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Mahākhandhako The Great Chapter - Ancient Buddhist Texts

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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Chapter</strong> - 62<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 />

Cātummahārājikānaṁ devānaṁ saddaṁ sutvā<br />

Having heard the cry of the gods called the Four <strong>Great</strong> Kings<br />

Tāvatiṁsā devā saddam-anussāvesuṁ:<br />

the Tāvatiṁsa 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 />

Tāvatiṁsānaṁ devānaṁ saddaṁ sutvā<br />

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

Yāmā devā saddam-anussāvesuṁ:<br />

the Yāma 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.”

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