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# Kevattasutta 5.1-7

Kevaṭṭasutta 5.1-7

- **Language:** Pāli

### [5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11.5.1)

Tamenaṃ so assaddho appasanno taṃ saddhaṃ pasannaṃ evaṃ vadeyya:

> But the one lacking faith and confidence would say to them:  
> — With Kevaḍḍha

### [5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11.5.2)

‘atthi kho, bho, gandhārī nāma vijjā.

> ‘There’s a spell named Gandhārī.  
> — With Kevaḍḍha

### [5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11.5.3)

Tāya so bhikkhu anekavihitaṃ iddhividhaṃ paccanubhoti—ekopi hutvā bahudhā hoti, bahudhāpi hutvā eko hoti …pe… yāva brahmalokāpi kāyena vasaṃ vattetī’ti.

> Using that a mendicant can perform such superhuman feats.’  
> — With Kevaḍḍha

### [5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11.5.4)

Taṃ kiṃ maññasi, kevaṭṭa,

> What do you think, Kevaḍḍha?  
> — With Kevaḍḍha

### [5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11.5.5)

api nu so assaddho appasanno taṃ saddhaṃ pasannaṃ evaṃ vadeyyā”ti?

> Wouldn’t someone lacking faith speak like that?”  
> — With Kevaḍḍha

### [5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11.5.6)

“Vadeyya, bhante”ti.

> “They would, sir.”  
> — With Kevaḍḍha

### [5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11.5.7)

“Imaṃ kho ahaṃ, kevaṭṭa, iddhipāṭihāriye ādīnavaṃ sampassamāno iddhipāṭihāriyena aṭṭīyāmi harāyāmi jigucchāmi.

> “Seeing this drawback in psychic power, I’m horrified, repelled, and disgusted by demonstrations of psychic power.  
> — With Kevaḍḍha

## Translations (3)

- [Razgovor sa Kevaddhom](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11~sr-brankokovacevic.5.1) — sr
- [With Kevaḍḍha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11~en-sujato.5.1) — English
- [Mit Kevaḍḍha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11~de-sabbamitta.5.1) — German

## Linked texts (1)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.24.12) — Classical Chinese

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