[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) › [With Vekhanasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.80) › 3.17 # With Vekhanasa 3.17 Vekhanasasutta 3.17 - **Language:** Pāli ### [3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.80.3.17) “Evameva kho tvaṃ, kaccāna, ‘yasmā, bho gotama, vaṇṇā añño vaṇṇo uttaritaro vā paṇītataro vā natthi so paramo vaṇṇo’ti vadesi; tañca vaṇṇaṃ na paññapesī”ti. > “In the same way, you say, ‘The ultimate splendor is the splendor compared to which no other splendor is finer.’ But you don’t describe that splendor.” > — With Vekhanasa - [Previous: 3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.80.3.16) - [Next: 4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.80.4.1) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.80.3) ## Translations (4) - [With Vekhanasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.80~en-sujato.3.17) — English - [Mit Vekhanasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.80~de-sabbamitta.3.17) — German - [Il discorso con Vekhanasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.80~it-giovannizappa.3.17) — Italian - [К Векханассе](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.80~ru-sv.3.17) — Russian ## Linked texts (3) - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.209.7) — Classical Chinese - [Cūḷasakuludāyisutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.79.10.17) — Pāli - [鞞摩肅經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.vaikhanasasutra*zh-gunabhadra.1.6) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.80.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.80.3.17) · Pramāṇa