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# Mahagovindasutta 13.1-9

Mahāgovindasutta 13.1-9

- **Language:** Pāli

### [13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.13.1)

Tatra, bhante, ekacce devā evamāhaṃsu:

> Then some gods thought,  
> — The Great Steward

### [13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.13.2)

‘aho vata, mārisā, cattāro sammāsambuddhā loke uppajjeyyuṃ dhammañca deseyyuṃ yathariva bhagavā.

> ‘If only four fully awakened Buddhas might arise in the world and teach the Dhamma, just like the Blessed One!  
> — The Great Steward

### [13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.13.3)

Tadassa bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāya atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānan’ti.

> That would be for the welfare and happiness of the people, out of sympathy for the world, for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of gods and humans!’  
> — The Great Steward

### [13.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.13.4)

Ekacce devā evamāhaṃsu:

> Other gods thought,  
> — The Great Steward

### [13.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.13.5)

‘tiṭṭhantu, mārisā, cattāro sammāsambuddhā, aho vata, mārisā, tayo sammāsambuddhā loke uppajjeyyuṃ dhammañca deseyyuṃ yathariva bhagavā.

> ‘Let alone four fully awakened Buddhas; if only three fully awakened Buddhas,  
> — The Great Steward

### [13.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.13.6)

Tadassa bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāya atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānan’ti.

### [13.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.13.7)

Ekacce devā evamāhaṃsu:

### [13.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.13.8)

‘tiṭṭhantu, mārisā, tayo sammāsambuddhā, aho vata, mārisā, dve sammāsambuddhā loke uppajjeyyuṃ dhammañca deseyyuṃ yathariva bhagavā.

> or two fully awakened Buddhas might arise in the world and teach the Dhamma, just like the Blessed One!  
> — The Great Steward

### [13.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.13.9)

Tadassa bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāya atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānan’ti.

> That would be for the welfare and happiness of the people, out of sympathy for the world, for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of gods and humans!’  
> — The Great Steward

## Translations (3)

- [Mahāgovinda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19~sr-brankokovacevic.13.1) — sr
- [Der Große Verwalter](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19~de-sabbamitta.13.1) — German
- [The Great Steward](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19~en-sujato.13.1) — English

## Linked texts (2)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.3.12) — Classical Chinese
- [大堅固婆羅門緣起經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.mahagovindiyasutra*zh-danapala.1.5) — Classical Chinese

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