Mahapadanasutta 1.37
Mahāpadānasutta 1.37
- Language
- Pāli
1.37.1
Jāto kho pana, bhikkhave, vipassī kumāro animisanto pekkhati seyyathāpi devā tāvatiṃsā.
And he was unblinkingly watchful, like the gods of the thirty-three.
1.37.2
‘Animisanto kumāro pekkhatī’ti kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa kumārassa ‘vipassī vipassī’ tveva samaññā udapādi.
And because it was said that he was unblinkingly watchful, he came to be known as ‘Vipassī’.
1.37.3
Atha kho, bhikkhave, bandhumā rājā atthakaraṇe nisinno vipassiṃ kumāraṃ aṅke nisīdāpetvā atthe anusāsati.
Then while King Bandhumā was sitting in court, he’d sit Prince Vipassī in his lap and explain the case to him.
1.37.4
Tatra sudaṃ, bhikkhave, vipassī kumāro pituaṅke nisinno viceyya viceyya atthe panāyati ñāyena.
And sitting there in his father’s lap, Vipassī would thoroughly consider the case and draw a conclusion using a logical system.
1.37.5
Viceyya viceyya kumāro atthe panāyati ñāyenāti kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa kumārassa bhiyyoso mattāya ‘vipassī vipassī’ tveva samaññā udapādi.
So this was all the more reason for him to be known as ‘Vipassī’.
Translations (4)
- Dugi govor o velikom podvigu — sr
- Die große Lehrrede über hinterlassene Spuren — German
- The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind — English
- Mahapadana Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha) — English
Commentaries (1)
- Sumaṅgalavilāsinī — Buddhaghosa, Pāli