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# With Poṭṭhapāda 37.3

Poṭṭhapādasutta 37.3

- **Language:** Pāli

### [37.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.37.3)

‘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?’  
> — With Poṭṭhapāda

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## Translations (3)

- [Razgovor sa Poṭṭhapādom](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9~sr-brankokovacevic.37.3) — sr
- [Mit Poṭṭhapāda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9~de-sabbamitta.37.3) — German
- [With Poṭṭhapāda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9~en-sujato.37.3) — English

## Linked texts (2)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.28.47) — Classical Chinese
- [Tevijjasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13.21.3) — Pāli

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