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Lakkhanasutta 2.6

Lakkhaṇasutta 2.6

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Pāli

2.6.1

Tatthetaṃ vuccati:

On this it is said:

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2.6.2

“Saddhāya sīlena sutena buddhiyā,

“His wish was this: ‘How may others not decline

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2.6.3

Cāgena dhammena bahūhi sādhuhi;

in faith, ethics, learning, and intelligence,

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2.6.4

Dhanena dhaññena ca khettavatthunā,

in generosity, teachings, and much good else,

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2.6.5

Puttehi dārehi catuppadehi ca.

in coin and grain, fields and lands,

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2.6.6

Ñātīhi mittehi ca bandhavehi ca,

in children, partners, and livestock,

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2.6.7

Balena vaṇṇena sukhena cūbhayaṃ;

in family, friends, and kin,

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2.6.8

Kathaṃ na hāyeyyuṃ pareti icchati,

in strength, and both beauty and happiness?’

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2.6.9

Atthassa middhī ca panābhikaṅkhati.

And so he ever desired their success.

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2.6.10

Sa sīhapubbaddhasusaṇṭhito ahu,

His chest was shaped like that of a lion,

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2.6.11

Samavaṭṭakhandho ca citantaraṃso;

filled out between the shoulders,
and torso cylindrical.

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2.6.12

Pubbe suciṇṇena katena kammunā,

Due to the well-done deeds of the past,

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2.6.13

Ahāniyaṃ pubbanimittamassa taṃ.

he had that portent of non-decline.

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2.6.14

Gihīpi dhaññena dhanena vaḍḍhati,

Even as layman he grows in coin and grain,

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2.6.15

Puttehi dārehi catuppadehi ca;

in wives, children, and livestock.

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2.6.16

Akiñcano pabbajito anuttaraṃ,

But once gone forth, owning nothing, he attains

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2.6.17

Pappoti bodhiṃ asahānadhammatan”ti.

the supreme awakening which may never decline.”

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