[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) › [With Pāyāsi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23) › 11.16 # With Pāyāsi 11.16 Pāyāsisutta 11.16 - **Language:** Pāli ### [11.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.11.16) “Seyyathāpi, rājañña, jaccandho puriso na passeyya kaṇha—sukkāni rūpāni, na passeyya nīlakāni rūpāni, na passeyya pītakāni rūpāni, na passeyya lohitakāni rūpāni, na passeyya mañjiṭṭhakāni rūpāni, na passeyya samavisamaṃ, na passeyya tārakāni rūpāni, na passeyya candimasūriye. > “Chieftain, suppose there was a person blind from birth. They couldn’t see sights that are dark or bright, or blue, yellow, red, or magenta. They couldn’t see even and uneven ground, or the stars, or the moon and sun. > — With Pāyāsi - [Previous: 11.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.11.14) - [Next: 11.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.11.17) - [Up: 11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.11) ## Translations (3) - [Razgovor sa Pāyāsijem](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23~sr-brankokovacevic.11.16) — sr - [With Pāyāsi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23~en-sujato.11.16) — English - [Mit Pāyāsi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23~de-sabbamitta.11.16) — German ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.23.418) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (4) - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.71.39) — Classical Chinese - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.7.42) — Classical Chinese - [Subhasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.99.12.1) — Pāli - [大正句王經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.payasisutra*zh-dharmabhadra.1.15) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.11.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.11.16) · Pramāṇa