Aggannasutta 12.1-9
Aggaññasutta 12.1-9
- Language
- Pāli
12.1
Atha kho te, vāseṭṭha, sattā rasapathaviṃ hatthehi āluppakārakaṃ upakkamiṃsu paribhuñjituṃ.
Then those beings started to eat the earth’s nectar, breaking it into lumps.
12.2
Yato kho te, vāseṭṭha, sattā rasapathaviṃ hatthehi āluppakārakaṃ upakkamiṃsu paribhuñjituṃ.
But when they did this
12.3
Atha tesaṃ sattānaṃ sayaṃpabhā antaradhāyi.
their radiance vanished.
12.4
Sayaṃpabhāya antarahitāya candimasūriyā pāturahesuṃ.
And with the vanishing of their radiance the moon and sun appeared,
12.5
Candimasūriyesu pātubhūtesu nakkhattāni tārakarūpāni pāturahesuṃ.
stars and constellations appeared,
12.6
Nakkhattesu tārakarūpesu pātubhūtesu rattindivā paññāyiṃsu.
days and nights were distinguished,
12.7
Rattindivesu paññāyamānesu māsaḍḍhamāsā paññāyiṃsu.
and so were months and fortnights,
12.8
Māsaḍḍhamāsesu paññāyamānesu utusaṃvaccharā paññāyiṃsu.
and years and seasons.
12.9
Ettāvatā kho, vāseṭṭha, ayaṃ loko puna vivaṭṭo hoti.
So far had the world evolved once more.
Translations (3)
- Nastanak sveta — sr
- What Came First — English
- Was zuerst kam — German
Commentaries (1)
- Sumaṅgalavilāsinī — Buddhaghosa, Pāli
Linked texts (3)
- 中阿含經 — Classical Chinese
- 長阿含經 — Classical Chinese
- 白衣金幢二婆羅門緣起經 — Classical Chinese