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Milindapañha

Addhānavagga

7. Therapaṭisandahanāpaṭisandahanapañha

1 Rājā āha—“bhante nāgasena, tvaṁ pana paṭisandahissasī”ti? “Alaṁ, mahārāja, kiṁ te tena pucchitena, nanu mayā paṭikacceva akkhātaṁ ‘sace, mahārāja, saupādāno bhavissāmi, paṭisandahissāmi, sace anupādāno bhavissāmi, na paṭisandahissāmī’”ti.

2 “Opammaṁ karohī”ti. “Yathā, mahārāja, kocideva puriso rañño adhikāraṁ kareyya. Rājā tuṭṭho adhikāraṁ dadeyya, so tena adhikārena pañcahi kāmaguṇehi samappito samaṅgibhūto paricareyya, so ce janassa āroceyya ‘na me rājā kiñci paṭikarotī’ti. Kiṁ nu kho so, mahārāja, puriso yuttakārī bhaveyyā”ti? “Na hi, bhante”ti. “Evameva kho, mahārāja, kiṁ te tena pucchitena, nanu mayā paṭikacceva akkhātaṁ ‘sace saupādāno bhavissāmi, paṭisandahissāmi, sace anupādāno bhavissāmi, na paṭisandahissāmī’”ti.

3 “Kallosi, bhante nāgasenā”ti.

4 Therapaṭisandahanāpaṭisandahanapañho sattamo.

Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka (Pāli), 2005. Public Domain Mark 1.0. Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500, World Tipiṭaka Edition in Roman Script, B.E. 2548 (2005), prepared by the M.L. Maniratana Bunnag Dhamma Society Fund. Text and segmenting as published by SuttaCentral, which marks it free of known restrictions under copyright law. Version: bilara-data, published branch at 4b0b8739c (2026-11-05). Source

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