[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) › 26.1-8 # Aggannasutta 26.1-8 Aggaññasutta 26.1-8 - **Language:** Pāli ### [26.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.26.1) Ahu kho so, vāseṭṭha, samayo, yaṃ khattiyopi sakaṃ dhammaṃ garahamāno agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajati: > There came a time when an aristocrat, > — What Came First ### [26.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.26.2) ‘samaṇo bhavissāmī’ti. ### [26.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.26.3) Brāhmaṇopi kho, vāseṭṭha …pe… > brahmin, > — What Came First ### [26.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.26.4) vessopi kho, vāseṭṭha …pe… > peasant, > — What Came First ### [26.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.26.5) suddopi kho, vāseṭṭha, sakaṃ dhammaṃ garahamāno agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajati: > or menial, deprecating their own vocation, went forth from the lay life to homelessness, thinking, > — What Came First ### [26.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.26.6) ‘samaṇo bhavissāmī’ti. > ‘I will be an ascetic.’ > — What Came First ### [26.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.26.7) Imehi kho, vāseṭṭha, catūhi maṇḍalehi samaṇamaṇḍalassa abhinibbatti ahosi, tesaṃyeva sattānaṃ anaññesaṃ, sadisānaṃyeva no asadisānaṃ, dhammeneva no adhammena. > From these four circles, Vāseṭṭha, the circle of ascetics was created; for those very beings, not others; for those like them, not unlike; by virtue of principle, not against principle. > — What Came First ### [26.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.26.8) Dhammo hi, vāseṭṭha, seṭṭho janetasmiṃ diṭṭhe ceva dhamme abhisamparāyañca. > For principle, Vāseṭṭha, is the best thing for people in both this life and the next. > — What Came First ## Translations (3) - [Nastanak sveta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27~sr-brankokovacevic.26.1) — sr - [What Came First](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27~en-sujato.26.1) — English - [Was zuerst kam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27~de-sabbamitta.26.1) — German ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.27.135) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (3) - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.154.39) — Classical Chinese - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.5.27) — 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.3.9) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.26.1-8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.26.1-8) · Pramāṇa