[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) › 3.22 # Mahagovindasutta 3.22 Mahāgovindasutta 3.22 - **Language:** Pāli ### [3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.3.22) ‘dibbā vata bho, kāyā paripūrenti, hāyanti asurakāyā’ti. > ‘The heavenly hosts swell, while the titan hosts dwindle!’ > — The Great Steward - [Previous: 3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.3.21) - [Next: 4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.4.1) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.3) ## Translations (3) - [Mahāgovinda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19~sr-brankokovacevic.3.22) — sr - [Der Große Verwalter](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19~de-sabbamitta.3.22) — German - [The Great Steward](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19~en-sujato.3.22) — English ## Linked texts (3) - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.3.8) — Classical Chinese - [Janavasabhasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.18.13.19) — Pāli - [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 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.3.22) · Pramāṇa