Lakkhanasutta 1.2

1.2.1

Katamāni ca tāni, bhikkhave, dvattiṃsa mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni, yehi samannāgatassa mahāpurisassa dveva gatiyo bhavanti anaññā?

And what are the thirty-two marks?

1.2.2

Sace agāraṃ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…

1.2.3

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

1.2.4

Idha, bhikkhave, mahāpuriso suppatiṭṭhitapādo hoti. Yampi, bhikkhave, mahāpuriso suppatiṭṭhitapādo hoti, idampi, bhikkhave, mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṃ bhavati.

He has well-planted feet.

1.2.5

Puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, mahāpurisassa heṭṭhāpādatalesu cakkāni jātāni honti sahassārāni sanemikāni sanābhikāni sabbākāraparipūrāni. Yampi, bhikkhave, mahāpurisassa heṭṭhāpādatalesu cakkāni jātāni honti sahassārāni sanemikāni sanābhikāni sabbākāraparipūrāni, idampi, bhikkhave, mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṃ bhavati.

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

1.2.6

Puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, mahāpuriso āyatapaṇhi hoti …pe…

He has stretched heels.

1.2.7

dīghaṅguli hoti …

He has long fingers.

1.2.8

mudutalunahatthapādo hoti …

His hands and feet are soft and tender.

1.2.9

jālahatthapādo hoti …

He has serried hands and feet.

1.2.10

ussaṅkhapādo hoti …

The tops of his feet are arched.

1.2.11

eṇijaṅgho hoti …

His calves are like those of an antelope.

1.2.12

ṭhitakova anonamanto ubhohi pāṇitalehi jaṇṇukāni parimasati parimajjati …

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

1.2.13

kosohitavatthaguyho hoti …

His private parts are sheathed in a foreskin.

1.2.14

suvaṇṇavaṇṇo hoti kañcanasannibhattaco …

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

1.2.15

sukhumacchavi hoti, sukhumattā chaviyā rajojallaṃ kāye na upalimpati …

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

1.2.16

ekekalomo hoti, ekekāni lomāni lomakūpesu jātāni …

His hairs grow one per pore.

1.2.17

uddhaggalomo hoti, uddhaggāni lomāni jātāni nīlāni añjanavaṇṇāni kuṇḍalāvaṭṭāni dakkhiṇāvaṭṭakajātāni …

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

1.2.18

brahmujugatto hoti …

His body is tall and straight-limbed.

1.2.19

sattussado hoti …

He has bulging muscles in seven places.

1.2.20

sīhapubbaddhakāyo hoti …

His chest is like that of a lion.

1.2.21

citantaraṃso hoti …

He is filled out between the shoulders.

1.2.22

nigrodhaparimaṇḍalo hoti, yāvatakvassa kāyo tāvatakvassa byāmo yāvatakvassa byāmo tāvatakvassa kāyo …

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

1.2.23

samavaṭṭakkhandho hoti …

His torso is cylindrical.

1.2.24

rasaggasaggī hoti …

He has ridged taste buds.

1.2.25

sīhahanu hoti …

His jaw is like that of a lion.

1.2.26

cattālīsadanto hoti …

He has forty teeth.

1.2.27

samadanto hoti …

His teeth are even.

1.2.28

aviraḷadanto hoti …

His teeth have no gaps.

1.2.29

susukkadāṭho hoti …

His teeth are perfectly white.

1.2.30

pahūtajivho hoti …

He has a large tongue.

1.2.31

brahmassaro hoti karavīkabhāṇī …

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

1.2.32

abhinīlanetto hoti …

His eyes are indigo.

1.2.33

gopakhumo hoti …

He has eyelashes like a cow’s.

1.2.34

uṇṇā bhamukantare jātā hoti, odātā mudutūlasannibhā. Yampi, bhikkhave, mahāpurisassa uṇṇā bhamukantare jātā hoti, odātā mudutūlasannibhā, idampi, bhikkhave, mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṃ bhavati.

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

1.2.35

Puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, mahāpuriso uṇhīsasīso hoti. Yampi, bhikkhave, mahāpuriso uṇhīsasīso hoti, idampi, bhikkhave, mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṃ bhavati.

The crown of his head is like a turban.