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# Tevijjasutta 39.1-5

Tevijjasutta 39.1-5

- **Language:** Pāli

### [39.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13.39.1)

Evaṃ vutte, vāseṭṭho māṇavo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:

> When he said this, Vāseṭṭha said to the Buddha,  
> — Experts in the Three Vedas

### [39.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13.39.2)

“sutaṃ metaṃ, bho gotama, samaṇo gotamo brahmānaṃ sahabyatāya maggaṃ desetī”ti.

> “I have heard, worthy Gotama, that you teach the path to company with Divinity.  
> — Experts in the Three Vedas

### [39.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13.39.3)

“Sādhu no bhavaṃ gotamo brahmānaṃ sahabyatāya maggaṃ desetu ullumpatu bhavaṃ gotamo brāhmaṇiṃ pajan”ti.

> Please teach us that path and elevate this generation of brahmins.”  
> — Experts in the Three Vedas

### [39.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13.39.4)

“Tena hi, vāseṭṭha, suṇāhi; sādhukaṃ manasi karohi; bhāsissāmī”ti.

> “Well then, Vāseṭṭha, listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.”  
> — Experts in the Three Vedas

### [39.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13.39.5)

“Evaṃ, bho”ti kho vāseṭṭho māṇavo bhagavato paccassosi.

> “Yes, worthy sir,” replied Vāseṭṭha.  
> — Experts in the Three Vedas

## Translations (5)

- [Tri znanja](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13~sr-brankokovacevic.39.1) — sr
- [Experts in the Three Vedas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13~en-sujato.39.1) — English
- [In den drei Veden bewandert](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13~de-sabbamitta.39.1) — German
- [On Knowledge of the Vedas (Tevigga-suttanta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13~en-rhysdavids1881.1.44) — English
- [Tevijja Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13~en-rhysdavids.1.39) — English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.13.555) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (2)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.26.65) — Classical Chinese
- [Subhasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.99.23.2) — Pāli

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