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# Mahapadanasutta 2.15: 9. Bodhisattapabbajjā

Mahāpadānasutta 2.15

- **Language:** Pāli

### 9. Bodhisattapabbajjā

### [2.15.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.2.15.1)

Atha kho, bhikkhave, vipassī kumāro sārathiṃ āmantesi:

> Then the prince addressed the charioteer,  
> — The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind

### [2.15.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.2.15.2)

‘tena hi, samma sārathi, rathaṃ ādāya itova antepuraṃ paccaniyyāhi.

> ‘Well then, my dear charioteer, take the chariot and return to the royal compound.  
> — The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind

### [2.15.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.2.15.3)

Ahaṃ pana idheva kesamassuṃ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajissāmī’ti.

> I shall shave off my hair and beard right here, dress in ocher robes, and go forth from the lay life to homelessness.’  
> — The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind

### [2.15.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.2.15.4)

‘Evaṃ, devā’ti kho, bhikkhave, sārathi vipassissa kumārassa paṭissutvā rathaṃ ādāya tatova antepuraṃ paccaniyyāsi.

> ‘Yes, Your Majesty,’ replied the charioteer and did so.  
> — The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind

### [2.15.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.2.15.5)

Vipassī pana kumāro tattheva kesamassuṃ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbaji.

> Then Prince Vipassī shaved off his hair and beard, dressed in ocher robes, and went forth from the lay life to homelessness.  
> — The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind

## Translations (3)

- [Dugi govor o velikom podvigu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14~sr-brankokovacevic.2.15.1) — sr
- [Die große Lehrrede über hinterlassene Spuren](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14~de-sabbamitta.2.15.1) — German
- [The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14~en-sujato.2.15.1) — English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.14.54) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (2)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.1.100) — Classical Chinese
- [毘婆尸佛經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.mahavadanasutra*zh-dharmadeva.1.20) — Classical Chinese

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