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# Brahmajalasutta 1.22

Brahmajālasutta 1.22

- **Language:** Pāli

### [1.22.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.22.1)

‘Yathā vā paneke bhonto samaṇabrāhmaṇā saddhādeyyāni bhojanāni bhuñjitvā te evarūpāya tiracchānavijjāya micchājīvena jīvitaṃ kappenti,

> ‘There are some ascetics and brahmins who, while enjoying food given in faith, still earn a living by low lore, by wrong livelihood.  
> — The Divine Net

### [1.22.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.22.2)

seyyathidaṃ—maṇilakkhaṇaṃ vatthalakkhaṇaṃ daṇḍalakkhaṇaṃ satthalakkhaṇaṃ asilakkhaṇaṃ usulakkhaṇaṃ dhanulakkhaṇaṃ āvudhalakkhaṇaṃ itthilakkhaṇaṃ purisalakkhaṇaṃ kumāralakkhaṇaṃ kumārilakkhaṇaṃ dāsalakkhaṇaṃ dāsilakkhaṇaṃ hatthilakkhaṇaṃ assalakkhaṇaṃ mahiṃsalakkhaṇaṃ usabhalakkhaṇaṃ golakkhaṇaṃ ajalakkhaṇaṃ meṇḍalakkhaṇaṃ kukkuṭalakkhaṇaṃ vaṭṭakalakkhaṇaṃ godhālakkhaṇaṃ kaṇṇikālakkhaṇaṃ kacchapalakkhaṇaṃ migalakkhaṇaṃ

> This includes reading the marks of gems, cloth, clubs, swords, spears, arrows, bows, weapons, women, men, boys, girls, male and female bondservants, elephants, horses, buffaloes, bulls, cows, goats, rams, chickens, quails, monitor lizards, rabbits, tortoises, or deer.  
> — The Divine Net

### [1.22.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.22.3)

iti vā iti evarūpāya tiracchānavijjāya micchājīvā paṭivirato samaṇo gotamo’ti—

> The ascetic Gotama refrains from such low lore, such wrong livelihood.’  
> — The Divine Net

### [1.22.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.22.4)

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.1.22.1) — Russian
- [Najobuhvatnija mreža gledišta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~sr-brankokovacevic.1.22.1) — sr
- [Das göttliche Netz](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~de-sabbamitta.1.22.1) — German
- [The Divine Net](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~en-sujato.1.22.1) — English
- [Brahmajala Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~en-rhysdavids.1.22) — English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.1.22) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (4)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.21.14) — Classical Chinese
- [梵網六十二見經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.brahmajalasutra*zh-zhi-qian.1.24) — Classical Chinese
- [Mahāniddesa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.mahaniddesa.14.153.2) — Pāli
- [Sāmaññaphalasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.57.2) — Pāli

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