Lakkhanasutta 2.26
Lakkhaṇasutta 2.26
- Language
- Pāli
2.26.1
So tena lakkhaṇena samannāgato sace agāraṃ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…
Possessing this mark, if he stays at home he becomes a wheel-turning monarch.
2.26.2
rājā samāno kiṃ labhati?
And what does he obtain as king?
2.26.3
Appadhaṃsiyo hoti kenaci manussabhūtena paccatthikena paccāmittena.
He can’t be destroyed by any human foe or enemy.
2.26.4
Rājā samāno idaṃ labhati …pe…
That’s what he obtains as king.
2.26.5
buddho samāno kiṃ labhati?
And what does he obtain as Buddha?
2.26.6
Appadhaṃsiyo hoti abbhantarehi vā bāhirehi vā paccatthikehi paccāmittehi, rāgena vā dosena vā mohena vā samaṇena vā brāhmaṇena vā devena vā mārena vā brahmunā vā kenaci vā lokasmiṃ.
He can’t be destroyed by any foe or enemy whether internal or external; nor by greed, hate, or delusion; nor by any ascetic or brahmin or god or Māra or divinity or by anyone in the world.
2.26.7
Buddho samāno idaṃ labhati”.
That’s what he obtains as Buddha.”
2.26.8
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