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# With Pāyāsi 30.1-7

Pāyāsisutta 30.1-7

- **Language:** Pāli

### [30.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.30.1)

“Purimeneva ahaṃ opammena bhoto kassapassa attamano abhiraddho.

> “I was delighted and satisfied with your very first simile, worthy Kassapa!  
> — With Pāyāsi

### [30.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.30.2)

Api cāhaṃ imāni vicitrāni pañhāpaṭibhānāni sotukāmo evāhaṃ bhavantaṃ kassapaṃ paccanīkaṃ kātabbaṃ amaññissaṃ.

> Nevertheless, I wanted to hear your various solutions to the problem, so I thought I’d oppose you in this way.  
> — With Pāyāsi

### [30.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.30.3)

Abhikkantaṃ, bho kassapa, abhikkantaṃ, bho kassapa.

> Excellent, worthy Kassapa! Excellent!  
> — With Pāyāsi

### [30.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.30.4)

Seyyathāpi, bho kassapa, nikkujjitaṃ vā ukkujjeyya, paṭicchannaṃ vā vivareyya, mūḷhassa vā maggaṃ ācikkheyya, andhakāre vā telapajjotaṃ dhāreyya: ‘cakkhumanto rūpāni dakkhantī’ti; evamevaṃ bhotā kassapena anekapariyāyena dhammo pakāsito.

> As if he were righting the overturned, or revealing the hidden, or pointing out the path to the lost, or lighting a lamp in the dark so people with clear eyes can see what’s there, the worthy Kassapa has made the teaching clear in many ways.  
> — With Pāyāsi

### [30.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.30.5)

Esāhaṃ, bho kassapa, taṃ bhavantaṃ gotamaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi, dhammañca, bhikkhusaṅghañca.

> I go for refuge to the worthy Gotama, to the teaching, and to the mendicant Saṅgha.  
> — With Pāyāsi

### [30.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.30.6)

Upāsakaṃ maṃ bhavaṃ kassapo dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṃ saraṇaṃ gataṃ.

> From this day forth, may the worthy Kassapa remember me as a lay follower who has gone for refuge for life.  
> — With Pāyāsi

### [30.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.30.7)

Icchāmi cāhaṃ, bho kassapa, mahāyaññaṃ yajituṃ, anusāsatu maṃ bhavaṃ kassapo, yaṃ mamassa dīgharattaṃ hitāya sukhāyā”ti.

> Worthy Kassapa, I wish to perform a great sacrifice. Please instruct me so it will be for my lasting welfare and happiness.”  
> — With Pāyāsi

## Translations (3)

- [Razgovor sa Pāyāsijem](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23~sr-brankokovacevic.30.1) — sr
- [With Pāyāsi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23~en-sujato.30.1) — English
- [Mit Pāyāsi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23~de-sabbamitta.30.1) — German

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.23.437) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (3)

- [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.71.95) — Classical Chinese
- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.7.96) — Classical Chinese
- [大正句王經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.payasisutra*zh-dharmabhadra.2.16) — Classical Chinese

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