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# Mahasihanadasutta 3.1-6

Mahāsīhanādasutta 3.1-6

- **Language:** Pāli

### [3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8.3.1)

“Ye te, kassapa, evamāhaṃsu: ‘samaṇo gotamo sabbaṃ tapaṃ garahati, sabbaṃ tapassiṃ lūkhājīviṃ ekaṃsena upakkosati upavadatī’ti, na me te vuttavādino, abbhācikkhanti ca pana maṃ te asatā abhūtena.

> “Kassapa, those who say this do not repeat what I have said. They misrepresent me with what is false, baseless, and untrue.  
> — The Lion’s Roar to the Naked Ascetic Kassapa

### [3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8.3.2)

Idhāhaṃ, kassapa, ekaccaṃ tapassiṃ lūkhājīviṃ passāmi dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena atikkantamānusakena kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā apāyaṃ duggatiṃ vinipātaṃ nirayaṃ upapannaṃ.

> With clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman, I see some fervent mortifier who lives rough reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.  
> — The Lion’s Roar to the Naked Ascetic Kassapa

### [3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8.3.3)

Idha panāhaṃ, kassapa, ekaccaṃ tapassiṃ lūkhājīviṃ passāmi dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena atikkantamānusakena kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā sugatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ upapannaṃ.

> But I see another fervent mortifier who lives rough reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.  
> — The Lion’s Roar to the Naked Ascetic Kassapa

### [3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8.3.4)

Idhāhaṃ, kassapa, ekaccaṃ tapassiṃ appadukkhavihāriṃ passāmi dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena atikkantamānusakena kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā apāyaṃ duggatiṃ vinipātaṃ nirayaṃ upapannaṃ.

> I see some fervent mortifier who takes it easy reborn in a place of loss.  
> — The Lion’s Roar to the Naked Ascetic Kassapa

### [3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8.3.5)

Idha panāhaṃ, kassapa, ekaccaṃ tapassiṃ appadukkhavihāriṃ passāmi dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena atikkantamānusakena kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā sugatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ upapannaṃ.

> But I see another fervent mortifier who takes it easy reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.  
> — The Lion’s Roar to the Naked Ascetic Kassapa

### [3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8.3.6)

Yohaṃ, kassapa, imesaṃ tapassīnaṃ evaṃ āgatiñca gatiñca cutiñca upapattiñca yathābhūtaṃ pajānāmi, sohaṃ kiṃ sabbaṃ tapaṃ garahissāmi, sabbaṃ vā tapassiṃ lūkhājīviṃ ekaṃsena upakkosissāmi upavadissāmi?

> Since I truly understand the coming and going, passing away and rebirth of these fervent mortifiers in this way, how could I criticize all forms of mortification, or categorically condemn and denounce those fervent mortifiers who live rough?  
> — The Lion’s Roar to the Naked Ascetic Kassapa

## Translations (4)

- [The Lion’s Roar to the Naked Ascetic Kassapa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8~en-sujato.3.1) — English
- [Das Löwengebrüll vor dem nackten Asketen Kassapa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8~de-sabbamitta.3.1) — German
- [Dugi govor o lavljem riku](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8~sr-brankokovacevic.3.1) — sr
- [Kassapa Sihanada Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8~en-rhysdavids.1.3) — English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.8.382) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (1)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.25.5) — Classical Chinese

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