[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [The Pāli Canon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada) › [Basket of Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp) › [Dīghanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha) › [With Soṇadaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4) › 6.13-24 # With Soṇadaṇḍa 6.13-24 Soṇadaṇḍasutta 6.13-24 - **Language:** Pāli ### [6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.6.13) Samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo kalyāṇavāco kalyāṇavākkaraṇo poriyā vācāya samannāgato vissaṭṭhāya anelagalāya atthassa viññāpaniyā …pe… > He’s a good speaker who enunciates well, with a polished, clear, and articulate voice that expresses the meaning. … > — With Soṇadaṇḍa ### [6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.6.14) Samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo bahūnaṃ ācariyapācariyo …pe… > He’s a tutor of tutors. … > — With Soṇadaṇḍa ### [6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.6.15) Samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo khīṇakāmarāgo vigatacāpallo …pe… > He has ended sensual desire, and is rid of caprice. … > — With Soṇadaṇḍa ### [6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.6.16) Samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo kammavādī kiriyavādī apāpapurekkhāro brahmaññāya pajāya …pe… > He teaches the efficacy of deeds and action. He doesn’t wish any harm upon the community of brahmins. … > — With Soṇadaṇḍa ### [6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.6.17) Samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo uccā kulā pabbajito asambhinnakhattiyakulā …pe… > He went forth from an eminent family of unbroken aristocratic lineage. … > — With Soṇadaṇḍa ### [6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.6.18) Samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo aḍḍhā kulā pabbajito mahaddhanā mahābhogā …pe… > He went forth from a rich, affluent, and wealthy family. … > — With Soṇadaṇḍa ### [6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.6.19) Samaṇaṃ khalu, bho, gotamaṃ tiroraṭṭhā tirojanapadā pañhaṃ pucchituṃ āgacchanti …pe… > People come from distant lands and distant countries to question him. … > — With Soṇadaṇḍa ### [6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.6.20) Samaṇaṃ khalu, bho, gotamaṃ anekāni devatāsahassāni pāṇehi saraṇaṃ gatāni …pe… > Many thousands of deities have gone for refuge for life to him. … > — With Soṇadaṇḍa ### [6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.6.21) Samaṇaṃ khalu, bho, gotamaṃ evaṃ kalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhuggato: > He has this good reputation: > — With Soṇadaṇḍa ### [6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.6.22) ‘itipi so bhagavā arahaṃ sammāsambuddho vijjācaraṇasampanno sugato lokavidū anuttaro purisadammasārathi satthā devamanussānaṃ buddho bhagavā’ti …pe… > ‘That Blessed One is perfected, a fully awakened Buddha, accomplished in knowledge and conduct, holy, knower of the world, supreme guide for those fit for training, teacher of gods and humans, awakened, blessed.’ … > — With Soṇadaṇḍa ### [6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.6.23) Samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo dvattiṃsamahāpurisalakkhaṇehi samannāgato …pe… > He has the thirty-two marks of a great man. … > — With Soṇadaṇḍa ### [6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.6.24) Samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo ehisvāgatavādī sakhilo sammodako abbhākuṭiko uttānamukho pubbabhāsī …pe… > He is welcoming, congenial, polite, smiling, open, the first to speak. … > — With Soṇadaṇḍa ## Translations (4) - [With Soṇadaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4~en-sujato.6.13) — English - [Mit Soṇadaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4~de-sabbamitta.6.13) — German - [Razgovor sa Soṇadaṇḍom](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4~sr-brankokovacevic.6.13) — sr - [Sonadanda Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4~en-rhysdavids.1.6.2) — English ## Linked texts (3) - [Kūṭadantasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.7.13) — Pāli - [Caṅkīsutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.95.9.12) — Pāli - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.22.18) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.6.13-24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.6.13-24) · Pramāṇa