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# Mahagopalakasutta 4.2

Mahāgopālakasutta 4.2

- **Language:** Pāli

### [4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.33.4.2)

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu yaṃ kiñci rūpaṃ sabbaṃ rūpaṃ ‘cattāri mahābhūtāni, catunnañca mahābhūtānaṃ upādāyarūpan’ti yathābhūtaṃ nappajānāti.

> It’s when a mendicant doesn’t truly understand that all form is the four principal states, or form derived from the four principal states.  
> — The Longer Discourse on the Cowherd

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## Translations (5)

- [Большое наставление о пастухе](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.33~ru-sv.4.2) — Russian
- [The Longer Discourse on the Cowherd](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.33~en-sujato.4.2) — English
- [Die längere Lehrrede über den Kuhhirten](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.33~de-sabbamitta.4.2) — German
- [Il discorso più lungo sul mandriano](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.33~it-giovannizappa.4.2) — Italian
- [Dugi govor o govedaru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.33~sr-brankokovacevic.4.2) — sr

## Linked texts (3)

- [雜阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyuktagama*zh-gunabhadra.1249.6) — Classical Chinese
- [增壹阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ekottaragama*zh-sanghadeva.49.1.9) — Classical Chinese
- [佛說放牛經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.pratityasamutpadadivibhanganirdesa*zh-kumarajiva.1.4) — Classical Chinese

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