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# Samannaphalasutta 17.4

Sāmaññaphalasutta 17.4

- **Language:** Pāli

### [17.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.17.4)

Uttarañcepi gaṅgāya tīraṃ gaccheyya dadanto dāpento yajanto yajāpento, natthi tatonidānaṃ puññaṃ, natthi puññassa āgamo.

> If you were to go along the north bank of the Ganges giving and sacrificing and encouraging others to do the same, no merit comes of that, and no outcome of merit.  
> — The Fruits of the Ascetic Life

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## Translations (5)

- [Наставление о плодах отшельничества](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2~ru-khantibalo.17.4) — Russian
- [Atsiskyrimo vaisiai](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2~lt-piyadassi.17.4) — lt
- [Die Früchte des Asketenlebens](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2~de-sabbamitta.17.4) — German
- [The Fruits of the Ascetic Life](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2~en-sujato.17.4) — English
- [Govor o plodovima asketskog života](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2~sr-brankokovacevic.17.4) — sr

## Linked texts (3)

- [增壹阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ekottaragama*zh-sanghadeva.43.7.50) — Classical Chinese
- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.27.40) — Classical Chinese
- [寂志果經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.sramanyaphalasutra*zh-zhu-tanwulan.1.12) — Classical Chinese

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