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# With Pāyāsi 2.1-8

Pāyāsisutta 2.1-8

- **Language:** Pāli

### [2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.2.1)

Tena kho pana samayena pāyāsissa rājaññassa evarūpaṃ pāpakaṃ diṭṭhigataṃ uppannaṃ hoti:

> Now at that time Pāyāsi had the following harmful misconception:  
> — With Pāyāsi

### [2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.2.2)

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

> “There is no afterlife. No beings are reborn spontaneously. There’s no fruit or result of good and bad deeds.”  
> — With Pāyāsi

### [2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.2.3)

Assosuṃ kho setabyakā brāhmaṇagahapatikā:

> The brahmins and householders of Setavyā heard,  
> — With Pāyāsi

### [2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.2.4)

“samaṇo khalu bho kumārakassapo samaṇassa gotamassa sāvako kosalesu cārikaṃ caramāno mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi setabyaṃ anuppatto setabyāyaṃ viharati uttarena setabyaṃ siṃsapāvane.

> “It seems the ascetic Kassapa the Prince—a disciple of the ascetic Gotama—is staying in the rosewood grove to the north of Setavyā.  
> — With Pāyāsi

### [2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.2.5)

Taṃ kho pana bhavantaṃ kumārakassapaṃ evaṃ kalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhuggato:

> He has this good reputation:  
> — With Pāyāsi

### [2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.2.6)

‘paṇḍito byatto medhāvī bahussuto cittakathī kalyāṇapaṭibhāno vuddho ceva arahā ca.

> ‘He is astute, competent, intelligent, learned, a brilliant speaker, eloquent, mature, a perfected one.’  
> — With Pāyāsi

### [2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.2.7)

Sādhu kho pana tathārūpānaṃ arahataṃ dassanaṃ hotī’”ti.

> It’s good to see such perfected ones.”  
> — With Pāyāsi

### [2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.2.8)

Atha kho setabyakā brāhmaṇagahapatikā setabyāya nikkhamitvā saṅghasaṅghī gaṇībhūtā uttarenamukhā gacchanti yena siṃsapāvanaṃ.

> Then, exiting Setavyā, they formed into companies and headed north to the grove.  
> — With Pāyāsi

## Translations (3)

- [Razgovor sa Pāyāsijem](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23~sr-brankokovacevic.2.1) — sr
- [With Pāyāsi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23~en-sujato.2.1) — English
- [Mit Pāyāsi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23~de-sabbamitta.2.1) — German

## Linked texts (3)

- [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.71.7) — Classical Chinese
- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.7.4) — Classical Chinese
- [大正句王經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.payasisutra*zh-dharmabhadra.1.3) — Classical Chinese

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