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# With Ambaṭṭha 2.7

Ambaṭṭhasutta 2.7

- **Language:** Pāli

### [2.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.7.1)

Taṃ kiṃ maññasi, ambaṭṭha,

> What do you think, Ambaṭṭha?  
> — With Ambaṭṭha

### [2.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.7.2)

idha rājā pasenadi kosalo hatthigīvāya vā nisinno assapiṭṭhe vā nisinno rathūpatthare vā ṭhito uggehi vā rājaññehi vā kiñcideva mantanaṃ manteyya.

> Suppose King Pasenadi was holding consultations with warrior-chiefs or chieftains while sitting on an elephant’s neck or on horseback, or while standing on the mat in a chariot.  
> — With Ambaṭṭha

### [2.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.7.3)

So tamhā padesā apakkamma ekamantaṃ tiṭṭheyya.

> And suppose he’d get down from that place and stand aside.  
> — With Ambaṭṭha

### [2.7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.7.4)

Atha āgaccheyya suddo vā suddadāso vā, tasmiṃ padese ṭhito tadeva mantanaṃ manteyya:

> Then along would come a worker or their bondservant, who’d stand in the same place and continue the consultation:  
> — With Ambaṭṭha

### [2.7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.7.5)

‘evampi rājā pasenadi kosalo āha, evampi rājā pasenadi kosalo āhā’ti.

> ‘This is what King Pasenadi says, and this too is what the king says.’  
> — With Ambaṭṭha

### [2.7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.7.6)

Api nu so rājabhaṇitaṃ vā bhaṇati rājamantanaṃ vā manteti?

> Though he spoke the king’s words and gave the king’s advice,  
> — With Ambaṭṭha

### [2.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.7.7)

Ettāvatā so assa rājā vā rājamatto vā”ti?

> does that qualify him to be the king or the king’s minister?”  
> — With Ambaṭṭha

### [2.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.7.8)

“No hidaṃ, bho gotama”.

> “No, worthy Gotama.”  
> — With Ambaṭṭha

## Translations (4)

- [အမ္ဗဋ္ဌသုတ်](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3~my-myteam.2.7.1) — Burmese
- [Mit Ambaṭṭha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3~de-sabbamitta.2.7.1) — German
- [With Ambaṭṭha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3~en-sujato.2.7.1) — English
- [Razgovor sa Ambaṭṭhom](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3~sr-brankokovacevic.2.7.1) — sr

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.3.284) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

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