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# Mahapadanasutta 3.1.8

Mahāpadānasutta 3.1.8

- **Language:** Pāli

### [3.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.3.1.8)

Ahañceva kho pana dhammaṃ deseyyaṃ, pare ca me na ājāneyyuṃ; so mamassa kilamatho, sā mamassa vihesā’ti.

> And if I were to teach this principle, others might not understand me, which would be wearying and troublesome for me.’  
> — The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind

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## Translations (3)

- [Dugi govor o velikom podvigu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14~sr-brankokovacevic.3.1.8) — sr
- [Die große Lehrrede über hinterlassene Spuren](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14~de-sabbamitta.3.1.8) — German
- [The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14~en-sujato.3.1.8) — English

## Linked texts (5)

- [Mahāvagga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.vp.khandhaka.mahavagga.1.5.2.6) — Pāli
- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.1.109) — Classical Chinese
- [Bodhirājakumārasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.85.43.6) — Pāli
- [Pāsarāsisutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.26.19.6) — Pāli
- [Brahmāyācanasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.1.6.1.1.8) — Pāli

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