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# Kevattasutta 2.1-9

Kevaṭṭasutta 2.1-9

- **Language:** Pāli

### [2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11.2.1)

Dutiyampi kho kevaṭṭo gahapatiputto bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:

> For a second time, Kevaḍḍha made the same request,  
> — With Kevaḍḍha

### [2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11.2.2)

“nāhaṃ, bhante, bhagavantaṃ dhaṃsemi;

> “Sir, I am not teaching you the Dhamma,  
> — With Kevaḍḍha

### [2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11.2.3)

api ca evaṃ vadāmi:

> but nonetheless I say:  
> — With Kevaḍḍha

### [2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11.2.4)

‘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

### [2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11.2.5)

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

### [2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11.2.6)

evāyaṃ nāḷandā bhiyyoso mattāya bhagavati abhippasīdissatī’”ti.

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

### [2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11.2.7)

Dutiyampi kho bhagavā kevaṭṭaṃ gahapatiputtaṃ etadavoca:

> But for a second time, the Buddha gave the same answer.  
> — With Kevaḍḍha

### [2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11.2.8)

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

### [2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11.2.9)

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

## Translations (4)

- [With Kevaḍḍha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11~en-sujato.2.1) — English
- [Mit Kevaḍḍha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11~de-sabbamitta.2.1) — German
- [Razgovor sa Kevaddhom](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11~sr-brankokovacevic.2.1) — sr
- [Kevaddha Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11~en-rhysdavids.1.2) — English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.11.482) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (1)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.24.8) — Classical Chinese

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