[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) › 5.1-13 # With Pāyāsi 5.1-13 Pāyāsisutta 5.1-13 - **Language:** Pāli ### [5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.5.1) Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho pāyāsi rājañño āyasmantaṃ kumārakassapaṃ etadavoca: > Seated to one side, the chieftain Pāyāsi said to Venerable Kassapa the Prince, > — With Pāyāsi ### [5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.5.2) “ahañhi, bho kassapa, evaṃvādī evaṃdiṭṭhī: > “Worthy Kassapa, this is my doctrine and view: > — With Pāyāsi ### [5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.5.3) ‘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 ### [5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.5.4) “Nāhaṃ, rājañña, evaṃvādiṃ evaṃdiṭṭhiṃ addasaṃ vā assosiṃ vā. > “Chieftain, may I never see or hear of anyone holding such a doctrine or view! > — With Pāyāsi ### [5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.5.5) Kathañhi nāma evaṃ vadeyya: > For how on earth can anyone say such a thing? > — With Pāyāsi ### [5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.5.6) ‘itipi natthi paro loko, natthi sattā opapātikā, natthi sukatadukkaṭānaṃ kammānaṃ phalaṃ vipāko’ti? ### 2.1. Candimasūriyaupamā ### [5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.5.8) 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 ### [5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.5.9) Taṃ kiṃ maññasi, rājañña, > What do you think, chieftain? > — With Pāyāsi ### [5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.5.10) ime candimasūriyā imasmiṃ vā loke parasmiṃ vā, devā vā te manussā vā”ti? > Are the moon and sun in this world or the other world? Are they gods or humans?” > — With Pāyāsi ### [5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.5.11) “Ime, bho kassapa, candimasūriyā parasmiṃ loke, na imasmiṃ; devā te na manussā”ti. > “They are in the other world, worthy Kassapa, and they are gods, not humans.” > — With Pāyāsi ### [5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.5.12) “Imināpi kho te, rājañña, pariyāyena evaṃ hotu— > “By this method it ought to be proven that > — With Pāyāsi ### [5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.5.13) 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.5.1) — sr - [With Pāyāsi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23~en-sujato.5.1) — English - [Mit Pāyāsi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23~de-sabbamitta.5.1) — German ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.23.411) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (3) - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.71.17) — Classical Chinese - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.7.11) — Classical Chinese - [大正句王經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.payasisutra*zh-dharmabhadra.1.7) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.5.1-13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.5.1-13) · Pramāṇa