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# Mahagopalakasutta 9.2

Mahāgopālakasutta 9.2

- **Language:** Pāli

### [9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.33.9.2)

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ye te bhikkhū bahussutā āgatāgamā dhammadharā vinayadharā mātikādharā, te kālena kālaṃ upasaṅkamitvā na paripucchati, na paripañhati:

> It’s when a mendicant doesn’t from time to time go up to those mendicants who are very learned—inheritors of the heritage, who have memorized the teachings, the monastic law, and the outlines—and ask them questions:  
> — 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.9.2) — Russian
- [The Longer Discourse on the Cowherd](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.33~en-sujato.9.2) — English
- [Die längere Lehrrede über den Kuhhirten](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.33~de-sabbamitta.9.2) — German
- [Il discorso più lungo sul mandriano](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.33~it-giovannizappa.9.2) — Italian
- [Dugi govor o govedaru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.33~sr-brankokovacevic.9.2) — sr

## Linked texts (3)

- [雜阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyuktagama*zh-gunabhadra.1249.13) — Classical Chinese
- [增壹阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ekottaragama*zh-sanghadeva.49.1.17) — 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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