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Mahapadanasutta 1.33

Mahāpadānasutta 1.33

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1.33.1

Imehi kho ayaṃ, deva, kumāro dvattiṃsamahāpurisalakkhaṇehi samannāgato, yehi samannāgatassa mahāpurisassa dveva gatiyo bhavanti anaññā.

These are the thirty-two marks of a great man that the prince has. A great man who possesses these has only two possible destinies, no other.

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1.33.2

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

If he stays at home he becomes a king, a wheel-turning monarch.

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1.33.3

Tassimāni sattaratanāni bhavanti.

1.33.4

Seyyathidaṃ—cakkaratanaṃ hatthiratanaṃ assaratanaṃ maṇiratanaṃ itthiratanaṃ gahapatiratanaṃ pariṇāyakaratanameva sattamaṃ.

1.33.5

Parosahassaṃ kho panassa puttā bhavanti sūrā vīraṅgarūpā parasenappamaddanā.

1.33.6

So imaṃ pathaviṃ sāgarapariyantaṃ adaṇḍena asatthena dhammena abhivijiya ajjhāvasati.

1.33.7

Sace kho pana agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajati, arahaṃ hoti sammāsambuddho loke vivaṭacchado’ti.

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 veil from the world.’

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4. Vipassīsamaññā

1.33.9

Atha kho, bhikkhave, bandhumā rājā nemitte brāhmaṇe ahatehi vatthehi acchādāpetvā sabbakāmehi santappesi.

Then King Bandhumā had the brahmin soothsayers dressed in unworn clothes and satisfied all their needs.

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