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# Mahagovindasutta 16.10

Mahāgovindasutta 16.10

- **Language:** Pāli

### [16.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.16.10)

Seyyathāpi, bhante, so vaṇṇo viggaho mānusaṃ viggahaṃ atirocati;

> as a golden statue outshines the human form.  
> — The Great Steward

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## Translations (3)

- [Mahāgovinda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19~sr-brankokovacevic.16.10) — sr
- [Der Große Verwalter](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19~de-sabbamitta.16.10) — German
- [The Great Steward](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19~en-sujato.16.10) — English

## Linked texts (1)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.3.13) — Classical Chinese

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