Lakkhanasutta 2.11
Lakkhaṇasutta 2.11
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- Pāli
2.11.1
So tehi lakkhaṇehi samannāgato, sace agāraṃ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…
Possessing these marks, if he stays at home he becomes a wheel-turning monarch.
2.11.2
rājā samāno kiṃ labhati?
And what does he obtain as king?
2.11.3
Piyadassano hoti bahuno janassa, piyo hoti manāpo brāhmaṇagahapatikānaṃ negamajānapadānaṃ gaṇakamahāmattānaṃ anīkaṭṭhānaṃ dovārikānaṃ amaccānaṃ pārisajjānaṃ rājūnaṃ bhogiyānaṃ kumārānaṃ.
The people look on him with kindly eyes. He is dear and beloved to the brahmins and householders, people of town and country, treasurers and chief ministers, military officers, guardsmen, ministers, councillors, rulers, tax beneficiaries, and princes.
2.11.4
Rājā samāno idaṃ labhati …pe…
That’s what he obtains as king.
2.11.5
buddho samāno kiṃ labhati?
And what does he obtain as Buddha?
2.11.6
Piyadassano hoti bahuno janassa, piyo hoti manāpo bhikkhūnaṃ bhikkhunīnaṃ upāsakānaṃ upāsikānaṃ devānaṃ manussānaṃ asurānaṃ nāgānaṃ gandhabbānaṃ.
The people look on him with kindly eyes. He is dear and beloved to the monks, nuns, laymen, laywomen, gods, humans, titans, dragons, and centaurs.
2.11.7
Buddho samāno idaṃ labhati”.
That’s what he obtains as Buddha.”
2.11.8
Etamatthaṃ bhagavā avoca.
The Buddha spoke this matter.
Translations (3)
- Govor o obeležjima — sr
- The Marks of a Great Man — English
- Die Kennzeichen eines großen Mannes — German