> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Thag 5:10 · Yasadatta - URL: https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/thag-5-10/ - Published: 2026-06-01T01:11:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-07-13T16:49:05.000Z - Description: Theragāthā · Thag 5:10. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu. - Author: Ninth Heaven Literature & Arts Association (NHLAA) - Tags: Buddhism, Sutta Piṭaka, Text, Indian, The Elder Monks, Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, Theragāthā, Verse, Pali, Early Buddhist, Library Intent on quibbling, the dullard hears the Conqueror’s teaching. He’s as far from the True Dhamma as the ground is from the sky. Intent on quibbling, the dullard hears the Conqueror’s teaching. He wanes from the True Dhamma like the moon in the dark half of the month. Intent on quibbling, the dullard hears the Conqueror’s teaching. He dries up in the True Dhamma like a fish in next to no water. Intent on quibbling, the dullard hears the Conqueror’s teaching. He doesn’t grow in the True Dhamma, like a rotten seed in a field. But whoever hears the Conqueror’s teaching with guarded[1](https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/Thag/thag5%5F10.html?ref=journal.ninthheaven.co) intent, doing away with effluents —all— realizing the unshakable, attaining the foremost peace, —effluent-free— totally unbinds. Note 1\. Reading *guttena* with the Thai edition. Other editions have *tuṭṭhena,* “contented.” See also: [AN 6:86–88](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/an-6-86/) --- *Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu. © 2014 / rev. 2017 Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu — released under the [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/?ref=journal.ninthheaven.co) licence, for free distribution only. Source: [dhammatalks.org](https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/Thag/thag5%5F10.html?ref=journal.ninthheaven.co) (Metta Forest Monastery).*