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# Mahagovindasutta 61.1-9

Mahāgovindasutta 61.1-9

- **Language:** Pāli

### [61.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.61.1)

“Sarāmahaṃ, pañcasikha.

> “I remember, Pañcasikha.  
> — The Great Steward

### [61.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.61.2)

Ahaṃ tena samayena mahāgovindo brāhmaṇo ahosiṃ.

> I myself was the brahmin Great Steward at that time.  
> — The Great Steward

### [61.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.61.3)

Ahaṃ tesaṃ sāvakānaṃ brahmalokasahabyatāya maggaṃ desesiṃ.

> And I taught those disciples the path to rebirth in the company of Divinity.  
> — The Great Steward

### [61.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.61.4)

Taṃ kho pana me, pañcasikha, brahmacariyaṃ na nibbidāya na virāgāya na nirodhāya na upasamāya na abhiññāya na sambodhāya na nibbānāya saṃvattati, yāvadeva brahmalokūpapattiyā.

> But that spiritual path of mine doesn’t lead to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, and extinguishment. It only leads as far as rebirth in the realm of divinity.  
> — The Great Steward

### [61.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.61.5)

Idaṃ kho pana me, pañcasikha, brahmacariyaṃ ekantanibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya upasamāya abhiññāya sambodhāya nibbānāya saṃvattati.

> But this spiritual path does lead to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, and extinguishment.  
> — The Great Steward

### [61.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.61.6)

Katamañca taṃ, pañcasikha, brahmacariyaṃ ekantanibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya upasamāya abhiññāya sambodhāya nibbānāya saṃvattati?

> And what is the spiritual path that leads to extinguishment?  
> — The Great Steward

### [61.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.61.7)

Ayameva ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo.

> It is simply this noble eightfold path, that is:  
> — The Great Steward

### [61.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.61.8)

Seyyathidaṃ—sammādiṭṭhi sammāsaṅkappo sammāvācā sammākammanto sammāājīvo sammāvāyāmo sammāsati sammāsamādhi.

> right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.  
> — The Great Steward

### [61.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.61.9)

Idaṃ kho taṃ, pañcasikha, brahmacariyaṃ ekantanibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya upasamāya abhiññāya sambodhāya nibbānāya saṃvattati.

> This is the spiritual path that leads to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, and extinguishment.  
> — The Great Steward

## Translations (3)

- [Mahāgovinda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19~sr-brankokovacevic.61.1) — sr
- [Der Große Verwalter](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19~de-sabbamitta.61.1) — German
- [The Great Steward](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19~en-sujato.61.1) — English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.19.329) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (1)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.3.70) — Classical Chinese

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