Lakkhanasutta 2.18
Lakkhaṇasutta 2.18
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- Pāli
2.18.1
Tatthetaṃ vuccati:
On this it is said:
2.18.2
“Saccappaṭiñño purimāsu jātisu,
“In past lives he was true to his promise,
2.18.3
Advejjhavāco alikaṃ vivajjayi;
with no forked tongue, he shunned lies.
2.18.4
Na so visaṃvādayitāpi kassaci,
He never broke his word to anyone,
2.18.5
Bhūtena tacchena tathena bhāsayi.
but spoke what was true, real, and factual.
2.18.6
Setā susukkā mudutūlasannibhā,
A tuft so very white like cotton-wool
2.18.7
Uṇṇā sujātā bhamukantare ahu;
grew prettily between his eyebrows.
2.18.8
Na lomakūpesu duve ajāyisuṃ,
And never two, but only one,
2.18.9
Ekekalomūpacitaṅgavā ahu.
hair grew in each of his pores.
2.18.10
Taṃ lakkhaṇaññū bahavo samāgatā,
Many soothsayers learned in marks
2.18.11
Byākaṃsu uppādanimittakovidā;
and expert in signs gathered and prophesied:
2.18.12
Uṇṇā ca lomā ca yathā susaṇṭhitā,
‘One like this, with tuft and hair so prominent,
2.18.13
Upavattatī īdisakaṃ bahujjano.
will have many as his close adherents.
2.18.14
Gihimpi santaṃ upavattatī jano,
Even as householder many people will follow him,
2.18.15
Bahu puratthāpakatena kammunā;
due to the power of deeds in the past.
2.18.16
Akiñcanaṃ pabbajitaṃ anuttaraṃ,
But once gone forth, owning nothing,
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Buddhampi santaṃ upavattati jano”ti.
as Buddha the people will follow him.’”
Translations (3)
- Govor o obeležjima — sr
- The Marks of a Great Man — English
- Die Kennzeichen eines großen Mannes — German