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Mahākhandhako The Great Chapter - Ancient Buddhist Texts

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Yāmānaṁ devānaṁ saddaṁ sutvā<br />

Having heard the cry of the Yāma gods<br />

Tusitā devā saddam-anussāvesuṁ:<br />

the Tusita gods let loose a cry:<br />

I. <strong>The</strong> First Teachings - 63<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 />

Tusitānaṁ devānaṁ saddaṁ sutvā<br />

Having heard the cry of the Tusita gods<br />

Nimmāṇaratī devā saddam-anussāvesuṁ:<br />

the Nimmāṇarati gods 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 />

Nimmāṇaratīnaṁ devānaṁ saddaṁ sutvā<br />

Having heard the cry of the Nimmāṇarati gods<br />

Paranimmitavasavattino devā saddam-anussāvesuṁ:<br />

the Paranimmitavasavatti gods 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,

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