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# Pathikasutta 1.13

Pāthikasutta 1.13

- **Language:** Pāli

### [1.13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.13.1)

Atha kho, bhaggava, sunakkhatto licchaviputto yenāhaṃ tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā maṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinnaṃ kho ahaṃ, bhaggava, sunakkhattaṃ licchaviputtaṃ etadavocaṃ:

> Then Sunakkhatta came to me, bowed, and sat down to one side. I said to him,  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

### [1.13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.13.2)

‘tvampi nāma, moghapurisa, samaṇo sakyaputtiyo paṭijānissasī’ti.

> ‘Don’t you claim to be an ascetic who follows the Sakyan, you silly man?’  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

### [1.13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.13.3)

‘Kiṃ pana maṃ, bhante, bhagavā evamāha—

> ‘But why does the Buddha say this to me?’  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

### [1.13.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.13.4)

tvampi nāma, moghapurisa, samaṇo sakyaputtiyo paṭijānissasī’ti?

### [1.13.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.13.5)

‘Nanu tvaṃ, sunakkhatta, acelaṃ kaḷāramaṭṭakaṃ upasaṅkamitvā pañhaṃ apucchi.

> ‘Didn’t you go to see the naked ascetic Kaḷāramaṭṭaka and ask him a question?  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

### [1.13.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.13.6)

Tassa te acelo kaḷāramaṭṭako pañhaṃ puṭṭho na sampāyāsi.

> But when it stumped him,  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

### [1.13.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.13.7)

Asampāyanto kopañca dosañca appaccayañca pātvākāsi.

> he displayed annoyance, hate, and bitterness.  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

### [1.13.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.13.8)

Tassa te etadahosi:

> Then you thought,  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

### [1.13.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.13.9)

“sādhurūpaṃ vata bho arahantaṃ samaṇaṃ āsādimhase.

> “I’ve offended the holy man, the perfected one, the ascetic.  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

### [1.13.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.13.10)

Mā vata no ahosi dīgharattaṃ ahitāya dukkhāyā”’ti.

> I mustn’t create lasting harm and suffering for myself!”’  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

### [1.13.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.13.11)

‘Evaṃ, bhante.

> ‘Yes, sir.  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

### [1.13.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.13.12)

Kiṃ pana, bhante, bhagavā arahattassa maccharāyatī’ti?

> But sir, are you jealous of perfected ones?’  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

### [1.13.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.13.13)

‘Na kho ahaṃ, moghapurisa, arahattassa maccharāyāmi,

> ‘I’m not jealous of the perfected ones, you silly man.  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

### [1.13.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.13.14)

api ca tuyhevetaṃ pāpakaṃ diṭṭhigataṃ uppannaṃ, taṃ pajaha.

> Rather, you should give up this harmful misconception that has arisen in you.  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

### [1.13.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.13.15)

Mā te ahosi dīgharattaṃ ahitāya dukkhāya.

> Don’t create lasting harm and suffering for yourself!  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

### [1.13.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.13.16)

Yaṃ kho panetaṃ, sunakkhatta, maññasi acelaṃ kaḷāramaṭṭakaṃ—

> That naked ascetic Kaḷāramaṭṭaka, who you imagine to be a true holy man,  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

### [1.13.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.13.17)

sādhurūpo ayaṃ samaṇoti, so nacirasseva parihito sānucāriko vicaranto odanakummāsaṃ bhuñjamāno sabbāneva vesāliyāni cetiyāni samatikkamitvā yasā nihīno kālaṃ karissatī’ti.

> will shortly be clothed, living with a partner, eating rice and porridge, having gone past all the shrines near Vesālī. And he will die after losing all his fame.’  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

### [1.13.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.13.18)

Atha kho, bhaggava, acelo kaḷāramaṭṭako nacirasseva parihito sānucāriko vicaranto odanakummāsaṃ bhuñjamāno sabbāneva vesāliyāni cetiyāni samatikkamitvā yasā nihīno kālamakāsi.

> And that’s exactly what happened.  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

## Translations (3)

- [O Pāṭhikaputti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24~sr-brankokovacevic.1.13.1) — sr
- [About Pāṭikaputta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24~en-sujato.1.13.1) — English
- [Über Pāṭikaputta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24~de-sabbamitta.1.13.1) — German

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