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Lakkhanasutta 1.6

Lakkhaṇasutta 1.6

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Pāli

1.6.1

Tatthetaṃ vuccati:

On this it is said:

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1.6.2

“Sacce ca dhamme ca dame ca saṃyame,

“Truth, principle, self-control, and restraint;

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1.6.3

Soceyyasīlālayuposathesu ca;

purity, precepts, and observing the sabbath;

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1.6.4

Dāne ahiṃsāya asāhase rato,

giving, harmlessness, delighting in non-violence—

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1.6.5

Daḷhaṃ samādāya samattamācari.

firmly undertaking these things, he lived accordingly.

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1.6.6

So tena kammena divaṃ samakkami,

By means of these deeds he went to heaven,

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1.6.7

Sukhañca khiḍḍāratiyo ca anvabhi;

where he enjoyed happiness and merriment.

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1.6.8

Tato cavitvā punarāgato idha,

After passing away from there to here,

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1.6.9

Samehi pādehi phusī vasundharaṃ.

he steps evenly on this rich earth.

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1.6.10

Byākaṃsu veyyañjanikā samāgatā,

The gathered soothsayers predicted

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1.6.11

Samappatiṭṭhassa na hoti khambhanā;

that there is no stopping one of such even tread,

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1.6.12

Gihissa vā pabbajitassa vā puna,

as householder or renunciate.

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1.6.13

Taṃ lakkhaṇaṃ bhavati tadatthajotakaṃ.

That’s the meaning shown by this mark.

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1.6.14

Akkhambhiyo hoti agāramāvasaṃ,

While living at home he cannot be stopped,

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1.6.15

Parābhibhū sattubhi nappamaddano;

he defeats his foes, and cannot be beaten.

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1.6.16

Manussabhūtenidha hoti kenaci,

Due to the fruit of that deed,

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1.6.17

Akkhambhiyo tassa phalena kammuno.

he cannot be stopped by any human.

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1.6.18

Sace ca pabbajjamupeti tādiso,

But if one such chooses the life gone forth,

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1.6.19

Nekkhammachandābhirato vicakkhaṇo;

seeing clearly, loving renunciation,

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1.6.20

Aggo na so gacchati jātu khambhanaṃ,

not even the best can ever stop him;

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1.6.21

Naruttamo esa hi tassa dhammatā”ti.

this is the nature of the supreme man.”

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