MahÄkhandhako The Great Chapter - Ancient Buddhist Texts
MahÄkhandhako The Great Chapter - Ancient Buddhist Texts
MahÄkhandhako The Great Chapter - Ancient Buddhist Texts
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I. <strong>The</strong> First Teachings - 61<br />
Imasmiñ-ca pana veyyākaraṇasmiṁ bhaññamāne, āyasmato Koṇḍaññassa<br />
Moreover, as this sermon was being given, to the venerable Koṇḍañña<br />
virajaṁ, vītamalaṁ, Dhammacakkhuṁ udapādi:<br />
the dust-free, stainless, Vision-of-the-Dhamma arose: 125<br />
“Yaṁ kiñci samudayadhammaṁ,<br />
“Whatever has the nature of arising,<br />
sabban-taṁ nirodhadhamman”-ti.<br />
all that has the nature of ceasing.”<br />
[Devabbhanumodanā]<br />
[<strong>The</strong> Gods Rejoice]<br />
Pavattite ca pana Bhagavatā Dhammacakke<br />
Now when the Dhamma Wheel was set rolling by the Gracious One<br />
Bhummā devā saddam-anussāvesuṁ:<br />
the Earth gods 126 let loose a cry:<br />
“Etaṁ Bhagavatā Bārāṇasiyaṁ Isipatane Migadāye,<br />
o “Near Bārāṇasī, in the Deer Park at Isipatana,<br />
anuttaraṁ Dhammacakkaṁ pavattitaṁ,<br />
the unsurpassed Dhamma Wheel has been set rolling by the Gracious One,<br />
appativattiyaṁ samaṇena vā brāhmaṇena vā<br />
and it cannot be rolled back by an ascetic or by a brāhmaṇa<br />
devena vā Mārena vā Brahmunā vā kenaci vā lokasmin”-ti.<br />
or by a god or by a Māra or by a Brahmā or by anyone in the world.”<br />
Bhummānaṁ devānaṁ saddaṁ sutvā<br />
Having heard the cry of the Earth gods<br />
Cātummahārājikā devā saddam-anussāvesuṁ:<br />
the gods called the Four <strong>Great</strong> Kings let loose a cry:<br />
125 Comm: aṭṭhārasahi devatākoṭīhi saddhiṁ sotāpattiphale patiṭṭhitassa; together with<br />
180,000,000 divinities he was established in the Fruit of Stream-Entry. Jā Nid and Mahāvastu<br />
agree with this number.<br />
126 In the enumeration of the 31 Planes of Existence the Bhummā devā are not normally<br />
counted as a separate group, but are included in the realm of the Four <strong>Great</strong> Kings.