[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [The Pāli Canon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada) › [Basket of Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp) › [Dīghanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha) › [Tevijjasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13) › 21.1-4 # Tevijjasutta 21.1-4 Tevijjasutta 21.1-4 - **Language:** Pāli ### [21.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13.21.1) 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. > — Experts in the Three Vedas ### [21.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13.21.2) Tamenaṃ evaṃ vadeyyuṃ: > They’d say to him, > — Experts in the Three Vedas ### [21.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13.21.3) ‘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?’ > — Experts in the Three Vedas ### [21.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13.21.4) Iti puṭṭho ‘no’ti vadeyya. > Asked this, he’d say, ‘No.’ > — Experts in the Three Vedas ## Translations (5) - [Tri znanja](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13~sr-brankokovacevic.21.1) — sr - [Experts in the Three Vedas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13~en-sujato.21.1) — English - [In den drei Veden bewandert](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13~de-sabbamitta.21.1) — German - [On Knowledge of the Vedas (Tevigga-suttanta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13~en-rhysdavids1881.1.21) — English - [Tevijja Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13~en-rhysdavids.1.21) — English ## Linked texts (2) - [Poṭṭhapādasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.37.1) — Pāli - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.26.30) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13.21.1-4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13.21.1-4) · Pramāṇa