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# Mahagovindasutta 28.1-8

Mahāgovindasutta 28.1-8

- **Language:** Pāli

### [28.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.28.1)

Ime kho, bhante, sakko devānamindo brahmuno sanaṅkumārassa bhagavato aṭṭha yathābhucce vaṇṇe payirudāhāsi.

### [28.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.28.2)

Tena sudaṃ, bhante, brahmā sanaṅkumāro attamano hoti pamudito pītisomanassajāto bhagavato aṭṭha yathābhucce vaṇṇe sutvā.

> Hearing them, the divinity Sanaṅkumāra was uplifted and overjoyed, full of rapture and happiness.  
> — The Great Steward

### [28.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.28.3)

Atha, bhante, brahmā sanaṅkumāro oḷārikaṃ attabhāvaṃ abhinimminitvā kumāravaṇṇī hutvā pañcasikho devānaṃ tāvatiṃsānaṃ pāturahosi.

> Then the divinity Sanaṅkumāra manifested in a solid life-form, taking on the appearance of the youth Pañcasikha, and appeared to the gods of the thirty-three.  
> — The Great Steward

### [28.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.28.4)

So vehāsaṃ abbhuggantvā ākāse antalikkhe pallaṅkena nisīdi.

> Rising into the air, he sat cross-legged in the sky,  
> — The Great Steward

### [28.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.28.5)

Seyyathāpi, bhante, balavā puriso supaccatthate vā pallaṅke same vā bhūmibhāge pallaṅkena nisīdeyya;

> like a strong man might sit cross-legged on a well-appointed couch or on level ground.  
> — The Great Steward

### [28.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.28.6)

evameva kho, bhante, brahmā sanaṅkumāro vehāsaṃ abbhuggantvā ākāse antalikkhe pallaṅkena nisīditvā deve tāvatiṃse āmantesi:

> There he addressed the gods of the thirty-three:  
> — The Great Steward

### 5. Govindabrāhmaṇavatthu

### [28.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.28.8)

‘Taṃ kiṃ maññanti, bhonto devā tāvatiṃsā, yāva dīgharattaṃ mahāpaññova so bhagavā ahosi.

> ‘What do the gods of the thirty-three think about the extent of the Buddha’s great wisdom?  
> — The Great Steward

## Translations (3)

- [Mahāgovinda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19~sr-brankokovacevic.28.2) — sr
- [Der Große Verwalter](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19~de-sabbamitta.28.2) — German
- [The Great Steward](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19~en-sujato.28.2) — English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.19.304) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (2)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.3.15) — Classical Chinese
- [大堅固婆羅門緣起經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.mahagovindiyasutra*zh-danapala.1.20) — Classical Chinese

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