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# 經律異相 22.19

經律異相 22.19

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [22.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.22.19)

賢聖德難量　八直無上道  
是為梵沙門　如來口所宣  
覩此形雖小　以果賢聖道  
是故今自歸　梵志何為嗤

> "The virtue of the noble sages is difficult to measure,  
> The eightfold upright and unsurpassable path.  
> This is the true brahma-śramaṇa,  
> Proclaimed by the Tathāgata's own mouth.  
> Seeing this form, though small,  
> He has already attained the noble path.  
> Therefore, I now take refuge;  
> Why do you brahmacārins sneer?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.22.19) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [出曜經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*zh-zhu-fonian.9.57) — Classical Chinese

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