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# Mahagovindasutta 50.1-9

Mahāgovindasutta 50.1-9

- **Language:** Pāli

### [50.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.50.1)

“Sace bhavaṃ govindo agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajissati, mayampi agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajissāma, atha yā te gati, sā no gati bhavissatī”ti.

> “If the Steward is going forth from the lay life to homelessness, we shall do so too. Your destiny shall be ours.”  
> — The Great Steward

### [50.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.50.2)

“Sace jahatha kāmāni,

> “If you all give up sensual pleasures,  
> — The Great Steward

### [50.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.50.3)

yattha satto puthujjano;

> to which ordinary people are attached,  
> — The Great Steward

### [50.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.50.4)

Ārambhavho daḷhā hotha,

> exert yourselves, being strong,  
> — The Great Steward

### [50.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.50.5)

khantībalasamāhitā.

> and possessing the power of patience.  
> — The Great Steward

### [50.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.50.6)

Esa maggo ujumaggo,

> This path is the straight path,  
> — The Great Steward

### [50.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.50.7)

esa maggo anuttaro;

> this path is supreme.  
> — The Great Steward

### [50.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.50.8)

Saddhammo sabbhi rakkhito,

> Guarded by the good, the true teaching  
> — The Great Steward

### [50.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.50.9)

brahmalokūpapattiyā”ti.

> leads to rebirth in the realm of divinity.”  
> — The Great Steward

## Translations (3)

- [Mahāgovinda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19~sr-brankokovacevic.50.1) — sr
- [Der Große Verwalter](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19~de-sabbamitta.50.1) — German
- [The Great Steward](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19~en-sujato.50.1) — English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.19.323) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (1)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.3.60) — Classical Chinese

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