[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [The Pāli Canon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada) › [Basket of Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp) › [Dīghanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha) › [Samannaphalasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2) › 78.1 # Samannaphalasutta 78.1 Sāmaññaphalasutta 78.1 - **Language:** Pāli ### [78.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.78.1) Seyyathāpi, mahārāja, udakarahado gambhīro ubbhidodako tassa nevassa puratthimāya disāya udakassa āyamukhaṃ, na dakkhiṇāya disāya udakassa āyamukhaṃ, na pacchimāya disāya udakassa āyamukhaṃ, na uttarāya disāya udakassa āyamukhaṃ, devo ca na kālena kālaṃ sammādhāraṃ anuppaveccheyya. > It’s like a deep lake fed by spring water. There’s no inlet to the east, west, north, or south, and the heavens would not properly bestow showers from time to time. > — The Fruits of the Ascetic Life - [Previous: 77.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.77.2) - [Next: 78.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.78.2) - [Up: 78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.78) ## Translations (5) - [Наставление о плодах отшельничества](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2~ru-khantibalo.78.1) — Russian - [Atsiskyrimo vaisiai](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2~lt-piyadassi.78.1) — lt - [Die Früchte des Asketenlebens](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2~de-sabbamitta.78.1) — German - [The Fruits of the Ascetic Life](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2~en-sujato.78.1) — English - [Govor o plodovima asketskog života](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2~sr-brankokovacevic.78.1) — sr ## Linked texts (4) - [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.77.26.3) — Pāli - [Pañcaṅgikasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.5.28.3.4) — Pāli - [寂志果經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.sramanyaphalasutra*zh-zhu-tanwulan.1.28) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.78.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.78.1) · Pramāṇa