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# Kevattasutta 7.1-8

Kevaṭṭasutta 7.1-8

- **Language:** Pāli

### [7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11.7.1)

Tamenaṃ so assaddho appasanno taṃ saddhaṃ pasannaṃ evaṃ vadeyya:

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

### [7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11.7.2)

‘atthi kho, bho, maṇikā nāma vijjā;

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

### [7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11.7.3)

tāya so bhikkhu parasattānaṃ parapuggalānaṃ cittampi ādisati, cetasikampi ādisati, vitakkitampi ādisati, vicāritampi ādisati:

> Using that a mendicant can reveal another individual’s thoughts.’  
> — With Kevaḍḍha

### [7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11.7.4)

“evampi te mano, itthampi te mano, itipi te cittan”’ti.

### [7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11.7.5)

Taṃ kiṃ maññasi, kevaṭṭa,

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

### [7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11.7.6)

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

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

### [7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11.7.7)

“Vadeyya, bhante”ti.

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

### [7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11.7.8)

“Imaṃ kho ahaṃ, kevaṭṭa, ādesanāpāṭihāriye ādīnavaṃ sampassamāno ādesanāpāṭihāriyena aṭṭīyāmi harāyāmi jigucchāmi.

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

## Translations (3)

- [Razgovor sa Kevaddhom](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11~sr-brankokovacevic.7.1) — sr
- [With Kevaḍḍha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11~en-sujato.7.1) — English
- [Mit Kevaḍḍha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.11~de-sabbamitta.7.1) — German

## Linked texts (1)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.24.15) — Classical Chinese

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