[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) › 1.37 # Mahapadanasutta 1.37 Mahāpadānasutta 1.37 - **Language:** Pāli ### [1.37.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.1.37.1) Jāto kho pana, bhikkhave, vipassī kumāro animisanto pekkhati seyyathāpi devā tāvatiṃsā. > And he was unblinkingly watchful, like the gods of the thirty-three. > — The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind ### [1.37.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.1.37.2) ‘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’. > — The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind ### [1.37.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.1.37.3) 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. > — The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind ### [1.37.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.1.37.4) 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. > — The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind ### [1.37.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.1.37.5) 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’. > — 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.1.37.1) — sr - [Die große Lehrrede über hinterlassene Spuren](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14~de-sabbamitta.1.37.1) — German - [The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14~en-sujato.1.37.1) — English - [Mahapadana Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14~en-rhysdavids.1.37) — English ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.14.40) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (2) - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.1.85) — Classical Chinese - [七佛經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.mahavadanasutra*zh-dharmadeva.1.78) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.1.37) · Pramāṇa