Mahākhandhako The Great Chapter - Ancient Buddhist Texts

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