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With Ambaṭṭha 1.5

Ambaṭṭhasutta 1.5

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Pāli

1.5.1

“Yathā kathaṃ panāhaṃ, bho, taṃ bhavantaṃ gotamaṃ jānissāmi: ‘yadi vā taṃ bhavantaṃ gotamaṃ tathāsantaṃyeva saddo abbhuggato, yadi vā no tathā. Yadi vā so bhavaṃ gotamo tādiso, yadi vā na tādiso’”ti?

“But sir, how shall I find out whether or not the ascetic Gotama lives up to his reputation?”

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1.5.2

“Āgatāni kho, tāta ambaṭṭha, amhākaṃ mantesu dvattiṃsa mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni, yehi samannāgatassa mahāpurisassa dveyeva gatiyo bhavanti anaññā.

“Dear Ambaṭṭha, the thirty-two marks of a great man have been handed down in our hymns. A great man who possesses these has only two possible destinies, no other.

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1.5.3

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, a just and principled king. His dominion extends to all four sides, he achieves stability in the country, and he possesses the seven treasures.

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1.5.4

Tassimāni satta ratanāni bhavanti.

He has the following seven treasures:

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1.5.5

Seyyathidaṃ—cakkaratanaṃ, hatthiratanaṃ, assaratanaṃ, maṇiratanaṃ, itthiratanaṃ, gahapatiratanaṃ, pariṇāyakaratanameva sattamaṃ.

the wheel, the elephant, the horse, the jewel, the woman, the householder, and the commander as the seventh treasure.

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1.5.6

Parosahassaṃ kho panassa puttā bhavanti sūrā vīraṅgarūpā parasenappamaddanā.

He has over a thousand sons who are valiant and heroic, crushing the armies of his enemies.

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1.5.7

So imaṃ pathaviṃ sāgarapariyantaṃ adaṇḍena asatthena dhammena abhivijiya ajjhāvasati.

After conquering this land girt by sea, he reigns by principle, without rod or sword.

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1.5.8

Sace kho pana agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajati, arahaṃ hoti sammāsambuddho loke vivaṭṭacchado.

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.

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1.5.9

Ahaṃ kho pana, tāta ambaṭṭha, mantānaṃ dātā;

But, dear Ambaṭṭha, I am the one who gives the hymns,

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1.5.10

tvaṃ mantānaṃ paṭiggahetā”ti.

and you are the one who receives them.”

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