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# Pathikasutta 2.9

Pāthikasutta 2.9

- **Language:** Pāli

### [2.9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.2.9.1)

Yato kho, bhaggava, jāliyo dārupattikantevāsī imināpi opammena neva asakkhi acelaṃ pāthikaputtaṃ tamhā āsanā cāvetuṃ.

> When Jāliya couldn’t get Pāṭikaputta to shift from his seat even with this simile,  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

### [2.9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.2.9.2)

Atha naṃ etadavoca:

> he said to him:  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

### [2.9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.2.9.3)

‘Aññaṃ anucaṅkamanaṃ,

> ‘Following in the steps of another,  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

### [2.9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.2.9.4)

Attānaṃ vighāse samekkhiya;

> seeing himself grown fat on scraps,  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

### [2.9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.2.9.5)

Yāva attānaṃ na passati,

> until he doesn’t even see himself,  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

### [2.9.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.2.9.6)

Kotthu tāva byagghoti maññati.

> the jackal presumes he’s a tiger.  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

### [2.9.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.2.9.7)

Tatheva so siṅgālakaṃ anadi,

> But he actually only managed to yelp,  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

### [2.9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.2.9.8)

Ke ca chave siṅgāle ke pana sīhanādeti.

> and what’s a sad jackal’s squeal to the roar of a lion?  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

### [2.9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.2.9.9)

Evameva kho tvaṃ, āvuso pāthikaputta, sugatāpadānesu jīvamāno sugatātirittāni bhuñjamāno tathāgate arahante sammāsambuddhe āsādetabbaṃ maññasi.

> In the same way, reverend, while living off the leavings of the Holy One, you presume to attack him!’  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

### [2.9.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.2.9.10)

Ke ca chave pāthikaputte, kā ca tathāgatānaṃ arahantānaṃ sammāsambuddhānaṃ āsādanā’ti.

## Translations (3)

- [O Pāṭhikaputti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24~sr-brankokovacevic.2.9.1) — sr
- [About Pāṭikaputta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24~en-sujato.2.9.1) — English
- [Über Pāṭikaputta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24~de-sabbamitta.2.9.1) — German

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.24.30) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (1)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.15.28) — Classical Chinese

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