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Lakkhanasutta 2.22: 28–29. Pahūtajivhābrahmassaralakkhaṇāni

Lakkhaṇasutta 2.22

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Pāli

28–29. Pahūtajivhābrahmassaralakkhaṇāni

2.22.1

“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

2.22.2

pharusaṃ vācaṃ pahāya pharusāya vācāya paṭivirato ahosi. Yā sā vācā nelā kaṇṇasukhā pemanīyā hadayaṅgamā porī bahujanakantā bahujanamanāpā, tathārūpiṃ vācaṃ bhāsitā ahosi.

He refrained from harsh speech. He spoke in a way that’s mellow, pleasing to the ear, endearing, going to the heart, polite, and likable and agreeable to the people.

The Marks of a Great Man

2.22.3

So tassa kammassa kaṭattā upacitattā …pe…

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

The Marks of a Great Man

2.22.4

so tato cuto itthattaṃ āgato samāno imāni dve mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni paṭilabhati.

When he came back to this place he obtained these two marks:

The Marks of a Great Man

2.22.5

Pahūtajivho ca hoti brahmassaro ca karavīkabhāṇī.

he has a large tongue, and the voice of the Divinity, like a cuckoo’s call.

The Marks of a Great Man

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