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# Tevijjasutta 21.3

Tevijjasutta 21.3

- **Language:** Pāli

### [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

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## Translations (3)

- [Tri znanja](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13~sr-brankokovacevic.21.3) — sr
- [Experts in the Three Vedas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13~en-sujato.21.3) — English
- [In den drei Veden bewandert](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13~de-sabbamitta.21.3) — German

## Linked texts (2)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.26.30) — Classical Chinese
- [Poṭṭhapādasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.37.3) — Pāli

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