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With Kūṭadanta 13.1-11

Kūṭadantasutta 13.1-11

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Pāli

13.1

Rājā mahāvijito aṭṭhahaṅgehi samannāgato—

King Mahāvijita possessed eight factors.

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13.2

ubhato sujāto mātito ca pitito ca saṃsuddhagahaṇiko yāva sattamā pitāmahayugā akkhitto anupakkuṭṭho jātivādena;

He was well born on both his mother’s and father’s side, stemming from a clean vessel, with irrefutable and impeccable genealogy back to the seventh paternal generation.

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13.3

abhirūpo dassanīyo pāsādiko paramāya vaṇṇapokkharatāya samannāgato brahmavaṇṇī brahmavacchasī akhuddāvakāso dassanāya;

He was attractive, good-looking, lovely, of surpassing beauty. He had divine looks and lustre, remarkable to behold.

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13.4

aḍḍho mahaddhano mahābhogo pahūtajātarūparajato pahūtavittūpakaraṇo pahūtadhanadhañño paripuṇṇakosakoṭṭhāgāro;

He was rich, affluent, and wealthy, with lots of gold and silver, lots of property and assets, lots of money and grain, and a full treasury and storehouses.

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13.5

balavā caturaṅginiyā senāya samannāgato assavāya ovādapaṭikarāya sahati maññe paccatthike yasasā;

He was powerful, having an army of four divisions that was obedient and carried out instructions. He’d probably prevail over his enemies just with his reputation.

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13.6

saddho dāyako dānapati anāvaṭadvāro samaṇabrāhmaṇakapaṇaddhikavaṇibbakayācakānaṃ opānabhūto puññāni karoti;

He was faithful, generous, a donor, his door always open. He was a well-spring of support, making merit with ascetics and brahmins, for paupers, vagrants, supplicants, and beggars.

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13.7

bahussuto tassa tassa sutajātassa, tassa tasseva kho pana bhāsitassa atthaṃ jānāti:

He was very learned in diverse fields of learning. He understood the meaning of diverse statements, saying:

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13.8

‘ayaṃ imassa bhāsitassa attho ayaṃ imassa bhāsitassa attho’ti;

‘This is what that statement means; that is what this statement means.’

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13.9

paṇḍito, viyatto, medhāvī, paṭibalo, atītānāgatapaccuppanne atthe cintetuṃ.

He was astute, competent, and intelligent, able to think issues through as they bear upon the past, future, and present.

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13.10

Rājā mahāvijito imehi aṭṭhahaṅgehi samannāgato.

These are the eight factors that King Mahāvijita possessed.

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13.11

Iti imānipi aṭṭhaṅgāni tasseva yaññassa parikkhārā bhavanti.

And so these eight factors also became accessories to the sacrifice.

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