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Tevijjasutta 16.1-3

Tevijjasutta 16.1-3

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Pāli

16.1

Taṃ kiṃ maññasi, vāseṭṭha,

What do you think, Vāseṭṭha?

Experts in the Three Vedas

16.2

passanti tevijjā brāhmaṇā candimasūriye, aññe cāpi bahujanā, yato ca candimasūriyā uggacchanti, yattha ca ogacchanti, āyācanti thomayanti pañjalikā namassamānā anuparivattantī”ti?

Do the brahmins proficient in the three Vedas see the sun and moon just as other folk do? And do they supplicate and entreat them, following their course from where they rise to where they set with cupped palms held in worship?”

Experts in the Three Vedas

16.3

“Evaṃ, bho gotama, passanti tevijjā brāhmaṇā candimasūriye, aññe cāpi bahujanā, yato ca candimasūriyā uggacchanti, yattha ca ogacchanti, āyācanti thomayanti pañjalikā namassamānā anuparivattantī”ti.

“Yes, worthy Gotama.”

Experts in the Three Vedas

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