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# Mahapadanasutta 1.29

Mahāpadānasutta 1.29

- **Language:** Pāli

### [1.29.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.1.29.1)

Dhammatā esā, bhikkhave, sampatijāto bodhisatto samehi pādehi patiṭṭhahitvā uttarābhimukho sattapadavītihārena gacchati setamhi chatte anudhāriyamāne, sabbā ca disā anuviloketi, āsabhiṃ vācaṃ bhāsati ‘aggohamasmi lokassa, jeṭṭhohamasmi lokassa, seṭṭhohamasmi lokassa, ayamantimā jāti, natthi dāni punabbhavo’ti.

> It’s normal that, as soon as he’s born, the being intent on awakening stands firm with his own feet on the ground. Facing north, he takes seven strides with a white parasol held above him, surveys all quarters, and makes this dramatic proclamation: ‘I am the foremost in the world! I am the eldest in the world! I am the first in the world! This is my last rebirth; now there’ll be no more future lives.’  
> — The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind

### [1.29.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.1.29.2)

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.1.29.1) — sr
- [Die große Lehrrede über hinterlassene Spuren](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14~de-sabbamitta.1.29.1) — German
- [The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14~en-sujato.1.29.1) — English
- [Mahapadana Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14~en-rhysdavids.1.29) — English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.14.31) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (3)

- [七佛經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.mahavadanasutra*zh-dharmadeva.1.66) — Classical Chinese
- [Kathāvatthu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.ap.kathavatthu.4.7.9.1) — Moggaliputta Tissa, Pāli
- [Acchariyaabbhutasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.123.20.2) — Pāli

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