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# Lakkhanasutta 1.5

Lakkhaṇasutta 1.5

- **Language:** Pāli

### [1.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.5.1)

So tena lakkhaṇena samannāgato sace agāraṃ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī dhammiko dhammarājā cāturanto vijitāvī janapadatthāvariyappatto sattaratanasamannāgato.

> Possessing this mark, if he stays at home he becomes a wheel-turning monarch.  
> — The Marks of a Great Man

### [1.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.5.2)

Tassimāni satta ratanāni bhavanti;

> He has the following seven treasures:  
> — The Marks of a Great Man

### [1.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.5.3)

Seyyathidaṃ—cakkaratanaṃ hatthiratanaṃ assaratanaṃ maṇiratanaṃ itthiratanaṃ gahapatiratanaṃ pariṇāyakaratanameva sattamaṃ.

> the wheel, the elephant, the horse, the jewel, the woman, the householder, and the commander as the seventh treasure.  
> — The Marks of a Great Man

### [1.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.5.4)

Parosahassaṃ kho panassa puttā bhavanti sūrā vīraṅgarūpā parasenappamaddanā.

> He has over a thousand sons who are valiant and heroic, crushing the armies of his enemies.  
> — The Marks of a Great Man

### [1.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.5.5)

So imaṃ pathaviṃ sāgarapariyantaṃ akhilamanimittamakaṇṭakaṃ iddhaṃ phītaṃ khemaṃ sivaṃ nirabbudaṃ adaṇḍena asatthena dhammena abhivijiya ajjhāvasati.

> After conquering this land girt by sea—free of harassment by bandits, successful and prosperous, safe, blessed, free of pests—he reigns by principle, without rod or sword.  
> — The Marks of a Great Man

### [1.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.5.6)

Rājā samāno kiṃ labhati?

> And what does he obtain as king?  
> — The Marks of a Great Man

### [1.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.5.7)

Akkhambhiyo hoti kenaci manussabhūtena paccatthikena paccāmittena.

> He can’t be stopped by any human foe or enemy.  
> — The Marks of a Great Man

### [1.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.5.8)

Rājā samāno idaṃ labhati.

> That’s what he obtains as king.  
> — The Marks of a Great Man

### [1.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.5.9)

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

> But if he goes forth from the lay life to homelessness, he becomes a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha, who has cast off the world’s veil.  
> — The Marks of a Great Man

### [1.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.5.10)

Buddho samāno kiṃ labhati?

> And what does he obtain as Buddha?  
> — The Marks of a Great Man

### [1.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.5.11)

Akkhambhiyo hoti abbhantarehi vā bāhirehi vā paccatthikehi paccāmittehi rāgena vā dosena vā mohena vā samaṇena vā brāhmaṇena vā devena vā mārena vā brahmunā vā kenaci vā lokasmiṃ.

> He can’t be stopped by any foe or enemy whether internal or external; nor by greed, hate, or delusion; nor by any ascetic or brahmin or god or Māra or divinity or by anyone in the world.  
> — The Marks of a Great Man

### [1.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.5.12)

Buddho samāno idaṃ labhati”.

> That’s what he obtains as Buddha.”  
> — The Marks of a Great Man

### [1.5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.5.13)

Etamatthaṃ bhagavā avoca.

> The Buddha spoke this matter.  
> — The Marks of a Great Man

## Translations (3)

- [Govor o obeležjima](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30~sr-brankokovacevic.1.5.1) — sr
- [The Marks of a Great Man](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30~en-sujato.1.5.1) — English
- [Die Kennzeichen eines großen Mannes](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30~de-sabbamitta.1.5.1) — German

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.30.202) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

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