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# Mahapadanasutta 3.9

Mahāpadānasutta 3.9

- **Language:** Pāli

### [3.9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.3.9.1)

Atha kho, bhikkhave, vipassī bhagavā arahaṃ sammāsambuddho seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso samiñjitaṃ vā bāhaṃ pasāreyya, pasāritaṃ vā bāhaṃ samiñjeyya; evameva—bodhirukkhamūle antarahito bandhumatiyā rājadhāniyā kheme migadāye pāturahosi.

> Then, as easily as a strong person would extend or contract their arm, he vanished from the tree of awakening and reappeared near the capital city of Bandhumatī, in the deer park named Sanctuary.  
> — The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind

### [3.9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.3.9.2)

Atha kho, bhikkhave, vipassī bhagavā arahaṃ sammāsambuddho dāyapālaṃ āmantesi:

> Then the Buddha Vipassī addressed the park keeper,  
> — The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind

### [3.9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.3.9.3)

‘ehi tvaṃ, samma dāyapāla, bandhumatiṃ rājadhāniṃ pavisitvā khaṇḍañca rājaputtaṃ tissañca purohitaputtaṃ evaṃ vadehi—

> ‘My dear park keeper, please enter the city and say this to the king’s son Khaṇḍa and the high priest’s son Tissa:  
> — The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind

### [3.9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.3.9.4)

vipassī, bhante, bhagavā arahaṃ sammāsambuddho bandhumatiṃ rājadhāniṃ anuppatto kheme migadāye viharati, so tumhākaṃ dassanakāmo’ti.

> “Sirs, the Blessed One Vipassī, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha, has arrived at Bandhumatī and is staying in the deer park named Sanctuary. He wishes to see you.”’  
> — The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind

### [3.9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.3.9.5)

‘Evaṃ, bhante’ti kho, bhikkhave, dāyapālo vipassissa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa paṭissutvā bandhumatiṃ rājadhāniṃ pavisitvā khaṇḍañca rājaputtaṃ tissañca purohitaputtaṃ etadavoca:

> ‘Yes, sir,’ replied the park keeper, and did as he was asked.  
> — The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind

### [3.9.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.3.9.6)

‘vipassī, bhante, bhagavā arahaṃ sammāsambuddho bandhumatiṃ rājadhāniṃ anuppatto kheme migadāye viharati; so tumhākaṃ dassanakāmo’ti.

## Translations (3)

- [Dugi govor o velikom podvigu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14~sr-brankokovacevic.3.9.1) — sr
- [Die große Lehrrede über hinterlassene Spuren](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14~de-sabbamitta.3.9.1) — German
- [The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14~en-sujato.3.9.1) — English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.14.73) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (2)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.1.114) — Classical Chinese
- [毘婆尸佛經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.mahavadanasutra*zh-dharmadeva.2.2) — Classical Chinese

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