[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) › 5.2 # Mahagopalakasutta 5.2 Mahāgopālakasutta 5.2 - **Language:** Pāli ### [5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.33.5.2) Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ‘kammalakkhaṇo bālo, kammalakkhaṇo paṇḍito’ti yathābhūtaṃ nappajānāti. > It’s when a mendicant doesn’t understand that a fool is characterized by their deeds, and an astute person is characterized by their deeds. > — The Longer Discourse on the Cowherd - [Previous: 5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.33.5.1) - [Next: 5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.33.5.3) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.33.5) ## Translations (5) - [Большое наставление о пастухе](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.33~ru-sv.5.2) — Russian - [The Longer Discourse on the Cowherd](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.33~en-sujato.5.2) — English - [Die längere Lehrrede über den Kuhhirten](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.33~de-sabbamitta.5.2) — German - [Il discorso più lungo sul mandriano](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.33~it-giovannizappa.5.2) — Italian - [Dugi govor o govedaru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.33~sr-brankokovacevic.5.2) — sr ## Linked texts (4) - [雜阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyuktagama*zh-gunabhadra.1249.7) — Classical Chinese - [增壹阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ekottaragama*zh-sanghadeva.49.1.10) — Classical Chinese - [Gopālasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.11.17.4.2) — Pāli - [佛說放牛經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.pratityasamutpadadivibhanganirdesa*zh-kumarajiva.1.4) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.33.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.33.5.2) · Pramāṇa