Mahagovindasutta 1.1-5
Mahāgovindasutta 1.1-5
- Language
- Pāli
1.1
Evaṃ me sutaṃ—
So I have heard.
1.2
ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati gijjhakūṭe pabbate.
At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, on the Vulture’s Peak Mountain.
1.3
Atha kho pañcasikho gandhabbaputto abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṃ gijjhakūṭaṃ pabbataṃ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṃ ṭhito kho pañcasikho gandhabbaputto bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:
Then, late at night, the centaur Pañcasikha, lighting up the entire Vulture’s Peak, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side, and said to him,
1.4
“yaṃ kho me, bhante, devānaṃ tāvatiṃsānaṃ sammukhā sutaṃ sammukhā paṭiggahitaṃ, ārocemi taṃ bhagavato”ti.
“Sir, I would tell you of what I heard and learned directly from the gods of the thirty-three.”
1.5
“Ārocehi me tvaṃ, pañcasikhā”ti bhagavā avoca.
“Tell me, Pañcasikha,” said the Buddha.
Translations (3)
- Mahāgovinda — sr
- Der Große Verwalter — German
- The Great Steward — English
Commentaries (1)
- Sumaṅgalavilāsinī — Buddhaghosa, Pāli