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# Mahapadanasutta 1.27

Mahāpadānasutta 1.27

- **Language:** Pāli

### [1.27.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.1.27.1)

Dhammatā esā, bhikkhave, yadā bodhisatto mātukucchimhā nikkhamati, visadova nikkhamati amakkhito udena amakkhito semhena amakkhito ruhirena amakkhito kenaci asucinā suddho visado.

> It’s normal that, when the being intent on awakening emerges from his mother’s womb, he emerges already clean, unsoiled by waters, mucus, blood, or any other kind of impurity, pure and clean.  
> — The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind

### [1.27.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.1.27.2)

Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, maṇiratanaṃ kāsike vatthe nikkhittaṃ neva maṇiratanaṃ kāsikaṃ vatthaṃ makkheti, nāpi kāsikaṃ vatthaṃ maṇiratanaṃ makkheti.

> Suppose a jewel-treasure was placed on a cloth from Kāsi. The jewel would not soil the cloth, nor would the cloth soil the jewel.  
> — The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind

### [1.27.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.1.27.3)

Taṃ kissa hetu?

> Why is that?  
> — The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind

### [1.27.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.1.27.4)

Ubhinnaṃ suddhattā.

> Because of the cleanliness of them both.  
> — The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind

### [1.27.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.1.27.5)

Evameva kho, bhikkhave, yadā bodhisatto mātukucchimhā nikkhamati, visadova nikkhamati amakkhito, udena amakkhito semhena amakkhito ruhirena amakkhito kenaci asucinā suddho visado.

> In the same way, when the being intent on awakening emerges from his mother’s womb, he emerges already clean, unsoiled by waters, mucus, blood, or any other kind of impurity, pure and clean.  
> — The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind

### [1.27.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.1.27.6)

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.1.27.1) — sr
- [Die große Lehrrede über hinterlassene Spuren](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14~de-sabbamitta.1.27.1) — German
- [The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14~en-sujato.1.27.1) — English
- [Mahapadana Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14~en-rhysdavids.1.27) — English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.14.29) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (3)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.1.61) — Classical Chinese
- [七佛經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.mahavadanasutra*zh-dharmadeva.1.57) — Classical Chinese
- [Acchariyaabbhutasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.123.18.2) — Pāli

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