Mahagovindasutta 42.1-9

42.1

Atha kho, bho, mahāgovindo brāhmaṇo yena cattārīsā bhariyā sādisiyo tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā cattārīsā bhariyā sādisiyo etadavoca:

Then the Great Steward went to his forty equal wives to put the same proposal to them, and received the same reply.

42.2

“mayhaṃ kho, bhotī, evaṃ kalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhuggato:

42.3

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

42.4

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

42.5

Sutaṃ kho pana metaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ vuddhānaṃ mahallakānaṃ ācariyapācariyānaṃ bhāsamānānaṃ

42.6

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

42.7

icchāmahaṃ, bhotī, vassike cattāro māse paṭisallīyituṃ, karuṇaṃ jhānaṃ jhāyituṃ;

42.8

namhi kenaci upasaṅkamitabbo aññatra ekena bhattābhihārenā”ti.

42.9

“Yassadāni bhavaṃ govindo kālaṃ maññatī”ti.