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They’re actively listening and trying to understand!” > — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā ### [20.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.20.3) Atha nigrodhaṃ paribbājakaṃ etadavoca: > So he said to the wanderer Nigrodha, > — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā ### [20.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.20.4) “iti kho, bhante nigrodha, yaṃ maṃ tvaṃ avacāsi: > “Honorable Nigrodha, remember you said this to me: > — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā ### [20.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.20.5) ‘yagghe, gahapati, jāneyyāsi, kena samaṇo gotamo saddhiṃ sallapati, kena sākacchaṃ samāpajjati, kena paññāveyyattiyaṃ samāpajjati, > ‘Surely, householder, you should know better! With whom does the ascetic Gotama converse? With whom does he engage in discussion? With whom does he achieve lucidity of wisdom? > — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā ### [20.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.20.6) suññāgārahatā samaṇassa gotamassa paññā, aparisāvacaro samaṇo gotamo nālaṃ sallāpāya, so antamantāneva sevati; > Staying in empty huts has destroyed the ascetic Gotama’s wisdom. Not frequenting assemblies, he is unable to hold a discussion. He just lurks on the periphery. > — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā ### [20.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.20.7) seyyathāpi nāma gokāṇā pariyantacārinī antamantāneva sevati. > He’s just like a one-eyed cow, circling around and lurking on the periphery. > — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā ### [20.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.20.8) Evameva suññāgārahatā samaṇassa gotamassa paññā, aparisāvacaro samaṇo gotamo nālaṃ sallāpāya; so antamantāneva sevati; ### [20.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.20.9) iṅgha, gahapati, samaṇo gotamo imaṃ parisaṃ āgaccheyya, ekapañheneva naṃ saṃsādeyyāma, tucchakumbhīva naṃ maññe orodheyyāmā’ti. > Please, householder, let the ascetic Gotama come to this assembly. I’ll sink him with just one question! I’ll roll him over and wrap him up like a hollow pot!’ > — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā ### [20.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.20.10) Ayaṃ kho so, bhante, bhagavā arahaṃ sammāsambuddho idhānuppatto, aparisāvacaraṃ pana naṃ karotha, gokāṇaṃ pariyantacāriniṃ karotha, ekapañheneva naṃ saṃsādetha, tucchakumbhīva naṃ orodhethā”ti. > Now the Blessed One, perfected and fully awakened, has arrived here. Why don’t you send him out of the assembly to the periphery like a one-eyed cow? Why don’t you sink him with just one question? Why don’t you roll him over and wrap him up like a hollow pot?” > — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā ### [20.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.20.11) Evaṃ vutte, nigrodho paribbājako tuṇhībhūto maṅkubhūto pattakkhandho adhomukho pajjhāyanto appaṭibhāno nisīdi. > When he said this, Nigrodha sat silent, dismayed, shoulders drooping, downcast, depressed, with nothing to say. > — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā ## Translations (3) - [Lavlji rik u Udumbariki](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25~sr-brankokovacevic.20.1) — sr - [Das Löwengebrüll im Kloster der Dame Udumbarikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25~de-sabbamitta.20.1) — German - [The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25~en-sujato.20.1) — English ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.25.75) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (3) - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.104.58) — Classical Chinese - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.8.51) — Classical Chinese - [尼拘陀梵志經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.nyagrodhasutra*zh-danapala.2.27) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.20.1-11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.20.1-11) · Pramāṇa