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154 FOUNDATION OF KINGDOM OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.
not by any Brahma or Mâra, not by any one in the universe, can ever be turned back!'
26. And when they heard the shout of the gods of the earth, the attendant gods of the four great kings 1 (the guardian angels of the four quarters of the globe) gave forth a shout, saying :
'In Benares, at the hermitage of the Migadâya, the supreme wheel of the empire of Truth has been set rolling by the Blessed One-that wheel which not by any Samana or Brâhman, not by any god, not by any Brahma or Mâra, not by any one in the universe, can ever be turned back!
27. [And thus as the gods in each of the heavens heard the shout of the inhabitants of the heaven beneath, they took up the cry until the gods in the highest heaven of heavens] gave forth the shout, saying:
'In Benâres, at the hermitage of the Migadaya, the supreme wheel of the empire of Truth has been set rolling by the Blessed One—that wheel which not by any Samana or Brâhman, not by any god, not by any Brahma or Mâra, not by any one in the universe, can ever be turned back?!'
Their names are given in the Mahâ Samaya Sutta in Grimblot's 'Sept Suttas Palis.
9 The text repeats & 26 for each of the heavens; and the gods thus enumerated are as follows, beginning with Bhumma Deva in § 25:
1. Bhummâ Devâ. 2. Katumahârâ gika Deva. 3. Yâmâ Deva. 4. Tusitâ Devâ. 5. Nimmânaratî Deva. 6. Paranimmitavasavatti Deva.
7. Brahmakâyikâ Deva. See the Maha Samaya Sutta in Grimblot's Sept Suttas Palis,' and
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| SR No. | 007674 |
| Book Title | Dhammapada |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Max Muller |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1881 |
| Total Pages | 2540 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 45 MB |