Lakkhanasutta 1.24
Lakkhaṇasutta 1.24
- Language
- Pāli
1.24.1
Tatthetaṃ vuccati:
On this it is said:
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“Sippesu vijjācaraṇesu kammesu,
“In professions, knowledge, conduct, and deeds,
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Kathaṃ vijāneyyuṃ lahunti icchati;
he thought of how they might easily learn.
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Yadūpaghātāya na hoti kassaci,
Quickly, without tiresome delays,
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Vāceti khippaṃ na ciraṃ kilissati.
he taught them things that harm no one at all.
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Taṃ kammaṃ katvā kusalaṃ sukhudrayaṃ,
Having done that skillful deed
whose outcome is happiness,
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Jaṅghā manuññā labhate susaṇṭhitā;
he gains prominent and elegant calves.
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Vaṭṭā sujātā anupubbamuggatā,
Well-formed in graceful spirals,
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Uddhaggalomā sukhumattacotthatā.
he’s covered in delicate rising hairs.
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Eṇeyyajaṅghoti tamāhu puggalaṃ,
They say that individual has antelope calves,
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Sampattiyā khippamidhāhu lakkhaṇaṃ;
and that this is the mark of swift success.
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Gehānulomāni yadābhikaṅkhati,
If he desires the things fitting the household life,
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Apabbajaṃ khippamidhādhigacchati.
not going forth, they’ll quickly be his.
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Sace ca pabbajjamupeti tādiso,
But if one such chooses the life gone forth,
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Nekkhammachandābhirato vicakkhaṇo;
seeing clearly, loving renunciation,
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Anucchavikassa yadānulomikaṃ,
the peerless renunciate will quickly find
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Taṃ vindati khippamanomavikkamo”ti.
what is fitting and suitable.”
Translations (3)
- Govor o obeležjima — sr
- The Marks of a Great Man — English
- Die Kennzeichen eines großen Mannes — German
Commentaries (1)
- Sumaṅgalavilāsinī — Buddhaghosa, Pāli
Discussed in (1)
- Early Monastic Buddhism — Dutt 1941, English