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# Mahagovindasutta 29.1-14

Mahāgovindasutta 29.1-14

- **Language:** Pāli

### [29.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.29.1)

Bhūtapubbaṃ, bho, rājā disampati nāma ahosi.

> Once upon a time, there was a king named Disampati.  
> — The Great Steward

### [29.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.29.2)

Disampatissa rañño govindo nāma brāhmaṇo purohito ahosi.

> He had a brahmin high priest named the Steward.  
> — The Great Steward

### [29.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.29.3)

Disampatissa rañño reṇu nāma kumāro putto ahosi.

> Disampati’s son was the prince named Reṇu,  
> — The Great Steward

### [29.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.29.4)

Govindassa brāhmaṇassa jotipālo nāma māṇavo putto ahosi.

> while the Steward’s son was the student named Jotipāla.  
> — The Great Steward

### [29.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.29.5)

Iti reṇu ca rājaputto jotipālo ca māṇavo aññe ca cha khattiyā iccete aṭṭha sahāyā ahesuṃ.

> There were Reṇu the prince, Jotipāla the student, and six other aristocrats; these eight became friends.  
> — The Great Steward

### [29.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.29.6)

Atha kho, bho, ahorattānaṃ accayena govindo brāhmaṇo kālamakāsi.

> In due course the brahmin Steward passed away.  
> — The Great Steward

### [29.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.29.7)

Govinde brāhmaṇe kālaṅkate rājā disampati paridevesi:

> At his passing, King Disampati lamented,  
> — The Great Steward

### [29.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.29.8)

“yasmiṃ vata, bho, mayaṃ samaye govinde brāhmaṇe sabbakiccāni sammā vossajjitvā pañcahi kāmaguṇehi samappitā samaṅgībhūtā paricārema, tasmiṃ no samaye govindo brāhmaṇo kālaṅkato”ti.

> “At a time when I have relinquished all my duties to the brahmin Steward and amuse myself, supplied and provided with the five kinds of sensual stimulation, he passes away!”  
> — The Great Steward

### [29.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.29.9)

Evaṃ vutte, bho, reṇu rājaputto rājānaṃ disampatiṃ etadavoca:

> When he said this, Prince Reṇu said to him,  
> — The Great Steward

### [29.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.29.10)

“mā kho tvaṃ, deva, govinde brāhmaṇe kālaṅkate atibāḷhaṃ paridevesi.

> “Your Majesty, don’t lament too much at the Steward’s passing.  
> — The Great Steward

### [29.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.29.11)

Atthi, deva, govindassa brāhmaṇassa jotipālo nāma māṇavo putto paṇḍitataro ceva pitarā, alamatthadasataro ceva pitarā;

> He has a son named Jotipāla, who is even more astute and expert than his father.  
> — The Great Steward

### [29.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.29.12)

yepissa pitā atthe anusāsi, tepi jotipālasseva māṇavassa anusāsaniyā”ti.

> He should manage the affairs that were managed by his father.”  
> — The Great Steward

### [29.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.29.13)

“Evaṃ, kumārā”ti?

> “Is that so, my prince?”  
> — The Great Steward

### [29.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.29.14)

“Evaṃ, devā”ti.

> “That is so, Your Majesty.”  
> — The Great Steward

## Translations (3)

- [Mahāgovinda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19~sr-brankokovacevic.29.1) — sr
- [Der Große Verwalter](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19~de-sabbamitta.29.1) — German
- [The Great Steward](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19~en-sujato.29.1) — English

## Linked texts (2)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.3.16) — Classical Chinese
- [大堅固婆羅門緣起經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.mahagovindiyasutra*zh-danapala.1.27) — Classical Chinese

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