Mahapadanasutta 3.27
Mahāpadānasutta 3.27
- Language
- Pāli
3.27.1
Tena kho pana samayena jambudīpe caturāsīti āvāsasahassāni honti.
Now at that time there were 84,000 monasteries in the Black Plum Tree Land.
3.27.2
Ekamhi hi vasse nikkhante devatā saddamanussāvesuṃ:
And when the first year came to an end the deities raised the cry:
3.27.3
‘nikkhantaṃ kho, mārisā, ekaṃ vassaṃ;
‘Good fellows, the first year has ended.
3.27.4
pañca dāni vassāni sesāni;
Now five years are left.
3.27.5
pañcannaṃ vassānaṃ accayena bandhumatī rājadhānī upasaṅkamitabbā pātimokkhuddesāyā’ti.
When five years have passed, you must all go to Bandhumatī to recite the monastic code.’
3.27.6
Dvīsu vassesu nikkhantesu …
And when the second year …
3.27.7
tīsu vassesu nikkhantesu …
the third year …
3.27.8
catūsu vassesu nikkhantesu …
the fourth year …
3.27.9
pañcasu vassesu nikkhantesu devatā saddamanussāvesuṃ:
the fifth year came to an end, the deities raised the cry:
3.27.10
‘nikkhantāni kho, mārisā, pañcavassāni;
‘Good fellows, the fifth year has ended.
3.27.11
ekaṃ dāni vassaṃ sesaṃ;
Now one year is left.
3.27.12
ekassa vassassa accayena bandhumatī rājadhānī upasaṅkamitabbā pātimokkhuddesāyā’ti.
When one year has passed, you must all go to Bandhumatī to recite the monastic code.’
3.27.13
Chasu vassesu nikkhantesu devatā saddamanussāvesuṃ:
And when the sixth year came to an end the deities raised the cry:
3.27.14
‘nikkhantāni kho, mārisā, chabbassāni,
‘Good fellows, the sixth year has ended.
3.27.15
samayo dāni bandhumatiṃ rājadhāniṃ upasaṅkamituṃ pātimokkhuddesāyā’ti.
Now is the time that you must go to Bandhumatī to recite the monastic code.’
3.27.16
Atha kho te, bhikkhave, bhikkhū appekacce sakena iddhānubhāvena appekacce devatānaṃ iddhānubhāvena ekāheneva bandhumatiṃ rājadhāniṃ upasaṅkamiṃsu pātimokkhuddesāyāti.
Then that very day the mendicants went to Bandhumatī to recite the monastic code. Some went by their own psychic power, and some by the psychic power of the deities.
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 (2)
Discussed in (2)
- The Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies — Potter 1970, English
- A History of Pāli Literature — Law 1933, English