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# Regarding the Brahmin Jānussoṇi 1.1-7

Jāṇussoṇibrāhmaṇasutta 1.1-7

- **Language:** Pāli

### [1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.5.45.4.1.1)

Sāvatthinidānaṃ.

> At Sāvatthī.  
> — Regarding the Brahmin Jānussoṇi

### [1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.5.45.4.1.2)

Atha kho āyasmā ānando pubbaṇhasamayaṃ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya sāvatthiṃ piṇḍāya pāvisi.

> Then Venerable Ānanda robed up in the morning and, taking his bowl and robe, entered Sāvatthī for alms.  
> — Regarding the Brahmin Jānussoṇi

### [1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.5.45.4.1.3)

Addasā kho āyasmā ānando jāṇussoṇiṃ brāhmaṇaṃ sabbasetena vaḷavābhirathena sāvatthiyā niyyāyantaṃ.

> He saw the brahmin Jānussoṇi driving out of Sāvatthī in an all-white chariot drawn by mares.  
> — Regarding the Brahmin Jānussoṇi

### [1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.5.45.4.1.4)

Setā sudaṃ assā yuttā honti setālaṅkārā, seto ratho, setaparivāro, setā rasmiyo, setā patodalaṭṭhi, setaṃ chattaṃ, setaṃ uṇhīsaṃ, setāni vatthāni, setā upāhanā, setāya sudaṃ vālabījaniyā bījīyati.

> The yoked horses were pure white, as were the ornaments, chariot, upholstery, reins, goad, and canopy. And his turban, robes, sandals were white, as was the chowry fanning him.  
> — Regarding the Brahmin Jānussoṇi

### [1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.5.45.4.1.5)

Tamenaṃ jano disvā evamāha:

> When people saw it they exclaimed,  
> — Regarding the Brahmin Jānussoṇi

### [1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.5.45.4.1.6)

“brahmaṃ vata, bho, yānaṃ.

> “Wow! That’s a divine vehicle!  
> — Regarding the Brahmin Jānussoṇi

### [1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.5.45.4.1.7)

Brahmayānarūpaṃ vata, bho”ti.

> It’s a vehicle fit for divinity!”  
> — Regarding the Brahmin Jānussoṇi

## Translations (3)

- [Regarding the Brahmin Jānussoṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.5.45.4~en-sujato.1.1) — English
- [Anlässlich des Brahmanen Jānussoṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.5.45.4~de-sabbamitta.1.1) — German
- [Brahman Đāṇussoṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.5.45.4~sr-brankokovacevic.1.1) — sr

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sāratthappakāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta!saratthappakasini.45.1.3.4) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (1)

- [雜阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyuktagama*zh-gunabhadra.769.3) — Classical Chinese

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