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Mahākhandhako The Great Chapter - Ancient Buddhist Texts

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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Chapter</strong> - 64<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 />

Paranimmitavasavattīnaṁ devānaṁ saddaṁ sutvā<br />

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

Brahmakāyikā devā saddam-anussāvesuṁ:<br />

the Brahmakāyika gods 127 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 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 />

Iti ha tena khaṇena tena muhuttena,<br />

Thus at that moment, at that second,<br />

yāva Brahmalokā saddo abbhuggañchi,<br />

that cry reached as far as the Brahmā worlds,<br />

ayañ-ca dasasahassī lokadhātu saṅkampi, sampakampi, sampavedhi,<br />

and this ten-thousand world-element moved, wavered, and shook,<br />

appamāṇo ca uḷāro obhāso loke pātur-ahosi,<br />

and great and measureless light became manifest in the world,<br />

atikkamma devānaṁ devānubhāvaṁ.<br />

transcending the godly power of the gods.<br />

Atha kho Bhagavā imaṁ udānaṁ udānesi:<br />

<strong>The</strong>n the Gracious One uttered this inspired utterance:<br />

127 All the gods so far belong to the Sensual World (Kāma Loka), but the Brahmakāyikā devā,<br />

of which there are 16 kinds (all listed separately in the Safeguard version of this discourse),<br />

belong to the Form World (Rūpa Loka).

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