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# Pasarasisutta 20.3

Pāsarāsisutta 20.3

- **Language:** Pāli

### [20.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.26.20.3)

Atha kho, bhikkhave, brahmā sahampati—seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso samiñjitaṃ vā bāhaṃ pasāreyya, pasāritaṃ vā bāhaṃ samiñjeyya; evameva—brahmaloke antarahito mama purato pāturahosi.

> Then, as easily as a strong person would extend or contract their arm, the divinity Sahampati vanished from the realm of divinity and reappeared in front of me.  
> — The Noble Quest

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## Translations (6)

- [การแสวงหาอันประเสริฐ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.26~th-dhiranandi.20.3) — Thai
- [The Noble Quest](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.26~en-sujato.20.3) — English
- [Die edle Suche](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.26~de-sabbamitta.20.3) — German
- [Il discorso sulla ricerca nobile](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.26~it-giovannizappa.20.3) — Italian
- [Благородный поиск](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.26~ru-sv.20.3) — Russian
- [Govor o plemenitom traganju](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.26~sr-brankokovacevic.20.3) — sr

## Linked texts (1)

- [Bodhirājakumārasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.85.44.3) — Pāli

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