King Mahāsudassana 2.13: 8. Brahmalokūpagama
Mahāsudassanasutta 2.13
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8. Brahmalokūpagama
2.13.1
Atha kho, ānanda, rājā mahāsudassano na cirasseva kālamakāsi.
Not long after that, King Mahāsudassana passed away.
2.13.2
Seyyathāpi, ānanda, gahapatissa vā gahapatiputtassa vā manuññaṃ bhojanaṃ bhuttāvissa bhattasammado hoti; evameva kho, ānanda, rañño mahāsudassanassa māraṇantikā vedanā ahosi.
And the feeling he had close to death was like a householder or their child falling asleep after eating a satisfying meal.
2.13.3
Kālaṅkato ca, ānanda, rājā mahāsudassano sugatiṃ brahmalokaṃ upapajji.
When he passed away King Mahāsudassana was reborn in a good place, a realm of divinity.
2.13.4
Rājā, ānanda, mahāsudassano caturāsīti vassasahassāni kumārakīḷaṃ kīḷi.
Ānanda, King Mahāsudassana played children’s games for 84,000 years.
2.13.5
Caturāsīti vassasahassāni oparajjaṃ kāresi.
He ruled as viceroy for 84,000 years.
2.13.6
Caturāsīti vassasahassāni rajjaṃ kāresi.
He ruled as king for 84,000 years.
2.13.7
Caturāsīti vassasahassāni gihibhūto dhamme pāsāde brahmacariyaṃ cari.
He led the spiritual life as a layman in the Palace of Principle for 84,000 years.
2.13.8
So cattāro brahmavihāre bhāvetvā kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā brahmalokūpago ahosi.
And having developed the four divine meditations, when his body broke up, after death, he was reborn in a good place, a realm of divinity.
Translations (4)
- Kralj Mahasudassana — sr
- Der König Mahāsudassana — German
- King Mahāsudassana — English
- Legend of the Great King of Glory (Mahâ-sudassana-sutta) — English
Commentaries (1)
- Sumaṅgalavilāsinī — Buddhaghosa, Pāli
Linked texts (1)
- 中阿含經 — Classical Chinese