{"id":"dn30","title":"The Marks of a Great Man","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"dn30","title":"The Marks of a Great Man","units":[{"id":"dn30:0","sourceIds":["dn30:0.1","dn30:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dīgha Nikāya 30\nLakkhaṇasutta","en":"Long Discourses 30\nThe Marks of a Great Man"}},{"id":"dn30:1.1","sourceIds":["dn30:1.1.1","dn30:1.1.2","dn30:1.1.3","dn30:1.1.4","dn30:1.1.5","dn30:1.1.6","dn30:1.1.7","dn30:1.1.8","dn30:1.1.9","dn30:1.1.10","dn30:1.1.11","dn30:1.1.12","dn30:1.1.13"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.\nTatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:\n“bhikkhavo”ti.\n“Bhaddante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.\nBhagavā etadavoca:\n“Dvattiṁsimāni, bhikkhave, mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni, yehi samannāgatassa mahāpurisassa dveva gatiyo bhavanti anaññā.\nSace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī dhammiko dhammarājā cāturanto vijitāvī janapadatthāvariyappatto sattaratanasamannāgato.\nTassimāni satta ratanāni bhavanti;\nSeyyathidaṁ—cakkaratanaṁ hatthiratanaṁ assaratanaṁ maṇiratanaṁ itthiratanaṁ gahapatiratanaṁ pariṇāyakaratanameva sattamaṁ.\nParosahassaṁ kho panassa puttā bhavanti sūrā vīraṅgarūpā parasenappamaddanā.\nSo imaṁ pathaviṁ sāgarapariyantaṁ adaṇḍena asatthena dhammena abhivijiya ajjhāvasati.\nSace kho pana agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajati, arahaṁ hoti sammāsambuddho loke vivaṭṭacchado.","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.\nThere the Buddha addressed the mendicants,\n“Mendicants!”\n“Venerable sir,” they replied.\nThe Buddha said this:\n“There are thirty-two marks of a great man. A great man who possesses these has only two possible destinies, no other.\nIf he stays at home he becomes a king, a wheel-turning monarch, a just and principled king. His dominion extends to all four sides, he achieves stability in the country, and he possesses the seven treasures.\nHe has the following seven treasures:\nthe wheel, the elephant, the horse, the jewel, the woman, the householder, and the commander as the seventh treasure.\nHe has over a thousand sons who are valiant and heroic, crushing the armies of his enemies.\nAfter conquering this land girt by sea, he reigns by principle, without rod or sword.\nBut if he goes forth from the lay life to homelessness, he becomes a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha, who has cast off the world’s veil."}},{"id":"dn30:1.2","sourceIds":["dn30:1.2.1","dn30:1.2.2","dn30:1.2.3","dn30:1.2.4","dn30:1.2.5","dn30:1.2.6","dn30:1.2.7","dn30:1.2.8","dn30:1.2.9","dn30:1.2.10","dn30:1.2.11","dn30:1.2.12","dn30:1.2.13","dn30:1.2.14","dn30:1.2.15","dn30:1.2.16","dn30:1.2.17","dn30:1.2.18","dn30:1.2.19","dn30:1.2.20","dn30:1.2.21","dn30:1.2.22","dn30:1.2.23","dn30:1.2.24","dn30:1.2.25","dn30:1.2.26","dn30:1.2.27","dn30:1.2.28","dn30:1.2.29","dn30:1.2.30","dn30:1.2.31","dn30:1.2.32","dn30:1.2.33","dn30:1.2.34","dn30:1.2.35"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamāni ca tāni, bhikkhave, dvattiṁsa mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni, yehi samannāgatassa mahāpurisassa dveva gatiyo bhavanti anaññā?\nSace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…\nsace kho pana agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajati, arahaṁ hoti sammāsambuddho loke vivaṭṭacchado.\nIdha, bhikkhave, mahāpuriso suppatiṭṭhitapādo hoti. Yampi, bhikkhave, mahāpuriso suppatiṭṭhitapādo hoti, idampi, bhikkhave, mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṁ bhavati.\nPuna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, mahāpurisassa heṭṭhāpādatalesu cakkāni jātāni honti sahassārāni sanemikāni sanābhikāni sabbākāraparipūrāni. Yampi, bhikkhave, mahāpurisassa heṭṭhāpādatalesu cakkāni jātāni honti sahassārāni sanemikāni sanābhikāni sabbākāraparipūrāni, idampi, bhikkhave, mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṁ bhavati.\nPuna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, mahāpuriso āyatapaṇhi hoti …pe…\ndīghaṅguli hoti …\nmudutalunahatthapādo hoti …\njālahatthapādo hoti …\nussaṅkhapādo hoti …\neṇijaṅgho hoti …\nṭhitakova anonamanto ubhohi pāṇitalehi jaṇṇukāni parimasati parimajjati …\nkosohitavatthaguyho hoti …\nsuvaṇṇavaṇṇo hoti kañcanasannibhattaco …\nsukhumacchavi hoti, sukhumattā chaviyā rajojallaṁ kāye na upalimpati …\nekekalomo hoti, ekekāni lomāni lomakūpesu jātāni …\nuddhaggalomo hoti, uddhaggāni lomāni jātāni nīlāni añjanavaṇṇāni kuṇḍalāvaṭṭāni dakkhiṇāvaṭṭakajātāni …\nbrahmujugatto hoti …\nsattussado hoti …\nsīhapubbaddhakāyo hoti …\ncitantaraṁso hoti …\nnigrodhaparimaṇḍalo hoti, yāvatakvassa kāyo tāvatakvassa byāmo yāvatakvassa byāmo tāvatakvassa kāyo …\nsamavaṭṭakkhandho hoti …\nrasaggasaggī hoti …\nsīhahanu hoti …\ncattālīsadanto hoti …\nsamadanto hoti …\naviraḷadanto hoti …\nsusukkadāṭho hoti …\npahūtajivho hoti …\nbrahmassaro hoti karavīkabhāṇī …\nabhinīlanetto hoti …\ngopakhumo hoti …\nuṇṇā bhamukantare jātā hoti, odātā mudutūlasannibhā. Yampi, bhikkhave, mahāpurisassa uṇṇā bhamukantare jātā hoti, odātā mudutūlasannibhā, idampi, bhikkhave, mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṁ bhavati.\nPuna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, mahāpuriso uṇhīsasīso hoti. Yampi, bhikkhave, mahāpuriso uṇhīsasīso hoti, idampi, bhikkhave, mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṁ bhavati.","en":"And what are the thirty-two marks?\nHe has well-planted feet.\nOn the soles of his feet there are thousand-spoked wheels, with rims and hubs, complete in every detail.\nHe has stretched heels.\nHe has long fingers.\nHis hands and feet are soft and tender.\nHe has serried hands and feet.\nThe tops of his feet are arched.\nHis calves are like those of an antelope.\nWhen standing upright and not bending over, the palms of both hands touch the knees.\nHis private parts are sheathed in a foreskin.\nHe is golden colored; his skin shines like lustrous gold.\nHe has delicate skin, so delicate that dust and dirt don’t stick to his body.\nHis hairs grow one per pore.\nHis hairs stand up; they’re blue-black and curl clockwise.\nHis body is tall and straight-limbed.\nHe has bulging muscles in seven places.\nHis chest is like that of a lion.\nHe is filled out between the shoulders.\nHe has the proportional circumference of a banyan tree: the span of his arms equals the height of his body.\nHis torso is cylindrical.\nHe has ridged taste buds.\nHis jaw is like that of a lion.\nHe has forty teeth.\nHis teeth are even.\nHis teeth have no gaps.\nHis teeth are perfectly white.\nHe has a large tongue.\nHe has the voice of the Divinity, like a cuckoo’s call.\nHis eyes are indigo.\nHe has eyelashes like a cow’s.\nBetween his eyebrows there grows a tuft, soft and white like cotton-wool.\nThe crown of his head is like a turban."}},{"id":"dn30:1.3","sourceIds":["dn30:1.3.1","dn30:1.3.2","dn30:1.3.3","dn30:1.3.4","dn30:1.3.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Imāni kho tāni, bhikkhave, dvattiṁsa mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni, yehi samannāgatassa mahāpurisassa dveva gatiyo bhavanti anaññā.\nSace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…\nsace kho pana agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajati, arahaṁ hoti sammāsambuddho loke vivaṭṭacchado.\nImāni kho, bhikkhave, dvattiṁsa mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni bāhirakāpi isayo dhārenti, no ca kho te jānanti:\n‘imassa kammassa kaṭattā idaṁ lakkhaṇaṁ paṭilabhatī’ti.","en":"These are the thirty-two marks of a great man. A great man who possesses these has only two possible destinies, no other.\nSeers who are outsiders remember these marks, but they do not know\nthe specific deeds performed in the past to obtain each mark."}},{"id":"dn30:1.4","sourceIds":["dn30:1.4.0","dn30:1.4.1","dn30:1.4.2","dn30:1.4.3","dn30:1.4.4","dn30:1.4.5","dn30:1.4.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"1. Suppatiṭṭhitapādatālakkhaṇaṁ\nYampi, bhikkhave, tathāgato purimaṁ jātiṁ purimaṁ bhavaṁ purimaṁ niketaṁ pubbe manussabhūto samāno daḷhasamādāno ahosi kusalesu dhammesu, avatthitasamādāno kāyasucarite vacīsucarite manosucarite dānasaṁvibhāge sīlasamādāne uposathupavāse matteyyatāya petteyyatāya sāmaññatāya brahmaññatāya kule jeṭṭhāpacāyitāya aññataraññataresu ca adhikusalesu dhammesu.\nSo tassa kammassa kaṭattā upacitattā ussannattā vipulattā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjati.\nSo tattha aññe deve dasahi ṭhānehi adhiggaṇhāti dibbena āyunā dibbena vaṇṇena dibbena sukhena dibbena yasena dibbena ādhipateyyena dibbehi rūpehi dibbehi saddehi dibbehi gandhehi dibbehi rasehi dibbehi phoṭṭhabbehi.\nSo tato cuto itthattaṁ āgato samāno imaṁ mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṁ paṭilabhati.\nSuppatiṭṭhitapādo hoti.\nSamaṁ pādaṁ bhūmiyaṁ nikkhipati, samaṁ uddharati, samaṁ sabbāvantehi pādatalehi bhūmiṁ phusati.","en":"1. Well-Planted Feet\nIn some past lives, past existences, past abodes the Realized One was reborn as a human being. He firmly and persistently undertook skillful behaviors such as good conduct by way of body, speech, and mind, giving and sharing, taking precepts, observing the sabbath, paying due respect to mother and father, ascetics and brahmins, honoring the elders in the family, and various other things pertaining to skillful behaviors.\nDue to performing, accumulating, heaping up, and amassing those deeds, when his body broke up, after death, he was reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.\nThere he surpassed the other gods in ten respects: heavenly lifespan, beauty, happiness, glory, sovereignty, sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and touches.\nWhen he passed away from there and came back to this place he obtained this mark of a great man:\nhe has well-planted feet.\nHe places his foot on the ground evenly, raises it evenly, and touches the ground evenly with the whole sole of his foot."}},{"id":"dn30:1.5","sourceIds":["dn30:1.5.1","dn30:1.5.2","dn30:1.5.3","dn30:1.5.4","dn30:1.5.5","dn30:1.5.6","dn30:1.5.7","dn30:1.5.8","dn30:1.5.9","dn30:1.5.10","dn30:1.5.11","dn30:1.5.12","dn30:1.5.13"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So tena lakkhaṇena samannāgato sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī dhammiko dhammarājā cāturanto vijitāvī janapadatthāvariyappatto sattaratanasamannāgato.\nTassimāni satta ratanāni bhavanti;\nSeyyathidaṁ—cakkaratanaṁ hatthiratanaṁ assaratanaṁ maṇiratanaṁ itthiratanaṁ gahapatiratanaṁ pariṇāyakaratanameva sattamaṁ.\nParosahassaṁ kho panassa puttā bhavanti sūrā vīraṅgarūpā parasenappamaddanā.\nSo imaṁ pathaviṁ sāgarapariyantaṁ akhilamanimittamakaṇṭakaṁ iddhaṁ phītaṁ khemaṁ sivaṁ nirabbudaṁ adaṇḍena asatthena dhammena abhivijiya ajjhāvasati.\nRājā samāno kiṁ labhati?\nAkkhambhiyo hoti kenaci manussabhūtena paccatthikena paccāmittena.\nRājā samāno idaṁ labhati.\nSace kho pana agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajati, arahaṁ hoti sammāsambuddho loke vivaṭṭacchado.\nBuddho samāno kiṁ labhati?\nAkkhambhiyo hoti abbhantarehi vā bāhirehi vā paccatthikehi paccāmittehi rāgena vā dosena vā mohena vā samaṇena vā brāhmaṇena vā devena vā mārena vā brahmunā vā kenaci vā lokasmiṁ.\nBuddho samāno idaṁ labhati”.\nEtamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.","en":"Possessing this mark, if he stays at home he becomes a wheel-turning monarch.\nHe has the following seven treasures:\nthe wheel, the elephant, the horse, the jewel, the woman, the householder, and the commander as the seventh treasure.\nHe has over a thousand sons who are valiant and heroic, crushing the armies of his enemies.\nAfter conquering this land girt by sea—free of harassment by bandits, successful and prosperous, safe, blessed, free of pests—he reigns by principle, without rod or sword.\nAnd what does he obtain as king?\nHe can’t be stopped by any human foe or enemy.\nThat’s what he obtains as king.\nBut if he goes forth from the lay life to homelessness, he becomes a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha, who has cast off the world’s veil.\nAnd what does he obtain as Buddha?\nHe can’t be stopped by any foe or enemy whether internal or external; nor by greed, hate, or delusion; nor by any ascetic or brahmin or god or Māra or divinity or by anyone in the world.\nThat’s what he obtains as Buddha.”\nThe Buddha spoke this matter."}},{"id":"dn30:1.6","sourceIds":["dn30:1.6.1","dn30:1.6.2","dn30:1.6.3","dn30:1.6.4","dn30:1.6.5","dn30:1.6.6","dn30:1.6.7","dn30:1.6.8","dn30:1.6.9","dn30:1.6.10","dn30:1.6.11","dn30:1.6.12","dn30:1.6.13","dn30:1.6.14","dn30:1.6.15","dn30:1.6.16","dn30:1.6.17","dn30:1.6.18","dn30:1.6.19","dn30:1.6.20","dn30:1.6.21"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatthetaṁ vuccati:\n“Sacce ca dhamme ca dame ca saṁyame,\nSoceyyasīlālayuposathesu ca;\nDāne ahiṁsāya asāhase rato,\nDaḷhaṁ samādāya samattamācari.\nSo tena kammena divaṁ samakkami,\nSukhañca khiḍḍāratiyo ca anvabhi;\nTato cavitvā punarāgato idha,\nSamehi pādehi phusī vasundharaṁ.\nByākaṁsu veyyañjanikā samāgatā,\nSamappatiṭṭhassa na hoti khambhanā;\nGihissa vā pabbajitassa vā puna,\nTaṁ lakkhaṇaṁ bhavati tadatthajotakaṁ.\nAkkhambhiyo hoti agāramāvasaṁ,\nParābhibhū sattubhi nappamaddano;\nManussabhūtenidha hoti kenaci,\nAkkhambhiyo tassa phalena kammuno.\nSace ca pabbajjamupeti tādiso,\nNekkhammachandābhirato vicakkhaṇo;\nAggo na so gacchati jātu khambhanaṁ,\nNaruttamo esa hi tassa dhammatā”ti.","en":"On this it is said:\n“Truth, principle, self-control, and restraint;\npurity, precepts, and observing the sabbath;\ngiving, harmlessness, delighting in non-violence—\nfirmly undertaking these things, he lived accordingly.\nBy means of these deeds he went to heaven,\nwhere he enjoyed happiness and merriment.\nAfter passing away from there to here,\nhe steps evenly on this rich earth.\nThe gathered soothsayers predicted\nthat there is no stopping one of such even tread,\nas householder or renunciate.\nThat’s the meaning shown by this mark.\nWhile living at home he cannot be stopped,\nhe defeats his foes, and cannot be beaten.\nDue to the fruit of that deed,\nhe cannot be stopped by any human.\nBut if one such chooses the life gone forth,\nseeing clearly, loving renunciation,\nnot even the best can ever stop him;\nthis is the nature of the supreme man.”"}},{"id":"dn30:1.7","sourceIds":["dn30:1.7.0","dn30:1.7.1","dn30:1.7.2","dn30:1.7.3","dn30:1.7.4","dn30:1.7.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"2. Pādatalacakkalakkhaṇaṁ\n“Yampi, bhikkhave, tathāgato purimaṁ jātiṁ purimaṁ bhavaṁ purimaṁ niketaṁ pubbe manussabhūto samāno\nbahujanassa sukhāvaho ahosi, ubbegauttāsabhayaṁ apanuditā, dhammikañca rakkhāvaraṇaguttiṁ saṁvidhātā, saparivārañca dānaṁ adāsi.\nSo tassa kammassa kaṭattā upacitattā ussannattā vipulattā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjati …pe…\nso tato cuto itthattaṁ āgato samāno imaṁ mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṁ paṭilabhati.\nHeṭṭhāpādatalesu cakkāni jātāni honti sahassārāni sanemikāni sanābhikāni sabbākāraparipūrāni suvibhattantarāni.","en":"2. Wheels on the Feet\n“Mendicants, in some past lives the Realized One was reborn as a human being.\nHe conveyed happiness to many people, casting out threats, terror, and danger, providing just protection and security, and giving gifts with all the trimmings.\nDue to performing those deeds he was reborn in a heavenly realm.\nWhen he came back to this place he obtained this mark:\non the soles of his feet there are thousand-spoked wheels, with rims and hubs, complete in every detail and well divided inside."}},{"id":"dn30:1.8","sourceIds":["dn30:1.8.1","dn30:1.8.2","dn30:1.8.3","dn30:1.8.4","dn30:1.8.5","dn30:1.8.6","dn30:1.8.7","dn30:1.8.8","dn30:1.8.9","dn30:1.8.10","dn30:1.8.11"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So tena lakkhaṇena samannāgato sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…\nrājā samāno kiṁ labhati?\nMahāparivāro hoti;\nmahāssa honti parivārā brāhmaṇagahapatikā negamajānapadā gaṇakamahāmattā anīkaṭṭhā dovārikā amaccā pārisajjā rājāno bhogiyā kumārā.\nRājā samāno idaṁ labhati.\nSace kho pana agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajati, arahaṁ hoti sammāsambuddho loke vivaṭṭacchado.\nBuddho samāno kiṁ labhati?\nMahāparivāro hoti;\nmahāssa honti parivārā bhikkhū bhikkhuniyo upāsakā upāsikāyo devā manussā asurā nāgā gandhabbā.\nBuddho samāno idaṁ labhati”.\nEtamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.","en":"Possessing this mark, if he stays at home he becomes a wheel-turning monarch.\nAnd what does he obtain as king?\nHe has a large following\nof brahmins and householders, people of town and country, treasurers and chief ministers, military officers, guardsmen, ministers, councillors, rulers, tax beneficiaries, and princes.\nThat’s what he obtains as king.\nBut if he goes forth from the lay life to homelessness, he becomes a fully awakened Buddha.\nAnd what does he obtain as Buddha?\nHe has a large following\nof monks, nuns, laymen, laywomen, gods, humans, titans, dragons, and centaurs.\nThat’s what he obtains as Buddha.”\nThe Buddha spoke this matter."}},{"id":"dn30:1.9","sourceIds":["dn30:1.9.1","dn30:1.9.2","dn30:1.9.3","dn30:1.9.4","dn30:1.9.5","dn30:1.9.6","dn30:1.9.7","dn30:1.9.8","dn30:1.9.9","dn30:1.9.10","dn30:1.9.11","dn30:1.9.12","dn30:1.9.13","dn30:1.9.14","dn30:1.9.15","dn30:1.9.16","dn30:1.9.17","dn30:1.9.18","dn30:1.9.19","dn30:1.9.20","dn30:1.9.21","dn30:1.9.22","dn30:1.9.23","dn30:1.9.24"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatthetaṁ vuccati:\n“Pure puratthā purimāsu jātisu,\nManussabhūto bahunaṁ sukhāvaho;\nUbbhegauttāsabhayāpanūdano,\nGuttīsu rakkhāvaraṇesu ussuko.\nSo tena kammena divaṁ samakkami,\nSukhañca khiḍḍāratiyo ca anvabhi;\nTato cavitvā punarāgato idha,\nCakkāni pādesu duvesu vindati.\nSamantanemīni sahassarāni ca,\nByākaṁsu veyyañjanikā samāgatā;\nDisvā kumāraṁ satapuññalakkhaṇaṁ,\nParivāravā hessati sattumaddano.\nTathā hi cakkāni samantanemini,\nSace na pabbajjamupeti tādiso;\nVatteti cakkaṁ pathaviṁ pasāsati,\nTassānuyantādha bhavanti khattiyā.\nMahāyasaṁ samparivārayanti naṁ,\nSace ca pabbajjamupeti tādiso;\nNekkhammachandābhirato vicakkhaṇo,\nDevā manussāsurasakkarakkhasā.\nGandhabbanāgā vihagā catuppadā,\nAnuttaraṁ devamanussapūjitaṁ;\nMahāyasaṁ samparivārayanti nan”ti.","en":"On this it is said:\n“In olden days, in past lives,\nhe brought happiness to many people,\nridding them of fear, terror, and danger,\neagerly guarding and protecting them.\nBy means of these deeds he went to heaven,\nwhere he enjoyed happiness and merriment.\nAfter passing away from there to here,\nwheels on his two feet are found,\nall rimmed around and thousand-spoked.\nThe gathered soothsayers predicted,\nseeing the prince with the hundred-fold mark of merits,\nthat he’d have a following, subduing foes,\nwhich is why he has wheels all rimmed around.\nIf one such doesn’t choose the life gone forth,\nhe’ll roll the wheel and rule the land.\nThe aristocrats will be his vassals,\nflocking to his glory.\nBut if one such chooses the life gone forth,\nseeing clearly, loving renunciation,\nthe gods, humans, titans, Sakka, and monsters;\ncentaurs and dragons, birds and beasts,\nwill flock to his glory,\nthe supreme, honored by gods and humans.”"}},{"id":"dn30:1.10","sourceIds":["dn30:1.10.0","dn30:1.10.1","dn30:1.10.2","dn30:1.10.3","dn30:1.10.4","dn30:1.10.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"3–5. Āyatapaṇhitāditilakkhaṇaṁ\n“Yampi, bhikkhave, tathāgato purimaṁ jātiṁ purimaṁ bhavaṁ purimaṁ niketaṁ pubbe manussabhūto samāno\npāṇātipātaṁ pahāya pāṇātipātā paṭivirato ahosi nihitadaṇḍo nihitasattho lajjī dayāpanno, sabbapāṇabhūtahitānukampī vihāsi.\nSo tassa kammassa kaṭattā upacitattā ussannattā vipulattā …pe…\nso tato cuto itthattaṁ āgato samāno imāni tīṇi mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni paṭilabhati.\nĀyatapaṇhi ca hoti, dīghaṅguli ca brahmujugatto ca.","en":"3–5. Stretched Heels, Etc.\n“Mendicants, in some past lives the Realized One was reborn as a human being.\nHe gave up killing living creatures, renouncing the rod and the sword. He was scrupulous and kind, living full of sympathy for all living beings.\nDue to performing those deeds he was reborn in a heavenly realm.\nWhen he came back to this place he obtained these three marks:\nhe has stretched heels, long fingers, and his body is tall and straight-limbed."}},{"id":"dn30:1.11","sourceIds":["dn30:1.11.1","dn30:1.11.2","dn30:1.11.3","dn30:1.11.4","dn30:1.11.5","dn30:1.11.6","dn30:1.11.7","dn30:1.11.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So tehi lakkhaṇehi samannāgato sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…\nrājā samāno kiṁ labhati?\nDīghāyuko hoti ciraṭṭhitiko, dīghamāyuṁ pāleti, na sakkā hoti antarā jīvitā voropetuṁ kenaci manussabhūtena paccatthikena paccāmittena.\nRājā samāno idaṁ labhati …pe…\nbuddho samāno kiṁ labhati?\nDīghāyuko hoti ciraṭṭhitiko, dīghamāyuṁ pāleti, na sakkā hoti antarā jīvitā voropetuṁ paccatthikehi paccāmittehi samaṇena vā brāhmaṇena vā devena vā mārena vā brahmunā vā kenaci vā lokasmiṁ.\nBuddho samāno idaṁ labhati”.\nEtamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.","en":"Possessing these marks, if he stays at home he becomes a wheel-turning monarch.\nAnd what does he obtain as king?\nHe’s long-lived, preserving his life for a long time. No human foe or enemy is able to take his life before his time.\nThat’s what he obtains as king.\nAnd what does he obtain as Buddha?\nHe’s long-lived, preserving his life for a long time. No foes or enemies—nor any ascetic or brahmin or god or Māra or divinity or anyone in the world—is able to take his life before his time.\nThat’s what he obtains as Buddha.”\nThe Buddha spoke this matter."}},{"id":"dn30:1.12","sourceIds":["dn30:1.12.1","dn30:1.12.2","dn30:1.12.3","dn30:1.12.4","dn30:1.12.5","dn30:1.12.6","dn30:1.12.7","dn30:1.12.8","dn30:1.12.9","dn30:1.12.10","dn30:1.12.11","dn30:1.12.12","dn30:1.12.13","dn30:1.12.14","dn30:1.12.15","dn30:1.12.16","dn30:1.12.17"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatthetaṁ vuccati:\n“Māraṇavadhabhayattano viditvā,\nPaṭivirato paraṁ māraṇāyahosi;\nTena sucaritena saggamagamā,\nSukataphalavipākamanubhosi.\nCaviya punaridhāgato samāno,\nPaṭilabhati idha tīṇi lakkhaṇāni;\nBhavati vipuladīghapāsaṇhiko,\nBrahmāva suju subho sujātagatto.\nSubhujo susu susaṇṭhito sujāto,\nMudutalunaṅguliyassa honti;\nDīghā tībhi purisavaraggalakkhaṇehi,\nCirayapanāya kumāramādisanti.\nBhavati yadi gihī ciraṁ yapeti,\nCirataraṁ pabbajati yadi tato hi;\nYāpayati ca vasiddhibhāvanāya,\nIti dīghāyukatāya taṁ nimittan”ti.","en":"On this it is said:\n“Realizing for himself the horrors of death,\nhe refrained from killing other creatures.\nBy that good conduct he went to heaven,\nwhere he enjoyed the fruit of deeds well done.\nPassing away, on his return to here,\nhe obtained these three marks:\nhis stretched heels are abundant and long,\nand like the Divinity, he’s straight and beautiful, with well-formed limbs.\nFair of arm, youthful, of good posture and breeding,\nhis fingers are soft and tender and long.\nBy these three marks of an excellent man,\nthey indicated that the prince’s life would be long:\n‘As a householder he will live long;\nlonger still if he goes forth, due to\nmastery in the development of psychic power.\nThus this is the sign of long life.’”"}},{"id":"dn30:1.13","sourceIds":["dn30:1.13.0","dn30:1.13.1","dn30:1.13.2","dn30:1.13.3","dn30:1.13.4","dn30:1.13.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"6. Sattussadatālakkhaṇaṁ\n“Yampi, bhikkhave, tathāgato purimaṁ jātiṁ purimaṁ bhavaṁ purimaṁ niketaṁ pubbe manussabhūto samāno\ndātā ahosi paṇītānaṁ rasitānaṁ khādanīyānaṁ bhojanīyānaṁ sāyanīyānaṁ lehanīyānaṁ pānānaṁ.\nSo tassa kammassa kaṭattā …pe…\nso tato cuto itthattaṁ āgato samāno imaṁ mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṁ paṭilabhati, sattussado hoti, sattassa ussadā honti;\nubhosu hatthesu ussadā honti, ubhosu pādesu ussadā honti, ubhosu aṁsakūṭesu ussadā honti, khandhe ussado hoti.","en":"6. Seven Bulging Places\n“Mendicants, in some past lives the Realized One was reborn as a human being.\nHe was a donor of delicious and tasty cooked and fresh foods, and drinks that were sweet and succulent.\nDue to performing those deeds he was reborn in a heavenly realm.\nWhen he came back to this place he obtained this mark: he has bulging muscles in seven places.\nBoth hands, both feet, both shoulders, and his chest are all bulging."}},{"id":"dn30:1.14","sourceIds":["dn30:1.14.1","dn30:1.14.2","dn30:1.14.3","dn30:1.14.4","dn30:1.14.5","dn30:1.14.6","dn30:1.14.7","dn30:1.14.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So tena lakkhaṇena samannāgato sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…\nrājā samāno kiṁ labhati?\nLābhī hoti paṇītānaṁ rasitānaṁ khādanīyānaṁ bhojanīyānaṁ sāyanīyānaṁ lehanīyānaṁ pānānaṁ.\nRājā samāno idaṁ labhati …pe…\nbuddho samāno kiṁ labhati?\nLābhī hoti paṇītānaṁ rasitānaṁ khādanīyānaṁ bhojanīyānaṁ sāyanīyānaṁ lehanīyānaṁ pānānaṁ.\nBuddho samāno idaṁ labhati”.\nEtamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.","en":"Possessing this mark, if he stays at home he becomes a wheel-turning monarch.\nAnd what does he obtain as king?\nHe gets delicious and tasty cooked and fresh foods, and drinks that are sweet and succulent.\nThat’s what he obtains as king.\nAnd what does he obtain as Buddha?\nHe gets delicious and tasty cooked and fresh foods, and drinks that are sweet and succulent.\nThat’s what he obtains as Buddha.”\nThe Buddha spoke this matter."}},{"id":"dn30:1.15","sourceIds":["dn30:1.15.1","dn30:1.15.2","dn30:1.15.3","dn30:1.15.4","dn30:1.15.5","dn30:1.15.6","dn30:1.15.7","dn30:1.15.8","dn30:1.15.9","dn30:1.15.10","dn30:1.15.11","dn30:1.15.12","dn30:1.15.13"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatthetaṁ vuccati:\n“Khajjabhojjamatha leyya sāyiyaṁ,\nUttamaggarasadāyako ahu;\nTena so sucaritena kammunā,\nNandane ciramabhippamodati.\nSatta cussade idhādhigacchati,\nHatthapādamudutañca vindati;\nĀhu byañjananimittakovidā,\nKhajjabhojjarasalābhitāya naṁ.\nYaṁ gihissapi tadatthajotakaṁ,\nPabbajjampi ca tadādhigacchati;\nKhajjabhojjarasalābhiruttamaṁ,\nĀhu sabbagihibandhanacchidan”ti.","en":"On this it is said:\n“He used to give the very best of flavors—\nscrumptious foods of every kind.\nBecause of that good deed,\nhe rejoiced long in the Garden of Delight.\nOn returning to here, he is rounded in seven places,\nand tender hands and feet are found.\nThe soothsayers expert in signs declared:\n‘He’ll get tasty foods of all sorts\nas a householder, that’s what that means.\nBut even if he goes forth he’ll get the same,\nsupreme in gaining tasty foods of all sorts,\ncutting all bonds of the lay life.’”"}},{"id":"dn30:1.16","sourceIds":["dn30:1.16.0","dn30:1.16.1","dn30:1.16.2","dn30:1.16.3","dn30:1.16.4","dn30:1.16.5","dn30:1.16.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"7–8. Karacaraṇamudujālatālakkhaṇāni\n“Yampi, bhikkhave, tathāgato purimaṁ jātiṁ purimaṁ bhavaṁ purimaṁ niketaṁ pubbe manussabhūto samāno\ncatūhi saṅgahavatthūhi janaṁ saṅgāhako ahosi—\ndānena peyyavajjena atthacariyāya samānattatāya.\nSo tassa kammassa kaṭattā …pe…\nso tato cuto itthattaṁ āgato samāno imāni dve mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni paṭilabhati.\nMudutalunahatthapādo ca hoti jālahatthapādo ca.","en":"7–8. Tender and Serried Hands\n“Mendicants, in some past lives the Realized One was reborn as a human being.\nHe brought people together using the four ways of being inclusive:\ngiving, kindly words, taking care, and equality.\nDue to performing those deeds he was reborn in a heavenly realm.\nWhen he came back to this place he obtained these two marks:\nhis hands and feet are soft and tender, and they are serried."}},{"id":"dn30:1.17","sourceIds":["dn30:1.17.1","dn30:1.17.2","dn30:1.17.3","dn30:1.17.4","dn30:1.17.5","dn30:1.17.6","dn30:1.17.7","dn30:1.17.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So tehi lakkhaṇehi samannāgato sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…\nrājā samāno kiṁ labhati?\nSusaṅgahitaparijano hoti, susaṅgahitāssa honti brāhmaṇagahapatikā negamajānapadā gaṇakamahāmattā anīkaṭṭhā dovārikā amaccā pārisajjā rājāno bhogiyā kumārā.\nRājā samāno idaṁ labhati …\nbuddho samāno kiṁ labhati?\nSusaṅgahitaparijano hoti, susaṅgahitāssa honti bhikkhū bhikkhuniyo upāsakā upāsikāyo devā manussā asurā nāgā gandhabbā.\nBuddho samāno idaṁ labhati”.\nEtamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.","en":"Possessing these marks, if he stays at home he becomes a wheel-turning monarch.\nAnd what does he obtain as king?\nHis retinue is inclusive, cohesive, and well-managed. This includes brahmins and householders, people of town and country, treasurers and chief ministers, military officers, guardsmen, ministers, councillors, rulers, tax beneficiaries, and princes.\nThat’s what he obtains as king.\nAnd what does he obtain as Buddha?\nHis retinue is inclusive and well-managed. This includes monks, nuns, laymen, laywomen, gods, humans, titans, dragons, and centaurs.\nThat’s what he obtains as Buddha.”\nThe Buddha spoke this matter."}},{"id":"dn30:1.18","sourceIds":["dn30:1.18.1","dn30:1.18.2","dn30:1.18.3","dn30:1.18.4","dn30:1.18.5","dn30:1.18.6","dn30:1.18.7","dn30:1.18.8","dn30:1.18.9","dn30:1.18.10","dn30:1.18.11","dn30:1.18.12","dn30:1.18.13","dn30:1.18.14","dn30:1.18.15","dn30:1.18.16","dn30:1.18.17"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatthetaṁ vuccati:\n“Dānampi catthacariyatañca,\nPiyavāditañca samānattatañca;\nKariyacariyasusaṅgahaṁ bahūnaṁ,\nAnavamatena guṇena yāti saggaṁ.\nCaviya punaridhāgato samāno,\nKaracaraṇamudutañca jālino ca;\nAtirucirasuvaggudassaneyyaṁ,\nPaṭilabhati daharo susu kumāro.\nBhavati parijanassavo vidheyyo,\nMahimaṁ āvasito susaṅgahito;\nPiyavadū hitasukhataṁ jigīsamāno,\nAbhirucitāni guṇāni ācarati.\nYadi ca jahati sabbakāmabhogaṁ,\nKathayati dhammakathaṁ jino janassa;\nVacanapaṭikarassābhippasannā,\nSutvāna dhammānudhammamācarantī”ti.","en":"On this it is said:\n“By giving and helping others,\nkindly speech, and equal treatment,\nsuch action and conduct as brought people together,\nhe went to heaven due to his esteemed virtue.\nPassing away, on his return to here,\nthe young baby prince obtained\nhands and feet so tender and serried,\nlovely, graceful, and good-looking.\nHis retinue is loyal and manageable,\nstaying agreeably all over this broad land.\nSpeaking kindly, seeking happiness,\nhe implements agreeable qualities.\nBut if he gives up all sensual enjoyments,\nas victor he speaks Dhamma to the people.\nDevoted, they respond to his words;\nafter listening, they practice in line with the teaching.”"}},{"id":"dn30:1.19","sourceIds":["dn30:1.19.0","dn30:1.19.1","dn30:1.19.2","dn30:1.19.3","dn30:1.19.4","dn30:1.19.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"9–10. Ussaṅkhapāda-uddhaggalomatālakkhaṇāni\n“Yampi, bhikkhave, tathāgato purimaṁ jātiṁ purimaṁ bhavaṁ purimaṁ niketaṁ pubbe manussabhūto samāno\natthūpasaṁhitaṁ dhammūpasaṁhitaṁ vācaṁ bhāsitā ahosi, bahujanaṁ nidaṁsesi, pāṇīnaṁ hitasukhāvaho dhammayāgī.\nSo tassa kammassa kaṭattā …pe…\nso tato cuto itthattaṁ āgato samāno imāni dve mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni paṭilabhati.\nUssaṅkhapādo ca hoti, uddhaggalomo ca.","en":"9–10. Arched Feet and Upright Hair\n“Mendicants, in some past lives the Realized One was reborn as a human being.\nHis speech was meaningful and principled. He educated many people, bringing welfare and happiness, offering the teaching.\nDue to performing those deeds he was reborn in a heavenly realm.\nWhen he came back to this place he obtained these two marks:\nthe tops of his feet are arched and his hairs stand up."}},{"id":"dn30:1.20","sourceIds":["dn30:1.20.1","dn30:1.20.2","dn30:1.20.3","dn30:1.20.4","dn30:1.20.5","dn30:1.20.6","dn30:1.20.7","dn30:1.20.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So tehi lakkhaṇehi samannāgato, sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…\nrājā samāno kiṁ labhati?\nAggo ca hoti seṭṭho ca pāmokkho ca uttamo ca pavaro ca kāmabhogīnaṁ.\nRājā samāno idaṁ labhati …pe…\nbuddho samāno kiṁ labhati?\nAggo ca hoti seṭṭho ca pāmokkho ca uttamo ca pavaro ca sabbasattānaṁ.\nBuddho samāno idaṁ labhati”.\nEtamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.","en":"Possessing these marks, if he stays at home he becomes a wheel-turning monarch.\nAnd what does he obtain as king?\nHe is the foremost, best, chief, highest, and finest of those who enjoy sensual pleasures.\nThat’s what he obtains as king.\nAnd what does he obtain as Buddha?\nHe is the foremost, best, chief, highest, and finest of all sentient beings.\nThat’s what he obtains as Buddha.”\nThe Buddha spoke this matter."}},{"id":"dn30:1.21","sourceIds":["dn30:1.21.1","dn30:1.21.2","dn30:1.21.3","dn30:1.21.4","dn30:1.21.5","dn30:1.21.6","dn30:1.21.7","dn30:1.21.8","dn30:1.21.9","dn30:1.21.10","dn30:1.21.11","dn30:1.21.12","dn30:1.21.13","dn30:1.21.14","dn30:1.21.15","dn30:1.21.16","dn30:1.21.17","dn30:1.21.18","dn30:1.21.19","dn30:1.21.20","dn30:1.21.21"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatthetaṁ vuccati:\n“Atthadhammasahitaṁ pure giraṁ,\nErayaṁ bahujanaṁ nidaṁsayi;\nPāṇinaṁ hitasukhāvaho ahu,\nDhammayāgamayajī amaccharī.\nTena so sucaritena kammunā,\nSuggatiṁ vajati tattha modati;\nLakkhaṇāni ca duve idhāgato,\nUttamappamukhatāya vindati.\nUbbhamuppatitalomavā saso,\nPādagaṇṭhirahu sādhusaṇṭhitā;\nMaṁsalohitācitā tacotthatā,\nUparicaraṇasobhanā ahu.\nGehamāvasati ce tathāvidho,\nAggataṁ vajati kāmabhoginaṁ;\nTena uttaritaro na vijjati,\nJambudīpamabhibhuyya iriyati.\nPabbajampi ca anomanikkamo,\nAggataṁ vajati sabbapāṇinaṁ;\nTena uttaritaro na vijjati,\nSabbalokamabhibhuyya viharatī”ti.","en":"On this it is said:\n“His word was meaningful and principled,\nmoving the people with his explanations.\nHe brought welfare and happiness to creatures,\nunstintingly offering up teaching.\nBecause of that good deed,\nhe advanced to heaven and there rejoiced.\nOn return to here two marks are found,\nof excellence and supremacy.\nHis hairs stand upright,\nand his ankles well-shaped.\nSwollen with flesh and blood, encased in skin,\ngracing above the feet.\nIf that sort lives in the home, he becomes\nthe best of those who enjoy sensual pleasures.\nThere’ll be none better than him;\nhe’ll proceed having mastered all the Black Plum Tree Land.\nBut going forth the peerless renunciate\nturns into the best of all creatures.\nThere’ll be none better than him,\nhe’ll live having mastered the whole world.”"}},{"id":"dn30:1.22","sourceIds":["dn30:1.22.0","dn30:1.22.1","dn30:1.22.2","dn30:1.22.3","dn30:1.22.4","dn30:1.22.5","dn30:1.22.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"11. Eṇijaṅghalakkhaṇaṁ\n“Yampi, bhikkhave, tathāgato purimaṁ jātiṁ purimaṁ bhavaṁ purimaṁ niketaṁ pubbe manussabhūto samāno\nsakkaccaṁ vācetā ahosi sippaṁ vā vijjaṁ vā caraṇaṁ vā kammaṁ vā:\n‘kintime khippaṁ vijāneyyuṁ, khippaṁ paṭipajjeyyuṁ, na ciraṁ kilisseyyun’”ti.\nSo tassa kammassa kaṭattā …pe…\nso tato cuto itthattaṁ āgato samāno imaṁ mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṁ paṭilabhati.\nEṇijaṅgho hoti.","en":"11. Antelope Calves\n“Mendicants, in some past lives the Realized One was reborn as a human being.\nHe was a thorough teacher of a profession, a branch of knowledge, conduct, or action, thinking:\n‘How might they quickly learn and practice, without getting exhausted?’\nDue to performing those deeds he was reborn in a heavenly realm.\nWhen he came back to this place he obtained this mark:\nhis calves are like those of an antelope."}},{"id":"dn30:1.23","sourceIds":["dn30:1.23.1","dn30:1.23.2","dn30:1.23.3","dn30:1.23.4","dn30:1.23.5","dn30:1.23.6","dn30:1.23.7","dn30:1.23.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So tena lakkhaṇena samannāgato sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…\nrājā samāno kiṁ labhati?\nYāni tāni rājārahāni rājaṅgāni rājūpabhogāni rājānucchavikāni tāni khippaṁ paṭilabhati.\nRājā samāno idaṁ labhati …pe…\nbuddho samāno kiṁ labhati?\nYāni tāni samaṇārahāni samaṇaṅgāni samaṇūpabhogāni samaṇānucchavikāni, tāni khippaṁ paṭilabhati.\nBuddho samāno idaṁ labhati”.\nEtamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.","en":"Possessing this mark, if he stays at home he becomes a wheel-turning monarch.\nAnd what does he obtain as king?\nHe quickly obtains the things worthy of a king, the factors, supports, and things befitting a king.\nThat’s what he obtains as king.\nAnd what does he obtain as Buddha?\nHe quickly obtains the things worthy of an ascetic, the factors, supports, and things befitting an ascetic.\nThat’s what he obtains as Buddha.”\nThe Buddha spoke this matter."}},{"id":"dn30:1.24","sourceIds":["dn30:1.24.1","dn30:1.24.2","dn30:1.24.3","dn30:1.24.4","dn30:1.24.5","dn30:1.24.6","dn30:1.24.7","dn30:1.24.8","dn30:1.24.9","dn30:1.24.10","dn30:1.24.11","dn30:1.24.12","dn30:1.24.13","dn30:1.24.14","dn30:1.24.15","dn30:1.24.16","dn30:1.24.17"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatthetaṁ vuccati:\n“Sippesu vijjācaraṇesu kammesu,\nKathaṁ vijāneyyuṁ lahunti icchati;\nYadūpaghātāya na hoti kassaci,\nVāceti khippaṁ na ciraṁ kilissati.\nTaṁ kammaṁ katvā kusalaṁ sukhudrayaṁ,\nJaṅghā manuññā labhate susaṇṭhitā;\nVaṭṭā sujātā anupubbamuggatā,\nUddhaggalomā sukhumattacotthatā.\nEṇeyyajaṅghoti tamāhu puggalaṁ,\nSampattiyā khippamidhāhu lakkhaṇaṁ;\nGehānulomāni yadābhikaṅkhati,\nApabbajaṁ khippamidhādhigacchati.\nSace ca pabbajjamupeti tādiso,\nNekkhammachandābhirato vicakkhaṇo;\nAnucchavikassa yadānulomikaṁ,\nTaṁ vindati khippamanomavikkamo”ti.","en":"On this it is said:\n“In professions, knowledge, conduct, and deeds,\nhe thought of how they might easily learn.\nQuickly, without tiresome delays,\nhe taught them things that harm no one at all.\nHaving done that skillful deed whose outcome is happiness,\nhe gains prominent and elegant calves.\nWell-formed in graceful spirals,\nhe’s covered in delicate rising hairs.\nThey say that individual has antelope calves,\nand that this is the mark of swift success.\nIf he desires the things fitting the household life,\nnot going forth, they’ll quickly be his.\nBut if one such chooses the life gone forth,\nseeing clearly, loving renunciation,\nthe peerless renunciate will quickly find\nwhat is fitting and suitable.”"}},{"id":"dn30:1.25","sourceIds":["dn30:1.25.0","dn30:1.25.1","dn30:1.25.2","dn30:1.25.3","dn30:1.25.4","dn30:1.25.5","dn30:1.25.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"12. Sukhumacchavilakkhaṇaṁ\n“Yampi, bhikkhave, tathāgato purimaṁ jātiṁ purimaṁ bhavaṁ purimaṁ niketaṁ pubbe manussabhūto samāno\nsamaṇaṁ vā brāhmaṇaṁ vā upasaṅkamitvā paripucchitā ahosi:\n‘kiṁ, bhante, kusalaṁ, kiṁ akusalaṁ, kiṁ sāvajjaṁ, kiṁ anavajjaṁ, kiṁ sevitabbaṁ, kiṁ na sevitabbaṁ, kiṁ me karīyamānaṁ dīgharattaṁ ahitāya dukkhāya assa, kiṁ vā pana me karīyamānaṁ dīgharattaṁ hitāya sukhāya assā’ti.\nSo tassa kammassa kaṭattā …pe…\nso tato cuto itthattaṁ āgato samāno imaṁ mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṁ paṭilabhati.\nSukhumacchavi hoti, sukhumattā chaviyā rajojallaṁ kāye na upalimpati.","en":"12. Delicate Skin\n“Mendicants, in some past lives the Realized One was reborn as a human being.\nHe approached an ascetic or brahmin and asked:\n‘Sirs, what is skillful? What is unskillful? What is blameworthy? What is blameless? What should be cultivated? What should not be cultivated? Doing what leads to my lasting harm and suffering? Doing what leads to my lasting welfare and happiness?’\nDue to performing those deeds he was reborn in a heavenly realm.\nWhen he came back to this place he obtained this mark:\nhe has delicate skin, so delicate that dust and dirt don’t stick to his body."}},{"id":"dn30:1.26","sourceIds":["dn30:1.26.1","dn30:1.26.2","dn30:1.26.3","dn30:1.26.4","dn30:1.26.5","dn30:1.26.6","dn30:1.26.7","dn30:1.26.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So tena lakkhaṇena samannāgato sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…\nrājā samāno kiṁ labhati?\nMahāpañño hoti, nāssa hoti koci paññāya sadiso vā seṭṭho vā kāmabhogīnaṁ.\nRājā samāno idaṁ labhati …pe…\nbuddho samāno kiṁ labhati?\nMahāpañño hoti puthupañño hāsapañño javanapañño tikkhapañño nibbedhikapañño, nāssa hoti koci paññāya sadiso vā seṭṭho vā sabbasattānaṁ.\nBuddho samāno idaṁ labhati”.\nEtamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.","en":"Possessing this mark, if he stays at home he becomes a wheel-turning monarch.\nAnd what does he obtain as king?\nHe has great wisdom. Of those who enjoy sensual pleasures, none is his equal or better in wisdom.\nThat’s what he obtains as king.\nAnd what does he obtain as Buddha?\nHe has great wisdom, widespread wisdom, laughing wisdom, swift wisdom, sharp wisdom, and penetrating wisdom. No sentient being is his equal or better in wisdom.\nThat’s what he obtains as Buddha.”\nThe Buddha spoke this matter."}},{"id":"dn30:1.27","sourceIds":["dn30:1.27.1","dn30:1.27.2","dn30:1.27.3","dn30:1.27.4","dn30:1.27.5","dn30:1.27.6","dn30:1.27.7","dn30:1.27.8","dn30:1.27.9","dn30:1.27.10","dn30:1.27.11","dn30:1.27.12","dn30:1.27.13","dn30:1.27.14","dn30:1.27.15","dn30:1.27.16","dn30:1.27.17"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatthetaṁ vuccati:\n“Pure puratthā purimāsu jātisu,\nAññātukāmo paripucchitā ahu;\nSussūsitā pabbajitaṁ upāsitā,\nAtthantaro atthakathaṁ nisāmayi.\nPaññāpaṭilābhagatena kammunā,\nManussabhūto sukhumacchavī ahu;\nByākaṁsu uppādanimittakovidā,\nSukhumāni atthāni avecca dakkhiti.\nSace na pabbajjamupeti tādiso,\nVatteti cakkaṁ pathaviṁ pasāsati;\nAtthānusiṭṭhīsu pariggahesu ca,\nNa tena seyyo sadiso ca vijjati.\nSace ca pabbajjamupeti tādiso,\nNekkhammachandābhirato vicakkhaṇo;\nPaññāvisiṭṭhaṁ labhate anuttaraṁ,\nPappoti bodhiṁ varabhūrimedhaso”ti.","en":"On this it is said:\n“In olden days, in past lives,\neager to understand, he asked questions.\nKeen to learn, he waited on renunciates,\nheeding their explanation with pure intent.\nDue to that deed of acquiring wisdom,\nas a human being his skin is delicate.\nAt his birth the soothsayers expert in signs prophesied:\n‘He’ll discern delicate matters.’\nIf one such doesn’t choose the life gone forth,\nhe’ll roll the wheel and rule the land.\nAmong those with material things who have been educated,\nnone equal or better than him is found.\nBut if one such chooses the life gone forth,\nseeing clearly, loving renunciation,\ngaining wisdom that’s supreme and distinguished,\nthe one of superb, vast intelligence attains awakening.”"}},{"id":"dn30:1.28","sourceIds":["dn30:1.28.0","dn30:1.28.1","dn30:1.28.2","dn30:1.28.3","dn30:1.28.4","dn30:1.28.5","dn30:1.28.6","dn30:1.28.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"13. Suvaṇṇavaṇṇalakkhaṇaṁ\n“Yampi, bhikkhave, tathāgato purimaṁ jātiṁ purimaṁ bhavaṁ purimaṁ niketaṁ pubbe manussabhūto samāno\nakkodhano ahosi anupāyāsabahulo,\nbahumpi vutto samāno nābhisajji na kuppi na byāpajji na patitthīyi, na kopañca dosañca appaccayañca pātvākāsi.\nDātā ca ahosi sukhumānaṁ mudukānaṁ attharaṇānaṁ pāvuraṇānaṁ khomasukhumānaṁ kappāsikasukhumānaṁ koseyyasukhumānaṁ kambalasukhumānaṁ.\nSo tassa kammassa kaṭattā upacitattā …pe…\nso tato cuto itthattaṁ āgato samāno imaṁ mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṁ paṭilabhati.\nSuvaṇṇavaṇṇo hoti kañcanasannibhattaco.","en":"13. Golden Skin\n“Mendicants, in some past lives the Realized One was reborn as a human being.\nHe wasn’t irritable or bad-tempered.\nEven when heavily criticized he didn’t lose his temper, become annoyed, hostile, and hard-hearted, or display annoyance, hate, and bitterness.\nHe donated soft and delicate mats and blankets, and cloaks of delicate linen, cotton, silk, and wool.\nDue to performing those deeds he was reborn in a heavenly realm.\nWhen he came back to this place he obtained this mark:\nhe is golden colored; his skin shines like lustrous gold."}},{"id":"dn30:1.29","sourceIds":["dn30:1.29.1","dn30:1.29.2","dn30:1.29.3","dn30:1.29.4","dn30:1.29.5","dn30:1.29.6","dn30:1.29.7","dn30:1.29.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So tena lakkhaṇena samannāgato sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…\nrājā samāno kiṁ labhati?\nLābhī hoti sukhumānaṁ mudukānaṁ attharaṇānaṁ pāvuraṇānaṁ khomasukhumānaṁ kappāsikasukhumānaṁ koseyyasukhumānaṁ kambalasukhumānaṁ.\nRājā samāno idaṁ labhati …pe…\nbuddho samāno kiṁ labhati?\nLābhī hoti sukhumānaṁ mudukānaṁ attharaṇānaṁ pāvuraṇānaṁ khomasukhumānaṁ kappāsikasukhumānaṁ koseyyasukhumānaṁ kambalasukhumānaṁ.\nBuddho samāno idaṁ labhati”.\nEtamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.","en":"Possessing this mark, if he stays at home he becomes a wheel-turning monarch.\nAnd what does he obtain as king?\nHe obtains soft and delicate mats and blankets, and delicate cloaks of linen, cotton, silk, and wool.\nThat’s what he obtains as king.\nAnd what does he obtain as Buddha?\nHe obtains soft and delicate mats and blankets, and cloaks of delicate linen, cotton, silk, and wool.\nThat’s what he obtains as Buddha.”\nThe Buddha spoke this matter."}},{"id":"dn30:1.30","sourceIds":["dn30:1.30.1","dn30:1.30.2","dn30:1.30.3","dn30:1.30.4","dn30:1.30.5","dn30:1.30.6","dn30:1.30.7","dn30:1.30.8","dn30:1.30.9","dn30:1.30.10","dn30:1.30.11","dn30:1.30.12","dn30:1.30.13","dn30:1.30.14","dn30:1.30.15","dn30:1.30.16","dn30:1.30.17"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatthetaṁ vuccati:\n“Akkodhañca adhiṭṭhahi adāsi,\nDānañca vatthāni sukhumāni succhavīni;\nPurimatarabhave ṭhito abhivissaji,\nMahimiva suro abhivassaṁ.\nTaṁ katvāna ito cuto dibbaṁ,\nUpapajji sukataphalavipākamanubhutvā;\nKanakatanusannibho idhābhibhavati,\nSuravarataroriva indo.\nGehañcāvasati naro apabbajjam’,\nicchaṁ mahatimahiṁ anusāsati;\nPasayha sahidha sattaratanaṁ,\nPaṭilabhati vimalasukhumacchaviṁ suciñca.\nLābhī acchādanavatthamokkhapāvuraṇānaṁ,\nBhavati yadi anāgāriyataṁ upeti;\nSahito purimakataphalaṁ anubhavati,\nNa bhavati katassa panāso”ti.","en":"On this it is said:\n“Fixated on good will, he gave gifts.\nIn an earlier life he poured forth cloth\nfine and soft to touch,\nlike a god pouring rain on this broad earth.\nSo doing he passed from here to heaven,\nwhere he enjoyed the fruits of deeds well done.\nHere he wins a figure shining like honey-yellow gold,\nlike Indra, the finest of gods.\nIf that man stays in the house, not wishing to go forth,\nhe conquers and rules this vast, broad earth,\ntogether with the seven treasures here.\nHe gets immaculate, delicate, pure skin,\nreceiving clothing, cloth, and the finest cloaks\nif he chooses the life gone forth.\nFor he still partakes of past deed’s fruit;\nwhat’s been done is never lost.”"}},{"id":"dn30:1.31","sourceIds":["dn30:1.31.0","dn30:1.31.1","dn30:1.31.2","dn30:1.31.3","dn30:1.31.4","dn30:1.31.5","dn30:1.31.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"14. Kosohitavatthaguyhalakkhaṇaṁ\n“Yampi, bhikkhave, tathāgato purimaṁ jātiṁ purimaṁ bhavaṁ purimaṁ niketaṁ pubbe manussabhūto samāno\ncirappanaṭṭhe sucirappavāsino ñātimitte suhajje sakhino samānetā ahosi.\nMātarampi puttena samānetā ahosi, puttampi mātarā samānetā ahosi, pitarampi puttena samānetā ahosi, puttampi pitarā samānetā ahosi, bhātarampi bhātarā samānetā ahosi, bhātarampi bhaginiyā samānetā ahosi, bhaginimpi bhātarā samānetā ahosi, bhaginimpi bhaginiyā samānetā ahosi, samaṅgīkatvā ca abbhanumoditā ahosi.\nSo tassa kammassa kaṭattā …pe…\nso tato cuto itthattaṁ āgato samāno imaṁ mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṁ paṭilabhati—\nkosohitavatthaguyho hoti.","en":"14. Privates in Foreskin\n“Mendicants, in some past lives the Realized One was reborn as a human being.\nHe reunited long-lost and long-separated relatives, friends, loved ones, and comrades.\nHe reunited mother with child and child with mother; father with child and child with father; brother with brother, brother with sister, sister with brother, and sister with sister, bringing them together with rejoicing.\nDue to performing those deeds he was reborn in a heavenly realm.\nWhen he came back to this place he obtained this mark:\nhis private parts are sheathed in a foreskin."}},{"id":"dn30:1.32","sourceIds":["dn30:1.32.1","dn30:1.32.2","dn30:1.32.3","dn30:1.32.4","dn30:1.32.5","dn30:1.32.6","dn30:1.32.7","dn30:1.32.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So tena lakkhaṇena samannāgato sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…\nrājā samāno kiṁ labhati?\nPahūtaputto hoti, parosahassaṁ kho panassa puttā bhavanti sūrā vīraṅgarūpā parasenappamaddanā.\nRājā samāno idaṁ labhati …pe…\nbuddho samāno kiṁ labhati?\nPahūtaputto hoti, anekasahassaṁ kho panassa puttā bhavanti sūrā vīraṅgarūpā parasenappamaddanā.\nBuddho samāno idaṁ labhati”.\nEtamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.","en":"Possessing this mark, if he stays at home he becomes a wheel-turning monarch.\nAnd what does he obtain as king?\nHe has many sons, over a thousand sons who are valiant and heroic, crushing the armies of his enemies.\nThat’s what he obtains as king.\nAnd what does he obtain as Buddha?\nHe has many sons, many thousands of sons who are valiant and heroic, crushing the armies of his enemies.\nThat’s what he obtains as Buddha.”\nThe Buddha spoke this matter."}},{"id":"dn30:1.33","sourceIds":["dn30:1.33.1","dn30:1.33.2","dn30:1.33.3","dn30:1.33.4","dn30:1.33.5","dn30:1.33.6","dn30:1.33.7","dn30:1.33.8","dn30:1.33.9","dn30:1.33.10","dn30:1.33.11","dn30:1.33.12","dn30:1.33.13","dn30:1.33.14","dn30:1.33.15","dn30:1.33.16","dn30:1.33.17","dn30:1.33.18"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatthetaṁ vuccati:\n“Pure puratthā purimāsu jātisu,\nCirappanaṭṭhe sucirappavāsino;\nÑātī suhajje sakhino samānayi,\nSamaṅgikatvā anumoditā ahu.\nSo tena kammena divaṁ samakkami,\nSukhañca khiḍḍāratiyo ca anvabhi;\nTato cavitvā punarāgato idha,\nKosohitaṁ vindati vatthachādiyaṁ.\nPahūtaputto bhavatī tathāvidho,\nParosahassañca bhavanti atrajā;\nSūrā ca vīrā ca amittatāpanā,\nGihissa pītiṁ jananā piyaṁvadā.\nBahūtarā pabbajitassa iriyato,\nBhavanti puttā vacanānusārino;\nGihissa vā pabbajitassa vā puna,\nTaṁ lakkhaṇaṁ jāyati tadatthajotakan”ti.\nPaṭhamabhāṇavāro niṭṭhito.","en":"On this it is said:\n“In olden days, in past lives,\nhe reunited long-lost\nand long-separated comrades and family,\nbringing them together with joy.\nBy means of these deeds he went to heaven,\nwhere he enjoyed happiness and merriment.\nAfter passing away from there to here,\nhis private parts are sheathed in a foreskin.\nThat sort has many sons,\nover a thousand descendants,\nvaliant and heroic, devastating foes,\na layman’s joy, speaking kindly.\nBut if he lives the renunciate life\nhe has even more sons following his word.\nAs householder or renunciate,\nthat’s the meaning shown by this mark.”\nThe first recitation section is complete."}},{"id":"dn30:2.1","sourceIds":["dn30:2.1.0","dn30:2.1.1","dn30:2.1.2","dn30:2.1.3","dn30:2.1.4","dn30:2.1.5","dn30:2.1.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"15–16. Parimaṇḍalaanonamajaṇṇuparimasanalakkhaṇāni\n“Yampi, bhikkhave, tathāgato purimaṁ jātiṁ purimaṁ bhavaṁ purimaṁ niketaṁ pubbe manussabhūto samāno\nmahājanasaṅgahaṁ samekkhamāno samaṁ jānāti sāmaṁ jānāti, purisaṁ jānāti purisavisesaṁ jānāti:\n‘ayamidamarahati ayamidamarahatī’ti tattha tattha purisavisesakaro ahosi.\nSo tassa kammassa kaṭattā …pe…\nso tato cuto itthattaṁ āgato samāno imāni dve mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni paṭilabhati.\nNigrodhaparimaṇḍalo ca hoti, ṭhitakoyeva ca anonamanto ubhohi pāṇitalehi jaṇṇukāni parimasati parimajjati.","en":"15–16. Equal Proportions and Touching the Knees\n“Mendicants, in some past lives the Realized One was reborn as a human being.\nExamining the gathered population, he knew what they had in common and what was their own; he knew each person, and he knew the distinctions between people.\nIn each case, he made appropriate distinctions between people: ‘This one deserves that; that one deserves this.’\nDue to performing those deeds he was reborn in a heavenly realm.\nWhen he came back to this place he obtained these two marks:\nhe has the proportional circumference of a banyan tree; and when standing upright and not bending over, the palms of both hands touch the knees."}},{"id":"dn30:2.2","sourceIds":["dn30:2.2.1","dn30:2.2.2","dn30:2.2.3","dn30:2.2.4","dn30:2.2.5","dn30:2.2.6","dn30:2.2.7","dn30:2.2.8","dn30:2.2.9","dn30:2.2.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So tehi lakkhaṇehi samannāgato sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…\nrājā samāno kiṁ labhati?\nAḍḍho hoti mahaddhano mahābhogo pahūtajātarūparajato pahūtavittūpakaraṇo pahūtadhanadhañño paripuṇṇakosakoṭṭhāgāro.\nRājā samāno idaṁ labhati …pe…\nbuddho samāno kiṁ labhati?\nAḍḍho hoti mahaddhano mahābhogo.\nTassimāni dhanāni honti, seyyathidaṁ—\nsaddhādhanaṁ sīladhanaṁ hiridhanaṁ ottappadhanaṁ sutadhanaṁ cāgadhanaṁ paññādhanaṁ.\nBuddho samāno idaṁ labhati”.\nEtamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.","en":"Possessing these marks, if he stays at home he becomes a wheel-turning monarch.\nAnd what does he obtain as king?\nHe is rich, affluent, and wealthy, with lots of gold and silver, lots of property and assets, lots of money and grain, and a full treasury and storehouses.\nThat’s what he obtains as king.\nAnd what does he obtain as Buddha?\nHe is rich, affluent, and wealthy.\nHe has these kinds of wealth:\nthe wealth of faith, ethics, conscience, prudence, learning, generosity, and wisdom.\nThat’s what he obtains as Buddha.”\nThe Buddha spoke this matter."}},{"id":"dn30:2.3","sourceIds":["dn30:2.3.1","dn30:2.3.2","dn30:2.3.3","dn30:2.3.4","dn30:2.3.5","dn30:2.3.6","dn30:2.3.7","dn30:2.3.8","dn30:2.3.9","dn30:2.3.10","dn30:2.3.11","dn30:2.3.12","dn30:2.3.13","dn30:2.3.14","dn30:2.3.15","dn30:2.3.16","dn30:2.3.17"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatthetaṁ vuccati:\n“Tuliya paṭivicaya cintayitvā,\nMahājanasaṅgahanaṁ samekkhamāno;\nAyamidamarahati tattha tattha,\nPurisavisesakaro pure ahosi.\nMahiñca pana ṭhito anonamanto,\nPhusati karehi ubhohi jaṇṇukāni;\nMahiruhaparimaṇḍalo ahosi,\nSucaritakammavipākasesakena.\nBahuvividhanimittalakkhaṇaññū,\nAtinipuṇā manujā byākariṁsu;\nBahuvividhā gihīnaṁ arahāni,\nPaṭilabhati daharo susu kumāro.\nIdha ca mahīpatissa kāmabhogī,\nGihipatirūpakā bahū bhavanti;\nYadi ca jahati sabbakāmabhogaṁ,\nLabhati anuttaraṁ uttamadhanaggan”ti.","en":"On this it is said:\n“Examining the many people in a community,\nhe weighed, evaluated, and judged each case:\n‘This one deserves that.’\nThat’s how he used to draw distinctions between people.\nNow standing without bending\nhe can touch his knees with both hands.\nWith the remaining ripening of the fruit of good deeds,\nhis circumference was that of a great tree.\nLearned experts in the many different\nsigns and marks prophesied:\n‘The young prince will obtain\nmany different things that householders deserve.\nHere there are many suitable pleasures\nfor the ruler of the land to enjoy as householder.\nBut if he gives up all sensual enjoyments,\nhe will gain the supreme, highest peak of wealth.’”"}},{"id":"dn30:2.4","sourceIds":["dn30:2.4.0","dn30:2.4.1","dn30:2.4.2","dn30:2.4.3","dn30:2.4.4","dn30:2.4.5","dn30:2.4.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"17–19. Sīhapubbaddhakāyāditilakkhaṇaṁ\n“Yampi, bhikkhave, tathāgato purimaṁ jātiṁ purimaṁ bhavaṁ purimaṁ niketaṁ pubbe manussabhūto samāno\nbahujanassa atthakāmo ahosi hitakāmo phāsukāmo yogakkhemakāmo:\n‘kintime saddhāya vaḍḍheyyuṁ, sīlena vaḍḍheyyuṁ, sutena vaḍḍheyyuṁ, cāgena vaḍḍheyyuṁ, dhammena vaḍḍheyyuṁ, paññāya vaḍḍheyyuṁ, dhanadhaññena vaḍḍheyyuṁ, khettavatthunā vaḍḍheyyuṁ, dvipadacatuppadehi vaḍḍheyyuṁ, puttadārehi vaḍḍheyyuṁ, dāsakammakaraporisehi vaḍḍheyyuṁ, ñātīhi vaḍḍheyyuṁ, mittehi vaḍḍheyyuṁ, bandhavehi vaḍḍheyyun’ti.\nSo tassa kammassa kaṭattā …pe…\nso tato cuto itthattaṁ āgato samāno imāni tīṇi mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni paṭilabhati.\nSīhapubbaddhakāyo ca hoti citantaraṁso ca samavaṭṭakkhandho ca.","en":"17–19. A Lion’s Chest, Etc.\n“Mendicants, in some past lives the Realized One was reborn as a human being.\nHe wanted what’s best, the welfare, the comfort, and sanctuary of the people, thinking:\n‘How might they flourish in faith, ethics, learning, generosity, teachings, and wisdom; in wealth and grain, fields and land, birds and beasts, children and partners; in bondservants, workers, and staff; in family, friends, and kin?’\nDue to performing those deeds he was reborn in a heavenly realm.\nWhen he came back to this place he obtained these three marks:\nhis chest is like that of a lion; he is filled out between the shoulders.; and his torso is cylindrical."}},{"id":"dn30:2.5","sourceIds":["dn30:2.5.1","dn30:2.5.2","dn30:2.5.3","dn30:2.5.4","dn30:2.5.5","dn30:2.5.6","dn30:2.5.7","dn30:2.5.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So tehi lakkhaṇehi samannāgato sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…\nrājā samāno kiṁ labhati?\nAparihānadhammo hoti, na parihāyati dhanadhaññena khettavatthunā dvipadacatuppadehi puttadārehi dāsakammakaraporisehi ñātīhi mittehi bandhavehi, na parihāyati sabbasampattiyā.\nRājā samāno idaṁ labhati …pe…\nbuddho samāno kiṁ labhati?\nAparihānadhammo hoti, na parihāyati saddhāya sīlena sutena cāgena paññāya, na parihāyati sabbasampattiyā.\nBuddho samāno idaṁ labhati”.\nEtamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.","en":"Possessing these marks, if he stays at home he becomes a wheel-turning monarch.\nAnd what does he obtain as king?\nHe’s not liable to decline. He doesn’t decline in wealth and grain, fields and land, birds and beasts, children and partners; in bondservants, workers, and staff; in family, friends, and kin. He doesn’t decline in any of his accomplishments.\nThat’s what he obtains as king.\nAnd what does he obtain as Buddha?\nHe’s not liable to decline. He doesn’t decline in faith, ethics, learning, generosity, and wisdom. He doesn’t decline in any of his accomplishments.\nThat’s what he obtains as Buddha.”\nThe Buddha spoke this matter."}},{"id":"dn30:2.6","sourceIds":["dn30:2.6.1","dn30:2.6.2","dn30:2.6.3","dn30:2.6.4","dn30:2.6.5","dn30:2.6.6","dn30:2.6.7","dn30:2.6.8","dn30:2.6.9","dn30:2.6.10","dn30:2.6.11","dn30:2.6.12","dn30:2.6.13","dn30:2.6.14","dn30:2.6.15","dn30:2.6.16","dn30:2.6.17"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatthetaṁ vuccati:\n“Saddhāya sīlena sutena buddhiyā,\nCāgena dhammena bahūhi sādhuhi;\nDhanena dhaññena ca khettavatthunā,\nPuttehi dārehi catuppadehi ca.\nÑātīhi mittehi ca bandhavehi ca,\nBalena vaṇṇena sukhena cūbhayaṁ;\nKathaṁ na hāyeyyuṁ pareti icchati,\nAtthassa middhī ca panābhikaṅkhati.\nSa sīhapubbaddhasusaṇṭhito ahu,\nSamavaṭṭakhandho ca citantaraṁso;\nPubbe suciṇṇena katena kammunā,\nAhāniyaṁ pubbanimittamassa taṁ.\nGihīpi dhaññena dhanena vaḍḍhati,\nPuttehi dārehi catuppadehi ca;\nAkiñcano pabbajito anuttaraṁ,\nPappoti bodhiṁ asahānadhammatan”ti.","en":"On this it is said:\n“His wish was this: ‘How may others not decline\nin faith, ethics, learning, and intelligence,\nin generosity, teachings, and much good else,\nin coin and grain, fields and lands,\nin children, partners, and livestock,\nin family, friends, and kin,\nin strength, and both beauty and happiness?’\nAnd so he ever desired their success.\nHis chest was shaped like that of a lion,\nfilled out between the shoulders, and torso cylindrical.\nDue to the well-done deeds of the past,\nhe had that portent of non-decline.\nEven as layman he grows in coin and grain,\nin wives, children, and livestock.\nBut once gone forth, owning nothing, he attains\nthe supreme awakening which may never decline.”"}},{"id":"dn30:2.7","sourceIds":["dn30:2.7.0","dn30:2.7.1","dn30:2.7.2","dn30:2.7.3","dn30:2.7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"20. Rasaggasaggitālakkhaṇaṁ\n“Yampi, bhikkhave, tathāgato purimaṁ jātiṁ purimaṁ bhavaṁ purimaṁ niketaṁ pubbe manussabhūto samāno\nsattānaṁ aviheṭhakajātiko ahosi pāṇinā vā leḍḍunā vā daṇḍena vā satthena vā.\nSo tassa kammassa kaṭattā upacitattā …pe…\nso tato cuto itthattaṁ āgato samāno imaṁ mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṁ paṭilabhati, rasaggasaggī hoti, uddhaggāssa rasaharaṇīyo gīvāya jātā honti samābhivāhiniyo.","en":"20. Ridged Taste Buds\n“Mendicants, in some past lives the Realized One was reborn as a human being.\nHe would never hurt any sentient being with fists, stones, rods, or swords.\nDue to performing those deeds he was reborn in a heavenly realm.\nWhen he came back to this place he obtained this mark: he has ridged taste buds. His raised taste receptors, originating in the throat, disperse evenly."}},{"id":"dn30:2.8","sourceIds":["dn30:2.8.1","dn30:2.8.2","dn30:2.8.3","dn30:2.8.4","dn30:2.8.5","dn30:2.8.6","dn30:2.8.7","dn30:2.8.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So tena lakkhaṇena samannāgato sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…\nrājā samāno kiṁ labhati?\nAppābādho hoti appātaṅko, samavepākiniyā gahaṇiyā samannāgato nātisītāya nāccuṇhāya.\nRājā samāno idaṁ labhati …pe…\nbuddho samāno kiṁ labhati?\nAppābādho hoti appātaṅko samavepākiniyā gahaṇiyā samannāgato nātisītāya nāccuṇhāya majjhimāya padhānakkhamāya.\nBuddho samāno idaṁ labhati”.\nEtamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.","en":"Possessing this mark, if he stays at home he becomes a wheel-turning monarch.\nAnd what does he obtain as king?\nHe is rarely ill or unwell. His stomach digests well, being neither too hot nor too cold.\nThat’s what he obtains as king.\nAnd what does he obtain as Buddha?\nHe is rarely ill or unwell. His stomach digests well, being neither too hot nor too cold, but just right, and fit for meditation.\nThat’s what he obtains as Buddha.”\nThe Buddha spoke this matter."}},{"id":"dn30:2.9","sourceIds":["dn30:2.9.1","dn30:2.9.2","dn30:2.9.3","dn30:2.9.4","dn30:2.9.5","dn30:2.9.6","dn30:2.9.7","dn30:2.9.8","dn30:2.9.9","dn30:2.9.10","dn30:2.9.11","dn30:2.9.12","dn30:2.9.13"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatthetaṁ vuccati:\n“Na pāṇidaṇḍehi panātha leḍḍunā,\nSatthena vā maraṇavadhena vā pana;\nUbbādhanāya paritajjanāya vā,\nNa heṭhayī janatamaheṭhako ahu.\nTeneva so sugatimupecca modati,\nSukhapphalaṁ kariya sukhāni vindati;\nSamojasā rasaharaṇī susaṇṭhitā,\nIdhāgato labhati rasaggasaggitaṁ.\nTenāhu naṁ atinipuṇā vicakkhaṇā,\nAyaṁ naro sukhabahulo bhavissati;\nGihissa vā pabbajitassa vā puna,\nTaṁ lakkhaṇaṁ bhavati tadatthajotakan”ti.","en":"On this it is said:\n“Not with fist or rod or stone,\nor sword or beating to death,\nor by bondage or threats\ndid he ever harm anyone.\nFor that very reason he rejoiced in heaven after passing away,\nfinding happiness as a fruit of happy deeds.\nWith taste receptors prominent and evenly spreading nutrition,\non his return here he has ridged taste buds.\nThat’s why the clever prophets said:\n‘This man will have much happiness\nas householder or renunciate.\nThat’s the meaning shown by this mark.’”"}},{"id":"dn30:2.10","sourceIds":["dn30:2.10.0","dn30:2.10.1","dn30:2.10.2","dn30:2.10.3","dn30:2.10.4","dn30:2.10.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"21–22. Abhinīlanettagopakhumalakkhaṇāni\n“Yampi, bhikkhave, tathāgato purimaṁ jātiṁ purimaṁ bhavaṁ purimaṁ niketaṁ pubbe manussabhūto samāno\nna ca visaṭaṁ, na ca visāci, na ca pana viceyya pekkhitā, ujuṁ tathā pasaṭamujumano, piyacakkhunā bahujanaṁ udikkhitā ahosi.\nSo tassa kammassa kaṭattā …pe…\nso tato cuto itthattaṁ āgato samāno imāni dve mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni paṭilabhati.\nAbhinīlanetto ca hoti gopakhumo ca.","en":"21–22. Indigo Eyes\n“Mendicants, in some past lives the Realized One was reborn as a human being.\nWhen looking at others he didn’t glare, look askance, or avert his eyes. Being straightforward, he reached out to others with straightforward intentions, looking at people with kindly eyes.\nDue to performing those deeds he was reborn in a heavenly realm.\nWhen he came back to this place he obtained these two marks:\nhis eyes are indigo, and he has eyelashes like a cow’s."}},{"id":"dn30:2.11","sourceIds":["dn30:2.11.1","dn30:2.11.2","dn30:2.11.3","dn30:2.11.4","dn30:2.11.5","dn30:2.11.6","dn30:2.11.7","dn30:2.11.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So tehi lakkhaṇehi samannāgato, sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…\nrājā samāno kiṁ labhati?\nPiyadassano hoti bahuno janassa, piyo hoti manāpo brāhmaṇagahapatikānaṁ negamajānapadānaṁ gaṇakamahāmattānaṁ anīkaṭṭhānaṁ dovārikānaṁ amaccānaṁ pārisajjānaṁ rājūnaṁ bhogiyānaṁ kumārānaṁ.\nRājā samāno idaṁ labhati …pe…\nbuddho samāno kiṁ labhati?\nPiyadassano hoti bahuno janassa, piyo hoti manāpo bhikkhūnaṁ bhikkhunīnaṁ upāsakānaṁ upāsikānaṁ devānaṁ manussānaṁ asurānaṁ nāgānaṁ gandhabbānaṁ.\nBuddho samāno idaṁ labhati”.\nEtamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.","en":"Possessing these marks, if he stays at home he becomes a wheel-turning monarch.\nAnd what does he obtain as king?\nThe people look on him with kindly eyes. He is dear and beloved to the brahmins and householders, people of town and country, treasurers and chief ministers, military officers, guardsmen, ministers, councillors, rulers, tax beneficiaries, and princes.\nThat’s what he obtains as king.\nAnd what does he obtain as Buddha?\nThe people look on him with kindly eyes. He is dear and beloved to the monks, nuns, laymen, laywomen, gods, humans, titans, dragons, and centaurs.\nThat’s what he obtains as Buddha.”\nThe Buddha spoke this matter."}},{"id":"dn30:2.12","sourceIds":["dn30:2.12.1","dn30:2.12.2","dn30:2.12.3","dn30:2.12.4","dn30:2.12.5","dn30:2.12.6","dn30:2.12.7","dn30:2.12.8","dn30:2.12.9","dn30:2.12.10","dn30:2.12.11","dn30:2.12.12","dn30:2.12.13","dn30:2.12.14","dn30:2.12.15","dn30:2.12.16","dn30:2.12.17"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatthetaṁ vuccati:\n“Na ca visaṭaṁ na ca visāci,\nNa ca pana viceyyapekkhitā;\nUjuṁ tathā pasaṭamujumano,\nPiyacakkhunā bahujanaṁ udikkhitā.\nSugatīsu so phalavipākaṁ,\nAnubhavati tattha modati;\nIdha ca pana bhavati gopakhumo,\nAbhinīlanettanayano sudassano.\nAbhiyogino ca nipuṇā,\nBahū pana nimittakovidā;\nSukhumanayanakusalā manujā,\nPiyadassanoti abhiniddisanti naṁ.\nPiyadassano gihīpi santo ca,\nBhavati bahujanapiyāyito;\nYadi ca na bhavati gihī samaṇo hoti,\nPiyo bahūnaṁ sokanāsano”ti.","en":"On this it is said:\n“With not a glare or glance askance,\nnor averting of the eyes;\nstraightforward, he reached out straightforwardly,\nlooking at people with kindly eyes.\nIn good rebirths he enjoyed the fruit\nand result, rejoicing there.\nBut here he has a cow’s eyelashes,\nand indigo eyes so fair to see.\nMany soothsayers, men clever\nand learned in prognostic texts,\nexpert in cow-like lashes, indicated\nhe’d be looked upon with kindly eyes.\nEven as a householder he’d be regarded kindly,\nbeloved of the people.\nBut if he becomes an ascetic, not lay,\nas destroyer of sorrow he’ll be loved by many.”"}},{"id":"dn30:2.13","sourceIds":["dn30:2.13.0","dn30:2.13.1","dn30:2.13.2","dn30:2.13.3","dn30:2.13.4","dn30:2.13.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"23. Uṇhīsasīsalakkhaṇaṁ\n“Yampi, bhikkhave, tathāgato purimaṁ jātiṁ purimaṁ bhavaṁ purimaṁ niketaṁ pubbe manussabhūto samāno\nbahujanapubbaṅgamo ahosi kusalesu dhammesu bahujanapāmokkho kāyasucarite vacīsucarite manosucarite dānasaṁvibhāge sīlasamādāne uposathupavāse matteyyatāya petteyyatāya sāmaññatāya brahmaññatāya kule jeṭṭhāpacāyitāya aññataraññataresu ca adhikusalesu dhammesu.\nSo tassa kammassa kaṭattā …pe…\nso tato cuto itthattaṁ āgato samāno imaṁ mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṁ paṭilabhati—\nuṇhīsasīso hoti.","en":"23. Crown Like a Turban\n“Mendicants, in some past lives the Realized One was reborn as a human being.\nHe was the leader and forerunner of people in skillful behaviors such as good conduct by way of body, speech, and mind, giving and sharing, taking precepts, observing the sabbath, paying due respect to mother and father, ascetics and brahmins, honoring the elders in the family, and various other things pertaining to skillful behaviors.\nDue to performing those deeds he was reborn in a heavenly realm.\nWhen he came back to this place he obtained this mark:\nthe crown of his head is like a turban."}},{"id":"dn30:2.14","sourceIds":["dn30:2.14.1","dn30:2.14.2","dn30:2.14.3","dn30:2.14.4","dn30:2.14.5","dn30:2.14.6","dn30:2.14.7","dn30:2.14.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So tena lakkhaṇena samannāgato sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…\nrājā samāno kiṁ labhati?\nMahāssa jano anvāyiko hoti, brāhmaṇagahapatikā negamajānapadā gaṇakamahāmattā anīkaṭṭhā dovārikā amaccā pārisajjā rājāno bhogiyā kumārā.\nRājā samāno idaṁ labhati …pe…\nbuddho samāno kiṁ labhati?\nMahāssa jano anvāyiko hoti, bhikkhū bhikkhuniyo upāsakā upāsikāyo devā manussā asurā nāgā gandhabbā.\nBuddho samāno idaṁ labhati”.\nEtamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.","en":"Possessing this mark, if he stays at home he becomes a wheel-turning monarch.\nAnd what does he obtain as king?\nHe has a large following of brahmins and householders, people of town and country, treasurers and chief ministers, military officers, guardsmen, ministers, councillors, rulers, tax beneficiaries, and princes.\nThat’s what he obtains as king.\nAnd what does he obtain as Buddha?\nHe has a large following of monks, nuns, laymen, laywomen, gods, humans, titans, dragons, and centaurs.\nThat’s what he obtains as Buddha.”\nThe Buddha spoke this matter."}},{"id":"dn30:2.15","sourceIds":["dn30:2.15.1","dn30:2.15.2","dn30:2.15.3","dn30:2.15.4","dn30:2.15.5","dn30:2.15.6","dn30:2.15.7","dn30:2.15.8","dn30:2.15.9","dn30:2.15.10","dn30:2.15.11","dn30:2.15.12","dn30:2.15.13","dn30:2.15.14","dn30:2.15.15","dn30:2.15.16","dn30:2.15.17"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatthetaṁ vuccati:\n“Pubbaṅgamo sucaritesu ahu,\nDhammesu dhammacariyābhirato;\nAnvāyiko bahujanassa ahu,\nSaggesu vedayittha puññaphalaṁ.\nVeditvā so sucaritassa phalaṁ,\nUṇhīsasīsattamidhajjhagamā;\nByākaṁsu byañjananimittadharā,\nPubbaṅgamo bahujanaṁ hessati.\nPaṭibhogiyā manujesu idha,\nPubbeva tassa abhiharanti tadā;\nYadi khattiyo bhavati bhūmipati,\nPaṭihārakaṁ bahujane labhati.\nAtha cepi pabbajati so manujo,\nDhammesu hoti paguṇo visavī;\nTassānusāsaniguṇābhirato,\nAnvāyiko bahujano bhavatī”ti.","en":"On this it is said:\n“Among people of good conduct, he was the leader,\ndevoted to a life of principle among the principled.\nThe people followed him,\nand he experienced the fruit of good deeds in heaven.\nHaving experienced that fruit,\nhe gains a head crowned like a turban.\nThe experts in omens and signs prophesied:\n‘He will be leader of the people.\nAssistants serve him here among men,\nas they did for him then in the past.\nIf he becomes an aristocrat, ruler of the land,\nhe’ll gain the service of the people.\nBut if that man goes forth,\nhe’ll be sophisticated, proficient in the teachings.\nDevoted to the virtues of his instruction,\nthe people will become his followers.’”"}},{"id":"dn30:2.16","sourceIds":["dn30:2.16.0","dn30:2.16.1","dn30:2.16.2","dn30:2.16.3","dn30:2.16.4","dn30:2.16.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"24–25. Ekekalomatāuṇṇālakkhaṇāni\n“Yampi, bhikkhave, tathāgato purimaṁ jātiṁ purimaṁ bhavaṁ purimaṁ niketaṁ pubbe manussabhūto samāno\nmusāvādaṁ pahāya musāvādā paṭivirato ahosi, saccavādī saccasandho theto paccayiko avisaṁvādako lokassa.\nSo tassa kammassa kaṭattā upacitattā …pe…\nso tato cuto itthattaṁ āgato samāno imāni dve mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni paṭilabhati.\nEkekalomo ca hoti, uṇṇā ca bhamukantare jātā hoti odātā mudutūlasannibhā.","en":"24–25. One Hair Per Pore, and a Tuft\n“Mendicants, in some past lives the Realized One was reborn as a human being.\nHe refrained from lying. He spoke the truth and stuck to the truth. He was honest and dependable, and didn’t trick the world with his words.\nDue to performing those deeds he was reborn in a heavenly realm.\nWhen he came back to this place he obtained these two marks:\nhis hairs grow one per pore, and between his eyebrows there grows a tuft, soft and white like cotton-wool."}},{"id":"dn30:2.17","sourceIds":["dn30:2.17.1","dn30:2.17.2","dn30:2.17.3","dn30:2.17.4","dn30:2.17.5","dn30:2.17.6","dn30:2.17.7","dn30:2.17.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So tehi lakkhaṇehi samannāgato, sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…\nrājā samāno kiṁ labhati?\nMahāssa jano upavattati, brāhmaṇagahapatikā negamajānapadā gaṇakamahāmattā anīkaṭṭhā dovārikā amaccā pārisajjā rājāno bhogiyā kumārā.\nRājā samāno idaṁ labhati …pe…\nbuddho samāno kiṁ labhati?\nMahāssa jano upavattati, bhikkhū bhikkhuniyo upāsakā upāsikāyo devā manussā asurā nāgā gandhabbā.\nBuddho samāno idaṁ labhati”.\nEtamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.","en":"Possessing these marks, if he stays at home he becomes a wheel-turning monarch.\nAnd what does he obtain as king?\nHe has many close adherents among the brahmins and householders, people of town and country, treasurers and chief ministers, military officers, guardsmen, ministers, councillors, rulers, tax beneficiaries, and princes.\nThat’s what he obtains as king.\nAnd what does he obtain as Buddha?\nHe has many close adherents among the monks, nuns, laymen, laywomen, gods, humans, titans, dragons, and centaurs.\nThat’s what he obtains as Buddha.”\nThe Buddha spoke this matter."}},{"id":"dn30:2.18","sourceIds":["dn30:2.18.1","dn30:2.18.2","dn30:2.18.3","dn30:2.18.4","dn30:2.18.5","dn30:2.18.6","dn30:2.18.7","dn30:2.18.8","dn30:2.18.9","dn30:2.18.10","dn30:2.18.11","dn30:2.18.12","dn30:2.18.13","dn30:2.18.14","dn30:2.18.15","dn30:2.18.16","dn30:2.18.17"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatthetaṁ vuccati:\n“Saccappaṭiñño purimāsu jātisu,\nAdvejjhavāco alikaṁ vivajjayi;\nNa so visaṁvādayitāpi kassaci,\nBhūtena tacchena tathena bhāsayi.\nSetā susukkā mudutūlasannibhā,\nUṇṇā sujātā bhamukantare ahu;\nNa lomakūpesu duve ajāyisuṁ,\nEkekalomūpacitaṅgavā ahu.\nTaṁ lakkhaṇaññū bahavo samāgatā,\nByākaṁsu uppādanimittakovidā;\nUṇṇā ca lomā ca yathā susaṇṭhitā,\nUpavattatī īdisakaṁ bahujjano.\nGihimpi santaṁ upavattatī jano,\nBahu puratthāpakatena kammunā;\nAkiñcanaṁ pabbajitaṁ anuttaraṁ,\nBuddhampi santaṁ upavattati jano”ti.","en":"On this it is said:\n“In past lives he was true to his promise,\nwith no forked tongue, he shunned lies.\nHe never broke his word to anyone,\nbut spoke what was true, real, and factual.\nA tuft so very white like cotton-wool\ngrew prettily between his eyebrows.\nAnd never two, but only one,\nhair grew in each of his pores.\nMany soothsayers learned in marks\nand expert in signs gathered and prophesied:\n‘One like this, with tuft and hair so prominent,\nwill have many as his close adherents.\nEven as householder many people will follow him,\ndue to the power of deeds in the past.\nBut once gone forth, owning nothing,\nas Buddha the people will follow him.’”"}},{"id":"dn30:2.19","sourceIds":["dn30:2.19.0","dn30:2.19.1","dn30:2.19.2","dn30:2.19.3","dn30:2.19.4","dn30:2.19.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"26–27. Cattālīsaaviraḷadantalakkhaṇāni\n“Yampi, bhikkhave tathāgato purimaṁ jātiṁ purimaṁ bhavaṁ purimaṁ niketaṁ pubbe manussabhūto samāno\npisuṇaṁ vācaṁ pahāya pisuṇāya vācāya paṭivirato ahosi. Ito sutvā na amutra akkhātā imesaṁ bhedāya, amutra vā sutvā na imesaṁ akkhātā amūsaṁ bhedāya, iti bhinnānaṁ vā sandhātā, sahitānaṁ vā anuppadātā, samaggārāmo samaggarato samagganandī samaggakaraṇiṁ vācaṁ bhāsitā ahosi.\nSo tassa kammassa kaṭattā …pe…\nso tato cuto itthattaṁ āgato samāno imāni dve mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni paṭilabhati.\nCattālīsadanto ca hoti aviraḷadanto ca.","en":"26–27. Forty Gapless Teeth\n“Mendicants, in some past lives the Realized One was reborn as a human being.\nHe refrained from backbiting. He didn’t repeat in one place what he heard in another so as to divide people against each other. Instead, he reconciled those who were divided and support those who are united, delighting in harmony, loving harmony, speaking words that promote harmony.\nDue to performing those deeds he was reborn in a heavenly realm.\nWhen he came back to this place he obtained these two marks:\nhe has forty teeth, and his teeth have no gaps."}},{"id":"dn30:2.20","sourceIds":["dn30:2.20.1","dn30:2.20.2","dn30:2.20.3","dn30:2.20.4","dn30:2.20.5","dn30:2.20.6","dn30:2.20.7","dn30:2.20.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So tehi lakkhaṇehi samannāgato sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…\nrājā samāno kiṁ labhati?\nAbhejjapariso hoti, abhejjāssa honti parisā, brāhmaṇagahapatikā negamajānapadā gaṇakamahāmattā anīkaṭṭhā dovārikā amaccā pārisajjā rājāno bhogiyā kumārā.\nRājā samāno idaṁ labhati …\nbuddho samāno kiṁ labhati?\nAbhejjapariso hoti, abhejjāssa honti parisā, bhikkhū bhikkhuniyo upāsakā upāsikāyo devā manussā asurā nāgā gandhabbā.\nBuddho samāno idaṁ labhati”.\nEtamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.","en":"Possessing these marks, if he stays at home he becomes a wheel-turning monarch.\nAnd what does he obtain as king?\nHis retinue cannot be divided. This includes brahmins and householders, people of town and country, treasurers and chief ministers, military officers, guardsmen, ministers, councillors, rulers, tax beneficiaries, and princes.\nThat’s what he obtains as king.\nAnd what does he obtain as Buddha?\nHis retinue cannot be divided. This includes monks, nuns, laymen, laywomen, gods, humans, titans, dragons, and centaurs.\nThat’s what he obtains as Buddha.”\nThe Buddha spoke this matter."}},{"id":"dn30:2.21","sourceIds":["dn30:2.21.1","dn30:2.21.2","dn30:2.21.3","dn30:2.21.4","dn30:2.21.5","dn30:2.21.6","dn30:2.21.7","dn30:2.21.8","dn30:2.21.9","dn30:2.21.10","dn30:2.21.11","dn30:2.21.12","dn30:2.21.13","dn30:2.21.14","dn30:2.21.15","dn30:2.21.16","dn30:2.21.17"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatthetaṁ vuccati:\n“Vebhūtiyaṁ sahitabhedakāriṁ,\nBhedappavaḍḍhanavivādakāriṁ;\nKalahappavaḍḍhanaākiccakāriṁ,\nSahitānaṁ bhedajananiṁ na bhaṇi.\nAvivādavaḍḍhanakariṁ sugiraṁ,\nBhinnānusandhijananiṁ abhaṇi;\nKalahaṁ janassa panudī samaṅgī,\nSahitehi nandati pamodati ca.\nSugatīsu so phalavipākaṁ,\nAnubhavati tattha modati;\nDantā idha honti aviraḷā sahitā,\nCaturo dasassa mukhajā susaṇṭhitā.\nYadi khattiyo bhavati bhūmipati,\nAvibhediyāssa parisā bhavati;\nSamaṇo ca hoti virajo vimalo,\nParisāssa hoti anugatā acalā”ti.","en":"On this it is said:\n“He spoke no divisive words splitting the united,\ncreating disputes that foster division,\nacting improperly by fostering quarrels,\nsowing division in those who are united.\nHe spoke kind words to foster harmony,\nuniting those who are divided.\nHe cast aside quarrels among the people,\nrejoicing together with the united.\nIn good rebirths he enjoyed the fruit\nand result, rejoicing there.\nHere his teeth are gapless, close-set,\nforty standing prominent in his mouth.\nIf he becomes an aristocrat, ruler of the land,\nhis assembly will be indivisible.\nAnd as an ascetic, stainless, immaculate,\nhis assembly will follow him, unshakable.”"}},{"id":"dn30:2.22","sourceIds":["dn30:2.22.0","dn30:2.22.1","dn30:2.22.2","dn30:2.22.3","dn30:2.22.4","dn30:2.22.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"28–29. Pahūtajivhābrahmassaralakkhaṇāni\n“Yampi, bhikkhave, tathāgato purimaṁ jātiṁ purimaṁ bhavaṁ purimaṁ niketaṁ pubbe manussabhūto samāno\npharusaṁ vācaṁ pahāya pharusāya vācāya paṭivirato ahosi. Yā sā vācā nelā kaṇṇasukhā pemanīyā hadayaṅgamā porī bahujanakantā bahujanamanāpā, tathārūpiṁ vācaṁ bhāsitā ahosi.\nSo tassa kammassa kaṭattā upacitattā …pe…\nso tato cuto itthattaṁ āgato samāno imāni dve mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni paṭilabhati.\nPahūtajivho ca hoti brahmassaro ca karavīkabhāṇī.","en":"28–29. A Large Tongue and the Voice of the Divinity\n“Mendicants, in some past lives the Realized One was reborn as a human being.\nHe refrained from harsh speech. He spoke in a way that’s mellow, pleasing to the ear, endearing, going to the heart, polite, and likable and agreeable to the people.\nDue to performing those deeds he was reborn in a heavenly realm.\nWhen he came back to this place he obtained these two marks:\nhe has a large tongue, and the voice of the Divinity, like a cuckoo’s call."}},{"id":"dn30:2.23","sourceIds":["dn30:2.23.1","dn30:2.23.2","dn30:2.23.3","dn30:2.23.4","dn30:2.23.5","dn30:2.23.6","dn30:2.23.7","dn30:2.23.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So tehi lakkhaṇehi samannāgato sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…\nrājā samāno kiṁ labhati?\nĀdeyyavāco hoti, ādiyantissa vacanaṁ brāhmaṇagahapatikā negamajānapadā gaṇakamahāmattā anīkaṭṭhā dovārikā amaccā pārisajjā rājāno bhogiyā kumārā.\nRājā samāno idaṁ labhati …pe…\nbuddho samāno kiṁ labhati?\nĀdeyyavāco hoti, ādiyantissa vacanaṁ bhikkhū bhikkhuniyo upāsakā upāsikāyo devā manussā asurā nāgā gandhabbā.\nBuddho samāno idaṁ labhati”.\nEtamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.","en":"Possessing these marks, if he stays at home he becomes a wheel-turning monarch.\nAnd what does he obtain as king?\nHe has a compelling voice. His words are compelling to brahmins and householders, people of town and country, treasurers and chief ministers, military officers, guardsmen, ministers, councillors, rulers, tax beneficiaries, and princes.\nThat’s what he obtains as king.\nAnd what does he obtain as Buddha?\nHe has a compelling voice. His words are compelling to monks, nuns, laymen, laywomen, gods, humans, titans, dragons, and centaurs.\nThat’s what he obtains as Buddha.”\nThe Buddha spoke this matter."}},{"id":"dn30:2.24","sourceIds":["dn30:2.24.1","dn30:2.24.2","dn30:2.24.3","dn30:2.24.4","dn30:2.24.5","dn30:2.24.6","dn30:2.24.7","dn30:2.24.8","dn30:2.24.9","dn30:2.24.10","dn30:2.24.11","dn30:2.24.12","dn30:2.24.13","dn30:2.24.14","dn30:2.24.15","dn30:2.24.16","dn30:2.24.17"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatthetaṁ vuccati:\n“Akkosabhaṇḍanavihesakāriṁ,\nUbbādhikaṁ bahujanappamaddanaṁ;\nAbāḷhaṁ giraṁ so na bhaṇi pharusaṁ,\nMadhuraṁ bhaṇi susaṁhitaṁ sakhilaṁ.\nManaso piyā hadayagāminiyo,\nVācā so erayati kaṇṇasukhā;\nVācāsuciṇṇaphalamanubhavi,\nSaggesu vedayatha puññaphalaṁ.\nVeditvā so sucaritassa phalaṁ,\nBrahmassarattamidhamajjhagamā;\nJivhāssa hoti vipulā puthulā,\nĀdeyyavākyavacano bhavati.\nGihinopi ijjhati yathā bhaṇato,\nAtha ce pabbajati so manujo;\nĀdiyantissa vacanaṁ janatā,\nBahuno bahuṁ subhaṇitaṁ bhaṇato”ti.","en":"On this it is said:\n“He never spoke a loud harsh word,\ninsulting, quarrelsome,\ncausing harm, rude, crushing the people.\nHis speech was sweet, helpful, and courteous.\nHe uttered words dear to the mind,\ngoing to the heart, pleasing to the ear.\nHe enjoyed the fruit of his good verbal conduct,\nexperiencing the fruit of good deeds in heaven.\nHaving experienced that fruit,\non his return to here he acquired the voice of the Divinity.\nHis tongue was long and wide,\nand his speech was compelling.\nEven as householder his speech brings prosperity.\nBut if that man goes forth,\nspeaking often to the people,\nthey’ll be compelled by his fair words.”"}},{"id":"dn30:2.25","sourceIds":["dn30:2.25.0","dn30:2.25.1","dn30:2.25.2","dn30:2.25.3","dn30:2.25.4","dn30:2.25.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"30. Sīhahanulakkhaṇaṁ\n“Yampi, bhikkhave, tathāgato purimaṁ jātiṁ purimaṁ bhavaṁ purimaṁ niketaṁ pubbe manussabhūto samāno\nsamphappalāpaṁ pahāya samphappalāpā paṭivirato ahosi kālavādī bhūtavādī atthavādī dhammavādī vinayavādī, nidhānavatiṁ vācaṁ bhāsitā ahosi kālena sāpadesaṁ pariyantavatiṁ atthasaṁhitaṁ.\nSo tassa kammassa kaṭattā …pe…\nso tato cuto itthattaṁ āgato samāno imaṁ mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṁ paṭilabhati,\nsīhahanu hoti.","en":"30. A Lion-Like Jaw\n“Mendicants, in some past lives the Realized One was reborn as a human being.\nHe refrained from talking nonsense. His words were timely, true, and meaningful, in line with the teaching and training. He said things at the right time which were valuable, reasonable, succinct, and beneficial.\nDue to performing those deeds he was reborn in a heavenly realm.\nWhen he came back to this place he obtained this mark:\nhis jaw is like that of a lion."}},{"id":"dn30:2.26","sourceIds":["dn30:2.26.1","dn30:2.26.2","dn30:2.26.3","dn30:2.26.4","dn30:2.26.5","dn30:2.26.6","dn30:2.26.7","dn30:2.26.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So tena lakkhaṇena samannāgato sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…\nrājā samāno kiṁ labhati?\nAppadhaṁsiyo hoti kenaci manussabhūtena paccatthikena paccāmittena.\nRājā samāno idaṁ labhati …pe…\nbuddho samāno kiṁ labhati?\nAppadhaṁsiyo hoti abbhantarehi vā bāhirehi vā paccatthikehi paccāmittehi, rāgena vā dosena vā mohena vā samaṇena vā brāhmaṇena vā devena vā mārena vā brahmunā vā kenaci vā lokasmiṁ.\nBuddho samāno idaṁ labhati”.\nEtamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.","en":"Possessing this mark, if he stays at home he becomes a wheel-turning monarch.\nAnd what does he obtain as king?\nHe can’t be destroyed by any human foe or enemy.\nThat’s what he obtains as king.\nAnd what does he obtain as Buddha?\nHe can’t be destroyed by any foe or enemy whether internal or external; nor by greed, hate, or delusion; nor by any ascetic or brahmin or god or Māra or divinity or by anyone in the world.\nThat’s what he obtains as Buddha.”\nThe Buddha spoke this matter."}},{"id":"dn30:2.27","sourceIds":["dn30:2.27.1","dn30:2.27.2","dn30:2.27.3","dn30:2.27.4","dn30:2.27.5","dn30:2.27.6","dn30:2.27.7","dn30:2.27.8","dn30:2.27.9","dn30:2.27.10","dn30:2.27.11","dn30:2.27.12","dn30:2.27.13","dn30:2.27.14","dn30:2.27.15","dn30:2.27.16","dn30:2.27.17"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatthetaṁ vuccati:\n“Na samphappalāpaṁ na muddhataṁ,\nAvikiṇṇavacanabyappatho ahosi;\nAhitamapi ca apanudi,\nHitamapi ca bahujanasukhañca abhaṇi.\nTaṁ katvā ito cuto divamupapajji,\nSukataphalavipākamanubhosi;\nCaviya punaridhāgato samāno,\nDvidugamavaratarahanuttamalattha.\nRājā hoti suduppadhaṁsiyo,\nManujindo manujādhipati mahānubhāvo;\nTidivapuravarasamo bhavati,\nSuravarataroriva indo.\nGandhabbāsurayakkharakkhasebhi,\nSurehi na hi bhavati suppadhaṁsiyo;\nTathatto yadi bhavati tathāvidho,\nIdha disā ca paṭidisā ca vidisā cā”ti.","en":"On this it is said:\n“Neither nonsensical nor silly,\nhis way of speaking was never loose.\nHe cast aside what was unbeneficial,\nand spoke for the welfare and happiness of the people.\nSo doing he passed from here to be reborn in heaven,\nwhere he enjoyed the fruit of deeds well done.\nPassing away, on his return to here,\nhe gained a jaw like the finest of beasts.\nHe became a king so very hard to defeat,\na mighty lord and ruler of mankind.\nHe was equal to the best in the city of the Third Heaven,\nlike Indra, the finest of gods.\nOne such as that is not easily beaten by centaurs,\ntitans, spirits, monsters, or gods.\nIf he becomes of that sort,\nhe illuminates the quarters and in-between.”"}},{"id":"dn30:2.28","sourceIds":["dn30:2.28.0","dn30:2.28.1","dn30:2.28.2","dn30:2.28.3","dn30:2.28.4","dn30:2.28.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"31–32. Samadantasusukkadāṭhālakkhaṇāni\n“Yampi, bhikkhave, tathāgato purimaṁ jātiṁ purimaṁ bhavaṁ purimaṁ niketaṁ pubbe manussabhūto samāno\nmicchājīvaṁ pahāya sammāājīvena jīvikaṁ kappesi, tulākūṭakaṁsakūṭamānakūṭaukkoṭanavañcananikatisāciyogachedanavadhabandhanaviparāmosaālopasahasākārā paṭivirato ahosi.\nSo tassa kammassa kaṭattā upacitattā ussannattā vipulattā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjati.\nSo tattha aññe deve dasahi ṭhānehi adhigaṇhāti dibbena āyunā dibbena vaṇṇena dibbena sukhena dibbena yasena dibbena ādhipateyyena dibbehi rūpehi dibbehi saddehi dibbehi gandhehi dibbehi rasehi dibbehi phoṭṭhabbehi.\nSo tato cuto itthattaṁ āgato samāno imāni dve mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni paṭilabhati, samadanto ca hoti susukkadāṭho ca.","en":"31–32. Even and White Teeth\n“Mendicants, in some past lives the Realized One was reborn as a human being.\nHe gave up wrong livelihood and earned a living by right livelihood. He refrained from falsifying weights, metals, or measures; bribery, fraud, cheating, and duplicity; mutilation, murder, abduction, banditry, plunder, and violence.\nDue to performing, accumulating, heaping up, and amassing those deeds, when his body broke up, after death, he was reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.\nThere he surpassed the other gods in ten respects: heavenly lifespan, beauty, happiness, glory, sovereignty, sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and touches.\nWhen he came back to this place he obtained these two marks: his teeth are even and perfectly white."}},{"id":"dn30:2.29","sourceIds":["dn30:2.29.1","dn30:2.29.2","dn30:2.29.3","dn30:2.29.4","dn30:2.29.5","dn30:2.29.6","dn30:2.29.7","dn30:2.29.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So tehi lakkhaṇehi samannāgato sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī dhammiko dhammarājā cāturanto vijitāvī janapadatthāvariyappatto sattaratanasamannāgato.\nTassimāni satta ratanāni bhavanti, seyyathidaṁ—\ncakkaratanaṁ hatthiratanaṁ assaratanaṁ maṇiratanaṁ itthiratanaṁ gahapatiratanaṁ pariṇāyakaratanameva sattamaṁ.\nParosahassaṁ kho panassa puttā bhavanti sūrā vīraṅgarūpā parasenappamaddanā.\nSo imaṁ pathaviṁ sāgarapariyantaṁ akhilamanimittamakaṇṭakaṁ iddhaṁ phītaṁ khemaṁ sivaṁ nirabbudaṁ adaṇḍena asatthena dhammena abhivijiya ajjhāvasati.\nRājā samāno kiṁ labhati?\nSuciparivāro hoti sucissa honti parivārā brāhmaṇagahapatikā negamajānapadā gaṇakamahāmattā anīkaṭṭhā dovārikā amaccā pārisajjā rājāno bhogiyā kumārā.\nRājā samāno idaṁ labhati.","en":"Possessing these marks, if he stays at home he becomes a king, a wheel-turning monarch, a just and principled king. His dominion extends to all four sides, he achieves stability in the country, and he possesses the seven treasures.\nHe has the following seven treasures:\nthe wheel, the elephant, the horse, the jewel, the woman, the householder, and the commander as the seventh treasure.\nHe has over a thousand sons who are valiant and heroic, crushing the armies of his enemies.\nAfter conquering this land girt by sea—free of harassment by bandits, successful and prosperous, safe, blessed, free of pests—he reigns by principle, without rod or sword.\nAnd what does he obtain as king?\nHis retinue is pure. This includes brahmins and householders, people of town and country, treasurers and chief ministers, military officers, guardsmen, ministers, councillors, rulers, tax beneficiaries, and princes.\nThat’s what he obtains as king."}},{"id":"dn30:2.30","sourceIds":["dn30:2.30.1","dn30:2.30.2","dn30:2.30.3","dn30:2.30.4","dn30:2.30.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sace kho pana agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajati, arahaṁ hoti sammāsambuddho loke vivaṭṭacchado.\nBuddho samāno kiṁ labhati?\nSuciparivāro hoti, sucissa honti parivārā, bhikkhū bhikkhuniyo upāsakā upāsikāyo devā manussā asurā nāgā gandhabbā.\nBuddho samāno idaṁ labhati”.\nEtamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.","en":"But if he goes forth from the lay life to homelessness, he becomes a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha, who has cast off the world’s veil.\nAnd what does he obtain as Buddha?\nHis retinue is pure. This includes monks, nuns, laymen, laywomen, gods, humans, titans, dragons, and centaurs.\nThat’s what he obtains as Buddha.”\nThe Buddha spoke this matter."}},{"id":"dn30:2.31","sourceIds":["dn30:2.31.1","dn30:2.31.2","dn30:2.31.3","dn30:2.31.4","dn30:2.31.5","dn30:2.31.6","dn30:2.31.7","dn30:2.31.8","dn30:2.31.9","dn30:2.31.10","dn30:2.31.11","dn30:2.31.12","dn30:2.31.13","dn30:2.31.14","dn30:2.31.15","dn30:2.31.16","dn30:2.31.17","dn30:2.31.18","dn30:2.31.19","dn30:2.31.20","dn30:2.31.21","dn30:2.31.22","dn30:2.31.23","dn30:2.31.24","dn30:2.31.25","dn30:2.31.26","dn30:2.31.27","dn30:2.31.28","dn30:2.31.29","dn30:2.31.30","dn30:2.31.31","dn30:2.31.32"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatthetaṁ vuccati:\n“Micchājīvañca avassaji samena vuttiṁ,\nSucinā so janayittha dhammikena;\nAhitamapi ca apanudi,\nHitamapi ca bahujanasukhañca acari.\nSagge vedayati naro sukhapphalāni,\nKaritvā nipuṇebhi vidūhi sabbhi;\nVaṇṇitāni tidivapuravarasamo,\nAbhiramati ratikhiḍḍāsamaṅgī.\nLaddhāna mānusakaṁ bhavaṁ tato,\nCavitvāna sukataphalavipākaṁ;\nSesakena paṭilabhati lapanajaṁ,\nSamamapi sucisusukkaṁ.\nTaṁ veyyañjanikā samāgatā bahavo,\nByākaṁsu nipuṇasammatā manujā;\nSucijanaparivāragaṇo bhavati,\nDijasamasukkasucisobhanadanto.\nRañño hoti bahujano,\nSuciparivāro mahatiṁ mahiṁ anusāsato;\nPasayha na ca janapadatudanaṁ,\nHitamapi ca bahujanasukhañca caranti.\nAtha ce pabbajati bhavati vipāpo,\nSamaṇo samitarajo vivaṭṭacchado;\nVigatadarathakilamatho,\nImamapi ca paramapi ca passati lokaṁ.\nTassovādakarā bahugihī ca pabbajitā ca,\nAsuciṁ garahitaṁ dhunanti pāpaṁ;\nSa hi sucibhi parivuto bhavati,\nMalakhilakalikilese panudehī”ti.\nIdamavoca bhagavā.\nAttamanā te bhikkhū bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinandunti.\nLakkhaṇasuttaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ sattamaṁ.","en":"On this it is said:\n“He abandoned wrong livelihood, and created\na way of life that’s fair, pure, and just.\nHe cast aside what was unbeneficial,\nand lived for the welfare and happiness of the people.\nHaving done what’s praised by the clever, the wise, and the good,\nthat man experienced the fruit in heaven.\nEqual to the best in the Third Heaven,\nhe enjoyed himself with pleasure and play.\nFrom there he passed back to a human life.\nWith the remaining ripening of the fruit of good deeds,\nhe obtained teeth that are even,\ngleaming, bright, and white.\nMany soothsayers regarded as wise men\ngathered and predicted of him:\n‘With twice-born teeth so even, so white, so clean and bright\nhis retinue will be so pure.\nAs king, his people will also be pure,\nwhen he rules having conquered this earth so broad.\nThey won’t harm the country,\nbut will live for the welfare and happiness of the people.\nBut if he goes forth he’ll be an ascetic free of ill,\nhis passions quelled, the veil cast off.\nRid of stress and weariness,\nhe sees this world and the next.\nThose who do his bidding, both lay and renunciate,\nshake off wickedness, impure and blameworthy.\nHe’s surrounded by pure people, who cast aside\nstains, callousness, sin, and corruptions.’”\nThat is what the Buddha said.\nSatisfied, the mendicants approved what the Buddha said."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/dn30/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}