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# The Longer Discourse with Sakuludāyī 26.3

Mahāsakuludāyisutta 26.3

- **Language:** Pāli

### [26.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77.26.3)

Seyyathāpi, udāyi, udakarahado gambhīro ubbhidodako. Tassa nevassa puratthimāya disāya udakassa āyamukhaṃ, na pacchimāya disāya udakassa āyamukhaṃ, na uttarāya disāya udakassa āyamukhaṃ, na dakkhiṇāya disāya udakassa āyamukhaṃ, devo ca na kālena kālaṃ sammā dhāraṃ anuppaveccheyya;

> It’s like a deep lake fed by spring water. There’s no inlet to the east, west, north, or south, and the heavens would not properly bestow showers from time to time.  
> — The Longer Discourse with Sakuludāyī

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## Translations (5)

- [Die längere Lehrrede mit Sakuludāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77~de-sabbamitta.26.3) — German
- [The Longer Discourse with Sakuludāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77~en-sujato.26.3) — English
- [Il discorso più lungo con Sakuludāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77~it-giovannizappa.26.3) — Italian
- [Большое наставление для Сакулудайина](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77~ru-sv.26.3) — Russian
- [Dugi govor Sakuludāyinu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77~sr-brankokovacevic.26.3) — sr

## Linked texts (3)

- [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.207.25) — Classical Chinese
- [Sāmaññaphalasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.78.1) — Pāli
- [Pañcaṅgikasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.5.28.3.4) — Pāli

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