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# Aggannasutta 20.3

Aggaññasutta 20.3

- **Language:** Pāli

### [20.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.20.3)

Yannūna mayaṃ ekaṃ sattaṃ sammanneyyāma, yo no sammā khīyitabbaṃ khīyeyya, sammā garahitabbaṃ garaheyya, sammā pabbājetabbaṃ pabbājeyya.

> Why don’t we elect one being who would rightly accuse those who deserve it, blame those who deserve it, and expel those who deserve it?  
> — What Came First

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## Translations (3)

- [Nastanak sveta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27~sr-brankokovacevic.20.3) — sr
- [What Came First](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27~en-sujato.20.3) — English
- [Was zuerst kam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27~de-sabbamitta.20.3) — German

## Linked texts (3)

- [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.154.35) — Classical Chinese
- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.5.24) — Classical Chinese
- [白衣金幢二婆羅門緣起經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.vasisthasutra*zh-danapala.3.3) — Classical Chinese

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