[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [The Pāli Canon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada) › [Basket of Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp) › [Dīghanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha) › [Mahaparinibbanasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16) › 1.2 # Mahaparinibbanasutta 1.2 Mahāparinibbānasutta 1.2 - **Language:** Pāli ### [1.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.2.1) Atha kho rājā māgadho ajātasattu vedehiputto vassakāraṃ brāhmaṇaṃ magadhamahāmattaṃ āmantesi: > And then King Ajātasattu addressed Vassakāra the brahmin, a chief minister of Magadha, > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.2.2) “ehi tvaṃ, brāhmaṇa, yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkama; upasaṅkamitvā mama vacanena bhagavato pāde sirasā vandāhi, appābādhaṃ appātaṅkaṃ lahuṭṭhānaṃ balaṃ phāsuvihāraṃ puccha: > “Please, brahmin, go to the Buddha, and in my name bow with your head to his feet. Ask him if he is healthy and well, nimble, strong, and living comfortably. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.2.3) ‘rājā, bhante, māgadho ajātasattu vedehiputto bhagavato pāde sirasā vandati, appābādhaṃ appātaṅkaṃ lahuṭṭhānaṃ balaṃ phāsuvihāraṃ pucchatī’ti. ### [1.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.2.4) Evañca vadehi: > And then say: > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.2.5) ‘rājā, bhante, māgadho ajātasattu vedehiputto vajjī abhiyātukāmo. > ‘Sir, King Ajātasattu of Magadha, son of the princess of Videha, wants to invade the Vajjis. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.2.6) So evamāha: > He says, > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.2.7) “ahaṃ hime vajjī evaṃmahiddhike evaṃmahānubhāve ucchecchāmi vajjī, vināsessāmi vajjī, anayabyasanaṃ āpādessāmī”’ti. > “I shall wipe out these Vajjis, so mighty and powerful! I shall destroy them, and lay ruin and devastation upon them!”’ > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.2.8) Yathā te bhagavā byākaroti, taṃ sādhukaṃ uggahetvā mama āroceyyāsi. > Remember well how the Buddha answers and tell it to me. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.2.9) Na hi tathāgatā vitathaṃ bhaṇantī”ti. > For Realized Ones say nothing that is not so.” > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ## Translations (5) - [Большое наставление об окончательной ниббане](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~ru-khantibalo.1.2.1) — Russian - [Die große Lehrrede vom Erlöschen des Buddha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~de-sabbamitta.1.2.1) — German - [The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~en-sujato.1.2.1) — English - [Dugi govor o konačnom oslobođenju](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~sr-brankokovacevic.1.2.1) — sr - [The Book of the Great Decease (Mahâ-parinibbâna-suttanta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~en-rhysdavids1881.1.2) — English ## Linked texts (1) - [Vassakārasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.7.22.2.9) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.2) · Pramāṇa