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Yathā te khameyya, tathā naṃ byākareyyāsi. > Well then, I’ll ask you about this in return, and you can answer as you like. > — The Fruits of the Ascetic Life ### [37.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.37.4) Taṃ kiṃ maññasi, mahārāja, > What do you think, Great King? > — The Fruits of the Ascetic Life ### [37.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.37.5) idha te assa puriso kassako gahapatiko karakārako rāsivaḍḍhako. > Suppose you had a person who was a farmer, a householder, a hard worker, someone who builds up their capital. > — The Fruits of the Ascetic Life ### [37.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.37.6) Tassa evamassa: > They’d think: > — The Fruits of the Ascetic Life ### [37.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.37.7) ‘acchariyaṃ vata bho, abbhutaṃ vata bho, puññānaṃ gati, puññānaṃ vipāko. > ‘The outcome and result of good deeds is just so incredible, so amazing! > — The Fruits of the Ascetic Life ### [37.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.37.8) Ayañhi rājā māgadho ajātasattu vedehiputto manusso, ahampi manusso. > For this King Ajātasattu is a human being, and so am I. > — The Fruits of the Ascetic Life ### [37.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.37.9) Ayañhi rājā māgadho ajātasattu vedehiputto pañcahi kāmaguṇehi samappito samaṅgībhūto paricāreti, devo maññe. > Yet he amuses himself, supplied and provided with the five kinds of sensual stimulation as if he were a god. > — The Fruits of the Ascetic Life ### [37.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.37.10) Ahaṃ panamhissa kassako gahapatiko karakārako rāsivaḍḍhako. > Whereas I’m a farmer, a householder, a hard worker, someone who builds up their capital. > — The Fruits of the Ascetic Life ### [37.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.37.11) So vatassāhaṃ puññāni kareyyaṃ. > I really should do good deeds. > — The Fruits of the Ascetic Life ### [37.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.37.12) Yannūnāhaṃ kesamassuṃ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajeyyan’ti. > Why don’t I shave off my hair and beard, dress in ocher robes, and go forth from the lay life to homelessness?’ > — The Fruits of the Ascetic Life ### [37.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.37.13) So aparena samayena appaṃ vā bhogakkhandhaṃ pahāya mahantaṃ vā bhogakkhandhaṃ pahāya, appaṃ vā ñātiparivaṭṭaṃ pahāya mahantaṃ vā ñātiparivaṭṭaṃ pahāya kesamassuṃ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajeyya. > After some time they give up a large or small fortune, and a large or small family circle. They’d shave off hair and beard, dress in ocher robes, and go forth from the lay life to homelessness. > — The Fruits of the Ascetic Life ### [37.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.37.14) So evaṃ pabbajito samāno kāyena saṃvuto vihareyya, vācāya saṃvuto vihareyya, manasā saṃvuto vihareyya, ghāsacchādanaparamatāya santuṭṭho, abhirato paviveke. > Having gone forth they’d live restrained in body, speech, and mind, living content with nothing more than food and clothes, delighting in seclusion. > — The Fruits of the Ascetic Life ### [37.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.37.15) Tañce te purisā evamāroceyyuṃ: > And suppose your men were to report all this to you. > — The Fruits of the Ascetic Life ### [37.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.37.16) ‘yagghe, deva, jāneyyāsi, yo te so puriso kassako gahapatiko karakārako rāsivaḍḍhako; ### [37.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.37.17) so deva kesamassuṃ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajito. ### [37.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.37.18) So evaṃ pabbajito samāno kāyena saṃvuto viharati, vācāya saṃvuto viharati, manasā saṃvuto viharati, ghāsacchādanaparamatāya santuṭṭho, abhirato paviveke’ti. ### [37.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.37.19) Api nu tvaṃ evaṃ vadeyyāsi: > Would you say to them: > — The Fruits of the Ascetic Life ### [37.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.37.20) ‘etu me, bho, so puriso, punadeva hotu kassako gahapatiko karakārako rāsivaḍḍhako’”ti? > ‘Bring that person to me! Let them once more be a farmer, a householder, a hard worker, someone who builds up their capital’?” > — The Fruits of the Ascetic Life ## Translations (6) - [Наставление о плодах отшельничества](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2~ru-khantibalo.37.1) — Russian - [Atsiskyrimo vaisiai](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2~lt-piyadassi.37.1) — lt - [Die Früchte des Asketenlebens](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2~de-sabbamitta.37.1) — German - [The Fruits of the Ascetic Life](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2~en-sujato.37.1) — English - [Govor o plodovima asketskog života](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2~sr-brankokovacevic.37.1) — sr - [Samannaphala Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2~en-rhysdavids.1.37) — English ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.2.186-188) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (1) - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.27.52) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.37.1-20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.37.1-20) · Pramāṇa