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# Pasadikasutta 28.3

Pāsādikasutta 28.3

- **Language:** Pāli

### [28.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.29.28.3)

Atītañcepi, cunda, hoti bhūtaṃ tacchaṃ atthasaṃhitaṃ, tatra kālaññū tathāgato hoti tassa pañhassa veyyākaraṇāya.

> If a question about the past is true, correct, and beneficial, he knows the right time to reply.  
> — An Impressive Discourse

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## Translations (3)

- [Divan govor](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.29~sr-brankokovacevic.28.3) — sr
- [Eine beeindruckende Lehrrede](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.29~de-sabbamitta.28.3) — German
- [An Impressive Discourse](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.29~en-sujato.28.3) — English

## Linked texts (2)

- [Cūḷaniddesa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.culaniddesa.18.30.6) — Pāli
- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.17.26) — Classical Chinese

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