[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) › 59.1 # Mahagovindasutta 59.1 Mahāgovindasutta 59.1 - **Language:** Pāli ### [59.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.59.1) Mahāgovindo, bho, brāhmaṇo mettāsahagatena cetasā ekaṃ disaṃ pharitvā vihāsi, tathā dutiyaṃ, tathā tatiyaṃ, tathā catutthaṃ. Iti uddhamadho tiriyaṃ sabbadhi sabbattatāya sabbāvantaṃ lokaṃ mettāsahagatena cetasā vipulena mahaggatena appamāṇena averena abyāpajjena pharitvā vihāsi. > And the Great Steward meditated spreading a heart full of love to one direction, and to the second, and to the third, and to the fourth. In the same way above, below, across, everywhere, all around, he spread a heart full of love to the whole world—abundant, expansive, limitless, free of enmity and ill will. > — The Great Steward - [Previous: 58.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.58.7) - [Next: 59.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.59.2) - [Up: 59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.59) ## Translations (3) - [Mahāgovinda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19~sr-brankokovacevic.59.1) — sr - [Der Große Verwalter](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19~de-sabbamitta.59.1) — German - [The Great Steward](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19~en-sujato.59.1) — English ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.19.327) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.59.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.59.1) · Pramāṇa