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# With Subha 2.14.1

Subhasutta 2.14.1

- **Language:** Pāli

### [2.14.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.10.2.14.1)

Seyyathāpi, māṇava, dakkho nhāpako vā nhāpakantevāsī vā kaṃsathāle nhānīyacuṇṇāni ākiritvā udakena paripphosakaṃ paripphosakaṃ sanneyya. Sāyaṃ nhānīyapiṇḍi snehānugatā snehaparetā santarabāhirā phuṭā snehena, na ca paggharaṇī.

> It’s like when a deft bathroom attendant or their apprentice pours bath powder into a bronze dish, sprinkling it little by little with water. They knead it until the ball of bath powder is soaked and saturated with moisture, spread through inside and out; yet no moisture oozes out.  
> — With Subha

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## Translations (3)

- [Razgovor sa Subhom](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.10~sr-brankokovacevic.2.14.1) — sr
- [With Subha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.10~en-sujato.2.14.1) — English
- [Mit Subha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.10~de-sabbamitta.2.14.1) — German

## Linked texts (3)

- [Sāmaññaphalasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.76.1) — Pāli
- [Mahāsakuludāyisutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77.25.4) — Pāli
- [Mahāassapurasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.39.15.4) — Pāli

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