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He has divine looks and lustre, remarkable to behold. … > — With Kūṭadanta ### [7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.7.12) Samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo sīlavā ariyasīlī kusalasīlī kusalasīlena samannāgato …pe… > He is ethical, possessing ethical conduct that is noble and skillful. … > — With Kūṭadanta ### [7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.7.13) Samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo kalyāṇavāco kalyāṇavākkaraṇo poriyā vācāya samannāgato vissaṭṭhāya anelagalāya atthassa viññāpaniyā …pe… > He’s a good speaker who enunciates well, with a polished, clear, and articulate voice that expresses the meaning. … > — With Kūṭadanta ### [7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.7.14) Samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo bahūnaṃ ācariyapācariyo …pe… > He’s a tutor of tutors. … > — With Kūṭadanta ### [7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.7.15) Samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo khīṇakāmarāgo vigatacāpallo …pe… > He has ended sensual desire, and is rid of caprice. … > — With Kūṭadanta ### [7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.7.16) Samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo kammavādī kiriyavādī apāpapurekkhāro brahmaññāya pajāya …pe… > He teaches the efficacy of deeds and action. He doesn’t wish any harm upon the community of brahmins. … > — With Kūṭadanta ### [7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.7.17) Samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo uccā kulā pabbajito asambhinnakhattiyakulā …pe… > He went forth from an eminent family of unbroken aristocratic lineage. … > — With Kūṭadanta ### [7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.7.18) Samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo aḍḍhā kulā pabbajito mahaddhanā mahābhogā …pe… > He went forth from a rich, affluent, and wealthy family. … > — With Kūṭadanta ### [7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.7.19) Samaṇaṃ khalu, bho, gotamaṃ tiroraṭṭhā tirojanapadā pañhaṃ pucchituṃ āgacchanti …pe… > People come from distant lands and distant countries to question him. … > — With Kūṭadanta ### [7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.7.20) Samaṇaṃ khalu, bho, gotamaṃ anekāni devatāsahassāni pāṇehi saraṇaṃ gatāni …pe… > Many thousands of deities have gone for refuge for life to him. … > — With Kūṭadanta ### [7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.7.21) Samaṇaṃ khalu, bho, gotamaṃ evaṃ kalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhuggato: > He has this good reputation: > — With Kūṭadanta ### [7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.7.22) ‘itipi so bhagavā arahaṃ sammāsambuddho vijjācaraṇasampanno sugato lokavidū anuttaro purisadammasārathi satthā devamanussānaṃ buddho bhagavā’ti …pe… > ‘That Blessed One is perfected, a fully awakened Buddha, accomplished in knowledge and conduct, holy, knower of the world, supreme guide for those fit for training, teacher of gods and humans, awakened, blessed.’ … > — With Kūṭadanta ### [7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.7.23) Samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo dvattiṃsamahāpurisalakkhaṇehi samannāgato …pe… > He has the thirty-two marks of a great man. … > — With Kūṭadanta ### [7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.7.24) Samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo ehisvāgatavādī sakhilo sammodako abbhākuṭiko uttānamukho pubbabhāsī …pe… > He is welcoming, congenial, polite, smiling, open, the first to speak. … > — With Kūṭadanta ### [7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.7.25) Samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo catunnaṃ parisānaṃ sakkato garukato mānito pūjito apacito …pe… > He’s honored, respected, revered, venerated, and esteemed by the four assemblies. … > — With Kūṭadanta ### [7.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.7.26) Samaṇe khalu, bho, gotame bahū devā ca manussā ca abhippasannā …pe… > Many gods and humans are devoted to him. … > — With Kūṭadanta ### [7.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.7.27) Samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo yasmiṃ gāme vā nigame vā paṭivasati na tasmiṃ gāme vā nigame vā amanussā manusse viheṭhenti …pe… > While he is residing in a village or town, non-human entities do not harass them. … > — With Kūṭadanta ### [7.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.7.28) Samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo saṅghī gaṇī gaṇācariyo puthutitthakarānaṃ aggamakkhāyati, yathā kho pana, bho, etesaṃ samaṇabrāhmaṇānaṃ yathā vā tathā vā yaso samudāgacchati, na hevaṃ samaṇassa gotamassa yaso samudāgato. > He leads an order and a community, and tutors a community, and is said to be the best of the various religious founders. He didn’t come by his fame in the same ways as those other ascetics and brahmins. > — With Kūṭadanta ### [7.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.7.29) Atha kho anuttarāya vijjācaraṇasampadāya samaṇassa gotamassa yaso samudāgato …pe… > Rather, he came by his fame due to his supreme knowledge and conduct. … > — With Kūṭadanta ### [7.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.7.30) Samaṇaṃ khalu, bho, gotamaṃ rājā māgadho seniyo bimbisāro saputto sabhariyo sapariso sāmacco pāṇehi saraṇaṃ gato …pe… > King Seniya Bimbisāra of Magadha and his wives and children have gone for refuge for life to the ascetic Gotama. … > — With Kūṭadanta ### [7.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.7.31) Samaṇaṃ khalu, bho, gotamaṃ rājā pasenadi kosalo saputto sabhariyo sapariso sāmacco pāṇehi saraṇaṃ gato …pe… > King Pasenadi of Kosala and his wives and children have gone for refuge for life to the ascetic Gotama. … > — With Kūṭadanta ### [7.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.7.32) Samaṇaṃ khalu, bho, gotamaṃ brāhmaṇo pokkharasāti saputto sabhariyo sapariso sāmacco pāṇehi saraṇaṃ gato …pe… > The brahmin Pokkharasāti and his wives and children have gone for refuge for life to the ascetic Gotama. … > — With Kūṭadanta ### [7.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.7.33) Samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo rañño māgadhassa seniyassa bimbisārassa sakkato garukato mānito pūjito apacito …pe… > He’s honored, respected, revered, venerated, and esteemed by King Bimbisāra of Magadha … > — With Kūṭadanta ### [7.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.7.34) Samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo rañño pasenadissa kosalassa sakkato garukato mānito pūjito apacito …pe… > King Pasenadi of Kosala … > — With Kūṭadanta ### [7.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.7.35) Samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo brāhmaṇassa pokkharasātissa sakkato garukato mānito pūjito apacito …pe… > and the brahmin Pokkharasāti. > — With Kūṭadanta ## Translations (4) - [ကူဋဒန္တသုတ်](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5~my-myteam.7.1) — Burmese - [Kūṭadanta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5~sr-brankokovacevic.7.1) — sr - [Mit Kūṭadanta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5~de-sabbamitta.7.1) — German - [With Kūṭadanta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5~en-sujato.7.1) — English ## Linked texts (3) - [Soṇadaṇḍasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.6.1-35) — Pāli - [Caṅkīsutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.95.9.2) — Pāli - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.23.17) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.7.1-35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.7.1-35) · Pramāṇa