Mahapadanasutta 1.32.1-38

1.32.1

Katamehi cāyaṃ, deva, kumāro dvattiṃsamahāpurisalakkhaṇehi samannāgato, yehi samannāgatassa mahāpurisassa dveva gatiyo bhavanti anaññā.

And what are the marks which he possesses?

1.32.2

Sace agāraṃ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī dhammiko dhammarājā cāturanto vijitāvī janapadatthāvariyappatto sattaratanasamannāgato.

1.32.3

Tassimāni sattaratanāni bhavanti.

1.32.4

Seyyathidaṃ—cakkaratanaṃ hatthiratanaṃ assaratanaṃ maṇiratanaṃ itthiratanaṃ gahapatiratanaṃ pariṇāyakaratanameva sattamaṃ.

1.32.5

Parosahassaṃ kho panassa puttā bhavanti sūrā vīraṅgarūpā parasenappamaddanā.

1.32.6

So imaṃ pathaviṃ sāgarapariyantaṃ adaṇḍena asatthena dhammena abhivijiya ajjhāvasati.

1.32.7

Sace kho pana agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajati, arahaṃ hoti sammāsambuddho loke vivaṭacchado. Ayañhi, deva, kumāro suppatiṭṭhitapādo. Yaṃ pāyaṃ, deva, kumāro suppatiṭṭhitapādo. Idampissa mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṃ bhavati.

He has well-planted feet.

1.32.8

Imassa, deva, kumārassa heṭṭhā pādatalesu cakkāni jātāni sahassārāni sanemikāni sanābhikāni sabbākāraparipūrāni. Yampi imassa, deva, kumārassa heṭṭhā pādatalesu cakkāni jātāni sahassārāni sanemikāni sanābhikāni sabbākāraparipūrāni, idampissa mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṃ bhavati.

On the soles of his feet there are thousand-spoked wheels, with rims and hubs, complete in every detail.

1.32.9

Ayañhi, deva, kumāro āyatapaṇhī …pe…

He has stretched heels.

1.32.10

Ayañhi, deva, kumāro dīghaṅgulī …pe…

He has long fingers.

1.32.11

Ayañhi, deva, kumāro mudutalunahatthapādo …pe…

His hands and feet are soft and tender.

1.32.12

Ayañhi, deva kumāro jālahatthapādo …pe…

He has serried hands and feet.

1.32.13

Ayañhi, deva, kumāro ussaṅkhapādo …pe…

The tops of his feet are arched.

1.32.14

Ayañhi, deva, kumāro eṇijaṅgho …pe…

His calves are like those of an antelope.

1.32.15

Ayañhi, deva, kumāro ṭhitakova anonamanto ubhohi pāṇitalehi jaṇṇukāni parimasati parimajjati …pe…

When standing upright and not bending over, the palms of both hands touch the knees.

1.32.16

Ayañhi, deva, kumāro kosohitavatthaguyho …pe…

His private parts are sheathed in a foreskin.

1.32.17

Ayañhi, deva, kumāro suvaṇṇavaṇṇo kañcanasannibhattaco …pe…

He is golden colored; his skin shines like lustrous gold.

1.32.18

Ayañhi, deva, kumāro sukhumacchavī; sukhumattā chaviyā rajojallaṃ kāye na upalimpati …pe…

He has delicate skin, so delicate that dust and dirt don’t stick to his body.

1.32.19

Ayañhi, deva, kumāro ekekalomo; ekekāni lomāni lomakūpesu jātāni …pe…

His hairs grow one per pore.

1.32.20

Ayañhi, deva, kumāro uddhaggalomo; uddhaggāni lomāni jātāni nīlāni añjanavaṇṇāni kuṇḍalāvaṭṭāni dakkhiṇāvaṭṭakajātāni …pe…

His hairs stand up; they’re blue-black and curl clockwise.

1.32.21

Ayañhi, deva, kumāro brahmujugatto …pe…

His body is tall and straight-limbed.

1.32.22

Ayañhi, deva, kumāro sattussado …pe…

He has bulging muscles in seven places.

1.32.23

Ayañhi, deva, kumāro sīhapubbaddhakāyo …pe…

His chest is like that of a lion.

1.32.24

Ayañhi, deva, kumāro citantaraṃso …pe…

He is filled out between the shoulders.

1.32.25

Ayañhi, deva, kumāro nigrodhaparimaṇḍalo yāvatakvassa kāyo tāvatakvassa byāmo, yāvatakvassa byāmo, tāvatakvassa kāyo …pe…

He has the proportional circumference of a banyan tree: the span of his arms equals the height of his body.

1.32.26

Ayañhi, deva, kumāro samavaṭṭakkhandho …pe…

His torso is cylindrical.

1.32.27

Ayañhi, deva, kumāro rasaggasaggī …pe…

He has ridged taste buds.

1.32.28

Ayañhi, deva, kumāro sīhahanu …pe…

His jaw is like that of a lion.

1.32.29

Ayañhi, deva, kumāro cattālīsadanto …pe…

He has forty teeth.

1.32.30

Ayañhi, deva, kumāro samadanto …pe…

His teeth are even.

1.32.31

Ayañhi, deva, kumāro aviraḷadanto …pe…

His teeth have no gaps.

1.32.32

Ayañhi, deva, kumāro susukkadāṭho …pe…

His teeth are perfectly white.

1.32.33

Ayañhi, deva, kumāro pahūtajivho …pe…

He has a large tongue.

1.32.34

Ayañhi, deva, kumāro brahmassaro karavīkabhāṇī …pe…

He has the voice of the Divinity, like a cuckoo’s call.

1.32.35

Ayañhi, deva, kumāro abhinīlanetto …pe…

His eyes are indigo.

1.32.36

Ayañhi, deva, kumāro gopakhumo …pe…

He has eyelashes like a cow’s.

1.32.37

Imassa, deva, kumārassa uṇṇā bhamukantare jātā odātā mudutūlasannibhā. Yampi imassa, deva, kumārassa uṇṇā bhamukantare jātā odātā mudutūlasannibhā, idampimassa mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṃ bhavati.

Between his eyebrows there grows a tuft, soft and white like cotton-wool.

1.32.38

Ayañhi, deva, kumāro uṇhīsasīso. Yaṃ pāyaṃ, deva, kumāro uṇhīsasīso, idampissa mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṃ bhavati.

The crown of his head is like a turban.