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# Kevattasutta 1.1-9

Kevaṭṭasutta 1.1-9

- **Language:** Pāli

### [1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11.1.1)

Evaṃ me sutaṃ—

> So I have heard.  
> — With Kevaḍḍha

### [1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11.1.2)

ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā nāḷandāyaṃ viharati pāvārikambavane.

> At one time the Buddha was staying near Nāḷandā in Pāvārika’s Mango Grove.  
> — With Kevaḍḍha

### [1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11.1.3)

Atha kho kevaṭṭo gahapatiputto yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho kevaṭṭo gahapatiputto bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:

> Then the householder Kevaḍḍha went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him,  
> — With Kevaḍḍha

### [1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11.1.4)

“ayaṃ, bhante, nāḷandā iddhā ceva phītā ca bahujanā ākiṇṇamanussā bhagavati abhippasannā.

> “Sir, this Nāḷandā is successful and prosperous, populous and full of people.  
> — With Kevaḍḍha

### [1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11.1.5)

Sādhu, bhante, bhagavā ekaṃ bhikkhuṃ samādisatu, yo uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṃ karissati;

> Please direct a mendicant to perform a superhuman demonstration of psychic power.  
> — With Kevaḍḍha

### [1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11.1.6)

evāyaṃ nāḷandā bhiyyoso mattāya bhagavati abhippasīdissatī”ti.

> Then Nāḷandā will become even more devoted to the Buddha!”  
> — With Kevaḍḍha

### [1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11.1.7)

Evaṃ vutte, bhagavā kevaṭṭaṃ gahapatiputtaṃ etadavoca:

> When he said this, the Buddha said,  
> — With Kevaḍḍha

### [1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11.1.8)

“na kho ahaṃ, kevaṭṭa, bhikkhūnaṃ evaṃ dhammaṃ desemi:

> “Kevaḍḍha, I do not teach Dhamma to the mendicants like this:  
> — With Kevaḍḍha

### [1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11.1.9)

‘etha tumhe, bhikkhave, gihīnaṃ odātavasanānaṃ uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṃ karothā’”ti.

> ‘Come now, mendicants, perform a superhuman demonstration of psychic power for the white-clothed laypeople.’”  
> — With Kevaḍḍha

## Translations (4)

- [Razgovor sa Kevaddhom](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11~sr-brankokovacevic.1.1) — sr
- [With Kevaḍḍha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11~en-sujato.1.1) — English
- [Mit Kevaḍḍha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11~de-sabbamitta.1.1) — German
- [Kevaddha Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11~en-rhysdavids.1.1) — English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.11.481) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (1)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.24.4) — Classical Chinese

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