[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) › [Dīghanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha) › [Brahmajalasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1) › 2.5 # Brahmajalasutta 2.5 Brahmajālasutta 2.5 - **Language:** Pāli ### [2.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.5.1) Tatra, bhikkhave, yo so satto paṭhamaṃ upapanno tassa evaṃ hoti: > Now, the being who was reborn there first thinks: > — The Divine Net ### [2.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.5.2) ‘ahamasmi brahmā mahābrahmā abhibhū anabhibhūto aññadatthudaso vasavattī issaro kattā nimmātā seṭṭho sajitā vasī pitā bhūtabhabyānaṃ. > ‘I am the Divinity, the Great Divinity, the Vanquisher, the Unvanquished, the Universal Seer, the Wielder of Power, God Almighty, the Maker, the Creator, the First, the Begetter, the Controller, the Father of those who have been born and those yet to be born. > — The Divine Net ### [2.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.5.3) Mayā ime sattā nimmitā. > These beings were created by me! > — The Divine Net ### [2.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.5.4) Taṃ kissa hetu? > Why is that? > — The Divine Net ### [2.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.5.5) Mamañhi pubbe etadahosi: > Because first I thought: > — The Divine Net ### [2.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.5.6) “aho vata aññepi sattā itthattaṃ āgaccheyyun”ti. > “Oh, if only other beings would come to this place.” > — The Divine Net ### [2.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.5.7) Iti mama ca manopaṇidhi, ime ca sattā itthattaṃ āgatā’ti. > Such was my heart’s wish, and then these creatures came to this place.’ > — The Divine Net ### [2.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.5.8) Yepi te sattā pacchā upapannā, tesampi evaṃ hoti: > And the beings who were reborn there later also think: > — The Divine Net ### [2.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.5.9) ‘ayaṃ kho bhavaṃ brahmā mahābrahmā abhibhū anabhibhūto aññadatthudaso vasavattī issaro kattā nimmātā seṭṭho sajitā vasī pitā bhūtabhabyānaṃ. > ‘This must be the Divinity, the Great Divinity, the Vanquisher, the Unvanquished, the Universal Seer, the Wielder of Power, God Almighty, the Maker, the Creator, the First, the Begetter, the Controller, the Father of those who have been born and those yet to be born. > — The Divine Net ### [2.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.5.10) Iminā mayaṃ bhotā brahmunā nimmitā. > And we were created by him. > — The Divine Net ### [2.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.5.11) Taṃ kissa hetu? > Why is that? > — The Divine Net ### [2.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.5.12) Imañhi mayaṃ addasāma idha paṭhamaṃ upapannaṃ, mayaṃ panamha pacchā upapannā’ti. > Because we see that he was reborn here first, and we arrived later.’ > — The Divine Net ## Translations (5) - [Наставление о величайшей сети](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~ru-khantibalo.2.5.1) — Russian - [Najobuhvatnija mreža gledišta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~sr-brankokovacevic.2.5.1) — sr - [Das göttliche Netz](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~de-sabbamitta.2.5.1) — German - [The Divine Net](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~en-sujato.2.5.1) — English - [Brahmajala Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1~en-rhysdavids.2.5) — English ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.1.42) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (3) - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.21.21) — Classical Chinese - [梵網六十二見經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.brahmajalasutra*zh-zhi-qian.1.34) — Classical Chinese - [Pāthikasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.2.17.5) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.2.5) · Pramāṇa