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# The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā 5.1-10

Udumbarikasutta 5.1-10

- **Language:** Pāli

### [5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.5.1)

Evaṃ vutte, nigrodho paribbājako sandhānaṃ gahapatiṃ etadavoca:

> When Sandhāna said this, Nigrodha said to him,  
> — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā

### [5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.5.2)

“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

### [5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.5.3)

Suññāgārahatā samaṇassa gotamassa paññā aparisāvacaro samaṇo gotamo nālaṃ sallāpāya.

> Staying in empty huts has destroyed the ascetic Gotama’s wisdom. Not frequenting assemblies, he is unable to hold a discussion.  
> — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā

### [5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.5.4)

So antamantāneva sevati.

> He just lurks on the periphery.  
> — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā

### [5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.5.5)

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

### [5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.5.6)

Evameva suññāgārahatā samaṇassa gotamassa paññā;

### [5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.5.7)

aparisāvacaro samaṇo gotamo;

### [5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.5.8)

nālaṃ sallāpāya.

### [5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.5.9)

So antamantāneva sevati.

### [5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.5.10)

Iṅgha, gahapati, samaṇo gotamo imaṃ parisaṃ āgaccheyya, ekapañheneva naṃ saṃsādeyyāma, tucchakumbhīva naṃ maññe orodheyyāmā”ti.

> Go on, householder! Were the ascetic Gotama to come to this assembly, I’d sink him with just one question! I’d tie him up like a hollow pot!”  
> — 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.5.1) — sr
- [Das Löwengebrüll im Kloster der Dame Udumbarikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25~de-sabbamitta.5.1) — German
- [The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25~en-sujato.5.1) — English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.25.53) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (3)

- [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.104.7) — Classical Chinese
- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.8.10) — Classical Chinese
- [尼拘陀梵志經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.nyagrodhasutra*zh-danapala.1.5) — Classical Chinese

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