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# Mahapadanasutta 1.24

Mahāpadānasutta 1.24

- **Language:** Pāli

### [1.24.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.1.24.1)

Dhammatā esā, bhikkhave, yathā aññā itthikā nisinnā vā nipannā vā vijāyanti, na hevaṃ bodhisattaṃ bodhisattamātā vijāyati. Ṭhitāva bodhisattaṃ bodhisattamātā vijāyati.

> It’s normal that, while other women give birth while sitting or lying down, not so the mother of the being intent on awakening. She only gives birth standing up.  
> — The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind

### [1.24.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.1.24.2)

Ayamettha dhammatā.

> This is normal in such a case.  
> — The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind

## Translations (4)

- [Dugi govor o velikom podvigu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14~sr-brankokovacevic.1.24.1) — sr
- [Die große Lehrrede über hinterlassene Spuren](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14~de-sabbamitta.1.24.1) — German
- [The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14~en-sujato.1.24.1) — English
- [Mahapadana Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14~en-rhysdavids.1.24) — English

## Linked texts (3)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.1.59) — Classical Chinese
- [七佛經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.mahavadanasutra*zh-dharmadeva.1.54) — Classical Chinese
- [Acchariyaabbhutasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.123.15.2) — Pāli

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