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# With Pāyāsi 17.3

Pāyāsisutta 17.3

- **Language:** Pāli

### [17.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.17.3)

Seyyathāpi, rājañña, puriso divasaṃ santattaṃ ayoguḷaṃ ādittaṃ sampajjalitaṃ sajotibhūtaṃ tulāya tuleyya.

> Suppose a person was to heat an iron ball all day until it was burning, blazing, and glowing, and then they weigh it with scales.  
> — With Pāyāsi

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## Translations (3)

- [Razgovor sa Pāyāsijem](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23~sr-brankokovacevic.17.3) — sr
- [With Pāyāsi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23~en-sujato.17.3) — English
- [Mit Pāyāsi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23~de-sabbamitta.17.3) — 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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