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Lakkhanasutta 1.24

Lakkhaṇasutta 1.24

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Pāli

1.24.1

Tatthetaṃ vuccati:

On this it is said:

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1.24.2

“Sippesu vijjācaraṇesu kammesu,

“In professions, knowledge, conduct, and deeds,

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1.24.3

Kathaṃ vijāneyyuṃ lahunti icchati;

he thought of how they might easily learn.

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1.24.4

Yadūpaghātāya na hoti kassaci,

Quickly, without tiresome delays,

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1.24.5

Vāceti khippaṃ na ciraṃ kilissati.

he taught them things that harm no one at all.

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1.24.6

Taṃ kammaṃ katvā kusalaṃ sukhudrayaṃ,

Having done that skillful deed
whose outcome is happiness,

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1.24.7

Jaṅghā manuññā labhate susaṇṭhitā;

he gains prominent and elegant calves.

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1.24.8

Vaṭṭā sujātā anupubbamuggatā,

Well-formed in graceful spirals,

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1.24.9

Uddhaggalomā sukhumattacotthatā.

he’s covered in delicate rising hairs.

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1.24.10

Eṇeyyajaṅghoti tamāhu puggalaṃ,

They say that individual has antelope calves,

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1.24.11

Sampattiyā khippamidhāhu lakkhaṇaṃ;

and that this is the mark of swift success.

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1.24.12

Gehānulomāni yadābhikaṅkhati,

If he desires the things fitting the household life,

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1.24.13

Apabbajaṃ khippamidhādhigacchati.

not going forth, they’ll quickly be his.

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1.24.14

Sace ca pabbajjamupeti tādiso,

But if one such chooses the life gone forth,

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1.24.15

Nekkhammachandābhirato vicakkhaṇo;

seeing clearly, loving renunciation,

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1.24.16

Anucchavikassa yadānulomikaṃ,

the peerless renunciate will quickly find

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1.24.17

Taṃ vindati khippamanomavikkamo”ti.

what is fitting and suitable.”

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