[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) › [Mahapadanasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14) › 1.17.9 # Mahapadanasutta 1.17.9 Mahāpadānasutta 1.17.9 - **Language:** Pāli ### [1.17.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.1.17.9) Dhammatā esā, bhikkhave, yadā bodhisatto mātukucchiṃ okkanto hoti, cattāro naṃ devaputtā catuddisaṃ rakkhāya upagacchanti: ‘mā naṃ bodhisattaṃ vā bodhisattamātaraṃ vā manusso vā amanusso vā koci vā viheṭhesī’ti. > It’s normal that, when the being intent on awakening is conceived in his mother’s womb, four godlings approach to guard the four quarters, so that no human or non-human or anyone at all shall harm the being intent on awakening or his mother. > — The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind - [Previous: 1.17.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.1.17.8) - [Next: 1.17.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.1.17.10) - [Up: 1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.1.17) ## Translations (3) - [Dugi govor o velikom podvigu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14~sr-brankokovacevic.1.17.9) — sr - [Die große Lehrrede über hinterlassene Spuren](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14~de-sabbamitta.1.17.9) — German - [The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14~en-sujato.1.17.9) — English ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.14.19) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (3) - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.1.47) — Classical Chinese - [Acchariyaabbhutasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.123.8.2) — Pāli - [七佛經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.mahavadanasutra*zh-dharmadeva.1.34) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.1.17.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.1.17.9) · Pramāṇa