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With Poṭṭhapāda 37.1-10

Poṭṭhapādasutta 37.1-10

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Pāli

37.1

“Seyyathāpi, poṭṭhapāda, puriso cātumahāpathe nisseṇiṃ kareyya pāsādassa ārohaṇāya.

“Suppose a man was to build a ladder at the crossroads for climbing up to a stilt longhouse.

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37.2

Tamenaṃ evaṃ vadeyyuṃ:

They’d say to him,

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37.3

‘ambho purisa, yassa tvaṃ pāsādassa ārohaṇāya nisseṇiṃ karosi, jānāsi taṃ pāsādaṃ puratthimāya vā disāya dakkhiṇāya vā disāya pacchimāya vā disāya uttarāya vā disāya ucco vā nīco vā majjhimo vā’ti?

My friend, that stilt longhouse for which you’re building a ladder—do you know whether it’s to the north, south, east, or west? Or whether it’s tall or short or medium?’

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37.4

Iti puṭṭho ‘no’ti vadeyya.

Asked this, he’d say, ‘No.’

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37.5

Tamenaṃ evaṃ vadeyyuṃ:

They’d say to him,

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37.6

‘ambho purisa, yaṃ tvaṃ na jānāsi na passasi, tassa tvaṃ pāsādassa ārohaṇāya nisseṇiṃ karosī’ti?

‘My man, are you building a ladder for a longhouse that you’ve never even known or seen?’

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37.7

Iti puṭṭho ‘āmā’ti vadeyya.

Asked this, he’d say, ‘Yes.’

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37.8

Taṃ kiṃ maññasi, poṭṭhapāda,

What do you think, Poṭṭhapāda?

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37.9

nanu evaṃ sante tassa purisassa appāṭihīrakataṃ bhāsitaṃ sampajjatī”ti?

This being so, doesn’t that man’s statement turn out to have no demonstrable basis?”

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37.10

“Addhā kho, bhante, evaṃ sante tassa purisassa appāṭihīrakataṃ bhāsitaṃ sampajjatī”ti.

“Clearly that’s the case, sir.”

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