[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [The Pāli Canon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada) › [Basket of Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp) › [Majjhimanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima) › [Mahagopalakasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.33) › 2.3 # Mahagopalakasutta 2.3 Mahāgopālakasutta 2.3 - **Language:** Pāli ### [2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.33.2.3) Idha, bhikkhave, gopālako na rūpaññū hoti, na lakkhaṇakusalo hoti, na āsāṭikaṃ hāretā hoti, na vaṇaṃ paṭicchādetā hoti, na dhūmaṃ kattā hoti, na titthaṃ jānāti, na pītaṃ jānāti, na vīthiṃ jānāti, na gocarakusalo hoti anavasesadohī ca hoti. Ye te usabhā gopitaro gopariṇāyakā te na atirekapūjāya pūjetā hoti. > It’s when a cowherd doesn’t know form, is unskilled in characteristics, doesn’t pick out flies’ eggs, doesn’t dress wounds, doesn’t spread smoke, doesn’t know the ford, doesn’t know satisfaction, doesn’t know the trail, is not skilled in ranges, milks dry, and doesn’t show extra respect to the bulls who are fathers and captains of the herd. > — The Longer Discourse on the Cowherd - [Previous: 2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.33.2.2) - [Next: 2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.33.2.4) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.33.2) ## Translations (5) - [Большое наставление о пастухе](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.33~ru-sv.2.3) — Russian - [The Longer Discourse on the Cowherd](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.33~en-sujato.2.3) — English - [Die längere Lehrrede über den Kuhhirten](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.33~de-sabbamitta.2.3) — German - [Il discorso più lungo sul mandriano](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.33~it-giovannizappa.2.3) — Italian - [Dugi govor o govedaru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.33~sr-brankokovacevic.2.3) — sr ## Linked texts (4) - [雜阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyuktagama*zh-gunabhadra.1249.4) — Classical Chinese - [增壹阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ekottaragama*zh-sanghadeva.49.1.7) — Classical Chinese - [Gopālasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.11.17.1.3) — Pāli - [佛說放牛經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.pratityasamutpadadivibhanganirdesa*zh-kumarajiva.1.3) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.33.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.33.2.3) · Pramāṇa