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# Mahapadanasutta 2.17

Mahāpadānasutta 2.17

- **Language:** Pāli

### [2.17.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.2.17.1)

Atha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa rahogatassa paṭisallīnassa evaṃ cetaso parivitakko udapādi:

> Then as he was in private retreat this thought came to his mind,  
> — The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind

### [2.17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.2.17.2)

‘na kho metaṃ patirūpaṃ yohaṃ ākiṇṇo viharāmi, yannūnāhaṃ eko gaṇamhā vūpakaṭṭho vihareyyan’ti.

> ‘It’s not appropriate for me to live in a crowd. Why don’t I live alone, withdrawn from the group?’  
> — The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind

### [2.17.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.2.17.3)

Atha kho, bhikkhave, vipassī bodhisatto aparena samayena eko gaṇamhā vūpakaṭṭho vihāsi, aññeneva tāni caturāsītipabbajitasahassāni agamaṃsu, aññena maggena vipassī bodhisatto.

> After some time he withdrew from the group to live alone. The 84,000 went one way, but Vipassī went another.  
> — 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.2.17.1) — sr
- [Die große Lehrrede über hinterlassene Spuren](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14~de-sabbamitta.2.17.1) — German
- [The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14~en-sujato.2.17.1) — English

## Linked texts (2)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.1.103) — Classical Chinese
- [毘婆尸佛經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.mahavadanasutra*zh-dharmadeva.1.26) — Classical Chinese

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