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# With Pāyāsi 17.2

Pāyāsisutta 17.2

- **Language:** Pāli

### [17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.17.2)

Upamāya m’idhekacce viññū purisā bhāsitassa atthaṃ ājānanti.

> For by means of a simile some sensible people understand the meaning of what is said.  
> — With Pāyāsi

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## Translations (3)

- [Razgovor sa Pāyāsijem](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23~sr-brankokovacevic.17.2) — sr
- [With Pāyāsi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23~en-sujato.17.2) — English
- [Mit Pāyāsi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23~de-sabbamitta.17.2) — German

## Linked texts (1)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.7.72) — Classical Chinese

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