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# Mahapadanasutta 2.16: 10. Mahājanakāyaanupabbajjā

Mahāpadānasutta 2.16

- **Language:** Pāli

### 10. Mahājanakāyaanupabbajjā

### [2.16.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.2.16.1)

Assosi kho, bhikkhave, bandhumatiyā rājadhāniyā mahājanakāyo caturāsītipāṇasahassāni:

> A large crowd of 84,000 people in the capital of Bandhumatī heard  
> — The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind

### [2.16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.2.16.2)

‘vipassī kira kumāro kesamassuṃ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajito’ti.

> that Vipassī had gone forth.  
> — The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind

### [2.16.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.2.16.3)

Sutvāna tesaṃ etadahosi:

> It occurred to them,  
> — The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind

### [2.16.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.2.16.4)

‘na hi nūna so orako dhammavinayo, na sā orakā pabbajjā, yattha vipassī kumāro kesamassuṃ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajito.

> ‘This must be no ordinary teaching and training, no ordinary going forth in which Prince Vipassī has gone forth.  
> — The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind

### [2.16.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.2.16.5)

Vipassīpi nāma kumāro kesamassuṃ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajissati, kimaṅgaṃ pana mayan’ti.

> If even the prince goes forth, why don’t we do the same?’  
> — The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind

### [2.16.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.2.16.6)

Atha kho, so bhikkhave, mahājanakāyo caturāsītipāṇasahassāni kesamassuṃ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā vipassiṃ bodhisattaṃ agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajitaṃ anupabbajiṃsu.

> Then that great crowd of 84,000 people shaved off their hair and beard, dressed in ocher robes, and followed the one intent on awakening, Vipassī, by going forth from the lay life to homelessness.  
> — The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind

### [2.16.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.2.16.7)

Tāya sudaṃ, bhikkhave, parisāya parivuto vipassī bodhisatto gāmanigamajanapadarājadhānīsu cārikaṃ carati.

> Escorted by that assembly, Vipassī wandered on tour among the villages, towns, and capital cities.  
> — 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.2.16.1) — sr
- [Die große Lehrrede über hinterlassene Spuren](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14~de-sabbamitta.2.16.1) — German
- [The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14~en-sujato.2.16.1) — English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.14.55) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (2)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.1.101) — Classical Chinese
- [毘婆尸佛經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.mahavadanasutra*zh-dharmadeva.1.23) — Classical Chinese

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