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# Balapanditasutta 45.4

Bālapaṇḍitasutta 45.4

- **Language:** Pāli

### [45.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.129.45.4)

Raññopi, bhikkhave, cakkavattissa brāhmaṇagahapatikā piyā honti manāpā.

> And the brahmins and householders are as dear to the wheel-turning monarch  
> — The Foolish and the Astute

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## Translations (4)

- [Der Tor und der Kluge](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.129~de-sabbamitta.45.4) — German
- [The Foolish and the Astute](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.129~en-sujato.45.4) — English
- [Il discorso sullo stolto e l’astuto](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.129~it-giovannizappa.45.4) — Italian
- [Глупцы и мудрецы](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.129~ru-sv.45.4) — Russian

## Linked texts (1)

- [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.199.53) — Classical Chinese

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