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With Ambaṭṭha 2.12

Ambaṭṭhasutta 2.12

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Pāli

2.12.1

Atha kho bhagavato etadahosi:

Then it occurred to the Buddha,

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2.12.2

“passati kho me ayaṃ ambaṭṭho māṇavo dvattiṃsamahāpurisalakkhaṇāni yebhuyyena ṭhapetvā dve.

“This student Ambaṭṭha sees all the marks except two,

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2.12.3

Dvīsu mahāpurisalakkhaṇesu kaṅkhati vicikicchati nādhimuccati na sampasīdati—

which he has doubts about:

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2.12.4

kosohite ca vatthaguyhe pahūtajivhatāya cā”ti.

whether the private parts are sheathed in a foreskin, and the largeness of the tongue.”

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2.12.5

Atha kho bhagavā tathārūpaṃ iddhābhisaṅkhāraṃ abhisaṅkhāsi. Yathā addasa ambaṭṭho māṇavo bhagavato kosohitaṃ vatthaguyhaṃ.

Then the Buddha used his psychic power to will that Ambaṭṭha would see his private parts sheathed in a foreskin.

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2.12.6

Atha kho bhagavā jivhaṃ ninnāmetvā ubhopi kaṇṇasotāni anumasi paṭimasi, ubhopi nāsikasotāni anumasi paṭimasi, kevalampi nalāṭamaṇḍalaṃ jivhāya chādesi.

And he stuck out his tongue and stroked back and forth on his ear holes and nostrils, and covered his entire forehead with his tongue.

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2.12.7

Atha kho ambaṭṭhassa māṇavassa etadahosi:

Then Ambaṭṭha thought,

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2.12.8

“samannāgato kho samaṇo gotamo dvattiṃsamahāpurisalakkhaṇehi paripuṇṇehi, no aparipuṇṇehī”ti.

“The ascetic Gotama possesses the thirty-two marks completely, lacking none.”

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2.12.9

Bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:

He said to the Buddha,

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2.12.10

“handa ca dāni mayaṃ, bho gotama, gacchāma, bahukiccā mayaṃ bahukaraṇīyā”ti.

“Well, now, sir, I must go. I have many duties, and much to do.”

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2.12.11

“Yassadāni tvaṃ, ambaṭṭha, kālaṃ maññasī”ti.

“Please, Ambaṭṭha, go at your convenience.”

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2.12.12

Atha kho ambaṭṭho māṇavo vaḷavārathamāruyha pakkāmi.

Then Ambaṭṭha mounted his chariot drawn by mares and left.

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