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Itivuttaka 38

Vitakkasutta

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said + thisVuttañhetaṁ by the Buddhabhagavatā said + perfected-onevuttamarahatāti by meme heardsutaṁ:

the Realized One“Tathāgataṁ, mendicantsbhikkhave, worthy·endarahantaṁ rightly·fully·awakenedsammāsambuddhaṁ twodve apart·thinkvitakkā oftenbahulaṁ together·up·to·movesamudācaranti—
of sanctuarykhemo andca apart·thinkvitakko, of seclusionpaviveko andca.
not·hurt·delightAbyāpajjhārāmo, mendicantsbhikkhave, the Realized Onetathāgato delights in kindnessabyāpajjharato.
it + thisTamenaṁ, mendicantsbhikkhave, thus·gonetathāgataṁ not·hurt·delightabyāpajjhārāmaṁ who delights in kindnessabyāpajjharataṁ this veryeseva apart·thinkvitakko oftenbahulaṁ together·up·to·movesamudācarati:
by this I‘imāyāhaṁ behavioririyāya notna anykañci apart·oppressbyābādhemi firmtasaṁ orvā frailthāvaraṁ quotation markervā’ti.

seclusion·lovingPavivekārāmo, monksbhikkhave, thus·gonetathāgato seclusion·delightingpavivekarato.
to himTamenaṁ, monksbhikkhave, thus·gonetathāgataṁ loving seclusionpavivekārāmaṁ seclusion·delightingpavivekarataṁ this·veryeseva thoughtvitakko oftenbahulaṁ forth·movessamudācarati:
what‘yaṁ not·skillfulakusalaṁ thattaṁ has been given uppahīnan’ti.

therefore hereTasmātiha, mendicantsbhikkhave, you + tootumhepi kindness·loversabyāpajjhārāmā you should dwellviharatha delighting in kindnessabyāpajjharatā.
of thoseTesaṁ youvo, mendicantsbhikkhave, of youtumhākaṁ kindness·loversabyāpajjhārāmānaṁ of dwellingviharataṁ of delighting in kindnessabyāpajjharatānaṁ this + justeseva thoughtvitakko oftenbahulaṁ will occursamudācarissati:
by this‘imāya Imayaṁ behavioririyāya notna anykañci I shall hurtbyābādhema frailtasaṁ orvā firmthāvaraṁ orvā’ti.

seclusion·delightingPavivekārāmā, O monks,bhikkhave, apart·dwellviharatha seclusion·delightingpavivekaratā.
of thoseTesaṁ indeed,vo, O monks,bhikkhave, of youtumhākaṁ seclusion·delightingpavivekārāmānaṁ apart·dwellviharataṁ seclusion·delightingpavivekaratānaṁ this·justeseva apart·thinkvitakko oftenbahulaṁ together·up·to·movesamudācarissati:
‘What‘kiṁ not·skillfulakusalaṁ, whatkiṁ not·forth·give upappahīnaṁ, whatkiṁ forth·give uppajahāmā’”ti.
this·matterEtamatthaṁ the Blessed Onebhagavā to·speakavoca.
there + thisTatthetaṁ thusiti is said:vuccati:

to the Realized One“Tathāgataṁ Buddha·unbearable·bearerbuddhamasayhasāhinaṁ,
twoDuve thoughtsvitakkā together·forth·movesamudācaranti to himnaṁ;
of sanctuaryKhemo thoughtvitakko firstpaṭhamo mentionedudīrito,
thenTato seclusionviveko seconddutiyo made clearpakāsito.

darkness·dispellerTamonudaṁ far shore·gonepāragataṁ great seermahesiṁ,
himTaṁ attainment·attainedpattipattaṁ mastervasimaṁ not·defilementanāsavaṁ;
in the midst of it allVisantaraṁ craving·endingtaṇhakkhaye freedvimuttaṁ,
thatTaṁ indeedve sagemuniṁ final·body·bearingantimadehadhāriṁ;
Māra·disposed ofMārañjahaṁ I declarebrūmi old agejarāya far shore·gonepāraguṁ.

on a rocky mountainSele asyathā standing on a mountain toppabbatamuddhaniṭṭhito,
just asYathāpi one might seepasse the peoplejanataṁ all aroundsamantato;
so·comparisonTathūpamaṁ truth·madedhammamayaṁ wise onesumedho,
palace·climbedPāsādamāruyha all·eyesamantacakkhu;
sorrow·swampedSokāvatiṇṇaṁ people·sorrow-freejanatamapetasoko,
seesAvekkhati birth·old·overcomejātijarābhibhūtan”ti.

this·tooAyampi matterattho spokenvutto by the Blessed Onebhagavatā, thusiti by meme heardsutanti.
FirstPaṭhamaṁ.

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