Tevijjasutta 21.1-4
Tevijjasutta 21.1-4
- Language
- Pāli
21.1
Seyyathāpi, vāseṭṭha, puriso cātumahāpathe nisseṇiṃ kareyya pāsādassa ārohaṇāya.
Suppose a man was to build a ladder at the crossroads for climbing up to a stilt longhouse.
21.2
Tamenaṃ evaṃ vadeyyuṃ:
They’d say to him,
21.3
‘ambho purisa, yassa tvaṃ pāsādassa ārohaṇāya nisseṇiṃ karosi, jānāsi taṃ pāsādaṃ—puratthimāya vā disāya dakkhiṇāya vā disāya pacchimāya vā disāya uttarāya vā disāya ucco vā nīco vā majjhimo vā’ti?
‘My man, that stilt longhouse for which you’re building a ladder—do you know whether it’s to the north, south, east, or west? Or whether it’s tall or short or medium?’
21.4
Iti puṭṭho ‘no’ti vadeyya.
Asked this, he’d say, ‘No.’
Translations (5)
- Tri znanja — sr
- Experts in the Three Vedas — English
- In den drei Veden bewandert — German
- On Knowledge of the Vedas (Tevigga-suttanta) — English
- Tevijja Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha) — English
Linked texts (2)
- Poṭṭhapādasutta — Pāli
- 長阿含經 — Classical Chinese