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# Tevijjasutta 10.1-4

Tevijjasutta 10.1-4

- **Language:** Pāli

### [10.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13.10.1)

“Maggāmagge, bho gotama.

> “About what is the path and what is not the path, worthy Gotama.  
> — Experts in the Three Vedas

### [10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13.10.2)

Kiñcāpi, bho gotama, brāhmaṇā nānāmagge paññāpenti, addhariyā brāhmaṇā tittiriyā brāhmaṇā chandokā brāhmaṇā bavhārijjhā brāhmaṇā, atha kho sabbāni tāni niyyānikā niyyanti takkarassa brahmasahabyatāya.

> Even though brahmins describe different paths—the Adhvaryu brahmins, the Taittirīya brahmins, the Chāndogya brahmins, the Cāndrāyaṇa brahmins, and the Bahvṛca brahmins—all of them still lead someone who practices them to the company of Divinity.  
> — Experts in the Three Vedas

### [10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13.10.3)

Seyyathāpi, bho gotama, gāmassa vā nigamassa vā avidūre bahūni cepi nānāmaggāni bhavanti, atha kho sabbāni tāni gāmasamosaraṇāni bhavanti;

> It’s like a village or town that has many different roads nearby, yet all of them meet at that village.  
> — Experts in the Three Vedas

### [10.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13.10.4)

evameva kho, bho gotama, kiñcāpi brāhmaṇā nānāmagge paññāpenti, addhariyā brāhmaṇā tittiriyā brāhmaṇā chandokā brāhmaṇā bavhārijjhā brāhmaṇā, atha kho sabbāni tāni niyyānikā niyyanti takkarassa brahmasahabyatāyā”ti.

> In the same way, even though brahmins describe different paths—the Adhvaryu brahmins, the Taittirīya brahmins, the Chāndogya brahmins, the Cāndrāyaṇa brahmins, and the Bahvṛca brahmins—all of them still lead someone who practices them to the company of Divinity.”  
> — Experts in the Three Vedas

## Translations (5)

- [Tri znanja](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13~sr-brankokovacevic.10.1) — sr
- [Experts in the Three Vedas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13~en-sujato.10.1) — English
- [In den drei Veden bewandert](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13~de-sabbamitta.10.1) — German
- [On Knowledge of the Vedas (Tevigga-suttanta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13~en-rhysdavids1881.1.10) — English
- [Tevijja Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13~en-rhysdavids.1.10) — English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.13.524) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (1)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.26.10) — Classical Chinese

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