[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [The Pāli Canon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada) › [Basket of Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp) › [Aṅguttaranikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara) › [The Book of Fives](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.5) › [Dutiyayodhajivasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.5.76) › 18.4 # Dutiyayodhajivasutta 18.4 Dutiyayodhājīvasutta 18.4 - **Language:** Pāli ### [18.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.5.76.18.4) Yatvādhikaraṇamenaṃ cakkhundriyaṃ asaṃvutaṃ viharantaṃ abhijjhādomanassā pāpakā akusalā dhammā anvāssaveyyuṃ, tassa saṃvarāya paṭipajjati; rakkhati cakkhundriyaṃ; cakkhundriye saṃvaraṃ āpajjati. > If the faculty of sight were left unrestrained, bad unskillful qualities of covetousness and displeasure would become overwhelming. For this reason, he practices restraint, protecting the faculty of sight, and achieving its restraint. > — Warriors (2nd) - [Previous: 18.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.5.76.18.3) - [Next: 18.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.5.76.18.5) - [Up: 18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.5.76.18) ## Translations (2) - [Warriors (2nd)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.5.76~en-sujato.18.4) — English - [Krieger (2)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.5.76~de-sabbamitta.18.4) — German --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.5.76.18.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.5.76.18.4) · Pramāṇa