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# Samannaphalasutta 76.1

Sāmaññaphalasutta 76.1

- **Language:** Pāli

### [76.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.76.1)

Seyyathāpi, mahārāja, dakkho nhāpako vā nhāpakantevāsī vā kaṃsathāle nhānīyacuṇṇāni ākiritvā udakena paripphosakaṃ paripphosakaṃ sanneyya, sāyaṃ nhānīyapiṇḍi snehānugatā snehaparetā santarabāhirā phuṭā snehena, na ca paggharaṇī;

> It’s like when a deft bathroom attendant or their apprentice pours bath powder into a bronze dish, sprinkling it little by little with water. They knead it until the ball of bath powder is soaked and saturated with moisture, spread through inside and out; yet no moisture oozes out.  
> — 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.76.1) — Russian
- [Atsiskyrimo vaisiai](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2~lt-piyadassi.76.1) — lt
- [Die Früchte des Asketenlebens](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2~de-sabbamitta.76.1) — German
- [The Fruits of the Ascetic Life](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2~en-sujato.76.1) — English
- [Govor o plodovima asketskog života](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2~sr-brankokovacevic.76.1) — sr

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.2.227) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (6)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.27.56) — Classical Chinese
- [Mahāsakuludāyisutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77.25.4) — Pāli
- [Subhasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.10.2.14.1) — Pāli
- [Mahāassapurasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.39.15.4) — Pāli
- [Pañcaṅgikasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.5.28.2.4) — Pāli
- [寂志果經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.sramanyaphalasutra*zh-zhu-tanwulan.1.28) — Classical Chinese

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