[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) › [Mahagovindasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19) › 16.8 # Mahagovindasutta 16.8 Mahāgovindasutta 16.8 - **Language:** Pāli ### [16.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.16.8) Yo kho pana, bhante, brahmuno pakativaṇṇo, anabhisambhavanīyo so devānaṃ tāvatiṃsānaṃ cakkhupathasmiṃ. > For a Divinity’s normal appearance is imperceptible in the visual range of the gods of the thirty-three. > — The Great Steward - [Previous: 16.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.16.7) - [Next: 16.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.16.9) - [Up: 16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.16) ## Translations (3) - [Mahāgovinda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19~sr-brankokovacevic.16.8) — sr - [Der Große Verwalter](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19~de-sabbamitta.16.8) — German - [The Great Steward](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19~en-sujato.16.8) — English ## Linked texts (2) - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.3.13) — Classical Chinese - [Janavasabhasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.18.17.2) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.16.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.16.8) · Pramāṇa