[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) › 15.1-11 # With Pāyāsi 15.1-11 Pāyāsisutta 15.1-11 - **Language:** Pāli ### [15.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.15.1) “Tena hi, rājañña, taññevettha paṭipucchissāmi, yathā te khameyya, tathā naṃ byākareyyāsi. > “Well then, chieftain, I’ll ask you about this in return, and you can answer as you like. > — With Pāyāsi ### [15.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.15.2) Abhijānāsi no tvaṃ, rājañña, divā seyyaṃ upagato supinakaṃ passitā ārāmarāmaṇeyyakaṃ vanarāmaṇeyyakaṃ bhūmirāmaṇeyyakaṃ pokkharaṇīrāmaṇeyyakan”ti? > Do you recall ever having a midday nap and seeing delightful parks, woods, meadows, and lotus ponds in a dream?” > — With Pāyāsi ### [15.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.15.3) “Abhijānāmahaṃ, bho kassapa, divāseyyaṃ upagato supinakaṃ passitā ārāmarāmaṇeyyakaṃ vanarāmaṇeyyakaṃ bhūmirāmaṇeyyakaṃ pokkharaṇīrāmaṇeyyakan”ti. > “I do, worthy Kassapa.” > — With Pāyāsi ### [15.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.15.4) “Rakkhanti taṃ tamhi samaye khujjāpi vāmanakāpi velāsikāpi komārikāpī”ti? > “At that time were you guarded by hunchbacks, dwarves, coquettes, and maidens?” > — With Pāyāsi ### [15.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.15.5) “Evaṃ, bho kassapa, rakkhanti maṃ tamhi samaye khujjāpi vāmanakāpi velāsikāpi komārikāpī”ti. > “I was.” > — With Pāyāsi ### [15.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.15.6) “Api nu tā tuyhaṃ jīvaṃ passanti pavisantaṃ vā nikkhamantaṃ vā”ti? > “But did they see your soul entering or leaving?” > — With Pāyāsi ### [15.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.15.7) “No hidaṃ, bho kassapa”. > “No they did not.” > — With Pāyāsi ### [15.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.15.8) “Tā hi nāma, rājañña, tuyhaṃ jīvantassa jīvantiyo jīvaṃ na passissanti pavisantaṃ vā nikkhamantaṃ vā. > “So if they couldn’t even see your soul entering or leaving while you were still alive, > — With Pāyāsi ### [15.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.15.9) Kiṃ pana tvaṃ kālaṅkatassa jīvaṃ passissasi pavisantaṃ vā nikkhamantaṃ vā. > how could you see the soul of a dead man? > — With Pāyāsi ### [15.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.15.10) Imināpi kho te, rājañña, pariyāyena evaṃ hotu: > By this method, too, it ought to be proven that > — With Pāyāsi ### [15.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.15.11) ‘itipi atthi paro loko, atthi sattā opapātikā, atthi sukatadukkaṭānaṃ kammānaṃ phalaṃ vipāko’”ti. > there is an afterlife, there are beings reborn spontaneously, and there is a fruit or result of good and bad deeds.” > — With Pāyāsi ## Translations (3) - [Razgovor sa Pāyāsijem](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23~sr-brankokovacevic.15.1) — sr - [With Pāyāsi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23~en-sujato.15.1) — English - [Mit Pāyāsi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23~de-sabbamitta.15.1) — German ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.23.422) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (3) - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.71.57) — Classical Chinese - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.7.51) — Classical Chinese - [大正句王經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.payasisutra*zh-dharmabhadra.2.3) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.15.1-11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.15.1-11) · Pramāṇa