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# Aggannasutta 12.1-9

Aggaññasutta 12.1-9

- **Language:** Pāli

### [12.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.12.1)

Atha kho te, vāseṭṭha, sattā rasapathaviṃ hatthehi āluppakārakaṃ upakkamiṃsu paribhuñjituṃ.

> Then those beings started to eat the earth’s nectar, breaking it into lumps.  
> — What Came First

### [12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.12.2)

Yato kho te, vāseṭṭha, sattā rasapathaviṃ hatthehi āluppakārakaṃ upakkamiṃsu paribhuñjituṃ.

> But when they did this  
> — What Came First

### [12.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.12.3)

Atha tesaṃ sattānaṃ sayaṃpabhā antaradhāyi.

> their radiance vanished.  
> — What Came First

### [12.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.12.4)

Sayaṃpabhāya antarahitāya candimasūriyā pāturahesuṃ.

> And with the vanishing of their radiance the moon and sun appeared,  
> — What Came First

### [12.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.12.5)

Candimasūriyesu pātubhūtesu nakkhattāni tārakarūpāni pāturahesuṃ.

> stars and constellations appeared,  
> — What Came First

### [12.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.12.6)

Nakkhattesu tārakarūpesu pātubhūtesu rattindivā paññāyiṃsu.

> days and nights were distinguished,  
> — What Came First

### [12.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.12.7)

Rattindivesu paññāyamānesu māsaḍḍhamāsā paññāyiṃsu.

> and so were months and fortnights,  
> — What Came First

### [12.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.12.8)

Māsaḍḍhamāsesu paññāyamānesu utusaṃvaccharā paññāyiṃsu.

> and years and seasons.  
> — What Came First

### [12.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.12.9)

Ettāvatā kho, vāseṭṭha, ayaṃ loko puna vivaṭṭo hoti.

> So far had the world evolved once more.  
> — What Came First

## Translations (3)

- [Nastanak sveta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27~sr-brankokovacevic.12.1) — sr
- [What Came First](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27~en-sujato.12.1) — English
- [Was zuerst kam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27~de-sabbamitta.12.1) — German

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.27.121) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (3)

- [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.154.26) — Classical Chinese
- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.5.19) — Classical Chinese
- [白衣金幢二婆羅門緣起經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.vasisthasutra*zh-danapala.2.3) — Classical Chinese

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