[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) › [Dīghanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha) › [With Subha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.10) › 2.2.9 # With Subha 2.2.9 Subhasutta 2.2.9 - **Language:** Pāli ### [2.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.10.2.2.9) yatvādhikaraṇamenaṃ manindriyaṃ asaṃvutaṃ viharantaṃ abhijjhādomanassā pāpakā akusalā dhammā anvāssaveyyuṃ; tassa saṃvarāya paṭipajjati, rakkhati manindriyaṃ, manindriye saṃvaraṃ āpajjati. > If the faculty of mind were left unrestrained, bad unskillful qualities of covetousness and displeasure would become overwhelming. For this reason, they practice restraint, protecting the faculty of mind, and achieving its restraint. > — With Subha - [Previous: 2.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.10.2.2.8) - [Next: 2.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.10.2.2.10) - [Up: 2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.10.2.2) ## Translations (3) - [Razgovor sa Subhom](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.10~sr-brankokovacevic.2.2.9) — sr - [With Subha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.10~en-sujato.2.2.9) — English - [Mit Subha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.10~de-sabbamitta.2.2.9) — German --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.10.2.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.10.2.2.9) · Pramāṇa