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With Ambaṭṭha 2.18

Ambaṭṭhasutta 2.18

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Pāli

2.18.1

Atha kho brāhmaṇo pokkharasāti bhagavato kāye dvattiṃsamahāpurisalakkhaṇāni samannesi.

Then Pokkharasāti scrutinized the Buddha’s body for the thirty-two marks of a great man.

With Ambaṭṭha

2.18.2

Addasā kho brāhmaṇo pokkharasāti bhagavato kāye dvattiṃsamahāpurisalakkhaṇāni yebhuyyena ṭhapetvā dve.

He saw all of them except two,

With Ambaṭṭha

2.18.3

Dvīsu mahāpurisalakkhaṇesu kaṅkhati vicikicchati nādhimuccati na sampasīdati—

which he had doubts about:

With Ambaṭṭha

2.18.4

kosohite ca vatthaguyhe pahūtajivhatāya ca.

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

With Ambaṭṭha

2.18.5

Atha kho bhagavato etadahosi:

Then it occurred to the Buddha,

With Ambaṭṭha

2.18.6

“passati kho me ayaṃ brāhmaṇo pokkharasāti dvattiṃsamahāpurisalakkhaṇāni yebhuyyena ṭhapetvā dve.

“Pokkharasāti sees all the marks except two,

With Ambaṭṭha

2.18.7

Dvīsu mahāpurisalakkhaṇesu kaṅkhati vicikicchati nādhimuccati na sampasīdati—

which he has doubts about:

With Ambaṭṭha

2.18.8

kosohite ca vatthaguyhe pahūtajivhatāya cā”ti.

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

With Ambaṭṭha

2.18.9

Atha kho bhagavā tathārūpaṃ iddhābhisaṅkhāraṃ abhisaṅkhāsi yathā addasa brāhmaṇo pokkharasāti bhagavato kosohitaṃ vatthaguyhaṃ.

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

With Ambaṭṭha

2.18.10

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.

With Ambaṭṭha

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