Lakkhanasutta 2.31

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Tatthetaṃ vuccati:

On this it is said:

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“Micchājīvañca avassaji samena vuttiṃ,

“He abandoned wrong livelihood, and created

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Sucinā so janayittha dhammikena;

a way of life that’s fair, pure, and just.

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Ahitamapi ca apanudi,

He cast aside what was unbeneficial,

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Hitamapi ca bahujanasukhañca acari.

and lived for the welfare and happiness of the people.

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Sagge vedayati naro sukhapphalāni,

Having done what’s praised
by the clever, the wise, and the good,

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Karitvā nipuṇebhi vidūhi sabbhi;

that man experienced the fruit in heaven.

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Vaṇṇitāni tidivapuravarasamo,

Equal to the best in the Third Heaven,

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Abhiramati ratikhiḍḍāsamaṅgī.

he enjoyed himself with pleasure and play.

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Laddhāna mānusakaṃ bhavaṃ tato,

From there he passed back to a human life.

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Cavitvāna sukataphalavipākaṃ;

With the remaining ripening
of the fruit of good deeds,

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Sesakena paṭilabhati lapanajaṃ,

he obtained teeth that are even,

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Samamapi sucisusukkaṃ.

gleaming, bright, and white.

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Taṃ veyyañjanikā samāgatā bahavo,

Many soothsayers regarded as wise men

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Byākaṃsu nipuṇasammatā manujā;

gathered and predicted of him:

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Sucijanaparivāragaṇo bhavati,

‘With twice-born teeth
so even, so white, so clean and bright

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Dijasamasukkasucisobhanadanto.

his retinue will be so pure.

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Rañño hoti bahujano,

As king, his people will also be pure,

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Suciparivāro mahatiṃ mahiṃ anusāsato;

when he rules having conquered this earth so broad.

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Pasayha na ca janapadatudanaṃ,

They won’t harm the country,

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Hitamapi ca bahujanasukhañca caranti.

but will live for the welfare
and happiness of the people.

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Atha ce pabbajati bhavati vipāpo,

But if he goes forth he’ll be an ascetic free of ill,

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Samaṇo samitarajo vivaṭṭacchado;

his passions quelled, the veil cast off.

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Vigatadarathakilamatho,

Rid of stress and weariness,

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Imamapi ca paramapi ca passati lokaṃ.

he sees this world and the next.

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Tassovādakarā bahugihī ca pabbajitā ca,

Those who do his bidding, both lay and renunciate,

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Asuciṃ garahitaṃ dhunanti pāpaṃ;

shake off wickedness, impure and blameworthy.

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Sa hi sucibhi parivuto bhavati,

He’s surrounded by pure people, who cast aside

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Malakhilakalikilese panudehī”ti.

stains, callousness, sin, and corruptions.’”

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Idamavoca bhagavā.

That is what the Buddha said.

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Attamanā te bhikkhū bhagavato bhāsitaṃ abhinandunti.

Satisfied, the mendicants approved what the Buddha said.

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Lakkhaṇasuttaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ sattamaṃ.