[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) › [Mahasamayasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20) › 21.1-16 # Mahasamayasutta 21.1-16 Mahāsamayasutta 21.1-16 - **Language:** Pāli ### [21.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.21.1) Te ca sabbe abhikkante, > When they had all come forth— > — The Great Congregation ### [21.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.21.2) sainde deve sabrahmake; > the gods with their Lord, and the divinities— > — The Great Congregation ### [21.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.21.3) Mārasenā abhikkāmi, > Māra’s army came forth too: > — The Great Congregation ### [21.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.21.4) passa kaṇhassa mandiyaṃ. > see the stupidity of the Dark Lord! > — The Great Congregation ### [21.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.21.5) ‘Etha gaṇhatha bandhatha, > “Come, seize them and bind them,” he said, > — The Great Congregation ### [21.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.21.6) rāgena baddhamatthu vo; > “let them be bound by desire! > — The Great Congregation ### [21.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.21.7) Samantā parivāretha, > Surround them on all sides, > — The Great Congregation ### [21.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.21.8) mā vo muñcittha koci naṃ’. > don’t let any escape!” > — The Great Congregation ### [21.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.21.9) Iti tattha mahāseno, > And so there the great general, > — The Great Congregation ### [21.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.21.10) kaṇho senaṃ apesayi; > the Dark Lord sent forth his army. > — The Great Congregation ### [21.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.21.11) Pāṇinā talamāhacca, > He struck the ground with his fist > — The Great Congregation ### [21.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.21.12) saraṃ katvāna bheravaṃ. > to make a horrifying sound > — The Great Congregation ### [21.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.21.13) Yathā pāvussako megho, > like a monsoon cloud, > — The Great Congregation ### [21.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.21.14) thanayanto savijjuko; > thundering and flashing. > — The Great Congregation ### [21.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.21.15) Tadā so paccudāvatti, > But then turned back, > — The Great Congregation ### [21.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.21.16) saṅkuddho asayaṃvase. > furious, out of control. > — The Great Congregation ## Translations (3) - [Veliko okupljanje](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20~sr-brankokovacevic.21.1) — sr - [The Great Congregation](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20~en-sujato.21.1) — English - [Die große Zusammenkunft](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20~de-sabbamitta.21.1) — German ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.20.342) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (2) - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.19.28) — Classical Chinese - [大三摩惹經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.mahasamayasutra*zh-dharmadeva.1.32) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.21.1-16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.20.21.1-16) · Pramāṇa