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# Piyajatikasutta 25.1-7

Piyajātikasutta 25.1-7

- **Language:** Pāli

### [25.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87.25.1)

Taṃ kiṃ maññasi, mahārāja,

> What do you think, Great King?  
> — Born From the Beloved

### [25.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87.25.2)

piyā te vāsabhā khattiyā”ti?

> Do you love Queen Vāsabhā? …  
> — Born From the Beloved

### [25.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87.25.3)

“Evaṃ, mallike, piyā me vāsabhā khattiyā”ti.

### [25.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87.25.4)

“Taṃ kiṃ maññasi, mahārāja, vāsabhāya te khattiyāya vipariṇāmaññathābhāvā uppajjeyyuṃ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā”ti?

### [25.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87.25.5)

“Vāsabhāya me, mallike, khattiyāya vipariṇāmaññathābhāvā jīvitassapi siyā aññathattaṃ, kiṃ pana me na uppajjissanti sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā”ti?

### [25.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87.25.6)

“Idaṃ kho taṃ, mahārāja, tena bhagavatā jānatā passatā arahatā sammāsambuddhena sandhāya bhāsitaṃ:

### [25.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87.25.7)

‘piyajātikā sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā piyappabhavikā’ti.

## Translations (4)

- [Was aus Liebem entsteht](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87~de-sabbamitta.25.1) — German
- [Born From the Beloved](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87~en-sujato.25.1) — English
- [Il discorso su ciò di cui i nostri cari sono la fonte](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87~it-giovannizappa.25.1) — Italian
- [Рождено теми, кто дорог](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87~ru-sv.25.1) — Russian

## Linked texts (2)

- [增壹阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ekottaragama*zh-sanghadeva.13.3.25) — Classical Chinese
- [婆羅門子命終愛念不離經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.priyajatikasutra*zh-an-shigao.1.14) — Classical Chinese

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