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# Brahmajalasutta 1.13.1-4

Brahmajālasutta 1.13.1-4

- **Language:** Pāli

### [1.13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.13.1)

‘Yathā vā paneke bhonto samaṇabrāhmaṇā saddhādeyyāni bhojanāni bhuñjitvā te evarūpaṃ visūkadassanaṃ anuyuttā viharanti,

> ‘There are some ascetics and brahmins who, while enjoying food given in faith, still engage in seeing shows.  
> — The Divine Net

### [1.13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.13.2)

seyyathidaṃ—naccaṃ gītaṃ vāditaṃ pekkhaṃ akkhānaṃ pāṇissaraṃ vetāḷaṃ kumbhathūṇaṃ sobhanakaṃ caṇḍālaṃ vaṃsaṃ dhovanaṃ hatthiyuddhaṃ assayuddhaṃ mahiṃsayuddhaṃ usabhayuddhaṃ ajayuddhaṃ meṇḍayuddhaṃ kukkuṭayuddhaṃ vaṭṭakayuddhaṃ daṇḍayuddhaṃ muṭṭhiyuddhaṃ nibbuddhaṃ uyyodhikaṃ balaggaṃ senābyūhaṃ anīkadassanaṃ

> This includes such things as dancing, singing, music, performances, and storytelling; clapping, gongs, and kettledrums; beauty pageants; pole-acrobatics and bone-washing displays of the corpse-workers; battles of elephants, horses, buffaloes, bulls, goats, rams, chickens, and quails; staff-fights, boxing, and wrestling; combat, roll calls of the armed forces, battle-formations, and regimental reviews.  
> — The Divine Net

### [1.13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.13.3)

iti vā iti evarūpā visūkadassanā paṭivirato samaṇo gotamo’ti—

> The ascetic Gotama refrains from such shows.’  
> — The Divine Net

### [1.13.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.13.4)

iti vā hi, bhikkhave, puthujjano tathāgatassa vaṇṇaṃ vadamāno vadeyya.

> Such is an ordinary person’s praise of the Realized One.  
> — The Divine Net

## Translations (5)

- [Наставление о величайшей сети](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~ru-khantibalo.1.13.1) — Russian
- [Najobuhvatnija mreža gledišta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~sr-brankokovacevic.1.13.1) — sr
- [Das göttliche Netz](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~de-sabbamitta.1.13.1) — German
- [The Divine Net](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~en-sujato.1.13.1) — English
- [Brahmajala Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~en-rhysdavids.1.13) — English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.1.13) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (4)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.21.12) — Classical Chinese
- [Sāmaññaphalasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.48.2) — Pāli
- [Mahāniddesa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.mahaniddesa) — Pāli
- [Cūḷaniddesa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.culaniddesa) — Pāli

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