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Mahāparinibbāna Sutta 1.31

Mahāparinibbānasutta 1.31

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Pāli

1.31.1

Ekamantaṃ nisinne kho sunidhavassakāre magadhamahāmatte bhagavā imāhi gāthāhi anumodi:

The Buddha expressed his appreciation with these verses:

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1.31.2

“Yasmiṃ padese kappeti,

“In the place he makes his dwelling,

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1.31.3

vāsaṃ paṇḍitajātiyo;

having fed the astute

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1.31.4

Sīlavantettha bhojetvā,

and the virtuous here,

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1.31.5

saññate brahmacārayo.

the restrained spiritual practitioners,

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1.31.6

Yā tattha devatā āsuṃ,

he should dedicate an offering

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1.31.7

tāsaṃ dakkhiṇamādise;

to the deities there.

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1.31.8

Tā pūjitā pūjayanti,

Venerated, they venerate him;

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1.31.9

mānitā mānayanti naṃ.

honored, they honor him.

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1.31.10

Tato naṃ anukampanti,

After that they have sympathy for him,

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1.31.11

mātā puttaṃva orasaṃ;

like a mother the child at her breast.

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1.31.12

Devatānukampito poso,

A man beloved of the deities

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1.31.13

sadā bhadrāni passatī”ti.

always sees nice things.”

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1.31.14

Atha kho bhagavā sunidhavassakāre magadhamahāmatte imāhi gāthāhi anumoditvā uṭṭhāyāsanā pakkāmi.

When the Buddha had expressed his appreciation to Sunidha and Vassakāra with these verses, he rose from his seat and left.

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