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# Mahagovindasutta 57.1-7

Mahāgovindasutta 57.1-7

- **Language:** Pāli

### [57.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.57.1)

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 and said,  
> — The Great Steward

### [57.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.57.2)

“yā bhotīnaṃ icchati, sakāni vā ñātikulāni gacchatu aññaṃ vā bhattāraṃ pariyesatu.

> “Ladies, please do whatever you wish, whether returning to your own families, or finding another husband.  
> — The Great Steward

### [57.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.57.3)

Icchāmahaṃ, bhotī, agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajituṃ.

> I wish to go forth from the lay life to homelessness.  
> — The Great Steward

### [57.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.57.4)

Yathā kho pana me sutaṃ brahmuno āmagandhe bhāsamānassa, te na sunimmadayā agāraṃ ajjhāvasatā.

> As I understand what the Divinity says about putrefaction, it’s not easy to quell while living at home.  
> — The Great Steward

### [57.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.57.5)

Pabbajissāmahaṃ, bhotī, agārasmā anagāriyan”ti.

> I shall go forth from the lay life to homelessness.”  
> — The Great Steward

### [57.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.57.6)

“Tvaññeva no ñāti ñātikāmānaṃ, tvaṃ pana bhattā bhattukāmānaṃ.

> “You are the only family we want! You are the only husband we want!  
> — The Great Steward

### [57.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.57.7)

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

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

## Translations (3)

- [Mahāgovinda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19~sr-brankokovacevic.57.1) — sr
- [Der Große Verwalter](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19~de-sabbamitta.57.1) — German
- [The Great Steward](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19~en-sujato.57.1) — English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.19.325) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (2)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.3.65) — Classical Chinese
- [大堅固婆羅門緣起經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.mahagovindiyasutra*zh-danapala.2.50) — Classical Chinese

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