Mahagovindasutta 58.1-7
Mahāgovindasutta 58.1-7
- Language
- Pāli
58.1
Atha kho, bho, mahāgovindo brāhmaṇo tassa sattāhassa accayena kesamassuṃ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbaji.
When a week had passed, the Great Steward shaved off his hair and beard, dressed in ocher robes, and went forth from the lay life to homelessness.
58.2
Pabbajitaṃ pana mahāgovindaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ satta ca rājāno khattiyā muddhāvasittā satta ca brāhmaṇamahāsālā satta ca nhātakasatāni cattārīsā ca bhariyā sādisiyo anekāni ca khattiyasahassāni anekāni ca brāhmaṇasahassāni anekāni ca gahapatisahassāni anekehi ca itthāgārehi itthiyo kesamassuṃ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā mahāgovindaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajitaṃ anupabbajiṃsu.
And when he had gone forth, the seven anointed aristocrat kings, the seven brahmins with seven hundred initiates, the forty equal wives, and many thousands of aristocrats, brahmins, householders, and many harem women shaved off their hair and beards, dressed in ocher robes, and went forth from the lay life to homelessness.
58.3
Tāya sudaṃ, bho, parisāya parivuto mahāgovindo brāhmaṇo gāmanigamarājadhānīsu cārikaṃ carati.
Escorted by that assembly, the Great Steward wandered on tour among the villages, towns, and capital cities.
58.4
Yaṃ kho pana, bho, tena samayena mahāgovindo brāhmaṇo gāmaṃ vā nigamaṃ vā upasaṅkamati, tattha rājāva hoti raññaṃ, brahmāva brāhmaṇānaṃ, devatāva gahapatikānaṃ.
And at that time, whenever he arrived at a village or town, he was like a king to kings, like the Divinity to brahmins, like a deity to householders.
58.5
Tena kho pana samayena manussā khipanti vā upakkhalanti vā.
And whenever people sneezed or tripped over
58.6
Te evamāhaṃsu:
they’d say:
58.7
“namatthu mahāgovindassa brāhmaṇassa, namatthu satta purohitassā”ti.
“Homage to the Great Steward! Homage to the high priest for the seven!”
Translations (3)
- Der Große Verwalter — German
- The Great Steward — English
- Mahāgovinda — sr
Commentaries (1)
- Sumaṅgalavilāsinī — Buddhaghosa, Pāli