[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) › 42.1-9 # Mahagovindasutta 42.1-9 Mahāgovindasutta 42.1-9 - **Language:** Pāli ### [42.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.42.1) 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. > — The Great Steward ### [42.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.42.2) “mayhaṃ kho, bhotī, evaṃ kalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhuggato: ### [42.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.42.3) ‘sakkhi mahāgovindo brāhmaṇo brahmānaṃ passati, sakkhi mahāgovindo brāhmaṇo brahmunā sākaccheti sallapati mantetī’ti. ### [42.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.42.4) Na kho panāhaṃ, bhotī, brahmānaṃ passāmi, na brahmunā sākacchemi, na brahmunā sallapāmi, na brahmunā mantemi. ### [42.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.42.5) Sutaṃ kho pana metaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ vuddhānaṃ mahallakānaṃ ācariyapācariyānaṃ bhāsamānānaṃ ### [42.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.42.6) ‘yo vassike cattāro māse paṭisallīyati, karuṇaṃ jhānaṃ jhāyati, so brahmānaṃ passati, brahmunā sākaccheti, brahmunā sallapati, brahmunā mantetī’ti, ### [42.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.42.7) icchāmahaṃ, bhotī, vassike cattāro māse paṭisallīyituṃ, karuṇaṃ jhānaṃ jhāyituṃ; ### [42.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.42.8) namhi kenaci upasaṅkamitabbo aññatra ekena bhattābhihārenā”ti. ### [42.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.42.9) “Yassadāni bhavaṃ govindo kālaṃ maññatī”ti. ## Translations (3) - [Der Große Verwalter](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19~de-sabbamitta.42.1) — German - [Mahāgovinda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19~sr-brankokovacevic.42.1) — sr - [The Great Steward](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19~en-sujato.42.1) — English ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.19.316) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (1) - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.3.25) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.42.1-9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.42.1-9) · Pramāṇa