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# Culahatthipadopamasutta 14.2

Cūḷahatthipadopamasutta 14.2

- **Language:** Pāli

### [14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.27.14.2)

Seyyathāpi nāma pakkhī sakuṇo yena yeneva ḍeti sapattabhārova ḍeti;

> They’re like a bird: wherever it flies, wings are its only burden.  
> — The Shorter Simile of the Elephant’s Footprint

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## Translations (5)

- [Kratki govor o poređenju sa otiskom stope slona](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.27~sr-brankokovacevic.14.2) — sr
- [Das kürzere Gleichnis von der Elefanten-Fußspur](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.27~de-sabbamitta.14.2) — German
- [Малый пример со следами слона](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.27~ru-sv.14.2) — Russian
- [The Shorter Simile of the Elephant’s Footprint](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.27~en-sujato.14.2) — English
- [Il discorso più corto sulla similitudine dell’impronta dell’elefante](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.27~it-giovannizappa.14.2) — Italian

## Linked texts (1)

- [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.146.22) — Classical Chinese

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