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# Piyajatikasutta 5.1-12

Piyajātikasutta 5.1-12

- **Language:** Pāli

### [5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87.5.1)

Atha kho idaṃ kathāvatthu anupubbena rājantepuraṃ pāvisi.

> Eventually that topic of discussion reached the royal compound.  
> — Born From the Beloved

### [5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87.5.2)

Atha kho rājā pasenadi kosalo mallikaṃ deviṃ āmantesi:

> Then King Pasenadi addressed Queen Mallikā,  
> — Born From the Beloved

### [5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87.5.3)

“idaṃ te, mallike, samaṇena gotamena bhāsitaṃ:

> “Mallikā, your ascetic Gotama said this:  
> — Born From the Beloved

### [5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87.5.4)

‘piyajātikā sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā piyappabhavikā’”ti.

> ‘Our loved ones are a source of sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress.’”  
> — Born From the Beloved

### [5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87.5.5)

“Sacetaṃ, mahārāja, bhagavatā bhāsitaṃ, evametan”ti.

> “If that’s what the Buddha said, Great King, then that’s how it is.”  
> — Born From the Beloved

### [5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87.5.6)

“Evameva panāyaṃ mallikā yaññadeva samaṇo gotamo bhāsati taṃ tadevassa abbhanumodati:

> “No matter what the ascetic Gotama says, Mallikā agrees with him:  
> — Born From the Beloved

### [5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87.5.7)

‘Sacetaṃ, mahārāja, bhagavatā bhāsitaṃ evametan’ti.

> ‘If that’s what the Buddha said, Great King, then that’s how it is.’  
> — Born From the Beloved

### [5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87.5.8)

Seyyathāpi nāma, yaññadeva ācariyo antevāsissa bhāsati taṃ tadevassa antevāsī abbhanumodati:

> You’re just like a pupil who agrees with everything their tutor says.  
> — Born From the Beloved

### [5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87.5.9)

‘evametaṃ, ācariya, evametaṃ, ācariyā’ti.

### [5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87.5.10)

Evameva kho tvaṃ, mallike, yaññadeva samaṇo gotamo bhāsati taṃ tadevassa abbhanumodasi:

### [5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87.5.11)

‘Sacetaṃ, mahārāja, bhagavatā bhāsitaṃ evametan’ti.

### [5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87.5.12)

Cara pire, mallike, vinassā”ti.

> Go away, Mallikā, get out of here!”  
> — Born From the Beloved

## Translations (4)

- [Was aus Liebem entsteht](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87~de-sabbamitta.5.1) — German
- [Born From the Beloved](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87~en-sujato.5.1) — English
- [Il discorso su ciò di cui i nostri cari sono la fonte](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87~it-giovannizappa.5.1) — Italian
- [Рождено теми, кто дорог](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87~ru-sv.5.1) — Russian

## Commentaries (1)

- [Papañcasūdanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima!papancasudani.9.7.355) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (3)

- [增壹阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ekottaragama*zh-sanghadeva.13.3.14) — Classical Chinese
- [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.216.17) — Classical Chinese
- [婆羅門子命終愛念不離經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.priyajatikasutra*zh-an-shigao.1.7) — Classical Chinese

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