Lakkhanasutta 2.1: 15–16. Parimaṇḍalaanonamajaṇṇuparimasanalakkhaṇāni
Lakkhaṇasutta 2.1
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15–16. Parimaṇḍalaanonamajaṇṇuparimasanalakkhaṇāni
2.1.1
“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.
2.1.2
mahājanasaṅgahaṃ samekkhamāno samaṃ jānāti sāmaṃ jānāti, purisaṃ jānāti purisavisesaṃ jānāti:
Examining the gathered population, he knew what they had in common and what was their own; he knew each person, and he knew the distinctions between people.
2.1.3
‘ayamidamarahati ayamidamarahatī’ti tattha tattha purisavisesakaro ahosi.
In each case, he made appropriate distinctions between people: ‘This one deserves that; that one deserves this.’
2.1.4
So tassa kammassa kaṭattā …pe…
Due to performing those deeds he was reborn in a heavenly realm.
2.1.5
so tato cuto itthattaṃ āgato samāno imāni dve mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni paṭilabhati.
When he came back to this place he obtained these two marks:
2.1.6
Nigrodhaparimaṇḍalo ca hoti, ṭhitakoyeva ca anonamanto ubhohi pāṇitalehi jaṇṇukāni parimasati parimajjati.
he has the proportional circumference of a banyan tree; and when standing upright and not bending over, the palms of both hands touch the knees.
Translations (3)
- Govor o obeležjima — sr
- The Marks of a Great Man — English
- Die Kennzeichen eines großen Mannes — German
Commentaries (1)
- Sumaṅgalavilāsinī — Buddhaghosa, Pāli