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# The Long Āgama Sūtra 15.28

長阿含經 15.28

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [15.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.15.28)

「『野干稱師子，自謂為獸王；  
欲作師子吼，還出野干聲。  
獨處於空林，自謂為獸王；  
欲作師子吼，還出野干聲。  
跪地求穴鼠，穿塚覓死屍；  
欲作師子吼，還出野干聲。』

> “‘A jackal called itself a lion,  
> Saying it’s a king of beasts.  
> Wanting to roar the lion’s roar,  
> It could only bark like a jackal.  
> — Charles Patton, The Long Discourses (selected sūtras)

> Living alone in an empty forest,  
> It said it was a king of beasts.  
> Wanting to roar the lion’s roar,  
> It could only bark like a jackal.  
> — Charles Patton, The Long Discourses (selected sūtras)

> It crouched looking for rat holes,  
> Dug up graves searching for corpses.  
> Wanting to roar the lion’s roar,  
> It could only bark like a jackal.’  
> — Charles Patton, The Long Discourses (selected sūtras)

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## Translations (2)

- [The Long Discourses (selected sūtras)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas~en-patton.15.p98) — Charles Patton, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas~en-mt.15.28) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Pāthikasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.2.8.1-8) — Pāli

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