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# Lakkhanasutta 1.6

Lakkhaṇasutta 1.6

- **Language:** Pāli

### [1.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.6.1)

Tatthetaṃ vuccati:

> On this it is said:  
> — The Marks of a Great Man

### [1.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.6.2)

“Sacce ca dhamme ca dame ca saṃyame,

> “Truth, principle, self-control, and restraint;  
> — The Marks of a Great Man

### [1.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.6.3)

Soceyyasīlālayuposathesu ca;

> purity, precepts, and observing the sabbath;  
> — The Marks of a Great Man

### [1.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.6.4)

Dāne ahiṃsāya asāhase rato,

> giving, harmlessness, delighting in non-violence—  
> — The Marks of a Great Man

### [1.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.6.5)

Daḷhaṃ samādāya samattamācari.

> firmly undertaking these things, he lived accordingly.  
> — The Marks of a Great Man

### [1.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.6.6)

So tena kammena divaṃ samakkami,

> By means of these deeds he went to heaven,  
> — The Marks of a Great Man

### [1.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.6.7)

Sukhañca khiḍḍāratiyo ca anvabhi;

> where he enjoyed happiness and merriment.  
> — The Marks of a Great Man

### [1.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.6.8)

Tato cavitvā punarāgato idha,

> After passing away from there to here,  
> — The Marks of a Great Man

### [1.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.6.9)

Samehi pādehi phusī vasundharaṃ.

> he steps evenly on this rich earth.  
> — The Marks of a Great Man

### [1.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.6.10)

Byākaṃsu veyyañjanikā samāgatā,

> The gathered soothsayers predicted  
> — The Marks of a Great Man

### [1.6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.6.11)

Samappatiṭṭhassa na hoti khambhanā;

> that there is no stopping one of such even tread,  
> — The Marks of a Great Man

### [1.6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.6.12)

Gihissa vā pabbajitassa vā puna,

> as householder or renunciate.  
> — The Marks of a Great Man

### [1.6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.6.13)

Taṃ lakkhaṇaṃ bhavati tadatthajotakaṃ.

> That’s the meaning shown by this mark.  
> — The Marks of a Great Man

### [1.6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.6.14)

Akkhambhiyo hoti agāramāvasaṃ,

> While living at home he cannot be stopped,  
> — The Marks of a Great Man

### [1.6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.6.15)

Parābhibhū sattubhi nappamaddano;

> he defeats his foes, and cannot be beaten.  
> — The Marks of a Great Man

### [1.6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.6.16)

Manussabhūtenidha hoti kenaci,

> Due to the fruit of that deed,  
> — The Marks of a Great Man

### [1.6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.6.17)

Akkhambhiyo tassa phalena kammuno.

> he cannot be stopped by any human.  
> — The Marks of a Great Man

### [1.6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.6.18)

Sace ca pabbajjamupeti tādiso,

> But if one such chooses the life gone forth,  
> — The Marks of a Great Man

### [1.6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.6.19)

Nekkhammachandābhirato vicakkhaṇo;

> seeing clearly, loving renunciation,  
> — The Marks of a Great Man

### [1.6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.6.20)

Aggo na so gacchati jātu khambhanaṃ,

> not even the best can ever stop him;  
> — The Marks of a Great Man

### [1.6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.6.21)

Naruttamo esa hi tassa dhammatā”ti.

> this is the nature of the supreme man.”  
> — The Marks of a Great Man

## Translations (3)

- [Govor o obeležjima](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30~sr-brankokovacevic.1.6.1) — sr
- [The Marks of a Great Man](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30~en-sujato.1.6.1) — English
- [Die Kennzeichen eines großen Mannes](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30~de-sabbamitta.1.6.1) — German

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.30.203) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

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