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# Pathikasutta 1.14

Pāthikasutta 1.14

- **Language:** Pāli

### [1.14.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.14.1)

Assosi kho, bhaggava, sunakkhatto licchaviputto:

> Sunakkhatta heard about this.  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

### [1.14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.14.2)

‘acelo kira kaḷāramaṭṭako parihito sānucāriko vicaranto odanakummāsaṃ bhuñjamāno sabbāneva vesāliyāni cetiyāni samatikkamitvā yasā nihīno kālaṅkato’ti.

### [1.14.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.14.3)

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

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

### [1.14.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.14.4)

‘Taṃ kiṃ maññasi, sunakkhatta,

> ‘What do you think, Sunakkhatta?  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

### [1.14.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.14.5)

yatheva te ahaṃ acelaṃ kaḷāramaṭṭakaṃ ārabbha byākāsiṃ, tatheva taṃ vipākaṃ, aññathā vā’ti?

> Did the declaration I made about Kaḷāramaṭṭaka turn out to be correct, or not?’  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

### [1.14.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.14.6)

‘Yatheva me, bhante, bhagavā acelaṃ kaḷāramaṭṭakaṃ ārabbha byākāsi, tatheva taṃ vipākaṃ, no aññathā’ti.

> ‘It turned out to be correct.’  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

### [1.14.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.14.7)

‘Taṃ kiṃ maññasi, sunakkhatta,

> ‘What do you think, Sunakkhatta?  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

### [1.14.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.14.8)

yadi evaṃ sante kataṃ vā hoti uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṃ akataṃ vā’ti?

> If that is so, has a superhuman demonstration of psychic power been performed or not?’  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

### [1.14.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.14.9)

‘Addhā kho, bhante, evaṃ sante kataṃ hoti uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṃ, no akatan’ti.

> ‘Clearly, sir, a superhuman demonstration of psychic power has been performed.’  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

### [1.14.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.14.10)

‘Evampi kho maṃ tvaṃ, moghapurisa, uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṃ karontaṃ evaṃ vadesi:

> ‘Though I perform such a superhuman demonstration of psychic power you say this:  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

### [1.14.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.14.11)

“na hi pana me, bhante, bhagavā uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṃ karotī”ti.

> “But sir, the Buddha never performs any superhuman demonstrations of psychic power for me.”  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

### [1.14.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.14.12)

Passa, moghapurisa, yāvañca te idaṃ aparaddhan’ti.

> See how far you have strayed!’  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

### [1.14.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.14.13)

Evampi kho, bhaggava, sunakkhatto licchaviputto mayā vuccamāno apakkameva imasmā dhammavinayā, yathā taṃ āpāyiko nerayiko.

> Though I spoke to Sunakkhatta like this, he still left this teaching and training, like someone on the highway to hell.  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

## Translations (3)

- [O Pāṭhikaputti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24~sr-brankokovacevic.1.14.1) — sr
- [About Pāṭikaputta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24~en-sujato.1.14.1) — English
- [Über Pāṭikaputta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24~de-sabbamitta.1.14.1) — German

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.24.14) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

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