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# With Sandaka 16.14

Sandakasutta 16.14

- **Language:** Pāli

### [16.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.76.16.14)

Seyyathāpi nāma suttaguḷe khitte nibbeṭhiyamānameva paleti;

> It’s like how, when you toss a ball of string, it rolls away unraveling.  
> — With Sandaka

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## Translations (5)

- [Mit Sandaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.76~de-sabbamitta.16.14) — German
- [Il discorso con Sandaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.76~it-giovannizappa.16.14) — Italian
- [With Sandaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.76~en-sujato.16.14) — English
- [К Сандаке](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.76~ru-sv.16.14) — Russian
- [Sandaka sutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.76~sr-brankokovacevic.16.14) — sr

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