[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 # Mahagovindasutta 42.1 Mahāgovindasutta 42.1 - **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 - [Previous: 41.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.41.10) - [Next: 42.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.42.2) - [Up: 42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.42) ## Translations (3) - [Mahāgovinda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19~sr-brankokovacevic.42.1) — sr - [Der Große Verwalter](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19~de-sabbamitta.42.1) — German - [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](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.42.1) · Pramāṇa