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# Itivuttaka 38.2

Itivuttaka 38.2

- **Language:** Pāli

### [38.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.itivuttaka.38.2.1)

“Tathāgataṃ, bhikkhave, arahantaṃ sammāsambuddhaṃ dve vitakkā bahulaṃ samudācaranti—

> “Two thoughts, mendicants, often occur to the Realized One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha:  
> — So It Was Said

### [38.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.itivuttaka.38.2.2)

khemo ca vitakko, paviveko ca.

> the thought of sanctuary, and that of seclusion.  
> — So It Was Said

### [38.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.itivuttaka.38.2.3)

Abyāpajjhārāmo, bhikkhave, tathāgato abyāpajjharato.

> The Realized One loves kindness and delights in it,  
> — So It Was Said

### [38.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.itivuttaka.38.2.4)

Tamenaṃ, bhikkhave, tathāgataṃ abyāpajjhārāmaṃ abyāpajjharataṃ eseva vitakko bahulaṃ samudācarati:

> so this thought often occurs to him:  
> — So It Was Said

### [38.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.itivuttaka.38.2.5)

‘imāyāhaṃ iriyāya na kañci byābādhemi tasaṃ vā thāvaraṃ vā’ti.

> ‘Through this behavior, I shall not hurt any creature firm or frail.’  
> — So It Was Said

## Translations (3)

- [So wurde es gesagt](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.itivuttaka~de-sabbamitta.38.2.1) — German
- [Taip bylota](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.itivuttaka~lt-piyadassi.38.2.1) — lt
- [So It Was Said](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.itivuttaka~en-sujato.38.2.1) — English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Paramatthadīpanī (Itivuttaka-aṭṭhakathā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.itivuttaka!paramatthadipani.2.2.1.38) — Dhammapāla, Pāli

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