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Mahasamayasutta 12.1-14

Mahāsamayasutta 12.1-14

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Pāli

12.1

Jitā vajirahatthena,

Defeated by Vajirahattha,

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12.2

samuddaṃ asurāsitā;

the titans live in the ocean.

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12.3

Bhātaro vāsavassete,

They’re brothers of Vāsava,

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12.4

iddhimanto yasassino.

powerful and glorious.

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12.5

Kālakañcā mahābhismā,

There’s the terrifying Kālakañjas,

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12.6

asurā dānaveghasā;

the Dānava and Ghasa titans,

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12.7

Vepacitti sucitti ca,

Vepacitti and Sucitti,

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12.8

pahārādo namucī saha.

Pahārāda with Namuci,

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12.9

Satañca baliputtānaṃ,

and Bali’s hundred sons,

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12.10

sabbe verocanāmakā;

all named after Virocana.

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12.11

Sannayhitvā balisenaṃ,

Bali’s army armed themselves

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12.12

rāhubhaddamupāgamuṃ;

and went to the auspicious Rāhu, saying:

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12.13

‘Samayo dāni bhaddante,

‘Now is the time, sir,

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12.14

bhikkhūnaṃ samitiṃ vanaṃ’.

for the meeting of mendicants in the wood.’

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