[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) › [Aggannasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27) › 17.1-23 # Aggannasutta 17.1-23 Aggaññasutta 17.1-23 - **Language:** Pāli ### [17.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.17.1) Adhammasammataṃ kho pana, vāseṭṭha, tena samayena hoti, tadetarahi dhammasammataṃ. > What was deemed as unprincipled at that time, these days is deemed as principled. > — What Came First ### [17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.17.2) Ye kho pana, vāseṭṭha, tena samayena sattā methunaṃ dhammaṃ paṭisevanti, te māsampi dvemāsampi na labhanti gāmaṃ vā nigamaṃ vā pavisituṃ. > The beings who had sex together weren’t allowed to enter a village or town for one or two months. > — What Came First ### [17.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.17.3) Yato kho te, vāseṭṭha, sattā tasmiṃ asaddhamme ativelaṃ pātabyataṃ āpajjiṃsu. > Ever since they excessively threw themselves into immorality, > — What Came First ### [17.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.17.4) Atha agārāni upakkamiṃsu kātuṃ tasseva asaddhammassa paṭicchādanatthaṃ. > they started to make buildings to hide their immoral deeds. > — What Came First ### [17.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.17.5) Atha kho, vāseṭṭha, aññatarassa sattassa alasajātikassa etadahosi: > Then one of those beings of idle disposition thought, > — What Came First ### [17.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.17.6) ‘ambho, kimevāhaṃ vihaññāmi sāliṃ āharanto sāyaṃ sāyamāsāya pāto pātarāsāya. > ‘Oh my, why should I be bothered to gather rice at dusk for supper, and at daybreak for breakfast? > — What Came First ### [17.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.17.7) Yannūnāhaṃ sāliṃ āhareyyaṃ sakideva sāyapātarāsāyā’ti. > Why don’t I gather rice for supper and breakfast all at once?’ > — What Came First ### [17.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.17.8) Atha kho so, vāseṭṭha, satto sāliṃ āhāsi sakideva sāyapātarāsāya. > So that’s what he did. > — What Came First ### [17.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.17.9) Atha kho, vāseṭṭha, aññataro satto yena so satto tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā taṃ sattaṃ etadavoca: > Then one of the other beings approached that being and said, > — What Came First ### [17.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.17.10) ‘ehi, bho satta, sālāhāraṃ gamissāmā’ti. > ‘Come, good being, we shall go to gather rice.’ > — What Came First ### [17.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.17.11) ‘Alaṃ, bho satta, āhato me sāli sakideva sāyapātarāsāyā’ti. > ‘There’s no need, good being! I gathered rice for supper and breakfast all at once.’ > — What Came First ### [17.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.17.12) Atha kho so, vāseṭṭha, satto tassa sattassa diṭṭhānugatiṃ āpajjamāno sāliṃ āhāsi sakideva dvīhāya. ‘Evampi kira, bho, sādhū’ti. > So that being, following their example, gathered rice for two days all at once, thinking: ‘This seems fine.’ > — What Came First ### [17.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.17.13) Atha kho, vāseṭṭha, aññataro satto yena so satto tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā taṃ sattaṃ etadavoca: > Then one of the other beings approached that being and said, > — What Came First ### [17.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.17.14) ‘ehi, bho satta, sālāhāraṃ gamissāmā’ti. > ‘Come, good being, we shall go to gather rice.’ > — What Came First ### [17.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.17.15) ‘Alaṃ, bho satta, āhato me sāli sakideva dvīhāyā’ti. > ‘There’s no need, good being! I gathered rice for two days all at once.’ > — What Came First ### [17.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.17.16) Atha kho so, vāseṭṭha, satto tassa sattassa diṭṭhānugatiṃ āpajjamāno sāliṃ āhāsi sakideva catūhāya, ‘evampi kira, bho, sādhū’ti. > So that being, following their example, gathered rice for four days all at once, thinking: ‘This seems fine.’ > — What Came First ### [17.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.17.17) Atha kho, vāseṭṭha, aññataro satto yena so satto tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā taṃ sattaṃ etadavoca: > Then one of the other beings approached that being and said, > — What Came First ### [17.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.17.18) ‘ehi, bho satta, sālāhāraṃ gamissāmā’ti. > ‘Come, good being, we shall go to gather rice.’ > — What Came First ### [17.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.17.19) ‘Alaṃ, bho satta, āhato me sāli sakideva catūhāyā’ti. > ‘There’s no need, good being! I gathered rice for four days all at once.’ > — What Came First ### [17.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.17.20) Atha kho so, vāseṭṭha, satto tassa sattassa diṭṭhānugatiṃ āpajjamāno sāliṃ āhāsi sakideva aṭṭhāhāya, ‘evampi kira, bho, sādhū’ti. > So that being, following their example, gathered rice for eight days all at once, thinking: ‘This seems fine.’ > — What Came First ### [17.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.17.21) Yato kho te, vāseṭṭha, sattā sannidhikārakaṃ sāliṃ upakkamiṃsu paribhuñjituṃ. > But when they started to store up rice to eat, > — What Came First ### [17.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.17.22) Atha kaṇopi taṇḍulaṃ pariyonandhi, thusopi taṇḍulaṃ pariyonandhi; > the rice grains became wrapped in powder and husk, > — What Came First ### [17.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.17.23) lūnampi nappaṭivirūḷhaṃ, apadānaṃ paññāyittha, saṇḍasaṇḍā sālayo aṭṭhaṃsu. > it didn’t grow back after reaping, leaving a trace showing, and the rice stood in clumps. > — What Came First ## Translations (3) - [What Came First](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27~en-sujato.17.1) — English - [Was zuerst kam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27~de-sabbamitta.17.1) — German - [Nastanak sveta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27~sr-brankokovacevic.17.1) — sr ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.27.127) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (3) - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.154.31) — Classical Chinese - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.5.22) — 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 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.17.1-23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.17.1-23) · Pramāṇa