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# Mahasihanadasutta 6.1-4

Mahāsīhanādasutta 6.1-4

- **Language:** Pāli

### [6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8.6.1)

Ṭhānaṃ kho panetaṃ, kassapa, vijjati, yaṃ viññū samanuyuñjantā samanugāhantā samanubhāsantā evaṃ vadeyyuṃ:

> It’s possible that they might say:  
> — The Lion’s Roar to the Naked Ascetic Kassapa

### [6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8.6.2)

‘ye imesaṃ bhavataṃ dhammā akusalā akusalasaṅkhātā, sāvajjā sāvajjasaṅkhātā, asevitabbā asevitabbasaṅkhātā, na alamariyā na alamariyasaṅkhātā, kaṇhā kaṇhasaṅkhātā.

### [6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8.6.3)

Samaṇo gotamo ime dhamme anavasesaṃ pahāya vattati, yaṃ vā pana bhonto pare gaṇācariyā’ti.

> ‘The ascetic Gotama proceeds having totally given those unskillful things up, compared with the tutors of other communities.’  
> — The Lion’s Roar to the Naked Ascetic Kassapa

### [6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8.6.4)

Itiha, kassapa, viññū samanuyuñjantā samanugāhantā samanubhāsantā amheva tattha yebhuyyena pasaṃseyyuṃ.

> And that’s how, when sensible people pursue the matter, they will mostly praise us.  
> — 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.6.1) — English
- [Das Löwengebrüll vor dem nackten Asketen Kassapa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8~de-sabbamitta.6.1) — German
- [Dugi govor o lavljem riku](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8~sr-brankokovacevic.6.1) — sr
- [Kassapa Sihanada Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8~en-rhysdavids.1.6) — English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.8.386-392) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (1)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.25.6) — Classical Chinese

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