They should live as though their head was on fire, for Death comes for everyone.”
अथ खो मारो …पे… तत्थेवन्तरधायीति।
Atha kho māro …pe… tatthevantaradhāyīti.
Then Māra … vanished right there.
The authoritative text of the Saṁyutta Nikāya is the Pāli text. The English translation is provided as an aid to the study of the original Pāli text. [CREDITS »]
