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Lakkhanasutta 1.7: 2. Pādatalacakkalakkhaṇaṃ

Lakkhaṇasutta 1.7

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2. Pādatalacakkalakkhaṇaṃ

1.7.1

“Yampi, bhikkhave, tathāgato purimaṃ jātiṃ purimaṃ bhavaṃ purimaṃ niketaṃ pubbe manussabhūto samāno

“Mendicants, in some past lives the Realized One was reborn as a human being.

The Marks of a Great Man

1.7.2

bahujanassa sukhāvaho ahosi, ubbegauttāsabhayaṃ apanuditā, dhammikañca rakkhāvaraṇaguttiṃ saṃvidhātā, saparivārañca dānaṃ adāsi.

He conveyed happiness to many people, casting out threats, terror, and danger, providing just protection and security, and giving gifts with all the trimmings.

The Marks of a Great Man

1.7.3

So tassa kammassa kaṭattā upacitattā ussannattā vipulattā kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā sugatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ upapajjati …pe…

Due to performing those deeds he was reborn in a heavenly realm.

The Marks of a Great Man

1.7.4

so tato cuto itthattaṃ āgato samāno imaṃ mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṃ paṭilabhati.

When he came back to this place he obtained this mark:

The Marks of a Great Man

1.7.5

Heṭṭhāpādatalesu cakkāni jātāni honti sahassārāni sanemikāni sanābhikāni sabbākāraparipūrāni suvibhattantarāni.

on the soles of his feet there are thousand-spoked wheels, with rims and hubs, complete in every detail and well divided inside.

The Marks of a Great Man

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