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# With Kūṭadanta 21.1-16

Kūṭadantasutta 21.1-16

- **Language:** Pāli

### [21.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.21.1)

Evaṃ vutte, te brāhmaṇā unnādino uccāsaddamahāsaddā ahesuṃ:

> When he said this, those brahmins made an uproar,  
> — With Kūṭadanta

### [21.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.21.2)

“aho yañño, aho yaññasampadā”ti.

> “Hooray for such sacrifice! Hooray for the accomplishment of such sacrifice!”  
> — With Kūṭadanta

### [21.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.21.3)

Kūṭadanto pana brāhmaṇo tūṇhībhūtova nisinno hoti.

> But the brahmin Kūṭadanta sat in silence.  
> — With Kūṭadanta

### [21.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.21.4)

Atha kho te brāhmaṇā kūṭadantaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ etadavocuṃ:

> So those brahmins said to him,  
> — With Kūṭadanta

### [21.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.21.5)

“kasmā pana bhavaṃ kūṭadanto samaṇassa gotamassa subhāsitaṃ subhāsitato nābbhanumodatī”ti?

> “How can you not applaud the ascetic Gotama’s fine words?”  
> — With Kūṭadanta

### [21.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.21.6)

“Nāhaṃ, bho, samaṇassa gotamassa subhāsitaṃ subhāsitato nābbhanumodāmi.

> “It’s not that I don’t applaud what he said.  
> — With Kūṭadanta

### [21.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.21.7)

Muddhāpi tassa vipateyya, yo samaṇassa gotamassa subhāsitaṃ subhāsitato nābbhanumodeyya.

> If anyone didn’t applaud such fine words, their head would explode!  
> — With Kūṭadanta

### [21.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.21.8)

Api ca me, bho, evaṃ hoti—

> But, gentlemen, it occurs to me that  
> — With Kūṭadanta

### [21.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.21.9)

samaṇo gotamo na evamāha:

> the ascetic Gotama does not say:  
> — With Kūṭadanta

### [21.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.21.10)

‘evaṃ me sutan’ti vā ‘evaṃ arahati bhavitun’ti vā;

> ‘So I have heard’ or ‘It ought to be like this.’  
> — With Kūṭadanta

### [21.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.21.11)

api ca samaṇo gotamo:

> Rather, he just says:  
> — With Kūṭadanta

### [21.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.21.12)

‘evaṃ tadā āsi, itthaṃ tadā āsi’ tveva bhāsati.

> ‘So it was then, this is how it was then.’  
> — With Kūṭadanta

### [21.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.21.13)

Tassa mayhaṃ bho evaṃ hoti:

> It occurs to me that  
> — With Kūṭadanta

### [21.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.21.14)

‘addhā samaṇo gotamo tena samayena rājā vā ahosi mahāvijito yaññassāmi purohito vā brāhmaṇo tassa yaññassa yājetā’ti.

> the ascetic Gotama at that time must have been King Mahāvijita, the owner of the sacrifice, or else the brahmin high priest who facilitated the sacrifice for him.  
> — With Kūṭadanta

### [21.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.21.15)

Abhijānāti pana bhavaṃ gotamo evarūpaṃ yaññaṃ yajitvā vā yājetvā vā kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā sugatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ upapajjitā”ti?

> Does the worthy Gotama recall having performed such a sacrifice, or having facilitated it, and then, when his body broke up, after death, being reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm?”  
> — With Kūṭadanta

### [21.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.21.16)

“Abhijānāmahaṃ, brāhmaṇa, evarūpaṃ yaññaṃ yajitvā vā yājetvā vā kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā sugatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ upapajjitā, ahaṃ tena samayena purohito brāhmaṇo ahosiṃ tassa yaññassa yājetā”ti.

> “I do recall that, brahmin. For I myself was the brahmin high priest at that time who facilitated the sacrifice.”  
> — With Kūṭadanta

## Translations (4)

- [ကူဋဒန္တသုတ်](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5~my-myteam.21.1) — Burmese
- [Kūṭadanta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5~sr-brankokovacevic.21.1) — sr
- [Mit Kūṭadanta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5~de-sabbamitta.21.1) — German
- [With Kūṭadanta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5~en-sujato.21.1) — English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.5.348) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (1)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.23.49) — Classical Chinese

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