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# Nakula’s Father 9.1-6

Nakulapitusutta 9.1-6

- **Language:** Pāli

### [9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.1.9.1)

“Kathañca, gahapati, āturakāyo ceva hoti, āturacitto ca?

> “And how is one ailing in body and ailing in mind?  
> — Nakula’s Father

### [9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.1.9.2)

Idha, gahapati, assutavā puthujjano ariyānaṃ adassāvī ariyadhammassa akovido ariyadhamme avinīto sappurisānaṃ adassāvī sappurisadhammassa akovido sappurisadhamme avinīto

> It’s when an unlearned ordinary person has not seen the noble ones, and is neither skilled nor trained in the qualities of a noble one. They’ve not seen true persons, and are neither skilled nor trained in the qualities of a true person.  
> — Nakula’s Father

### [9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.1.9.3)

rūpaṃ attato samanupassati, rūpavantaṃ vā attānaṃ; attani vā rūpaṃ, rūpasmiṃ vā attānaṃ.

> They regard form as self, self as having form, form in self, or self in form.  
> — Nakula’s Father

### [9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.1.9.4)

‘Ahaṃ rūpaṃ, mama rūpan’ti pariyuṭṭhaṭṭhāyī hoti.

> They’re obsessed with the thought: ‘I am form, form is mine!’  
> — Nakula’s Father

### [9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.1.9.5)

Tassa ‘ahaṃ rūpaṃ, mama rūpan’ti pariyuṭṭhaṭṭhāyino taṃ rūpaṃ vipariṇamati aññathā hoti.

> But that form of theirs decays and perishes,  
> — Nakula’s Father

### [9.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.1.9.6)

Tassa rūpavipariṇāmaññathābhāvā uppajjanti sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā.

> which gives rise to sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress.  
> — Nakula’s Father

## Translations (3)

- [Nakulapitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.1~sr-brankokovacevic.9.1) — sr
- [Nakula’s Father](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.1~en-sujato.9.1) — English
- [Nakulas Vater](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.1~de-sabbamitta.9.1) — German

## Linked texts (2)

- [雜阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyuktagama*zh-gunabhadra.107.15) — Classical Chinese
- [增壹阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ekottaragama*zh-sanghadeva.13.4.15) — Classical Chinese

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