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# Mahagovindasutta 38.1-9

Mahāgovindasutta 38.1-9

- **Language:** Pāli

### [38.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.38.1)

Atha kho, bho, mahāgovindassa brāhmaṇassa aparena samayena evaṃ kalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhuggacchi:

> After some time he got this good reputation,  
> — The Great Steward

### [38.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.38.2)

“sakkhi mahāgovindo brāhmaṇo brahmānaṃ passati, sakkhi mahāgovindo brāhmaṇo brahmunā sākaccheti sallapati mantetī”ti.

> “The Great Steward sees the Divinity in person! The Great Steward discusses, converses, and consults with the Divinity in person!”  
> — The Great Steward

### [38.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.38.3)

Atha kho, bho, mahāgovindassa brāhmaṇassa etadahosi:

> The Great Steward thought,  
> — The Great Steward

### [38.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.38.4)

“mayhaṃ kho evaṃ kalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhuggato:

> “I have the reputation  
> — The Great Steward

### [38.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.38.5)

‘sakkhi mahāgovindo brāhmaṇo brahmānaṃ passati, sakkhi mahāgovindo brāhmaṇo brahmunā sākaccheti sallapati mantetī’ti.

> of seeing the Divinity in person, and discussing with him in person.  
> — The Great Steward

### [38.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.38.6)

Na kho panāhaṃ brahmānaṃ passāmi, na brahmunā sākacchemi, na brahmunā sallapāmi, na brahmunā mantemi.

> But I don’t.  
> — The Great Steward

### [38.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.38.7)

Sutaṃ kho pana metaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ vuddhānaṃ mahallakānaṃ ācariyapācariyānaṃ bhāsamānānaṃ:

> I have heard that brahmins of the past who were elderly and senior, the tutors of tutors, said:  
> — The Great Steward

### [38.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.38.8)

‘yo vassike cattāro māse paṭisallīyati, karuṇaṃ jhānaṃ jhāyati, so brahmānaṃ passati brahmunā sākaccheti brahmunā sallapati brahmunā mantetī’ti.

> ‘Whoever goes on retreat for the four months of the rainy season and practices the absorption on compassion sees the Divinity and discusses with him.’  
> — The Great Steward

### [38.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.38.9)

Yannūnāhaṃ vassike cattāro māse paṭisallīyeyyaṃ, karuṇaṃ jhānaṃ jhāyeyyan”ti.

> Why don’t I do that?”  
> — The Great Steward

## Translations (3)

- [Mahāgovinda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19~sr-brankokovacevic.38.1) — sr
- [Der Große Verwalter](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19~de-sabbamitta.38.1) — German
- [The Great Steward](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19~en-sujato.38.1) — English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.19.312) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (2)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.3.23) — Classical Chinese
- [大堅固婆羅門緣起經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.mahagovindiyasutra*zh-danapala.2.4) — Classical Chinese

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