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# With Pāyāsi 10.1-19

Pāyāsisutta 10.1-19

- **Language:** Pāli

### [10.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.10.1)

“Kiñcāpi bhavaṃ kassapo evamāha, atha kho evaṃ me ettha hoti:

> “Even though the worthy Kassapa says this, still I think that  
> — With Pāyāsi

### [10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.10.2)

‘itipi natthi paro loko, natthi sattā opapātikā, natthi sukatadukkaṭānaṃ kammānaṃ phalaṃ vipāko’”ti.

> there is no afterlife.”  
> — With Pāyāsi

### [10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.10.3)

“Atthi pana, rājañña, pariyāyo …pe…

> “Can you prove it?”  
> — With Pāyāsi

### [10.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.10.4)

“atthi, bho kassapa, pariyāyo …pe…

> “I can.”  
> — With Pāyāsi

### [10.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.10.5)

yathā kathaṃ viya, rājaññāti?

> “How, exactly, chieftain?”  
> — With Pāyāsi

### [10.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.10.6)

“Idha me, bho kassapa, mittāmaccā ñātisālohitā pāṇātipātā paṭiviratā adinnādānā paṭiviratā kāmesumicchācārā paṭiviratā musāvādā paṭiviratā surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhānā paṭiviratā,

> “Well, I have friends and colleagues, relatives and kin who refrain from killing living creatures and so on.  
> — With Pāyāsi

### [10.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.10.7)

te aparena samayena ābādhikā honti dukkhitā bāḷhagilānā.

> Some time later they become sick, suffering, gravely ill.  
> — With Pāyāsi

### [10.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.10.8)

Yadāhaṃ jānāmi:

> When I know that  
> — With Pāyāsi

### [10.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.10.9)

‘na dānime imamhā ābādhā vuṭṭhahissantī’ti tyāhaṃ upasaṅkamitvā evaṃ vadāmi:

> they will not recover from their illness, I go to them and say,  
> — With Pāyāsi

### [10.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.10.10)

‘santi kho, bho, eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā evaṃvādino evaṃdiṭṭhino:

> ‘Worthy sir, there are some ascetics and brahmins who have this doctrine and view:  
> — With Pāyāsi

### [10.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.10.11)

“ye te pāṇātipātā paṭiviratā adinnādānā paṭiviratā kāmesumicchācārā paṭiviratā musāvādā paṭiviratā surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhānā paṭiviratā, te kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā sugatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ upapajjanti devānaṃ tāvatiṃsānaṃ sahabyatan”ti.

> “Those who refrain from killing living creatures and so on are reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm, in the company of the gods of the thirty-three.”  
> — With Pāyāsi

### [10.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.10.12)

Bhavanto kho pāṇātipātā paṭiviratā adinnādānā paṭiviratā kāmesumicchācārā paṭiviratā musāvādā paṭiviratā surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhānā paṭiviratā.

> You do all these things.  
> — With Pāyāsi

### [10.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.10.13)

Sace tesaṃ bhavataṃ samaṇabrāhmaṇānaṃ saccaṃ vacanaṃ, bhavanto kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā sugatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ upapajjissanti, devānaṃ tāvatiṃsānaṃ sahabyataṃ.

> If what those ascetics and brahmins say is true, when your body breaks up, after death, you’ll be reborn in the company of the gods of the thirty-three.  
> — With Pāyāsi

### [10.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.10.14)

Sace, bho, kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā sugatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ upapajjeyyātha devānaṃ tāvatiṃsānaṃ sahabyataṃ, yena me āgantvā āroceyyātha:

> If that happens, worthy sir, come and tell me that  
> — With Pāyāsi

### [10.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.10.15)

“itipi atthi paro loko, atthi sattā opapātikā, atthi sukatadukkaṭānaṃ kammānaṃ phalaṃ vipāko”ti.

> there is an afterlife.  
> — With Pāyāsi

### [10.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.10.16)

Bhavanto kho pana me saddhāyikā paccayikā, yaṃ bhavantehi diṭṭhaṃ, yathā sāmaṃ diṭṭhaṃ evametaṃ bhavissatī’ti.

> I trust you and believe you. Anything you see will be just as if I’ve seen it for myself.’  
> — With Pāyāsi

### [10.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.10.17)

Te me ‘sādhū’ti paṭissutvā neva āgantvā ārocenti, na pana dūtaṃ pahiṇanti.

> They agree to this. But they don’t come back to tell me, nor do they send a messenger.  
> — With Pāyāsi

### [10.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.10.18)

Ayampi kho, bho kassapa, pariyāyo, yena me pariyāyena evaṃ hoti:

> This is how I prove that  
> — With Pāyāsi

### [10.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.10.19)

‘itipi natthi paro loko, natthi sattā opapātikā, natthi sukatadukkaṭānaṃ kammānaṃ phalaṃ vipāko’”ti.

> there is no afterlife.”  
> — With Pāyāsi

## Translations (3)

- [Razgovor sa Pāyāsijem](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23~sr-brankokovacevic.10.1) — sr
- [With Pāyāsi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23~en-sujato.10.1) — English
- [Mit Pāyāsi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23~de-sabbamitta.10.1) — German

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.23.416) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (2)

- [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.71.36) — Classical Chinese
- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.7.37) — Classical Chinese

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