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# Aggannasutta 16.1-15

Aggaññasutta 16.1-15

- **Language:** Pāli

### [16.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.16.1)

Atha kho tesaṃ, vāseṭṭha, sattānaṃ padālatāya antarahitāya akaṭṭhapāko sāli pāturahosi akaṇo athuso suddho sugandho taṇḍulapphalo.

> When the bursting pods had vanished, ripe untilled rice appeared to those beings. It had no powder or husk, pure and fragrant, with only the rice-grain.  
> — What Came First

### [16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.16.2)

Yaṃ taṃ sāyaṃ sāyamāsāya āharanti, pāto taṃ hoti pakkaṃ paṭivirūḷhaṃ.

> What they took for supper at dusk, by daybreak had grown back and ripened.  
> — What Came First

### [16.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.16.3)

Yaṃ taṃ pāto pātarāsāya āharanti, sāyaṃ taṃ hoti pakkaṃ paṭivirūḷhaṃ;

> And what they took for breakfast at daybreak had grown back and ripened by the evening,  
> — What Came First

### [16.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.16.4)

nāpadānaṃ paññāyati.

> leaving no trace showing.  
> — What Came First

### [16.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.16.5)

Atha kho te, vāseṭṭha, sattā akaṭṭhapākaṃ sāliṃ paribhuñjantā tambhakkhā tadāhārā ciraṃ dīghamaddhānaṃ aṭṭhaṃsu.

> Then those beings eating the ripe untilled rice, with that as their food and nourishment, remained for a very long time.  
> — What Came First

### 7. Itthipurisaliṅgapātubhāva

### [16.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.16.7)

Yathā yathā kho te, vāseṭṭha, sattā akaṭṭhapākaṃ sāliṃ paribhuñjantā tambhakkhā tadāhārā ciraṃ dīghamaddhānaṃ aṭṭhaṃsu tathā tathā tesaṃ sattānaṃ bhiyyoso mattāya kharattañceva kāyasmiṃ okkami, vaṇṇavevaṇṇatā ca paññāyittha, itthiyā ca itthiliṅgaṃ pāturahosi purisassa ca purisaliṅgaṃ.

> But so long as they ate that ripe untilled rice, their bodies became more solid and they diverged in appearance. And female characteristics appeared on women, while male characteristics appeared on men.  
> — What Came First

### [16.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.16.8)

Itthī ca purisaṃ ativelaṃ upanijjhāyati puriso ca itthiṃ.

> Women spent too much time gazing at men, and men at women.  
> — What Came First

### [16.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.16.9)

Tesaṃ ativelaṃ aññamaññaṃ upanijjhāyataṃ sārāgo udapādi, pariḷāho kāyasmiṃ okkami.

> They became lustful, and their bodies burned with fever.  
> — What Came First

### [16.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.16.10)

Te pariḷāhapaccayā methunaṃ dhammaṃ paṭiseviṃsu.

> Due to this fever they had sex with each other.  
> — What Came First

### [16.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.16.11)

Ye kho pana te, vāseṭṭha, tena samayena sattā passanti methunaṃ dhammaṃ paṭisevante, aññe paṃsuṃ khipanti, aññe seṭṭhiṃ khipanti, aññe gomayaṃ khipanti:

> Those who saw them having sex pelted them with dirt, clods, or cow-dung, saying,  
> — What Came First

### [16.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.16.12)

‘nassa asuci, nassa asucī’ti.

> ‘Get lost, filth! Get lost, filth!  
> — What Came First

### [16.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.16.13)

‘Kathañhi nāma satto sattassa evarūpaṃ karissatī’ti.

> How on earth can one being do that to another?’  
> — What Came First

### [16.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.16.14)

Tadetarahipi manussā ekaccesu janapadesu vadhuyā nibbuyhamānāya aññe paṃsuṃ khipanti, aññe seṭṭhiṃ khipanti, aññe gomayaṃ khipanti.

> And even today people in some countries, when carrying a bride off, pelt her with dirt, clods, or cow-dung.  
> — What Came First

### [16.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.16.15)

Tadeva porāṇaṃ aggaññaṃ akkharaṃ anusaranti, na tvevassa atthaṃ ājānanti.

> They’re just remembering an ancient primordial saying, but they don’t understand what it means.  
> — What Came First

## Translations (3)

- [Nastanak sveta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27~sr-brankokovacevic.16.1) — sr
- [What Came First](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27~en-sujato.16.1) — English
- [Was zuerst kam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27~de-sabbamitta.16.1) — German

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.27.125) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (3)

- [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.154.30) — Classical Chinese
- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.5.21) — 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.2.7) — Classical Chinese

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