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Piyajatikasutta 2.1-4

Piyajātikasutta 2.1-4

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Pāli

2.1

Tena kho pana samayena aññatarassa gahapatissa ekaputtako piyo manāpo kālaṅkato hoti.

Now at that time a certain householder’s dear and beloved only child passed away.

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2.2

Tassa kālaṅkiriyāya neva kammantā paṭibhanti na bhattaṃ paṭibhāti.

After their death he didn’t feel like working or eating.

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2.3

So āḷāhanaṃ gantvā kandati:

He would go to the cremation ground and wail,

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2.4

“kahaṃ, ekaputtaka, kahaṃ, ekaputtakā”ti.

“Where are you, my only child? Where are you, my only child?”

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