Mahapadanasutta 3.2
Mahāpadānasutta 3.2
- Language
- Pāli
3.2.1
Apissu, bhikkhave, vipassiṃ bhagavantaṃ arahantaṃ sammāsambuddhaṃ imā anacchariyā gāthāyo paṭibhaṃsu pubbe assutapubbā:
And then these verses, which were neither supernaturally inspired, nor learned before in the past, occurred to him:
3.2.2
‘Kicchena me adhigataṃ,
‘I’ve struggled hard to realize this,
3.2.3
halaṃ dāni pakāsituṃ;
there’s no need to reveal it now!
3.2.4
Rāgadosaparetehi,
Those mired in greed and hate
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nāyaṃ dhammo susambudho.
can’t really understand this teaching.
3.2.6
Paṭisotagāmiṃ nipuṇaṃ,
It goes against the stream, subtle,
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gambhīraṃ duddasaṃ aṇuṃ;
deep, obscure, and very fine.
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Rāgarattā na dakkhanti,
Those besotted by greed cannot see,
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tamokhandhena āvuṭā’ti.
for they’re cloaked in a mass of darkness.’
3.2.10
Itiha, bhikkhave, vipassissa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa paṭisañcikkhato appossukkatāya cittaṃ nami, no dhammadesanāya.
So, as the Buddha Vipassī reflected like this, his mind inclined to remaining passive, not to teaching the Dhamma.
3.2.11
Atha kho, bhikkhave, aññatarassa mahābrahmuno vipassissa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa cetasā cetoparivitakkamaññāya etadahosi:
Then, knowing the Buddha Vipassī’s train of thought, it occurred to a certain Great Divinity,
3.2.12
‘nassati vata bho loko, vinassati vata bho loko, yatra hi nāma vipassissa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa appossukkatāya cittaṃ namati, no dhammadesanāyā’ti.
‘Oh lord! The world will be lost, the world will perish! For the mind of the Blessed One Vipassī, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha, inclines to remaining passive, not to teaching the Dhamma.’
3.2.13
Atha kho so, bhikkhave, mahābrahmā seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso samiñjitaṃ vā bāhaṃ pasāreyya, pasāritaṃ vā bāhaṃ samiñjeyya; evameva—brahmaloke antarahito vipassissa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa purato pāturahosi.
Then, as easily as a strong person would extend or contract their arm, he vanished from the realm of divinity and reappeared in front of the Buddha Vipassī.
Translations (3)
- Dugi govor o velikom podvigu — sr
- Die große Lehrrede über hinterlassene Spuren — German
- The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind — English
Commentaries (1)
- Sumaṅgalavilāsinī — Buddhaghosa, Pāli
Linked texts (6)
- 長阿含經 — Classical Chinese
- Mahāvagga — Pāli
- Bodhirājakumārasutta — Pāli
- Pāsarāsisutta — Pāli
- Brahmāyācanasutta — Pāli
- Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana edition — Pāli