Dīgha Nikāya 30Long Discourses 30

LakkhaṇasuttaThe Marks of a Great Man

Evaṁ me sutaṁ—
evaṁ me → evamme (th) | evaṁ → evam (pts)So I have heard. ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.
anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme → anāthapiṇḍikassārāme (sya-all)At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:There the Buddha addressed the mendicants, “bhikkhavo”ti.
Bhadante → Bmr bhaddante. (pts note) | bhikkhavoti → bhikkhavo ti bhadante (pts)“Mendicants!”

“Bhaddante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.
Bhaddante”ti → bhadanteti (bj, sya-all, pts1ed) | bhadante’ti → bhaddante ti (bj: machasaṁ) | Bhaddante’’ti → bhadanteti (cck: sī. syā. pī.)“Venerable sir,” they replied. Bhagavā etadavoca:
etadavoca → etad avoca (pts)The Buddha said this:

“Dvattiṁsimāni, bhikkhave, mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni, yehi samannāgatassa mahāpurisassa dveva gatiyo bhavanti anaññā.
imāni → Cp. D. xiv. 1. 31, vol. ii., p. 16. (pts note) | dveva → dve va (th) | dvattiṁsimāni → dvattiṁs imāni (pts) | mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni → mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇāni (pts) | dveva → dve (pts)“There are thirty-two marks of a great man. A great man who possesses these has only two possible destinies, no other. Sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī dhammiko dhammarājā cāturanto vijitāvī janapadatthāvariyappatto sattaratanasamannāgato.
cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all, pts) | janapadatthāvariyappatto → janapadaṭṭhāvariyappatto (sya-all) | Cakkavatti → Cp. xxvi. 2, ante, p. 59. (pts note) | dhammarājā → dhamma-rājā (pts) | janapadatthāvariyappatto sattaratanasamannāgato → janapada-tthāvariya-ppatto satta-ratana-samannāgato (pts)If he stays at home he becomes a king, a wheel-turning monarch, a just and principled king. His dominion extends to all four sides, he achieves stability in the country, and he possesses the seven treasures. Tassimāni satta ratanāni bhavanti;
bhavanti → Cp. xvii. 1. 7, vol. ii., p. 172. (pts note) | tassimāni → tass imāni (pts)He has the following seven treasures: Seyyathidaṁ—cakkaratanaṁ hatthiratanaṁ assaratanaṁ maṇiratanaṁ itthiratanaṁ gahapatiratanaṁ pariṇāyakaratanameva sattamaṁ.
pariṇāyakaratanameva → parināyakaratanameva (bj) | itthiratanaṁ → itthīratanaṁ (sya-all) | seyyathidaṁ → seyyathīdaṁ (th)the wheel, the elephant, the horse, the jewel, the woman, the householder, and the commander as the seventh treasure. Parosahassaṁ kho panassa puttā bhavanti sūrā vīraṅgarūpā parasenappamaddanā.
bhavanti → honti (bj) | panassa puttā → pan assa putta (pts) | bhavanti → Bmr honti. (pts note) | parosahassaṁ → paro sahassaṁ (pts) | vīraṅgarūpā parasenappamaddanā → vīraṅga-rūpā parasena-ppamaddanā (pts)He has over a thousand sons who are valiant and heroic, crushing the armies of his enemies. So imaṁ pathaviṁ sāgarapariyantaṁ adaṇḍena asatthena dhammena abhivijiya ajjhāvasati.
pathaviṁ → paṭhaviṁ (bj, sya-all) | dhammena → dhammena samena (sya-all) | dhammena → Bmr K add samena, as in xxvi. 2. (pts note) | + → akhīlaṁ animittaṁ akaṇṭakaṁ iddhaṁ phītaṁ khemaṁ sivaṁ nirabbudaṁ (th) | sāgarapariyantaṁ → sāgara-pariyantaṁ (pts)After conquering this land girt by sea, he reigns by principle, without rod or sword. Sace kho pana agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajati, arahaṁ hoti sammāsambuddho loke vivaṭṭacchado.
vivaṭṭacchado → vivattacchado (bj); vivaṭacchado (sya-all, mr); vivatta-cchaddo (pts1ed) | vivaṭṭacchado → vivattacchaddo (pts) | vivattacchado → vivaṭacchado (bj: syā, kām); vivaṭṭacchado (bj: machasaṁ) | vivaṭṭacchado → vivaṭacchado (cck: syā. ka.); vivattacchado (cck: sī. pī.) | sammāsambuddho → sammā-sambuddho (pts)But if he goes forth from the lay life to homelessness, he becomes a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha, who has cast off the world’s veil.

Katamāni ca tāni, bhikkhave, dvattiṁsa mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni, yehi samannāgatassa mahāpurisassa dveva gatiyo bhavanti anaññā?
ca → (bj, sya-all) | bhavanti → honti (pts) | ca → Bmr K omit. But cp. xiv. 1. 32. (pts note) | dve → Sd adds va. (pts note) | dveva → dve va (th) | + → mahāpurisassa (pts) | mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni → mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇāni (pts)And what are the thirty-two marks? Sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…
cakkavattī → cakkavatti (bj, pts) | cakkavattī → cakkavatti saṅkhittaṁ (th) sace kho pana agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajati, arahaṁ hoti sammāsambuddho loke vivaṭṭacchado.
vivaṭṭacchado → vivattacchado (bj, pts) | vivaṭṭacchado → vivaṭacchado (th) | vivaṭṭacchado → vivatta-cchaddo (pts)

Idha, bhikkhave, mahāpuriso suppatiṭṭhitapādo hoti. Yampi, bhikkhave, mahāpuriso suppatiṭṭhitapādo hoti, idampi, bhikkhave, mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṁ bhavati.
pi → K adds kho. (pts note) | suppatiṭṭhitapādo → supatiṭṭhitapādo (th) | yampi → yaṁpi (th) | idampi → idaṁpi (th) | suppatiṭṭhitapādo → suppatiṭṭhita-pādo (pts) | yampi → yam pi (pts) | idampi → idam pi (pts) | mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṁ → mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇaṁ (pts)He has well-planted feet.

Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, mahāpurisassa heṭṭhāpādatalesu cakkāni jātāni honti sahassārāni sanemikāni sanābhikāni sabbākāraparipūrāni. Yampi, bhikkhave, mahāpurisassa heṭṭhāpādatalesu cakkāni jātāni honti sahassārāni sanemikāni sanābhikāni sabbākāraparipūrāni, idampi, bhikkhave, mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṁ bhavati.
yampi → suvibhattantarāni yam pi (pts) | sabbākāraparipūrāni → sabbākāra paripūrāṇi suvibhattanatarāṇi (bj: PTS) | sabbākāraparipūrāni → sabbākāraparipūrāni suvibhattantarāni (cck: sī. pī.) | suvibhattantarāni → Sd suvibhattarantarāni; Bmr K omit; and so xiv. 1. 32. (pts note) | yampi → yaṁpi (th) | idampi → idaṁpi (th) | caparaṁ → ca paraṁ (pts) | heṭṭhāpādatalesu → heṭṭhā pāda-talesu (pts) | sabbākāraparipūrāni yampi → sabbākāra-paripūrāni suvibhattantarāni yam pi (pts) | heṭṭhāpādatalesu cakkāni jātāni honti sahassārāni sanemikāni sanābhikāni sabbākāraparipūrāni idampi → idam pi (pts) | mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṁ → mahāpurisa lakkhaṇaṁ (pts)On the soles of his feet there are thousand-spoked wheels, with rims and hubs, complete in every detail.

Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, mahāpuriso āyatapaṇhi hoti …pe…
āyatapaṇhi → āyatapaṇhī (bj, pts) | āyata-paṇhī → So Sc Br; Sdt Bm K paṇhi. Burnouf points paṇhi; Lotus, p. 573. (pts note) | caparaṁ → ca paraṁ (pts)He has stretched heels.

dīghaṅguli hoti …
dīghaṅguli → dīghaṅgulī (bj, pts) | dīghaṅguli → dīgh-aṅgulī (pts)He has long fingers.

mudutalunahatthapādo hoti …
mudutalunahatthapādo → mudutalanahatthapādo (sya-all) | pe → Here and onwards SS omit. (pts note) | mudutalunahatthapādo → mudutaḷunahatthapādo (bjt) | mudutalunahatthapādo → mudu-taluṇa-hattha-pādo (pts)His hands and feet are soft and tender.

jālahatthapādo hoti …
jālahatthapādo → jāla-hattha-pādo (pts)He has serried hands and feet.

ussaṅkhapādo hoti …
ussaṅkhapādo → ussaṅkha-pādo (pts)The tops of his feet are arched.

eṇijaṅgho hoti …
eṇijaṅgho → eṇi-jaṅgho (pts)His calves are like those of an antelope.

ṭhitakova anonamanto ubhohi pāṇitalehi jaṇṇukāni parimasati parimajjati …
jaṇṇukāni → jannukāni (sya-all, pts) | jannukāni → So SS; cp. xiv. 1. 32; Bmr jāṇukāni; K jānukāni. (pts note) | ṭhitakova → ṭhitako va (th, pts) | pāṇitalehi jaṇṇukāni → pāṇi-talehi jannukāni (pts)When standing upright and not bending over, the palms of both hands touch the knees.

kosohitavatthaguyho hoti …
kosohitavatthaguyho → kosohita-vattha-guyho (pts)His private parts are sheathed in a foreskin.

suvaṇṇavaṇṇo hoti kañcanasannibhattaco …
hoti kañcanasannibhattaco sukhumacchavi → kāñcanasannibhataco sukhumacchavī (sya-all) | suvaṇṇavaṇṇo → suvaṇṇa-vaṇṇo (pts) | kañcanasannibhattaco → kañcana-sannibha-ttaco (pts)He is golden colored; his skin shines like lustrous gold.

sukhumacchavi hoti, sukhumattā chaviyā rajojallaṁ kāye na upalimpati …
upalimpati → upalippati (sya-all) | upalippati → So Sd K; Sct Bmr upalimpati. (pts note) | sukhumacchavi → sukhumacchavī (th) | sukhumacchavi → sukhuma-cchavī (pts)He has delicate skin, so delicate that dust and dirt don’t stick to his body.

ekekalomo hoti, ekekāni lomāni lomakūpesu jātāni …
ekekalomo → ekeka-lomo (pts) | lomakūpesu → loma-kūpesu (pts)His hairs grow one per pore.

uddhaggalomo hoti, uddhaggāni lomāni jātāni nīlāni añjanavaṇṇāni kuṇḍalāvaṭṭāni dakkhiṇāvaṭṭakajātāni …
kuṇḍalāvaṭṭāni → kuṇḍalāvattāni (bj, sya-all); kuṇḍalavattāni (pts1ed) | kuṇḍalāvaṭṭāni dakkhiṇāvaṭṭakajātāni → kuṇḍalāvattāni dakkhiṇāvattakajātāni (sya-all) | kuṇḍalāvattāni → kuṇḍalāvaṭṭāni (bj: machasaṁ) | kuṇḍalāvaṭṭāni → kuṇḍalāvattāni (cck: bahūsu) | dakkhiṇāvaṭṭakajātāni → dakkhiṇāvattakajātāni (cck: sī. syā. pī.) | kuṇḍalāvaṭṭāni dakkhiṇāvaṭṭakajātāni → kuṇḍalāvattāni padakkhiṇāvattakajātāni (bjt) | uddhaggalomo → uddhagga-lomo (pts) | añjanavaṇṇāni kuṇḍalāvaṭṭāni dakkhiṇāvaṭṭakajātāni → añjana-vaṇṇāni kuṇḍala-vattāni padakkhiṇāvattakajātāni brahmujju (pts)His hairs stand up; they’re blue-black and curl clockwise.

brahmujugatto hoti …
brahmujugatto → brahmujjugatto (bjt) | brahmujugatto → gatto (pts)His body is tall and straight-limbed.

sattussado hoti …He has bulging muscles in seven places.

sīhapubbaddhakāyo hoti …His chest is like that of a lion.

citantaraṁso hoti …
citantaraṁso → pittantaraṁso (sya-all) | citantaraṁso → pitantaraṁso (cck: syā.) | citantaraṁso hoti → sīha (pts)He is filled out between the shoulders.

nigrodhaparimaṇḍalo hoti, yāvatakvassa kāyo tāvatakvassa byāmo yāvatakvassa byāmo tāvatakvassa kāyo …He has the proportional circumference of a banyan tree: the span of his arms equals the height of his body.

samavaṭṭakkhandho hoti …
samavaṭṭakkhandho → samavattakkhandho (bjt)His torso is cylindrical.

rasaggasaggī hoti …
rasaggasaggī → cit-antaraṁso (pts)He has ridged taste buds.

sīhahanu hoti …
sīhahanu → nigrodha-parimaṇḍalo (pts)His jaw is like that of a lion.

cattālīsadanto hoti …
cattālīsadanto → cattāḷīsadanto (sya-all) | pe → spelled out in full (pts)He has forty teeth.

samadanto hoti …
samadanto → rasaggas-aggī (pts)His teeth are even.

aviraḷadanto hoti …
aviraḷadanto → sīha-hanu (pts)His teeth have no gaps.

susukkadāṭho hoti …
susukkadāṭho → cattārīsa-danto (pts)His teeth are perfectly white.

pahūtajivho hoti …
pahūtajivho → sama-danto (pts)He has a large tongue.

brahmassaro hoti karavīkabhāṇī …
karavīkabhāṇī → karavikabhāṇī hoti (sya-all) | hoti → Sct omit; Bmr K aviraḷa, cp. xiv. 1. 32. (pts note) | brahmassaro → avivara-danto (pts) | karavīkabhāṇī → susukka (pts)He has the voice of the Divinity, like a cuckoo’s call.

abhinīlanetto hoti …
abhinīlanetto → dāṭho (pts)His eyes are indigo.

gopakhumo hoti …
hoti → Bmr omit, cp. xiv. 1. 32. (pts note) | Go-pakhumo → Sc pamukho. (pts note) | pe → spelled out in full (pts)He has eyelashes like a cow’s.

uṇṇā bhamukantare jātā hoti, odātā mudutūlasannibhā. Yampi, bhikkhave, mahāpurisassa uṇṇā bhamukantare jātā hoti, odātā mudutūlasannibhā, idampi, bhikkhave, mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṁ bhavati.
uṇṇā bhamukantare → uṇṇābhamukantare (bjt) | mudutūlasannibhā yampi → mudu tūlasannibhā yaṁpi (th) | idampi → idaṁpi (th) | bhamukantare → bhamuk-antare (pts) | mudutūlasannibhā yampi → mudu-tūlasannibhā yam pi (pts) | mudutūlasannibhā idampi → mudu-tūla-sannibhā idam pi (pts) | mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṁ → mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇaṁ (pts)Between his eyebrows there grows a tuft, soft and white like cotton-wool.

Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, mahāpuriso uṇhīsasīso hoti. Yampi, bhikkhave, mahāpuriso uṇhīsasīso hoti, idampi, bhikkhave, mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṁ bhavati.
yampi → yaṁpi (th) | idampi → idaṁpi (th) | caparaṁ → ca paraṁ (pts) | uṇhīsasīso → uṇhīsa-sīso (pts) | yampi → yam pi (pts) | idampi → idam pi (pts) | mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṁ → mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇaṁ (pts)The crown of his head is like a turban.

Imāni kho tāni, bhikkhave, dvattiṁsa mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni, yehi samannāgatassa mahāpurisassa dveva gatiyo bhavanti anaññā.
dveva → dve va (th) | mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni → mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇāni (pts) | dveva → dve (pts)These are the thirty-two marks of a great man. A great man who possesses these has only two possible destinies, no other. Sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…
Sace → Sd adds va. (pts note) | Cakkavatti → Bmr K saṁkhittaṁ, down to ajjhāvasati. (pts note) | cakkavattī → cakkavatti saṅkhittaṁ (th) | pe → spelled out in full (pts) sace kho pana agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajati, arahaṁ hoti sammāsambuddho loke vivaṭṭacchado.
vivaṭṭacchado → vivattacchado (bj, pts) | pana agārasmā → panāgārasmā (pts) | panāgārasmā → So SS; Bmr K pana ag-. (pts note) | vivatta-cchaddo → Bm vivaṭṭacchado; Br vivaṭacchado; K vivaṭṭhachado. (pts note)

Imāni kho, bhikkhave, dvattiṁsa mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni bāhirakāpi isayo dhārenti, no ca kho te jānanti:
kho → kho te (pts) | te → Bmr K omit. (pts note) | bāhirakāpi → bāhirakā pi (bjt) | + → mahāpurisassa (pts) | mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni bāhirakāpi → mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇāni bāhirakā pi (pts)Seers who are outsiders remember these marks, but they do not know ‘imassa kammassa kaṭattā idaṁ lakkhaṇaṁ paṭilabhatī’ti.
kaṭattā → katattā (bj, pts) | paṭilabhatīti → paṭilabhantīti suppatiṭṭhitapādalakkhaṇaṁ (bj) | katattā → Bmr kaṭattā, and below; K inserts pe. (pts note) | idaṁ → Bmr K imaṁ. (pts note) | kaṭattā idaṁ → katattā imaṁ (th)the specific deeds performed in the past to obtain each mark.

1. Suppatiṭṭhitapādatālakkhaṇaṁ1. Well-Planted Feet

Yampi, bhikkhave, tathāgato purimaṁ jātiṁ purimaṁ bhavaṁ purimaṁ niketaṁ pubbe manussabhūto samāno daḷhasamādāno ahosi kusalesu dhammesu, avatthitasamādāno kāyasucarite vacīsucarite manosucarite dānasaṁvibhāge sīlasamādāne uposathupavāse matteyyatāya petteyyatāya sāmaññatāya brahmaññatāya kule jeṭṭhāpacāyitāya aññataraññataresu ca adhikusalesu dhammesu.
uposathupavāse → uposathūpavāse (pts) | brahmaññatāya → brāhmaññatāya (pts) | purimaṁ → Bm pūrimaṁ, and below. (pts note) | purimaṁ → -9 Later, Sdt have sometimes purima-bhavaṁ, and often purima-niketaṁ. (pts note) | kāya-sucarite → Sd sucaritena. (pts note) | matteyyatāya → Bmr metteyya-. (pts note) | ca → Br omits. (pts note) | kule jeṭṭhāpacāyitāya → kulejeṭṭhāpacāyitāya (bjt, th) | yampi → yaṁpi (th) | yampi → yam pi (pts) | manussabhūto → manussa-bhūto (pts) | daḷhasamādāno → daḷha-samādāno (pts) | avatthitasamādāno kāyasucarite vacīsucarite → avatthita-samādāno kāya-sucarite vacī-sucarite (pts) | dānasaṁvibhāge sīlasamādāne uposathupavāse → dāna-saṁvibhāge sīla-samādāne uposathūpavāse (pts)In some past lives, past existences, past abodes the Realized One was reborn as a human being. He firmly and persistently undertook skillful behaviors such as good conduct by way of body, speech, and mind, giving and sharing, taking precepts, observing the sabbath, paying due respect to mother and father, ascetics and brahmins, honoring the elders in the family, and various other things pertaining to skillful behaviors. So tassa kammassa kaṭattā upacitattā ussannattā vipulattā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjati.
kaṭattā → katattā (bj, sya-all, pts) | upapajjati → uppajjati (pts) | vipulattā → St omits. (pts note) | uppajjati → Bmr upapajjati, and so often. (pts note) | paraṁ maraṇā → parammaraṇā (bjt) | paraṁ → param (pts)Due to performing, accumulating, heaping up, and amassing those deeds, when his body broke up, after death, he was reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm. So tattha aññe deve dasahi ṭhānehi adhiggaṇhāti dibbena āyunā dibbena vaṇṇena dibbena sukhena dibbena yasena dibbena ādhipateyyena dibbehi rūpehi dibbehi saddehi dibbehi gandhehi dibbehi rasehi dibbehi phoṭṭhabbehi.
ādhipateyyena → adhipateyyena (sya-all, pts) | aññe → Br añña. (pts note) | deve → Sc deva; Sd va. (pts note) | adhipateyyena → St ādhipatiyena. (pts note) | adhiggaṇhāti → adhigaṇhāti (bjt, th, pts)There he surpassed the other gods in ten respects: heavenly lifespan, beauty, happiness, glory, sovereignty, sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and touches. So tato cuto itthattaṁ āgato samāno imaṁ mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṁ paṭilabhati.
mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṁ → mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇaṁ (pts)When he passed away from there and came back to this place he obtained this mark of a great man: Suppatiṭṭhitapādo hoti.
suppatiṭṭhitapādo → supatiṭṭhitapādo (th) | suppatiṭṭhitapādo → suppatiṭṭhita-pādo (pts)he has well-planted feet. Samaṁ pādaṁ bhūmiyaṁ nikkhipati, samaṁ uddharati, samaṁ sabbāvantehi pādatalehi bhūmiṁ phusati.
pādatalehi → pāda-talehi (pts)He places his foot on the ground evenly, raises it evenly, and touches the ground evenly with the whole sole of his foot.

So tena lakkhaṇena samannāgato sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī dhammiko dhammarājā cāturanto vijitāvī janapadatthāvariyappatto sattaratanasamannāgato.
cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all, pts) | janapadatthāvariyappatto → janapadaṭṭhāvariyappatto (sya-all) | dhammarājā → dhamma-rājā (pts) | janapadatthāvariyappatto sattaratanasamannāgato → janapada-tthāvariya-ppatto satta-ratanasamannāgato (pts)Possessing this mark, if he stays at home he becomes a wheel-turning monarch. Tassimāni satta ratanāni bhavanti;
satta ratanāni → sattaratanāni (bjt) | tassimāni → tass imāni (pts)He has the following seven treasures: Seyyathidaṁ—cakkaratanaṁ hatthiratanaṁ assaratanaṁ maṇiratanaṁ itthiratanaṁ gahapatiratanaṁ pariṇāyakaratanameva sattamaṁ.
pariṇāyakaratanameva → parināyakaratanameva (bj) | itthiratanaṁ → itthīratanaṁ (sya-all) | seyyathidaṁ → seyyathīdaṁ (bjt, th)the wheel, the elephant, the horse, the jewel, the woman, the householder, and the commander as the seventh treasure. Parosahassaṁ kho panassa puttā bhavanti sūrā vīraṅgarūpā parasenappamaddanā.
parosahassaṁ → paro sahassaṁ (pts) | panassa → pan assa (pts) | vīraṅgarūpā parasenappamaddanā → vīr-aṅga-rūpā parasena-ppamaddanā (pts)He has over a thousand sons who are valiant and heroic, crushing the armies of his enemies. So imaṁ pathaviṁ sāgarapariyantaṁ akhilamanimittamakaṇṭakaṁ iddhaṁ phītaṁ khemaṁ sivaṁ nirabbudaṁ adaṇḍena asatthena dhammena abhivijiya ajjhāvasati.
pathaviṁ → paṭhaviṁ (bj, sya-all, pts) | akhilamanimittamakaṇṭakaṁ → akhīlamanimittamakaṇṭakaṁ (bj, sya-all) | dhammena → dhammena samena (bj, sya-all) | akaṇṭakaṁ → Sd akaṇṭhakaṁ. (pts note) | phītaṁ → Sc phītaṁ corrected to pītaṁ; Sd titaṁ. (pts note) | dhammena → Bmr K add samena, cp. 1. (pts note) | pathaviṁ sāgarapariyantaṁ akhilamanimittamakaṇṭakaṁ → paṭhaviṁ sāgara-pariyantaṁ akhilam animittam akaṇṭakaṁ (pts)After conquering this land girt by sea—free of harassment by bandits, successful and prosperous, safe, blessed, free of pests—he reigns by principle, without rod or sword. Rājā samāno kiṁ labhati?And what does he obtain as king? Akkhambhiyo hoti kenaci manussabhūtena paccatthikena paccāmittena.
Akkhambhiyo → avikkhambhiyo (bj, pts1ed) | akkhambhiyo → avikkhambhiyo (bj, pts) | Akkhambhiyo → avikkhambhiyo (cck: sī. pī.) | Avikkhambhiyo → Sd avikkhamibhiyo; St avikkhamabhiyo; Bmr K akkhambhiyo, and below. (pts note) | manussabhūtena → manussa-bhūtena (pts) | paccāmittena → pacāmittena (pts)He can’t be stopped by any human foe or enemy. Rājā samāno idaṁ labhati.That’s what he obtains as king. Sace kho pana agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajati, arahaṁ hoti sammāsambuddho loke vivaṭṭacchado.
vivaṭṭacchado → vivattacchado (bj, pts) | pana agārasmā anagāriyaṁ → panāgārasmā anāgāriyaṁ (pts) | panāgārasmā → Cp. 3. (pts note) | vivaṭṭacchado → vivaṭacchado (th) | sammāsambuddho → sammā-sambuddho (pts) | vivaṭṭacchado → vivattacchaddo (pts)But if he goes forth from the lay life to homelessness, he becomes a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha, who has cast off the world’s veil. Buddho samāno kiṁ labhati?And what does he obtain as Buddha? Akkhambhiyo 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 lokasmiṁ.
akkhambhiyo → avikkhambhiyo (bj, pts) | bāhirehi → bāhirakehi (pts) | paccatthikehi → paccatthikehi vā (pts) | avikkhambhiyo → akkhambhiyo (bj: machasaṁ)He can’t be stopped 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. Buddho samāno idaṁ labhati”.That’s what he obtains as Buddha.” Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.
etamatthaṁ → etam atthaṁ (pts)The Buddha spoke this matter.

Tatthetaṁ vuccati:
etaṁ → Sd tattha taṁ. (pts note) | tatthetaṁ → tatth etaṁ (pts)On this it is said:

“Sacce ca dhamme ca dame ca saṁyame, soceyyasīlālayuposathesu ca;
saṁyame → Sdt saṁyamo. (pts note) soceyyasīlālayuposathesu → soceyya-sīlālay-uposathesu (pts)“Truth, principle, self-control, and restraint; purity, precepts, and observing the sabbath; Dāne ahiṁsāya asāhase rato, daḷhaṁ samādāya samattamācari.
dāne → pāṇe (sya-all) | Dāne → K pāṇe. (pts note) samattamācari → samantamācari (bj, sya-all, mr) | samattamācari → samantamācari (bj: syā, kām) | samattamācari → samantamācari (cck: syā. ka.) | samattam → Bmr samantam. (pts note) | ācari → Sd ācāri; St acāri. (pts note) | samattamācari → samattam ācari (pts)giving, harmlessness, delighting in non-violence— firmly undertaking these things, he lived accordingly.

So tena kammena divaṁ samakkami, sukhañca khiḍḍāratiyo ca anvabhi;
samakkami → apakkami (bj, sya-all, mr) | samakkami sukhañca → apakkami sukhaṁ ca (bj) | divaṁ samakkami → tidivaṁ apakkami (sya-all) | apakkami → samakkami (bj: machasaṁ) | samakkami → apakkami (cck: syā. ka.) | tena → Sdt satena. (pts note) | divaṁ → Br K tidivaṁ. (pts note) | samakkami → Bmr K apakkami. (pts note) anvabhi → anubhi (cck); annubhi (sya1ed, sya2ed); ānubhi (pts1ed); aṁnubhi (ṭīkā) | anvabhi → annubhi (sya-all); ānubhi (pts) | anvabhi → aṁnvabhi (cck: ṭīkā) | ānubhi → Bmr anvabhi; K anubhi. (pts note) | sukhañca → ca (bjt) | khiḍḍāratiyo → khiḍḍā ratiyo (th) | sukhañca khiḍḍāratiyo → sukhañ ca khiḍḍā-ratiyo (pts)By means of these deeds he went to heaven, where he enjoyed happiness and merriment. Tato cavitvā punarāgato idha, samehi pādehi phusī vasundharaṁ.
punarāgato → punar āgato (pts) vasundharaṁ → basundharaṁ (sya-all)After passing away from there to here, he steps evenly on this rich earth.

Byākaṁsu veyyañjanikā samāgatā, samappatiṭṭhassa na hoti khambhanā;
byākaṁsu → vyākaṁsu (pts)The gathered soothsayers predicted that there is no stopping one of such even tread, Gihissa vā pabbajitassa vā puna, taṁ lakkhaṇaṁ bhavati tadatthajotakaṁ.
puna → pana (sya-all) | puna → bana (bj: syā) | puna → pana (cck: syā.) | puna → Sd pana. (pts note) tadatthajotakaṁ → tadattha-jotakaṁ (pts)as householder or renunciate. that’s the meaning shown by this mark.

Akkhambhiyo hoti agāramāvasaṁ, parābhibhū sattubhi nappamaddano;
Akkhambhiyo → Bmr akhambhiyo. (pts note) | agāramāvasaṁ → agāram āvasaṁ (pts) nappamaddano → sattumaddano (bj) | nappamaddano manussabhūtenidha → sattumaddano manussa bhūtena na (pts) | sattubhi → Sd omits; St sattūhi. (pts note) | sattu-maddano → Bmr K nappamaddano. (pts note) | nappamaddano → sattu-maddano manussa (pts)While living at home he cannot be stopped, he defeats his foes, and cannot be beaten. Manussabhūtenidha hoti kenaci, akkhambhiyo tassa phalena kammuno.
na → Bmr K bhūten'; idha. (pts note) | manussabhūtenidha → bhūtena na (pts) akkhambhiyo → sukhambhiyo (pts) | sukhambhiyo → Sc sukhambhiso; Bmr akhambhiyo; K akkh-. (pts note)Due to the fruit of that deed, he cannot be stopped by any human.

Sace ca pabbajjamupeti tādiso, nekkhammachandābhirato vicakkhaṇo;
ca → va (sya-all) | ca → K va. (pts note) | pabbajjamupeti → pabbajjam upeti (pts) nekkhammachandābhirato → nekkhamma-chandābhirato (pts)But if one such chooses the life gone forth, seeing clearly, loving renunciation, Aggo na so gacchati jātu khambhanaṁ, naruttamo esa hi tassa dhammatā”ti.
khambhanaṁ → khambhataṁ (bj); gabbhaṁ (pts) | gabbhaṁ → Bmr K khambhanaṁ. (pts note) dhammatāti → dhammatāti pādatalesu cakkalakkhaṇaṁ (bj) | esa → K esā. (pts note) | esa hi → esahi (bjt) | + → ba (th) | naruttamo → nar-uttamo (pts) | dhammatāti → dhammatā ti (pts)not even the best can ever stop him; this is the nature of the supreme man.”

2. Pādatalacakkalakkhaṇaṁ2. Wheels on the Feet

“Yampi, bhikkhave, tathāgato purimaṁ jātiṁ purimaṁ bhavaṁ purimaṁ niketaṁ pubbe manussabhūto samāno
yampi → ba yaṁpi (sya-all) | yampi → yam pi (pts) | manussabhūto → manussa-bhūto (pts)“Mendicants, in some past lives the Realized One was reborn as a human being. bahujanassa sukhāvaho ahosi, ubbegauttāsabhayaṁ apanuditā, dhammikañca rakkhāvaraṇaguttiṁ saṁvidhātā, saparivārañca dānaṁ adāsi.
ubbegauttāsabhayaṁ → ubbegaṁ uttāsaṁ bhayaṁ (bj, pts) | bahujanassa sukhāvaho → bahujanasukhāya (pts) | bahujana-sukhāya → Bmr K bahujanassa sukhāvaho. (pts note) | uttāsaṁ → Bmr K ubbega-uttāsa-. (pts note) | apanuditā → St apanutā; K appanūditā. (pts note) | dhammikañca → dhammikaṁ ca (bjt) | saparivārañca → saparivāraṁ ca (bjt) | dhammikañca rakkhāvaraṇaguttiṁ → dhammikañ ca rakkhāvaraṇa-guttiṁ (pts) | saparivārañca → saparivārañ ca (pts)He conveyed happiness to many people, casting out threats, terror, and danger, providing just protection and security, and giving gifts with all the trimmings. So tassa kammassa kaṭattā upacitattā ussannattā vipulattā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjati …pe…
kaṭattā → katattā (bj, sya-all, pts) | upapajjati → uppajjati (pts) | paraṁ maraṇā → parammaraṇā (bjt) | + → so tattha aññe deve dasahi ṭhānehi adhigaṇhāti (th) | paraṁ → param (pts)Due to performing those deeds he was reborn in a heavenly realm. so tato cuto itthattaṁ āgato samāno imaṁ mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṁ paṭilabhati.When he came back to this place he obtained this mark: Heṭṭhāpādatalesu cakkāni jātāni honti sahassārāni sanemikāni sanābhikāni sabbākāraparipūrāni suvibhattantarāni.
heṭṭhāpādatalesu → heṭṭhā pādatalesu (bjt) | heṭṭhāpādatalesu → heṭṭhā pāda-talesu (pts)on the soles of his feet there are thousand-spoked wheels, with rims and hubs, complete in every detail and well divided inside.

So tena lakkhaṇena samannāgato sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…
cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all); cakkhavatti (pts)Possessing this mark, if he stays at home he becomes a wheel-turning monarch. rājā samāno kiṁ labhati?And what does he obtain as king? Mahāparivāro hoti;
mahāparivāro → mahā-parivāro (pts)He has a large following mahāssa honti parivārā brāhmaṇagahapatikā negamajānapadā gaṇakamahāmattā anīkaṭṭhā dovārikā amaccā pārisajjā rājāno bhogiyā kumārā.
gaṇakamahāmattā → gaṇakā mahāmattā (bj) | negamajānapadā → negamā jānapadā (sya-all) | bhogiyā → bhogikā (sya-all) | ssa → Sdt yaso; K mahassa. (pts note) | hoti → Sc Bmr honti. (pts note) | parivāro → Sc Bmr parivārā. (pts note) | anīkaṭṭhā → Sd inserts vā; Bmr anik-. (pts note) | bhogiyā → K bhogikā. (pts note) | mahāssa honti parivārā brāhmaṇagahapatikā negamajānapadā → mahā ssa hoti parivāro brāhmaṇa-gahapatikā negama-jānapadā (pts)of brahmins and householders, people of town and country, treasurers and chief ministers, military officers, guardsmen, ministers, councillors, rulers, tax beneficiaries, and princes. Rājā samāno idaṁ labhati.That’s what he obtains as king. Sace kho pana agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajati, arahaṁ hoti sammāsambuddho loke vivaṭṭacchado.
kho pana → (bj, sya-all) | vivaṭṭacchado → vivattacchado (bj, pts) | kho → (pts) | pana → Bmr K omit. (pts note) | vivatta-cchaddo → -10 Sdt omit. (pts note) | vivaṭṭacchado → vivaṭacchado (th) | sammāsambuddho → sammā-sambuddho (pts)But if he goes forth from the lay life to homelessness, he becomes a fully awakened Buddha. Buddho samāno kiṁ labhati?And what does he obtain as Buddha? Mahāparivāro hoti;
mahāparivāro → mahā-parivāro (pts)He has a large following mahāssa honti parivārā bhikkhū bhikkhuniyo upāsakā upāsikāyo devā manussā asurā nāgā gandhabbā.
ssa → Sd mahassa. (pts note) | hoti → Sc Bmr K honti. (pts note) | parivāro → Sc Bmr K parivārā. (pts note) | bhikkhū → SS bhikkhu. (pts note) | upāsakā → SS upāsaka. (pts note) | mahāssa honti parivārā → mahā ssa hoti parivāro (pts)of monks, nuns, laymen, laywomen, gods, humans, titans, dragons, and centaurs. Buddho samāno idaṁ labhati”.That’s what he obtains as Buddha.” Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.
etamatthaṁ → etam atthaṁ (pts)The Buddha spoke this matter.

Tatthetaṁ vuccati:
tatthetaṁ → tatth etaṁ (pts)On this it is said:

“Pure puratthā purimāsu jātisu, manussabhūto bahunaṁ sukhāvaho;
Pure → Bm pūre. (pts note) bahunaṁ → bahunnaṁ (pts) | manussabhūto bahunaṁ → manussa-bhūto bahunnaṁ (pts)“In olden days, in past lives, he brought happiness to many people, Ubbhegauttāsabhayāpanūdano, guttīsu rakkhāvaraṇesu ussuko.
ubbhegauttāsabhayāpanūdano → ubbegauttāsabhayāpanūdano (bj); ubbegauttāsabhāyāpanūdano (sya-all); ubbegauttārabhayāpanūdano (pts) | ubbhegauttāsabhayāpanūdano → ubbega-uttāra-bhayāpanūdano (pts)ridding them of fear, terror, and danger, eagerly guarding and protecting them.

So tena kammena divaṁ samakkami, sukhañca khiḍḍāratiyo ca anvabhi;
divaṁ samakkami → tidivaṁ apakkami (sya-all) | tena → Sc satena; Sd sakena; St sakkena. (pts note) | divaṁ → K tidivaṁ. (pts note) | samakkami → So SS; Bmr apakkami; K samapakkami. (pts note) anvabhi → annubhi (sya-all); ānubhi (pts) | ānubhi → Bmr anvabhi; K anubhi. (pts note) | khiḍḍāratiyo → khiḍḍā ratiyo (bjt, th) | sukhañca khiḍḍāratiyo → sukhañ ca khiḍḍā-ratiyo (pts)By means of these deeds he went to heaven, where he enjoyed happiness and merriment. Tato cavitvā punarāgato idha, cakkāni pādesu duvesu vindati.
punarāgato → punar āgato (pts) pādesu → So Bmr K; SS pādāni. (pts note)After passing away from there to here, wheels on his two feet are found,

Samantanemīni sahassarāni ca, byākaṁsu veyyañjanikā samāgatā;
sahassarāni → sahassārāni (pts) | samantanemīni sahassarāni → samanta-nemīni sahassārāni (pts) veyyañjanikā → St ceyyajātikā. (pts note) | byākaṁsu → vyākaṁsu (pts)all rimmed around and thousand-spoked. the gathered soothsayers predicted, Disvā kumāraṁ satapuññalakkhaṇaṁ, parivāravā hessati sattumaddano.
satapuññalakkhaṇaṁ → sata-puñña-lakkhaṇaṁ (pts) sattumaddano → sattu-maddano (pts)seeing the prince with the hundred-fold mark of merits, that he’d have a following, subduing foes,

Tathā hi cakkāni samantanemini, sace na pabbajjamupeti tādiso;
samantanemini → samantanemīni (bj, pts) | hi → hī (cck) | hi → Sd omits tathā hi. (pts note) | samantanemini → samanta-nemīni (pts) na → SS omit. (pts note) | pabbajjamupeti → pabbajam upeti (pts)which is why he has wheels all rimmed around. if one such doesn’t choose the life gone forth, Vatteti cakkaṁ pathaviṁ pasāsati, tassānuyantādha bhavanti khattiyā.
pathaviṁ → paṭhaviṁ (bj, sya-all, pts) tassānuyantādha → tassānuyuttādha (bj); tassānuyantā idha (sya-all); tassānuyuttā idha (pts) | tassānuyuttā’dha → tassānu yattā ca (bj: machasaṁ) | Tassānuyantādha → tassānuyuttā idha (cck: sī. pī.); tassānuyantā idha (cck: syā. ka.) | tassānuyuttā → Bmr K tassānuyantā. (pts note)he’ll roll the wheel and rule the land. the aristocrats will be his vassals,

Mahāyasaṁ samparivārayanti naṁ, sace ca pabbajjamupeti tādiso;
mahāyasaṁ samparivārayanti → mahāyasā saparivārayanti (sya-all) | Mahā-yasaṁ → Bmr K -yasā. (pts note) | samparivārayanti → K sap-. (pts note) | samparivārayanti → saṁparivārayanti (my) ca → va (sya-all) | ca → K va. (pts note) | pabbajjamupeti → pabbajjam upeti (pts)flocking to his glory. but if one such chooses the life gone forth, Nekkhammachandābhirato vicakkhaṇo, devā manussāsurasakkarakkhasā.
nekkhammachandābhirato → nekkhamma-chandābhirato (pts) manussāsurasakkarakkhasā → manussā surayakkharakkhasā (bj) | devā manussāsurasakkarakkhasā → devamanussāsurasakkarakkhasā (pts) | surayakkharakkhasā → satta (bj: kām) | Devāmanussāsurasakkarakkhasā → sattarakkhasā (ka.) sī. syāaṭṭhakathā oloketabbā (cck note) | devā manussāsurasakkarakkhasā → deva-manussāsura-sakka-rakkhasā (pts)seeing clearly, loving renunciation, the gods, humans, titans, Sakka, and monsters;

Gandhabbanāgā vihagā catuppadā, anuttaraṁ devamanussapūjitaṁ;
vihagā → vihaṅgā (sya-all) | vihagā → K vihaṅgā. (pts note) | gandhabbanāgā → gandhabba-nāgā (pts) | catuppadā → catu-ppadā (pts) devamanussapūjitaṁ → deva-manussa-pūjitaṁ (pts)centaurs and dragons, birds and beasts, will flock to his glory, Mahāyasaṁ samparivārayanti nan”ti.
nanti → nanti āyatapaṇhitādīni tīṇi lakkhaṇāni (bj) | mahāyasaṁ samparivārayanti nanti yampi → mahāyasā saparivārayanti naṁ yaṁpi (sya-all) | Mahā-yasaṁ → Bmr yasā. (pts note) | nan → K naṁ, omitting ti. (pts note) | samparivārayanti → saṁparivārayanti (my, bjt) | nanti → nan ti (pts)the supreme, honored by gods and humans.”

3–5. Āyatapaṇhitāditilakkhaṇaṁ3–5. Stretched Heels, Etc.

So tehi lakkhaṇehi samannāgato sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…
cakkavattī → cakkavatti (pts)Possessing these marks, if he stays at home he becomes a wheel-turning monarch. rājā samāno kiṁ labhati?And what does he obtain as king? Dīghāyuko hoti ciraṭṭhitiko, dīghamāyuṁ pāleti, na sakkā hoti antarā jīvitā voropetuṁ kenaci manussabhūtena paccatthikena paccāmittena.
dīghamāyuṁ pāleti → dīghamāyupāleti (sya-all) | dīghamāyuṁ pāleti → dīghamāyumpāleti (bjt) | dīghamāyuṁ → dīgham āyum (pts) | manussabhūtena → manussa-bhūtena (pts)He’s long-lived, preserving his life for a long time. No human foe or enemy is able to take his life before his time. Rājā samāno idaṁ labhati …pe…That’s what he obtains as king. buddho samāno kiṁ labhati?And what does he obtain as Buddha? Dīghāyuko hoti ciraṭṭhitiko, dīghamāyuṁ pāleti, na sakkā hoti antarā jīvitā voropetuṁ paccatthikehi paccāmittehi samaṇena vā brāhmaṇena vā devena vā mārena vā brahmunā vā kenaci vā lokasmiṁ.
dīghamāyuṁ pāleti → dīghamāyupāleti (sya-all) | āyum → K āyu. (pts note) | na → Sc omits. (pts note) | dīghamāyuṁ pāleti → dīghamāyumpāleti (bjt) | dīghamāyuṁ → dīgham āyum (pts)He’s long-lived, preserving his life for a long time. No foes or enemies—nor any ascetic or brahmin or god or Māra or divinity or anyone in the world—is able to take his life before his time. Buddho samāno idaṁ labhati”.That’s what he obtains as Buddha.” Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.
etamatthaṁ → etam atthaṁ (pts)The Buddha spoke this matter.

Tatthetaṁ vuccati:
tatthetaṁ → tatth etaṁ (pts)On this it is said:

“Māraṇavadhabhayattano viditvā, paṭivirato paraṁ māraṇāyahosi;
māraṇavadhabhayattano → maraṇavadhabhayattano (bj, pts); maraṇavadhabhayamattano (sya-all) | maraṇavadhabhayattano → māraṇa (bj: machasaṁ) | Māraṇavadhabhayattano → maraṇavadhabhayattano (cck: sī. pī. ka.); maraṇavadhabhayamattano (cck: syā.) | Maraṇa-vadha-bhayattano → K bhayanattano. (pts note) māraṇāyahosi → maraṇāya ahosi (sya-all) | paṭivirato paraṁ māraṇāyahosi → pativirato param maraṇāy ahosi (pts) | paramāraṇāyahosi → paraṁ māraṇāyahosi (bj: machasaṁ) | ahosi → Sc ahosiṁ; Bmr maraṇāya hoti. (pts note)“Realizing for himself the horrors of death, he refrained from killing other creatures. Tena sucaritena saggamagamā, sukataphalavipākamanubhosi.
Tena sucaritena saggamagamā → tena so sucaritena saggamagamāsi (sya-all) | tena → tena so (sya-all) | saggamagamā → tena so sucaritena saggamagamāsī (bj: syā) | saggamagamā → tena so sucaritena saggamagamāsi (cck: syā.) | Tena → K adds so. (pts note) | agamā → So SS Bmr; K agamāsi. (pts note) | saggamagamā → saggam agamā sukata-phala-vipākam (pts) sukataphalavipākamanubhosi → anubhosi (pts)By that good conduct he went to heaven, where he enjoyed the fruit of deeds well done.

Caviya punaridhāgato samāno, paṭilabhati idha tīṇi lakkhaṇāni;
punaridhāgato → punar idh āgato (pts)Passing away, on his return to here, he obtained these three marks: Bhavati vipuladīghapāsaṇhiko, brahmāva suju subho sujātagatto.
vipuladīghapāsaṇhiko → vipuladīghapāsuṇiko (sya-all) | Bhavati → Sdt bhavanti. (pts note) | vipuladīghapāsaṇhiko → vipula-dīgha (pts) ujju → Sd brahmavisujjā; Bmr brahmāvasuju; K brahmāva sujju. (pts note) | brahmāva suju → pāṇiko brahmā viy ujju (pts) | sujātagatto → sujāta-gatto (pts)his stretched heels are abundant and long, and like the Divinity, he’s straight and beautiful, with well-formed limbs.

Subhujo susu susaṇṭhito sujāto, mudutalunaṅguliyassa honti;
susu → susū (sya-all) | susu → Br su; K susū. 14 St saṇṭhito. (pts note) mudutalunaṅguliyassa → mudutaḷuṇaṅguliyassa (bj); mudu taluṇaṅguliy assa (pts) | assa → So Bmr K; SS aṅgulīyassa. (pts note) | mudutalunaṅguliyassa → mudu taluṇ-aṅguliy assa (pts)Fair of arm, youthful, of good posture and breeding, his fingers are soft and tender and long. Dīghā tībhi purisavaraggalakkhaṇehi, cirayapanāya kumāramādisanti.
tībhi → tīhi (bj, pts) | purisavaraggalakkhaṇehi cirayapanāya → purisalakkhaṇebhi cirayāpanāya (sya-all) | dīghā → St hoti. (pts note) | tībhi purisavaraggalakkhaṇehi → tīhi purisa-varagga-lakkhaṇehi (pts) cirayapanāya → cirayāpanāya (sya-all) | cirayapanāyakumāramādisanti → cirayāpatāya (bj: syā) | Cirayapanāya → cirayāpanāya (cck: syā.) | cira-yapanāya → Sd virayapānāya; St ciraṇayapanāya; K cirayāp-. Sum explains cira-yapanāya by ciram yāpanāya. (pts note) | cirayapanāya kumāramādisanti → cira-yapanāya kumāram ādisanti (pts)By these three marks of an excellent man, they indicated that the prince’s life would be long:

Bhavati yadi gihī ciraṁ yapeti, cirataraṁ pabbajati yadi tato hi;
gihī → Sc bhihi; Sd gihi. (pts note) | ciraṁ → St cīraṁ. (pts note) | yapeti → Sdt yapehi. (pts note) cirataraṁ → Sc rataraṁ; Sd ciraṁ. (pts note) | hi → Sd bhī; St bhi. (pts note)‘As a householder he will live long; longer still if he goes forth, due to Yāpayati ca vasiddhibhāvanāya, iti dīghāyukatāya taṁ nimittan”ti.
ca vasiddhibhāvanāya → vasiddhi bhāvanāya (bj) | ca → (sya-all, pts) | Yāpayati → St yapaṭhati. (pts note) | ca vasiddhibhāvanāya → vas-iddhi-bhāvanāya (pts) taṁ nimittanti → tannimittanti (bjt, th) | taṁ nimittanti → tan nimittan ti (pts)mastery in the development of psychic power. thus this is the sign of long life.’”

6. Sattussadatālakkhaṇaṁ6. Seven Bulging Places

So tena lakkhaṇena samannāgato sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…
cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all, pts) | agāraṁ → agāram (pts)Possessing this mark, if he stays at home he becomes a wheel-turning monarch. rājā samāno kiṁ labhati?And what does he obtain as king? Lābhī hoti paṇītānaṁ rasitānaṁ khādanīyānaṁ bhojanīyānaṁ sāyanīyānaṁ lehanīyānaṁ pānānaṁ.He gets delicious and tasty cooked and fresh foods, and drinks that are sweet and succulent. Rājā samāno idaṁ labhati …pe…That’s what he obtains as king. buddho samāno kiṁ labhati?And what does he obtain as Buddha? Lābhī hoti paṇītānaṁ rasitānaṁ khādanīyānaṁ bhojanīyānaṁ sāyanīyānaṁ lehanīyānaṁ pānānaṁ.He gets delicious and tasty cooked and fresh foods, and drinks that are sweet and succulent. Buddho samāno idaṁ labhati”.That’s what he obtains as Buddha.” Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.
etamatthaṁ → etam atthaṁ (pts)The Buddha spoke this matter.

Tatthetaṁ vuccati:
tatthetaṁ → tatth etaṁ (pts)On this it is said:

“Khajjabhojjamatha leyya sāyiyaṁ, uttamaggarasadāyako ahu;
leyya sāyiyaṁ → lehasāyitaṁ (sya-all) | khajjabhojjamatha leyya sāyiyaṁ → khajjabhojanaṁ atha leyyasāyiyaṁ (bj); khajjabhojanaṁ atha lehasāyitaṁ (sya-all) | Khajja-bhojjaṁ → Bm khejja-bhojanaṁ; Br K khajja-bhojanaṁ, and below. (pts note) | khajjabhojjamatha leyya sāyiyaṁ → khajja-bhojjaṁ atha leyya-sāyiyaṁ (pts) ahu → St āhu. (pts note) | uttamaggarasadāyako → uttamagga-rasa-dāyako (pts)“He used to give the very best of flavors— scrumptious foods of every kind. Tena so sucaritena kammunā, nandane ciramabhippamodati.
nandane → nandavane (sya-all) | ciramabhippamodati satta cussade → ciram abhippamodati sattavussade (pts) | Nandane → Bmr K nanda-vane. (pts note)Because of that good deed, he rejoiced long in the Garden of Delight.

Satta cussade idhādhigacchati, hatthapādamudutañca vindati;
satta cussade → sattacussado (bj) | Satta-v-ussade → Sc sattamussado; St sattavussado; Bmr K satta c'; ussade. (pts note) hatthapādamudutañca → hatthapādamudutalañca (bj, sya-all) | hattha-pāda-mudutañ → Sdt muduta; Bmr K mudutalañ. (pts note) | hatthapādamudutañca → hattha-pāda-mudutañ ca (pts)On returning to here, he is rounded in seven places, and tender hands and feet are found. Āhu byañjananimittakovidā, khajjabhojjarasalābhitāya naṁ.
taṁ → Sc naṁ saṁ; Sd naṁ ta; St naṁ taṁ; Bm taṁ; Br yaṁ; K na taṁ. (pts note) | byañjananimittakovidā → vyañjana-nimitta-kovidā khajja-bhojja-rasa-lābhitāya na taṁ gihissa (pts) khajjabhojjarasalābhitāya naṁ yaṁ → khajjabhojanarasalābhitāya na taṁ (sya-all) | naṁ yaṁ gihissapi → na taṁ gihissa pi (pts) | pi → So K; SS hissapi; Bmr gihissāpi. (pts note) | pi → Bmr K add ca. (pts note) | adhigacchati → Bmr K tad ādhigacchati. (pts note) | Khajja-bhojja-rasa- → Bmr K bhojanassa. (pts note) | khajjabhojjarasalābhitāya → khajja bhojja rasalābhitāya (bjt) | khajjabhojjarasalābhitāya naṁ → pi tadattha-jotakaṁ pabbajjam pi tad adhigacchati khajja-bhojja-rasa lābhī-r-uttamaṁ āhu sabba-gihi-bandhana-cchidan ti (pts)The soothsayers expert in signs declared: ‘He’ll get tasty foods of all sorts

Yaṁ gihissapi tadatthajotakaṁ, pabbajjampi ca tadādhigacchati;
Yaṁ gihissapi → na taṁ gihissapi (sya-all, pts1ed) | yaṁ → taṁ (bj) | gihissapi → na taṁ gihissāpi (cck: syā.) | yaṁ gihissapi tadatthajotakaṁ → yam pi (pts) pabbajjampi → pabbajjaṁpi (th)as a householder, that’s what that means. but even if he goes forth he’ll get the same, Khajjabhojjarasalābhiruttamaṁ, āhu sabbagihibandhanacchidan”ti.
khajjabhojjarasalābhiruttamaṁ → khajjabhojanassa lābhiruttamaṁ (bj, sya-all)supreme in gaining tasty foods of all sorts, cutting all bonds of the lay life.’”

7–8. Karacaraṇamudujālatālakkhaṇāni7–8. Tender and Serried Hands

“Yampi, bhikkhave, tathāgato purimaṁ jātiṁ purimaṁ bhavaṁ purimaṁ niketaṁ pubbe manussabhūto samāno
yampi → yaṁpi (th) | manussabhūto → manussa-bhūto (pts)“Mendicants, in some past lives the Realized One was reborn as a human being. catūhi saṅgahavatthūhi janaṁ saṅgāhako ahosi—
janaṁ saṅgāhako → janasaṅgahiko (sya-all) | saṅgāhako → saṅgahitā (pts) | saṅgaha-vatthūhi → Sd vatthuhi; St vatthahi. (pts note) | janaṁ → K jana-. (pts note) | saṅgahitā → Bmr saṅgāhako; K saṅgahiko. (pts note)He brought people together using the four ways of being inclusive: dānena peyyavajjena atthacariyāya samānattatāya.
peyyavajjena → piyavācena (sya-all, mr); peyyavācena (pts1ed) | peyyavajjena → peyyavācena (pts) | peyyavajjena → piyavācena (bj: syā, kām) | peyyavajjena → piyavācena (cck: syā. ka.) | peyya-vācena → So Sum; SS vajjena; Bmr K piya-vācena. (pts note) | peyyavajjena atthacariyāya → peyya-vācena attha-cariyāya (pts)giving, kindly words, taking care, and equality. So tassa kammassa kaṭattā …pe…
kaṭattā → katattā (bj) | pe → spelled out in full (th)Due to performing those deeds he was reborn in a heavenly realm. so tato cuto itthattaṁ āgato samāno imāni dve mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni paṭilabhati.
mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni → mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇāni (pts)When he came back to this place he obtained these two marks: Mudutalunahatthapādo ca hoti jālahatthapādo ca.
mudutalunahatthapādo → mudutaḷuṇahatthapādo (bj); mudutalahatthapādo (sya-all) | mudutalunahatthapādo ca → mudutaluṇahatthapādo (pts) | mudutalunahatthapādo ca → mudu-taluṇa-hatthapādo (pts) | jālahatthapādo → jāla-hattha-pādo (pts)his hands and feet are soft and tender, and they are serried.

So tehi lakkhaṇehi samannāgato sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…
cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all, pts)Possessing these marks, if he stays at home he becomes a wheel-turning monarch. rājā samāno kiṁ labhati?And what does he obtain as king? Susaṅgahitaparijano hoti, susaṅgahitāssa honti brāhmaṇagahapatikā negamajānapadā gaṇakamahāmattā anīkaṭṭhā dovārikā amaccā pārisajjā rājāno bhogiyā kumārā.
gaṇakamahāmattā anīkaṭṭhā → gaṇakā mahāmattā anīkaṭhā (bj) | bhogiyā → bhogikā (sya-all) | ssa → K -gahitassa, and below. (pts note) | honti → Cp. ante, 8. (pts note) | bhogiyā → K bhogikā. (pts note) | susaṅgahitāssa → susaṅgahitassa (th) | negamajānapadā → negamā jānapadā (th) | susaṅgahitaparijano → susaṅgahita-parijano (pts) | susaṅgahitāssa → susaṅgahitā ssa (pts) | brāhmaṇagahapatikā negamajānapadā gaṇakamahāmattā → brāhmaṇa-gahapatikā negama-jānapadā gaṇaka-mahāmattā (pts)His retinue is inclusive, cohesive, and well-managed. This includes brahmins and householders, people of town and country, treasurers and chief ministers, military officers, guardsmen, ministers, councillors, rulers, tax beneficiaries, and princes. Rājā samāno idaṁ labhati …
rājā → rāja (pts)That’s what he obtains as king. buddho samāno kiṁ labhati?And what does he obtain as Buddha? Susaṅgahitaparijano hoti, susaṅgahitāssa honti bhikkhū bhikkhuniyo upāsakā upāsikāyo devā manussā asurā nāgā gandhabbā.
bhikkhuniyo → bhikkhuṇiyo (bj) | susaṅgahitāssa → susaṅgahitassa (sya-all) | hoti → -7 Sct omit. (pts note) | susaṅgahitāssa → susaṅgahitā ssa (pts)His retinue is inclusive and well-managed. This includes monks, nuns, laymen, laywomen, gods, humans, titans, dragons, and centaurs. Buddho samāno idaṁ labhati”.
labhati → SS sometimes paṭilabhati. (pts note)That’s what he obtains as Buddha.” Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.
etamatthaṁ → etam atthaṁ (pts)The Buddha spoke this matter.

Tatthetaṁ vuccati:
tatthetaṁ → tatth etaṁ (pts)On this it is said:

“Dānampi catthacariyatañca, piyavāditañca samānattatañca;
catthacariyatañca → dānampi ca atthacariyatampi ca (bj: PTS) | catthacariyatañca → dānampi ca atthacariyatampi ca (cck: sī. pī.) | attha-cariyatam → Sdt cariyaṁ; Bmr K -tañ, omit pi. (pts note) | piya-vadatañ → Bmr vāditañ. (pts note) | dānampi → dānaṁpi (th) | dānampi catthacariyatañca → dānam pi ca attha-cariyatam pi ca piya-vadatañ ca samāna (pts) piyavāditañca samānattatañca → piyavadatañca samānachandatañca (bj, pts1ed); piyavadatañca samānachandañca (sya-all) | samānachandataṁca → piyavāditaṁ ca samānāttataṁ ca (bj: machasaṁ) | samānattatañca → piyavadatañca samānachandatañca (cck: sī. pī.) | piyavāditañca samānattatañca → piyavadanaṁca samānachandataṁca (bjt) | piyavāditañca samānattatañca → chandatañ ca (pts)“By giving and helping others, kindly speech, and equal treatment, Kariyacariyasusaṅgahaṁ bahūnaṁ, anavamatena guṇena yāti saggaṁ.
bahunnaṁ → bahūnaṁ (bj: machasaṁ) | cariya → So Bmr K Sum; SS omit. (pts note) | susaṅgahaṁ → So Bmr K; Sc saṅgataṁ; Sd saggatabbannaṁ; St saṅgahatabbahunnaṁ. (pts note) | kariyacariyasusaṅgahaṁ bahūnaṁ → kariya cariya susaṅgahaṁ bahunnaṁ (bjt, th, pts) anavamatena → So Scd K Sum; St -mattena; Bm anumatena; Br anamatena. (pts note)such action and conduct as brought people together, he went to heaven due to his esteemed virtue.

Caviya punaridhāgato samāno, karacaraṇamudutañca jālino ca;
Caviya → Sd capiya. (pts note) | punaridhāgato → punar idhāgato (pts) karacaraṇamudutañca → karacaraṇamudutalañca (bj); karacaraṇamudukañca (sya-all) | kara-caraṇa-mudutañ → Sdt mudukañ; Bmr mudutalañ. (pts note) | karacaraṇamudutañca → kara-caraṇa-mudutañ ca (pts)Passing away, on his return to here, the young baby prince obtained Atirucirasuvaggudassaneyyaṁ, paṭilabhati daharo susu kumāro.
atirucirasuvaggudassaneyyaṁ → atirucirasuvaggadassaneyyaṁ (sya-all) | atirucirasuvaggudassaneyyaṁ → atirucira-suvaggu-dassaneyyaṁ (pts) susu → Sd K sukumāro. (pts note) | susu kumāro → susukumāro (th)hands and feet so tender and serried, lovely, graceful, and good-looking.

Bhavati parijanassavo vidheyyo, mahimaṁ āvasito susaṅgahito;
parijanassavo → parijanassa vo (th, pts) mahimaṁ āvasito → mahimima māvasate (bj) | āvasito → āvasiko (pts) | māvasate → mahimaṁ āvayate (bj: sīmu, machasaṁ) | āvasiko → So Bmr; Scd āvasate; St āvasato; K āvasito. (pts note)His retinue is loyal and manageable, staying agreeably all over this broad land. Piyavadū hitasukhataṁ jigīsamāno, abhirucitāni guṇāni ācarati.
jigīsamāno → jigiṁsamāno (bj, sya-all, pts1ed) | piyavadū → piyavadu (pts) | jigīsamāno → jigiṁsamāno (pts) | jigiṁsamāno → jigīsamāno (bj: machasaṁ) | jigīsamāno → jigiṁ samāno (cck: sī. syā. pī.) | Piya-vadu → Bmr vadaṁ. (pts note) | jigiṁsamāno → So K Sum; SS pihiṁsamāno; Bmr jigisamāno. (pts note) | piyavadū hitasukhataṁ jigīsamāno → piya-vadu hita-sukhataṁ jigiṁsamāno (pts) ācarati → ācaranto (bj) | ācaranto → ācarati (bj: sīmu, machasaṁ) | ācarati → Sdt avacarati. (pts note)Speaking kindly, seeking happiness, he implements agreeable qualities.

Yadi ca jahati sabbakāmabhogaṁ, kathayati dhammakathaṁ jino janassa;
ca jahati → pajahati (sya-all) | sabbakāmabhogaṁ → sabbakāmaguṇabhogaṁ (pts) | jahati → So Sc Bmr; Sdt yadicchati; K yadivajjahati. (pts note) | sabbakāmabhogaṁ → sabba-kāma-guṇa-bhogaṁ (pts) dhammakathaṁ → dhamma-kathaṁ (pts)But if he gives up all sensual enjoyments, as victor he speaks Dhamma to the people. Vacanapaṭikarassābhippasannā, sutvāna dhammānudhammamācarantī”ti.
vacanapaṭikarassābhippasannā → vacana-ppaṭikarassābhippasannā (pts) sutvāna dhammānudhammamācarantīti → sutvā dhammanudhammamācarantīti (bj) | dhammanudhammamācarantīti → sutvāna dhammānudhamma mācaranti (bj: machasaṁ) | sutvā → Bm K sutvāna. (pts note) | sutvāna dhammānudhammamācarantīti → sutvā dhammānudhammaṁ ācarantīti (pts)Devoted, they respond to his words; after listening, they practice in line with the teaching.”

9–10. Ussaṅkhapāda-uddhaggalomatālakkhaṇāni9–10. Arched Feet and Upright Hair

“Yampi, bhikkhave, tathāgato purimaṁ jātiṁ purimaṁ bhavaṁ purimaṁ niketaṁ pubbe manussabhūto samāno
pubbe manussabhūto samāno → samāno bahuno janassa (bj, pts1ed) | samāno → samāno bahuno janassa (pts) | samāno → samāno bahuno janassa (cck: sī. pī.) | janassa → -9 Bmr K omit. (pts note) | yampi → yaṁpi (th) | yampi → yam pi (pts) | manussabhūto → manussa-bhūto (pts)“Mendicants, in some past lives the Realized One was reborn as a human being. atthūpasaṁhitaṁ dhammūpasaṁhitaṁ vācaṁ bhāsitā ahosi, bahujanaṁ nidaṁsesi, pāṇīnaṁ hitasukhāvaho dhammayāgī.
nidaṁsesi → nidasseti (sya-all); nidaṁseti (pts) | nidaṁseti → K nidasseti. (pts note) | pāṇīnaṁ → Sc sipānīnaṁ; Sd sīpānīnānaṁ; St hidamse sipānaṁ. (pts note) | ahu → Bmr K omit. (pts note) | vācaṁ bhāsitā → vācambhāsitā (bjt) | atthūpasaṁhitaṁ dhammūpasaṁhitaṁ → atthūpasañhitaṁ dhammūpasañhitaṁ (th) | hitasukhāvaho dhammayāgī → hita-sukhāvaho ahu dhamma-yāgī (pts)His speech was meaningful and principled. He educated many people, bringing welfare and happiness, offering the teaching. So tassa kammassa kaṭattā …pe…
kaṭattā → katattā upacitattā (bj, pts); katattā upacitattā vipulattā (sya-all)Due to performing those deeds he was reborn in a heavenly realm. so tato cuto itthattaṁ āgato samāno imāni dve mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni paṭilabhati.
mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni → mahāpurisa lakkhaṇāni (bjt) | mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni → mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇāni (pts)When he came back to this place he obtained these two marks: Ussaṅkhapādo ca hoti, uddhaggalomo ca.
ussaṅkhapādo → ussaṅkha-pādo (pts) | uddhaggalomo → uddhagga-lomo (pts)the tops of his feet are arched and his hairs stand up.

So tehi lakkhaṇehi samannāgato, sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…
cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all, pts)Possessing these marks, if he stays at home he becomes a wheel-turning monarch. rājā samāno kiṁ labhati?And what does he obtain as king? Aggo ca hoti seṭṭho ca pāmokkho ca uttamo ca pavaro ca kāmabhogīnaṁ.
pāmokkho → Sd mokkho; St mocakkho. (pts note) | kāmabhogīnaṁ → kāma-bhogīnaṁ (pts)He is the foremost, best, chief, highest, and finest of those who enjoy sensual pleasures. Rājā samāno idaṁ labhati …pe…That’s what he obtains as king. buddho samāno kiṁ labhati?
samāno → samano (pts)And what does he obtain as Buddha? Aggo ca hoti seṭṭho ca pāmokkho ca uttamo ca pavaro ca sabbasattānaṁ.
pāmokkho → Sdt mokkho. (pts note) | ca → -15 Sd aparo. (pts note) | sabbasattānaṁ → sabba-sattānaṁ (pts)He is the foremost, best, chief, highest, and finest of all sentient beings. Buddho samāno idaṁ labhati”.That’s what he obtains as Buddha.” Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.
etamatthaṁ → etam atthaṁ (pts)The Buddha spoke this matter.

Tatthetaṁ vuccati:
tatthetaṁ → tatth etaṁ (pts)On this it is said:

“Atthadhammasahitaṁ pure giraṁ, erayaṁ bahujanaṁ nidaṁsayi;
atthadhammasahitaṁ → atthadhammasaṁhitaṁ (bj); atthadhammaṁ saṅgahitaṁ (sya-all) | giraṁ erayaṁ → tiraṁ eriyaṁ (sya-all) | atthadhammasaṁhitaṁ → atthadhammasaṁhitaṁ (bj: kām, PTS) | Atthadhammasahitaṁ → atthadhammasaṁhitaṁ (cck: ka. sī. pī.); atthadhammupasaṁhitaṁ (cck: ka.) | Attha-dhamma-sahitaṁ → St saṁhita; Bmr -dhammūpasaṁhitaṁ; K -dhammaṁ saṅgahitaṁ. (pts note) | giraṁ → K tiraṁ. (pts note) nidaṁsayi pāṇinaṁ → nidaṁsayī pāṇīnaṁ (bj) | erayaṁ → So Sc Bmr Sum; Sd carayam; St carayā; K eriyaṁ. (pts note) | bahujanaṁ → Sd bahunaṁ; St bahunā. (pts note) | nidaṁsayi → Sc ṇidaṁsahi; St nidasayi. (pts note)“His word was meaningful and principled, moving the people with his explanations. Pāṇinaṁ hitasukhāvaho ahu, dhammayāgamayajī amaccharī.
pāṇinaṁ → pāṇīnaṁ (pts) | ahu → So Bmr K; SS omit. (pts note) | pāṇinaṁ hitasukhāvaho → pāṇīnaṁ hita-sukhāvaho (pts) dhammayāgamayajī → dhammayāgaṁ assajji (sya-all, pts) | dhammayāgamayajī → dhammayāgaṁ assaji (bj: kām) | Dhammayāgamayajī → dhammayāgaṁ assaji (cck: ka.) | assaji → So Bmr; Sc ayajī; Sdt ayati; K assajji. (pts note) | amaccharī → Scd amaccarī; St avaccarī. (pts note) | dhammayāgamayajī → dhamma-yāgam assaji (pts)He brought welfare and happiness to creatures, unstintingly offering up teaching.

Tena so sucaritena kammunā, suggatiṁ vajati tattha modati;
suggatiṁ → sugatiṁ (bjt, th, pts)Because of that good deed, he advanced to heaven and there rejoiced. Lakkhaṇāni ca duve idhāgato, uttamappamukhatāya vindati.
dve → St omits; Bmr K duve. (pts note) | duve idhāgato → dve idh āgato uttama (pts) vindati → saṁvindati (pts1ed) | uttamappamukhatāya → uttamasukhatāya (sya-all) | uttamappamukhatāya → uttama sukhatāya (bj: syā); uttama pamukkhatāya (bj: kām); uttamapamukhatāya sukhāni (bj: sīmu) | Uttamappamukhatāya → uttamasukhatāya (cck: syā.); uttamapamukkhatāya (cck: ka.) | uttamappamukhatāya vindati → sukhāni saṁvindati (pts)On return to here two marks are found, of excellence and supremacy.

Ubbhamuppatitalomavā saso, pādagaṇṭhirahu sādhusaṇṭhitā;
ubbhamuppatitalomavā saso → ubbhamuppatitalomavāsaso (bjt) | ubbhamuppatitalomavā saso → ubbham uppatita (pts) pādagaṇṭhirahu sādhusaṇṭhitā → pādagaṇṭhirahū sādhu saṇṭhitā (bjt) | sādhusaṇṭhitā → sādhu saṇṭhitā (th) | pādagaṇṭhirahu sādhusaṇṭhitā → loma-vāsaso (pts)His hairs stand upright, and his ankles well-shaped. Maṁsalohitācitā tacotthatā, uparicaraṇasobhanā ahu.
tacotthatā uparicaraṇasobhanā → tacotthaṭā uparijānu sobhanā (sya-all) | pāda-gaṇṭhi- → Sdt gaṇṭhī. (pts note) | maṁsalohitācitā tacotthatā → maṁsalohitā citā tacotthaṭā (bjt) sobhanā → uparijānu sobanā (bj: syā); upari ca pana sobhanā (bj: PTS) | Uparicaraṇasobhanā → uparijānusobhanā (cck: syā.); upari ca pana sobhanā (cck: sī. pī.) | uparicaraṇasobhanā → uparicaraṇā ca sobhanā (bjt) | uparicaraṇasobhanā → uparijānu sobhanā (th) | uparicaraṇasobhanā ahu → r-ahu (pts)Swollen with flesh and blood, encased in skin, gracing above the feet.

Gehamāvasati ce tathāvidho, aggataṁ vajati kāmabhoginaṁ;
Maṁsa-lohitācitā → So Bmr K; SS Sum lohita-; but Sum explains lohitena ācitā. (pts note) | tacotatā → So Sdt Sum; Sc tacotathā; Bmr K tacotthatā. (pts note) | upari → Sdt uparim, omitting ca. (pts note) | pana → -17 Bmr caraṇa; K jānu. 18 Bmr sobhaṇo. (pts note) | ce → So Bmr K; SS me. (pts note) | gehamāvasati → sādhu saṇṭhitā maṁsa-lohitācitā tacotatā upari ca pana sobhanā ahu geham āvasati (pts) | tathāvidho → tathā-vidho (pts) kāmabhoginaṁ → kāmabhogīnaṁ (pts) | aggataṁ → St agge taṁ. (pts note) | kāma-bhogīnaṁ → Sc K bhoginaṁ. (pts note)If that sort lives in the home, he becomes the best of those who enjoy sensual pleasures. Tena uttaritaro na vijjati, jambudīpamabhibhuyya iriyati.
uttaritaro → uttaritarañca (sya-all) | uttaritaro → K uttaritarañ ca. (pts note) iriyati → irīyati (bj) | irīyati → St Bmr K iriyati. (pts note) | jambudīpamabhibhuyya → jambudīpaṁ abhibhuyya (th) | jambudīpamabhibhuyya iriyati → jambudīpaṁ abhibhuyya irīyati (pts)There’ll be none better than him; he’ll proceed having mastered all the Black Plum Tree Land.

Pabbajampi ca anomanikkamo, aggataṁ vajati sabbapāṇinaṁ;
pabbajampi → pabbajjāpi (sya-all) | pi → So Sc Bmr; Sd pabbajjampa; St pabbajjamipi; K pabbajjāpi. (pts note) | anoma-nikkamo → Bm anokkamanikkamo; Br anomaniggamo. (pts note) | pabbajampi → pabbajam pi (pts) sabbapāṇinaṁ → sabba-pāṇinaṁ (pts)But going forth the peerless renunciate turns into the best of all creatures. Tena uttaritaro na vijjati, sabbalokamabhibhuyya viharatī”ti.
na → Sd omits. (pts note) sabbalokamabhibhuyya → sabbaṁ lokaṁ abhibhuyya (pts) | sabbaṁ → K sabba-. (pts note) | sabbalokamabhibhuyya → sabbalokaṁ abhibhuyya (th)There’ll be none better than him, he’ll live having mastered the whole world.”

11. Eṇijaṅghalakkhaṇaṁ11. Antelope Calves

“Yampi, bhikkhave, tathāgato purimaṁ jātiṁ purimaṁ bhavaṁ purimaṁ niketaṁ pubbe manussabhūto samāno
yampi → yaṁpi (th) | yampi → yam pi (pts) | manussabhūto → manussa-bhūto (pts)“Mendicants, in some past lives the Realized One was reborn as a human being. sakkaccaṁ vācetā ahosi sippaṁ vā vijjaṁ vā caraṇaṁ vā kammaṁ vā:
vā → Br omits. (pts note)He was a thorough teacher of a profession, a branch of knowledge, conduct, or action, thinking: ‘kintime khippaṁ vijāneyyuṁ, khippaṁ paṭipajjeyyuṁ, na ciraṁ kilisseyyun’”ti.
vijāneyyuṁ → vijāneyyuṁ kintime (bj) | kintime → kintīme (sya-all); kinti me khippaṁ ājāneyyuṁ (pts) | paṭipajjeyyuṁ → sampaṭipajjeyyuṁ (sya-all, pts) | ājāneyyuṁ → -6 St Bmr K omit. (pts note) | sampaṭipajjeyyuṁ → Sd saṁpaṭivajjeyyuṁ; Bmr paṭipajjeyyuṁ. (pts note) | kilisseyyun → So SS; Bmr kilameyyuṇ; K kiliseyyun. (pts note) | kintime → kiṁ time (my) | kilisseyyunti → kiliseyyunti (th) | kilisseyyunti → kilisseyyun ti (pts)‘How might they quickly learn and practice, without getting exhausted?’ So tassa kammassa kaṭattā …pe…
kaṭattā → katattā (bj); katattā upacitattā (sya-all, pts)Due to performing those deeds he was reborn in a heavenly realm. so tato cuto itthattaṁ āgato samāno imaṁ mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṁ paṭilabhati.
imaṁ → idaṁ (bj, sya-all) | mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṁ → mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇaṁ (pts)When he came back to this place he obtained this mark: Eṇijaṅgho hoti.
eṇijaṅgho → eṇi-jaṅgho (pts)his calves are like those of an antelope.

Tatthetaṁ vuccati:
tatthetaṁ → tatth etaṁ (pts)On this it is said:

“Sippesu vijjācaraṇesu kammesu, kathaṁ vijāneyyuṁ lahunti icchati;
kammesu → kammasu (bj, pts1ed) | kammesu → kammasu (pts) | kammasu → kammesu (bj: machasaṁ) | kammesu → kammasu (cck: sī. pī.) | kammasu → So Scd; St omits; Bmr K kammesu. (pts note) | vijjācaraṇesu kammesu → vijjā-caraṇesu kammasu (pts) vijāneyyuṁ → vijāneyya (bj, pts1ed); vijāneyyu (sya-all) | vijāneyyuṁ lahunti → vijāneyya lahūti (pts) | vijāneyyu → vijāneyyuṁ (bj: machasaṁ) | vijāneyyuṁ → vijāneyya (cck: sī. pī.); vijāneyyu (cck: syā.) | vijāneyya → Bmr -eyyuṁ; K -eyyu. (pts note) | lahūti → Bmr lahunti; K lahuti. (pts note)“In professions, knowledge, conduct, and deeds, he thought of how they might easily learn. Yadūpaghātāya na hoti kassaci, vāceti khippaṁ na ciraṁ kilissati.
yadūpaghātāya → yatūpaghātāya (sya-all, pts) | Yatūpaghātāya → So Sc; St K Sum yatupo; Sd yatupasātāya; Bm yadūpaghātāya; Br yaṁdūpaghātāya. (pts note) ciraṁ → Br cīraṁ. (pts note)Quickly, without tiresome delays, he taught them things that harm no one at all.

Taṁ kammaṁ katvā kusalaṁ sukhudrayaṁ, jaṅghā manuññā labhate susaṇṭhitā;
sukhudrayaṁ → sukhindriyaṁ (mr) | sukhudrayaṁ → sukhindriyaṁ (bj: kām) | sukhudrayaṁ → sukhindriyaṁ (cck: ka.) | sukhudrayaṁ → So K; Sc sukhaduyaṁ; Sd subuddhayaṁ; St khuddayasaṁ; Bm sukhudriyaṁ; Br sukhindriyaṁ. Sum gives no help. Cp. dukkhudrayaṁ, M. i. 415; Jāt. iv. 391; v. 389; Tel. 89. (pts note)Having done that skillful deed whose outcome is happiness, he gains prominent and elegant calves. Vaṭṭā sujātā anupubbamuggatā, uddhaggalomā sukhumattacotthatā.
vaṭṭā → vattā (sya-all) | Vaṭṭā → So Sc Bmr; Sdt vaddhā; K vattā. (pts note) | anupubbamuggatā → anupubbam uggatā (pts) sukhumattacotthatā → sukhumattacotthaṭā (bj, sya-all) | uddhagga-lomā → SS lomo. (pts note) | otthatā → Scd -ttacotatā; St sukhumattacottā; Bmr K -otthatā. (pts note) | uddhaggalomā sukhumattacotthatā → uddhagga-lomā sukhuma-ttac otthatā (pts)Well-formed in graceful spirals, he’s covered in delicate rising hairs.

Eṇeyyajaṅghoti tamāhu puggalaṁ, sampattiyā khippamidhāhu lakkhaṇaṁ;
eṇeyyajaṅghoti tamāhu → eṇeyya-jaṅgho ti tam āhu (pts) khippamidhāhu → khippamidāhu (bj) | khippamidhāhu → khippamidāhu (cck: ?) | khippamidhāhu → khippam idh āhu (pts)They say that individual has antelope calves, and that this is the mark of swift success. Gehānulomāni yadābhikaṅkhati, apabbajaṁ khippamidhādhigacchati.
gehānulomāni → ekekalomāni (sya-all, pts) | gehānulomāni → ekeka-lomāni (pts) khippamidhādhigacchati → khippamidādhigacchati (cck: ?) | khippamidhādhigacchati → khippam idhādhigacchati (pts)If he desires the things fitting the household life, not going forth, they’ll quickly be his.

Sace ca pabbajjamupeti tādiso, nekkhammachandābhirato vicakkhaṇo;
ca → va (sya-all) | ca → K va. (pts note) | pabbajjamupeti → pabbajjam upeti (pts) nekkhammachandābhirato → nekkhamma-chandābhirato (pts)But if one such chooses the life gone forth, seeing clearly, loving renunciation, Anucchavikassa yadānulomikaṁ, taṁ vindati khippamanomavikkamo”ti.
yadānulomikaṁ → yadānulomiyaṁ (sya-all) | Anucchavikassa → SS anucchavitassa. (pts note) khippamanomavikkamoti yampi → khippamanomanikkamoti yaṁpi (sya-all) | khippamanomavikkamo’ti → khippamanomanikkamo (bj: syā, PTS) | khippamanomavikkamo → nikkamo (cck: sī. syā. pī.) | anoma-nikkamo → Bmr vikkamo. (pts note) | khippamanomavikkamoti → khippamanomavikkamo ti (my) | khippamanomavikkamoti → khippam anoma-nikkamo ti (pts)the peerless renunciate will quickly find what is fitting and suitable.”

12. Sukhumacchavilakkhaṇaṁ12. Delicate Skin

So tena lakkhaṇena samannāgato sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…
cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all, pts)Possessing this mark, if he stays at home he becomes a wheel-turning monarch. rājā samāno kiṁ labhati?And what does he obtain as king? Mahāpañño hoti, nāssa hoti koci paññāya sadiso vā seṭṭho vā kāmabhogīnaṁ.
hoti → (sya-all) | seṭṭho → visiṭṭho (pts) | hoti → K omits. (pts note) | visiṭṭho → Bmr K seṭṭho, and below. (pts note) | kāma-bhogīnaṁ → St bhogātitaṁ. (pts note) | mahāpañño → mahā-pañño (pts)He has great wisdom. Of those who enjoy sensual pleasures, none is his equal or better in wisdom. Rājā samāno idaṁ labhati …pe…That’s what he obtains as king. buddho samāno kiṁ labhati?And what does he obtain as Buddha? Mahāpañño hoti puthupañño hāsapañño javanapañño tikkhapañño nibbedhikapañño, nāssa hoti koci paññāya sadiso vā seṭṭho vā sabbasattānaṁ.
hāsapañño → hāsupañño (pts1ed) | hāsapañño → hāsupañño (pts) | seṭṭho → visiṭṭho (pts) | hāsapañño → hāsupañño (cck: sī. pī.) | mahāpañño → mahā-pañño (pts) | puthupañño hāsapañño javanapañño tikkhapañño nibbedhikapañño → puthu-pañño hāsu-pañño javana-pañño tikkha-pañño nibbedhika-pañño (pts) | sabbasattānaṁ → sabba-sattānaṁ (pts)He has great wisdom, widespread wisdom, laughing wisdom, swift wisdom, sharp wisdom, and penetrating wisdom. No sentient being is his equal or better in wisdom. Buddho samāno idaṁ labhati”.That’s what he obtains as Buddha.” Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.
etamatthaṁ → etam atthaṁ (pts)The Buddha spoke this matter.

Tatthetaṁ vuccati:
tatthetaṁ → tatth etaṁ (pts)On this it is said:

“Pure puratthā purimāsu jātisu, aññātukāmo paripucchitā ahu;
Pure → Bm pūre, and so onwards. (pts note) | jātisu → Bm jātīsu. (pts note) aññātukāmo → aññātu kāmo (pts)“In olden days, in past lives, eager to understand, he asked questions. Sussūsitā pabbajitaṁ upāsitā, atthantaro atthakathaṁ nisāmayi.
sussūsitā → sussusitā (sya-all)Keen to learn, he waited on renunciates, heeding their explanation with pure intent.

Paññāpaṭilābhagatena kammunā, manussabhūto sukhumacchavī ahu;
paññāpaṭilābhagatena → paññāpaṭilābhakatena (pts) | paññāpaṭilābhagatena → paññāpaṭilābhakatena (bj: PTS) | Paññāpaṭilābhagatena → paññāpaṭilābhakatena (sī. pī.) ṭīkā oloketabbā (cck note) | Paññā-paṭilābha-katena → Bmr K Sum-Scd gatena; Sum-Br katena. (pts note) manussa-bhūto → St bhūtena. (pts note) | manussabhūto sukhumacchavī → manussa-bhūto sukhuma-cchavī (pts)Due to that deed of acquiring wisdom, as a human being his skin is delicate. Byākaṁsu uppādanimittakovidā, sukhumāni atthāni avecca dakkhiti.
uppādanimittakovidā → uppāṭanimittakovidā (sya-all) | Vyākaṁsu → Sd vyakaṁ; St vyākāsuṁ; Br byāsukaṁ. (pts note) | byākaṁsu uppādanimittakovidā → vyākaṁsu uppāda-nimitta-kovidā (pts) dakkhiti → dakkhati (sya-all, pts) | dakkhati → St Bmr dakkhiti. (pts note)At his birth the soothsayers expert in signs prophesied: ‘He’ll discern delicate matters.’

Sace na pabbajjamupeti tādiso, vatteti cakkaṁ pathaviṁ pasāsati;
na → Sc corrected from pana; Sd na (erased) pana; St pana. (pts note) | pabbajjamupeti → pabbajjam upeti (pts) pathaviṁ → paṭhaviṁ (bj, sya-all, pts) | vatteti → St vattati. (pts note)If one such doesn’t choose the life gone forth, he’ll roll the wheel and rule the land. Atthānusiṭṭhīsu pariggahesu ca, na tena seyyo sadiso ca vijjati.
atthānusiṭṭhīsu → atthānusatthisu (bj) | Atthānusiṭṭhīsu → So Sum-Br; Scd -satthisu; St -satthīsu; Bm -siṭṭhisu; Br -saṭṭhisu; K -saṭṭhīsu: Sum-Scd atthānāsattīsu. (pts note) | ca → Sc omits; St ma. (pts note) ca → va (bj, pts); na (sya-all) | va → Br ca. (pts note)Among those with material things who have been educated, none equal or better than him is found.

Sace ca pabbajjamupeti tādiso, nekkhammachandābhirato vicakkhaṇo;
ca → va (sya-all) | ca pabbajjamupeti → pabbajjam upeti (pts) | Sace → Bmr add ca; K adds va. (pts note) nekkhammachandābhirato → nekkhamma-chandābhirato (pts)But if one such chooses the life gone forth, seeing clearly, loving renunciation, Paññāvisiṭṭhaṁ labhate anuttaraṁ, pappoti bodhiṁ varabhūrimedhaso”ti.
paññāvisiṭṭhaṁ → paññā-visiṭṭhaṁ (pts) varabhūrimedhasoti → varabhūrimedhasoti suvaṇṇavaṇṇatālakkhaṇaṁ (bj) | bodhiṁ varabhūrimedhasoti → bodhim vara-bhūri-medhaso ti (pts)gaining wisdom that’s supreme and distinguished, the one of superb, vast intelligence attains awakening.”

13. Suvaṇṇavaṇṇalakkhaṇaṁ13. Golden Skin

“Yampi, bhikkhave, tathāgato purimaṁ jātiṁ purimaṁ bhavaṁ purimaṁ niketaṁ pubbe manussabhūto samāno
yampi → yaṁpi (th) | yampi → yam pi (pts) | manussabhūto → manussa-bhūto (pts)“Mendicants, in some past lives the Realized One was reborn as a human being. akkodhano ahosi anupāyāsabahulo,
akkodhano → Bmr akodhano. (pts note) | anupāyāsabahulo → anupāyāsa-bahulo (pts)He wasn’t irritable or bad-tempered. bahumpi vutto samāno nābhisajji na kuppi na byāpajji na patitthīyi, na kopañca dosañca appaccayañca pātvākāsi.
na patitthīyi → nappatitthiyi (bj) | bahumpi → bahunnaṁpi (sya-all) | patitthīyi → patiṭṭhayi (sya-all, pts) | bahum → K bahunnaṁ. (pts note) | patiṭṭhayi → SS patiṭṭhiyi and patiṭṭhīyi. (pts note) | bahumpi → bahum pi (pts) | byāpajji → vyāpajji (pts) | kopañca dosañca appaccayañca → kopañ ca dosañ ca appaccayañ ca (pts)Even when heavily criticized he didn’t lose his temper, become annoyed, hostile, and hard-hearted, or display annoyance, hate, and bitterness. Dātā ca ahosi sukhumānaṁ mudukānaṁ attharaṇānaṁ pāvuraṇānaṁ khomasukhumānaṁ kappāsikasukhumānaṁ koseyyasukhumānaṁ kambalasukhumānaṁ.
pāvuraṇānaṁ → pāpuraṇānaṁ (bj, sya-all, pts1ed) | pāvuraṇānaṁ → pāpuraṇānaṁ (pts) | pāpuraṇānaṁ → pāravuṇānaṁ (bj: machasaṁ) | pāvuraṇānaṁ → pāpuraṇānaṁ (cck: sī. syā. pī.) | dātā → Sc dātvā. (pts note) | pāvuraṇānaṁ khomasukhumānaṁ kappāsikasukhumānaṁ → pāpuraṇānaṁ khoma-sukhumānaṁ kappāsika-sukhumānaṁ (pts) | kambalasukhumānaṁ → kambala-sukhumānaṁ (pts)He donated soft and delicate mats and blankets, and cloaks of delicate linen, cotton, silk, and wool. So tassa kammassa kaṭattā upacitattā …pe…
kaṭattā → katattā (bj, sya-all) | kaṭattā upacitattā → (pts)Due to performing those deeds he was reborn in a heavenly realm. so tato cuto itthattaṁ āgato samāno imaṁ mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṁ paṭilabhati.
imaṁ → So SS Bmr K. (pts note) | mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṁ → mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇaṁ (pts)When he came back to this place he obtained this mark: Suvaṇṇavaṇṇo hoti kañcanasannibhattaco.
kañcanasannibhattaco → kañcanasannibhattavo (bj); kāñcanasannibhataco (sya-all); kañcanasannibhattaco hoti (pts) | suvaṇṇavaṇṇo → suvaṇṇa-vaṇṇo hoti kañcana-sannibha-ttaco (pts)he is golden colored; his skin shines like lustrous gold.

So tena lakkhaṇena samannāgato sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…
cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all)Possessing this mark, if he stays at home he becomes a wheel-turning monarch. rājā samāno kiṁ labhati?And what does he obtain as king? Lābhī hoti sukhumānaṁ mudukānaṁ attharaṇānaṁ pāvuraṇānaṁ khomasukhumānaṁ kappāsikasukhumānaṁ koseyyasukhumānaṁ kambalasukhumānaṁ.
pāvuraṇānaṁ → pāpuraṇānaṁ (bj, sya-all, pts) | Lābhī → Scd lābhi. (pts note) | pāvuraṇānaṁ khomasukhumānaṁ kappāsikasukhumānaṁ koseyyasukhumānaṁ kambalasukhumānaṁ → pāpuraṇānaṁ khoma-sukhumānaṁ kappāsika-sukhumānaṁ koseyya-sukhumānaṁ kambala sukhumānaṁ (pts)He obtains soft and delicate mats and blankets, and delicate cloaks of linen, cotton, silk, and wool. Rājā samāno idaṁ labhati …pe…That’s what he obtains as king. buddho samāno kiṁ labhati?And what does he obtain as Buddha? Lābhī hoti sukhumānaṁ mudukānaṁ attharaṇānaṁ pāvuraṇānaṁ khomasukhumānaṁ kappāsikasukhumānaṁ koseyyasukhumānaṁ kambalasukhumānaṁ.
pāvuraṇānaṁ → pāpuraṇānaṁ (bj, sya-all) | pāvuraṇānaṁ khomasukhumānaṁ → pāpuraṇānaṁ khomasukhumānam (pts) | pāvuraṇānaṁ khomasukhumānaṁ → pāpuraṇānaṁ khoma-sukhumānam (pts) | koseyyasukhumānaṁ kambalasukhumānaṁ → koseyya-sukhumānaṁ kambala-sukhumānaṁ (pts)He obtains soft and delicate mats and blankets, and cloaks of delicate linen, cotton, silk, and wool. Buddho samāno idaṁ labhati”.That’s what he obtains as Buddha.” Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.
etamatthaṁ → etam atthaṁ (pts)The Buddha spoke this matter.

Tatthetaṁ vuccati:
tatthetaṁ → tatth etaṁ (pts)On this it is said:

“Akkodhañca adhiṭṭhahi adāsi, dānañca vatthāni sukhumāni succhavīni;
adāsi → adāsi ca (pts1ed) | adāsi → adasī ca (bj: PTS) | adāsi → adāsi ca (cck: sī. pī.) | akkodhañca → akkodhañ ca (pts) dānañca → ca dānaṁ (pts) | vatthāni → vatthāni ca (pts) | dānaṁ → Bmr K dānañ ca. (pts note) | ca → Bmr K omit. (pts note)“Fixated on good will, he gave gifts. in an earlier life he poured forth cloth Purimatarabhave ṭhito abhivissaji, mahimiva suro abhivassaṁ.
ṭhito abhivissaji → ṭhitobhivissaji (bj) | ṭhito’bhivissaji → abhivissaji (bj: machasaṁ) | abhivissajji → St abhivisajji; Bmr K abhivissaji. (pts note) | purimatarabhave → purimatara-bhave (pts) suro → Bmr sūro. (pts note) | abhivassaṁ → St abhivasaṁ. (pts note) | mahimiva → mahim iva (pts)fine and soft to touch, like a god pouring rain on this broad earth.

Taṁ katvāna ito cuto dibbaṁ, upapajji sukataphalavipākamanubhutvā;
dibbaṁ upapajji → divaṁ upapajja (bj) | dibbaṁ upapajji sukataphalavipākamanubhutvā kanakatanusannibho → dibbamupapajji sukataṁ phalavipākamanubhutvā kanakatanupaṭiko (sya-all) upapajji → upapajja (bj, pts1ed); dibbamupapajji (sya-all) | upapajji sukataphalavipākamanubhutvā → upapajja sukataphalavipākam anubhotvā (pts) | upapajja → upapajji (bj: machasaṁ) | Upapajji → upapajja (cck: sī. pī.) | upapajja → Bmr K upapajji. (pts note) | Anubhotvā → Bmr K anubhutvā. (pts note) | upapajji sukataphalavipākamanubhutvā → phalavipākamanubhutvā (th) | upapajji sukataphalavipākamanubhutvā → upapajja sukata-phala-vipākam anubhotvā (pts)So doing he passed from here to heaven, where he enjoyed the fruits of deeds well done. Kanakatanusannibho idhābhibhavati, suravarataroriva indo.
kanakatanusannibho → kaṇakatanusannibho (bj) | idhābhibhavati suravarataroriva → idha bhavati suravarataror iva (pts) | kanaka-tanu-sannibho → So Bmr; Sct katakatanunibho; Sd katanuniho; K paṭibho. (pts note) | bhavati → Bmr K idhābhibhavati. (pts note) | kanakatanusannibho → kanakatanupaṭiko (th) | kanakatanusannibho idhābhibhavati → kanaka-tanu-sannibho idha bhavati sura-varataro-r (pts) suravarataroriva → iva (pts)Here he wins a figure shining like honey-yellow gold, like Indra, the finest of gods.

Gehañcāvasati naro apabbajjam’, icchaṁ mahatimahiṁ anusāsati;
gehañcāvasati → gehamāvasati (bj, pts) | apabbajjam icchaṁ mahatimahiṁ anusāsati → apabbajja micchāmahatimahiṁ anusāsatī (bj); apabbajjamicchaṁ mahatiṁ mahiṁ pasāsati (sya-all) | āvasati → Bmr K gehañ c'; āvasati. (pts note) | gehañcāvasati → geham āvasati (pts) anusāsati → anusāsatī (bj); pasāsati (sya-all) | anusāsati → pasāsati (cck: syā.) | anusāsati → K pasāsati. (pts note) | icchaṁ → micchaṁ (my, ms2005) | icchaṁ mahatimahiṁ anusāsati → micchāmahatimahiṁ anusāsatī (bjt) | icchaṁ mahatimahiṁ anusāsati → mahiṁ pasāsati (th) | icchaṁ mahatimahiṁ → micchaṁ mahati-mahiṁ (pts)If that man stays in the house, not wishing to go forth, he conquers and rules this vast, broad earth, Pasayha sahidha sattaratanaṁ, paṭilabhati vimalasukhumacchaviṁ suciñca.
Pasayha sahidha sattaratanaṁ → pasayha sa hi ca sattaratanaṁ (bj); pasayha abhivasana-varataraṁ (pts1ed) | sahidha → sa hī ca (bj) | sahidha sattaratanaṁ → abhivasanavarataraṁ (pts) | sattaratanaṁ → pasayha abhivasana-varataraṁ (cck: sī. pī.) | Pasayha → Br paseyha. (pts note) | abhivasana-varataraṁ → So SS; Bmr K sahidha (Br sahiva) satta-ratanaṁ. (pts note) vimalasukhumacchaviṁ suciñca → vipulasukhumacchavisuciñca (sya-all) | vimala → vipula (bj: syā); vipulaṁ (bj: PTS) | vimala → vipula (cck: syā.); vipulaṁ (cck: sī. pī.) | ca → Bmr vimala-sukhuma-cchaviṁ suciñ ca; K vipulasukhuma-cchavi-suciñ ca. (pts note) | vimalasukhumacchaviṁ → vimala sukhumacchaviṁ (my, bjt) | vimalasukhumacchaviṁ suciñca → vipulaṁ sukhumañ ca succhaviñ ca (pts)together with the seven treasures here. he gets immaculate, delicate, pure skin,

Lābhī acchādanavatthamokkhapāvuraṇānaṁ, bhavati yadi anāgāriyataṁ upeti;
acchādanavatthamokkhapāvuraṇānaṁ → acchādanavatthamokkhapāpuraṇānaṁ (bj, sya-all, pts) | acchādanavatthamokkhapāpuraṇānaṁ → pāvuraṇānaṁ (bj: machasaṁ) | acchādana-vattha-mokkha-pāpuraṇānaṁ → Bmr pāvuraṇānaṁ. (pts note) yadi → sadi (bj) | anāgāriyataṁ upeti sahito purimakataphalaṁ → anagāriyatamupeti suhitapurimakataphalaṁ (sya-all) | anāgāriyataṁ → anagāriyatam (pts) | anagāriyatam → Bmr anāgāriyataṁ. (pts note)receiving clothing, cloth, and the finest cloaks if he chooses the life gone forth. Sahito purimakataphalaṁ anubhavati, na bhavati katassa panāso”ti.
Sahito → sa hi (bj); suhita (sya-all); sahī (pts1ed) | sahito → sa hi (bj); sahī (pts) | hi → sāhito (bj: machasaṁ) | Sahito → suhita (cck: syā.); sa hi (cck: sī. pī.) | Sahī → Sc sahī; Sdt sahi; Bmr sahito; K sahita. (pts note) | sahito purimakataphalaṁ → suhitapurimakataphalaṁ (th) | sahito purimakataphalaṁ → sahī purima-kata-phalaṁ (pts) panāsoti → panāsoti kosohitavatthaguyhatālakkhaṇaṁ (bj) | panāsoti → panāso ti (pts)For he still partakes of past deed’s fruit; what’s been done is never lost.”

14. Kosohitavatthaguyhalakkhaṇaṁ14. Privates in Foreskin

“Yampi, bhikkhave, tathāgato purimaṁ jātiṁ purimaṁ bhavaṁ purimaṁ niketaṁ pubbe manussabhūto samāno
+ → purimaṁbhavaṁ (bjt) | yampi → yaṁpi (th) | yampi → yam pi (pts) | manussabhūto → manussa-bhūto (pts)“Mendicants, in some past lives the Realized One was reborn as a human being. cirappanaṭṭhe sucirappavāsino ñātimitte suhajje sakhino samānetā ahosi.
ñātimitte → ñātī mitte (bj) | sucirappavāsino → sucirappavāsine (sya-all) | sucira-ppavāsino → K -vāsine. (pts note) | sakhino → St saṁkhito. (pts note) | cirappanaṭṭhe sucirappavāsino ñātimitte → cira-ppanaṭṭhe sucira-ppavāsino ñāti-mitte (pts)He reunited long-lost and long-separated relatives, friends, loved ones, and comrades. Mātarampi puttena samānetā ahosi, puttampi mātarā samānetā ahosi, pitarampi puttena samānetā ahosi, puttampi pitarā samānetā ahosi, bhātarampi bhātarā samānetā ahosi, bhātarampi bhaginiyā samānetā ahosi, bhaginimpi bhātarā samānetā ahosi, bhaginimpi bhaginiyā samānetā ahosi, samaṅgīkatvā ca abbhanumoditā ahosi.
samaṅgīkatvā → samaggiṁ katvā (sya-all, pts1ed) | bhaginimpi bhaginiyā samānetā ahosi → (bj) | bhātarampi → pitaraṁpi (sya-all) | samaṅgīkatvā → samaggiṁ katvā (cck: sī. syā. pī.) | bhātaram → K pitaram. (pts note) | ahosi → -2 Sd omits. (pts note) | bhaginim → Bm bhagīnī; Br bhagini. (pts note) | samaggiṁ → So K; SS samaṅgī; Bmr samaggaṁ. (pts note) | mātarampi → mātaraṁpi (th) | puttampi → puttaṁpi (th) | bhātarampi → bhātaraṁpi (th) | bhaginimpi → bhaginiṁpi (th) | mātarampi → mātaram pi (pts) | puttampi → puttam pi (pts) | pitarampi → pitaram pi (pts) | bhātarampi → bhātaram pi (pts) | bhaginimpi → bhaginim pi (pts)He reunited mother with child and child with mother; father with child and child with father; brother with brother, brother with sister, sister with brother, and sister with sister, bringing them together with rejoicing. So tassa kammassa kaṭattā …pe…
kaṭattā → katattā (bj, sya-all, pts)Due to performing those deeds he was reborn in a heavenly realm. so tato cuto itthattaṁ āgato samāno imaṁ mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṁ paṭilabhati—
imaṁ → idaṁ (bj) | mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṁ → mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇaṁ (pts)When he came back to this place he obtained this mark: kosohitavatthaguyho hoti.
kosohitavatthaguyho → kosohita-vattha-guyho (pts)his private parts are sheathed in a foreskin.

So tena lakkhaṇena samannāgato sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…
cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all) | agāraṁ → agāram (pts)Possessing this mark, if he stays at home he becomes a wheel-turning monarch. rājā samāno kiṁ labhati?And what does he obtain as king? Pahūtaputto hoti, parosahassaṁ kho panassa puttā bhavanti sūrā vīraṅgarūpā parasenappamaddanā.
hoti → ahosi (sya-all) | pahūtaputto → pahūta-putto (pts) | parosahassaṁ → paro sahassaṁ (pts) | panassa → pan assa (pts) | vīraṅgarūpā parasenappamaddanā → vīr-aṅga-rūpā parasena-ppamaddanā (pts)He has many sons, over a thousand sons who are valiant and heroic, crushing the armies of his enemies. Rājā samāno idaṁ labhati …pe…That’s what he obtains as king. buddho samāno kiṁ labhati?And what does he obtain as Buddha? Pahūtaputto hoti, anekasahassaṁ kho panassa puttā bhavanti sūrā vīraṅgarūpā parasenappamaddanā.
hoti → ahosi (sya-all) | pahūtaputto → pahūta putto (bjt) | vīraṅgarūpā → vīraṅga rūpā (bjt) | pahūtaputto → pahūta-putto (pts) | anekasahassaṁ → aneka-sahassaṁ (pts) | panassa → pan assa (pts) | vīraṅgarūpā parasenappamaddanā → vīr-aṅga-rūpā parasena-ppamaddanā (pts)He has many sons, many thousands of sons who are valiant and heroic, crushing the armies of his enemies. Buddho samāno idaṁ labhati”.That’s what he obtains as Buddha.” Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.
etamatthaṁ → etam atthaṁ (pts)The Buddha spoke this matter.

Tatthetaṁ vuccati:
tatthetaṁ → tatth etaṁ (pts)On this it is said:

“Pure puratthā purimāsu jātisu, cirappanaṭṭhe sucirappavāsino;
puratthā → Bmr purattā. (pts note) cira-ppanaṭṭhe → St ciratthānappanaṭṭhe. (pts note) | sucira-ppavāsino → Sc pavāsidine; Sd pavādite; St vāsine. (pts note) | cirappanaṭṭhe sucirappavāsino → cira-ppanaṭṭhe sucira-ppavāsino (pts)“In olden days, in past lives, he reunited long-lost Ñātī suhajje sakhino samānayi, samaṅgikatvā anumoditā ahu.
samānayi → samānayī (bj) | ñātī suhajje → ñātisuhajje (pts) | ñātī suhajje → ñātīsuhajje (th) | ñātī suhajje → ñāti-suhajje (pts) samaṅgikatvā → samaggi katvā ca (sya-all); samaggiṁ katvā (pts1ed) | samaṅgikatvā → samaggi katvā ca (sya-all) | samaṅgikatvā → samaggiṁ katvā (bj: syā, PTS) | samaṅgikatvā → samaggi-katvā (pts)and long-separated comrades and family, bringing them together with joy.

So tena kammena divaṁ samakkami, sukhañca khiḍḍāratiyo ca anvabhi;
tena → sa tena (mr) | samakkami → apakkami (bj) | divaṁ samakkami → tidivaṁ apakkami (sya-all) | tena → sa tena (bj: kām) | apakkami → samakkami (bj: machasaṁ) | tena → sa tena (cck: ka.) | tena → SS satena; cp. ante, p. 49. (pts note) | samakkami → Sd divasam akkami; St divasaṁ makkami; Bmr divaṁ apakkami; K tidivaṁ samapakkami. (pts note) anvabhi → annubhi (sya-all); ānubhi (pts) | ānubhi → Sd āhi; St ānuhi; Bmr anvabhi; K anubhi. (pts note) | khiḍḍāratiyo → khiḍḍā ratiyo (bjt, th) | sukhañca khiḍḍāratiyo → sukhañ ca khiḍḍā-ratiyo (pts)By means of these deeds he went to heaven, where he enjoyed happiness and merriment. Tato cavitvā punarāgato idha, kosohitaṁ vindati vatthachādiyaṁ.
punarāgato → puna-r-āgato (pts) vattha-chādiyaṁ → Sdt jāditaṁ. (pts note) | kosohitaṁ → kosohitam (pts)After passing away from there to here, his private parts are sheathed in a foreskin.

Pahūtaputto bhavatī tathāvidho, parosahassañca bhavanti atrajā;
bhavatī → bhavati (sya-all, pts) | pahūtaputto bhavatī tathāvidho → pahūta-putto bhavati tathā-vidho paro (pts) parosahassañca → parosahassassa (pts1ed) | parosahassañca → paro sahassassa (pts) | atrajā → atujā (pts) | Parosahassañca → parosahassassa (cck: sī. pī.) | atujā → So SS; Bmr K atrajā. (pts note) | parosahassañca → parosahassaṁ ca (bjt)That sort has many sons, over a thousand descendants, Sūrā ca vīrā ca amittatāpanā, gihissa pītiṁ jananā piyaṁvadā.
ca vīrā ca → vīraṅgarūpā (mr) | ca → viraṅgarūpā (bj: kām) | ca → sūrā ca vīraṅgarūpā (cck: ka.) | ca → Bm viraṅgarūpā; Br vīraṅgarūpā. (pts note) | amittatāpanā → amitta-tāpanā (pts) pītiṁ jananā piyaṁvadā bahūtarā → pītījananā piyaṁ vadā pahutarā (sya-all); pītijananā piyaṁ vadā bahuttarā (pts) | pītiṁ jananā → pītiṁjananā (my)valiant and heroic, devastating foes, a layman’s joy, speaking kindly.

Bahūtarā pabbajitassa iriyato, bhavanti puttā vacanānusārino;
bahūtarā → bahutarā (bj) | iriyato → irīyato (bj); iriyato puttā (pts) | Bahuttarā → Bmr bahutarā; K pahutarā. (pts note) | iriyato → Sc irīyato; Bmr ariyato. (pts note) puttā vacanānusārino → vacanānucārino (pts) | vacanānucārino → Bmr K vacanānusārino. (pts note)But if he lives the renunciate life he has even more sons following his word. Gihissa vā pabbajitassa vā puna, taṁ lakkhaṇaṁ jāyati tadatthajotakan”ti.
puna → pana (sya-all) | puna → Sd K pana. (pts note) jāyati → bhavati (bj, sya-all) | bhavati → jāyati (bj: machasaṁ) | bhavati → Bmr jāyati. (pts note) | jāyati tadatthajotakanti → bhavati tadattha-jotakan ti (pts)As householder or renunciate, that’s the meaning shown by this mark.”

Paṭhamabhāṇavāro niṭṭhito.The first recitation section is complete.

15–16. Parimaṇḍalaanonamajaṇṇuparimasanalakkhaṇāni15–16. Equal Proportions and Touching the Knees

“Yampi, bhikkhave, tathāgato purimaṁ jātiṁ purimaṁ bhavaṁ purimaṁ niketaṁ pubbe manussabhūto samāno
yampi → yaṁpi (th) | yampi → yam pi (pts) | manussabhūto → manussa-bhūto (pts)“Mendicants, in some past lives the Realized One was reborn as a human being. mahājanasaṅgahaṁ samekkhamāno samaṁ jānāti sāmaṁ jānāti, purisaṁ jānāti purisavisesaṁ jānāti:
samekkhamāno → samapekkhamāno (mr) | mahājanasaṅgahaṁ → mahājanasaṅgāhakaṁ (sya-all) | samaṁ jānāti → saṁjānāti (pts) | samekkhamāno → mahāṇasaṅgāhataṁ samapekkhamāno (bj: kām) | mahājanasaṅgahaṁ → mahājanasaṅgāhakaṁ (cck: ka.) | samekkhamāno → samapekkhamāno (cck: ka.) | mahājana-saṅgahaṁ → Bmr mahājanānaṁ saṅgāhakaṁ; K mahājana-saṅgāhakaṁ. (pts note) | samekkhamāno → Bmr K samapekkhamāno. (pts note) | saṁjānāti → Bmr samaṁ jānāti. (pts note) | sāmaṁ → Br visamaṁ. (pts note) | purisaṁ → purisam (pts) | purisavisesaṁ → purisa-visesaṁ (pts)Examining the gathered population, he knew what they had in common and what was their own; he knew each person, and he knew the distinctions between people. ‘ayamidamarahati ayamidamarahatī’ti tattha tattha purisavisesakaro ahosi.
purisavisesakaro → purisavisesakaro pure (bj); visesatthakaro pure (sya-all) | arahati → -16 St omits. (pts note) | ayamidamarahati ayamidamarahatīti → ayam idam arahati ayam idam arahatīti (pts) | purisavisesakaro → purisa-visesa-karo (pts)In each case, he made appropriate distinctions between people: ‘This one deserves that; that one deserves this.’ So tassa kammassa kaṭattā …pe…
kaṭattā → katattā (bj, sya-all, pts)Due to performing those deeds he was reborn in a heavenly realm. so tato cuto itthattaṁ āgato samāno imāni dve mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni paṭilabhati.
mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni → mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇāni (pts)When he came back to this place he obtained these two marks: Nigrodhaparimaṇḍalo ca hoti, ṭhitakoyeva ca anonamanto ubhohi pāṇitalehi jaṇṇukāni parimasati parimajjati.
ṭhitakoyeva ca → ṭhitakova (bj); ṭhitoyeva (sya-all) | pāṇitalehi → pāṇītalehi (bj) | jaṇṇukāni → jannukāni (sya-all, pts) | ca → Bmr ṭhito yeva ca; K ṭhito yeva. (pts note) | jannukāni → Bmr K as in 1. 2, and below. (pts note) | nigrodhaparimaṇḍalo → nigrodha parimaṇḍalo (my) | ṭhitakoyeva → ṭhitako (pts) | pāṇitalehi jaṇṇukāni → pāṇi-talehi jannukāni (pts)he has the proportional circumference of a banyan tree; and when standing upright and not bending over, the palms of both hands touch the knees.

So tehi lakkhaṇehi samannāgato sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…
cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all, pts)Possessing these marks, if he stays at home he becomes a wheel-turning monarch. rājā samāno kiṁ labhati?And what does he obtain as king? Aḍḍho hoti mahaddhano mahābhogo pahūtajātarūparajato pahūtavittūpakaraṇo pahūtadhanadhañño paripuṇṇakosakoṭṭhāgāro.
paripuṇṇakosakoṭṭhāgāro → paripuṇṇakoṭṭhāgāro (sya-all) | pahūtavittūpakaraṇo → pahūtavittupakaraṇo (pts) | paripuṇṇako → K paripuṇṇa- (pts note)He is 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. Rājā samāno idaṁ labhati …pe…That’s what he obtains as king. buddho samāno kiṁ labhati?And what does he obtain as Buddha? Aḍḍho hoti mahaddhano mahābhogo.
mahābhogo → mahā-bhogo (pts)He is rich, affluent, and wealthy. Tassimāni dhanāni honti, seyyathidaṁ—
seyyathidaṁ → seyyathīdaṁ (bjt, th, pts) | tassimāni → tass imāni (pts)He has these kinds of wealth: saddhādhanaṁ sīladhanaṁ hiridhanaṁ ottappadhanaṁ sutadhanaṁ cāgadhanaṁ paññādhanaṁ.
hiridhanaṁ → Sc omits. (pts note) | saddhādhanaṁ sīladhanaṁ → saddhā-dhanaṁ sīla-dhanaṁ (pts) | ottappadhanaṁ sutadhanaṁ cāgadhanaṁ paññādhanaṁ → ottappa-dhanaṁ suta-dhanaṁ cāga-dhanaṁ paññā-dhanaṁ (pts)the wealth of faith, ethics, conscience, prudence, learning, generosity, and wisdom. Buddho samāno idaṁ labhati”.That’s what he obtains as Buddha.” Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.
etamatthaṁ → etam atthaṁ (pts)The Buddha spoke this matter.

Tatthetaṁ vuccati:
tatthetaṁ → tatth etaṁ (pts)On this it is said:

“Tuliya paṭivicaya cintayitvā, mahājanasaṅgahanaṁ samekkhamāno;
paṭivicaya → pavicaya (sya-all) | tuliya paṭivicaya → tulaya paviceyya (pts) | paṭivicaya → paṭivicaya (bj: machasaṁ) | Tulaya → Sc Bmr K Sum-Br tuliya; Sum-SS tuleyya. (pts note) | paviceyya → Sd paciceyya; St pañciceyya: Bm Sum-Br paṭiviciya; Br paṭivicaya; K pavicaya; Sum-SS paviciyya. (pts note) mahājanasaṅgahanaṁ → mahājanasaṅgāhakaṁ (sya-all); mahājanasaṅgahataṁ (pts) | mahājanasaṅgahanaṁ → mahājanaṁ saṅgāhataṁ (bj: kām) | Mahājanasaṅgahanaṁ → mahājanaṁ saṅgāhakaṁ (cck: ka.) | mahājana-saṅgahataṁ → So SS and Sum-Sd; Bm saṁgahakaṁ; Br K saṁgāhakaṁ; Sum-Sc saṁgataṁ; Sum-Br saṁgāhataṁ. (pts note)“Examining the many people in a community, he weighed, evaluated, and judged each case: Ayamidamarahati tattha tattha, purisavisesakaro pure ahosi.
ayamidamarahati → ayamidamarahatīti (bj, sya-all, pts) | arahatīti → Bmr arahati. (pts note) | tattha → Sdt omit. (pts note) | ayamidamarahati → ayam idam arahatīti (pts) purisavisesakaro → purisavisesaṅkaro (sya-all) | purisavisesakaro → purisa-visesa-karo (pts)‘This one deserves that.’ that’s how he used to draw distinctions between people.

Mahiñca pana ṭhito anonamanto, phusati karehi ubhohi jaṇṇukāni;
Mahiñca pana ṭhito → sa hi ca pana ṭhito (bj, pts1ed); samā ca panaṭṭhito (sya-all) | mahiñca → sa hi ca (bj, pts) | mahiñca pana ṭhito → samā ca panaṭṭhito (sya-all) | sa → mahiṁca (bj: machasaṁ); samā ca pana (bj: syā) | pana → samā ca pana (cck: syā.); sa hi ca pana (cck: sī. pī.) | hi → So SS; Bmr mahiṁ; K samā. (pts note) | pana → Bm omits. (pts note) jaṇṇukāni mahiruhaparimaṇḍalo → jannukāni mahiruhapparimaṇḍalo (sya-all) | jaṇṇukāni → jannukāni (pts)Now standing without bending he can touch his knees with both hands. Mahiruhaparimaṇḍalo ahosi, sucaritakammavipākasesakena.
mahiruhaparimaṇḍalo → mahiruhapparimaṇḍalo (th) | mahiruhaparimaṇḍalo → mahiruha-parimaṇḍalo (pts) sucaritakammavipākasesakena → sucarita-kamma-vipāka (pts)With the remaining ripening of the fruit of good deeds, his circumference was that of a great tree.

Bahuvividhanimittalakkhaṇaññū, atinipuṇā manujā byākariṁsu;
bahuvividhanimittalakkhaṇaññū → sesakena bahu-vividha (pts) atinipuṇā → abhinipuṇā (sya-all) | byākariṁsu bahuvividhā gihīnaṁ arahāni → vyākariṁsu bahuvividhagihīnaṁ ārahāni (pts) | abhinipuṇā → Sd -nipuna; St nipuṇā. (pts note) | atinipuṇā → nimitta-lakkhaṇaññū abhinipuṇā (pts)Learned experts in the many different signs and marks prophesied: Bahuvividhā gihīnaṁ arahāni, paṭilabhati daharo susu kumāro.
bahuvividhā gihīnaṁ → bahuvividhagihīnaṁ (sya-all) | Bahu-vividha-gihīnaṁ → So Br; SS Sum-SS gihītad; Bm gihinaṁ; K gihina. (pts note) | ārahāni → So SS Sum; Bmr K arahāni. (pts note) | bahuvividhā gihīnaṁ arahāni → bahuvividha nimitta lakkhaṇaññū abhinipuṇā manujāviyā kariṁsu bahuvividhāni gihīnamarahāni (bjt) | bahuvividhā gihīnaṁ arahāni → bahu-vividha-gihīnaṁ ārahāni (pts) susu → susū (sya-all) | daharo → Sd dahāro; St daro. (pts note) | susu → K susū. (pts note)‘The young prince will obtain many different things that householders deserve.

Idha ca mahīpatissa kāmabhogī, gihipatirūpakā bahū bhavanti;
ca → (bj) | mahīpatissa kāmabhogī gihipatirūpakā → mahipatissa kāmabhogā gihīpatirūpakā (sya-all) | ca mahīpatissa kāmabhogī gihipatirūpakā → mahipatissa kāmabhogā gihī patirūpakā (pts) | Idha → K adds ca. (pts note) | kāma-bhogā → Bmr bhogī; Sd adds gihi-patirūpa-bhogā. (pts note) gihipatirūpakā → gihipaṭirūpakā (bj) | patirūpakā → So Bmr K; Scd patirūpakarā; St patirūpakaṁrā. (pts note) | bahū → SS bahu. (pts note) | bhavanti → St bhagavanti. (pts note) | gihipatirūpakā → gihīpatirūpakā (th) | gihipatirūpakā → gihī patirūpakā (pts)Here there are many suitable pleasures for the ruler of the land to enjoy as householder. Yadi ca jahati sabbakāmabhogaṁ, labhati anuttaraṁ uttamadhanaggan”ti.
ca jahati → pajahati (sya-all) | sabbakāmabhogaṁ → sabbaṁ kāmabhogaṁ (pts) | jahati → -6 Sd jagati; St jagaditi; K pajahati. (pts note) | sabbaṁ → Bmr K sabba. (pts note) | kāma-bhogaṁ → Sdt bhogā. (pts note) | sabbakāmabhogaṁ → sabbaṁ kāma-bhogaṁ (pts) uttamadhanagganti yampi → uttamaṁ dhanagganti yaṁpi (sya-all) | anuttaram → Sc anuttara; Sdt anuttamaṁ. (pts note) | uttamaṁ → Sd Bmr uttama. (pts note) | anuttaraṁ uttamadhanagganti → anuttaramuttamaṁ dhanagganti sīhapubbaddhakāyādīni tīṇi lakkhaṇāni (bjt) | anuttaraṁ uttamadhanagganti → anuttaram uttamaṁ dhanaggan ti (pts)But if he gives up all sensual enjoyments, he will gain the supreme, highest peak of wealth.’”

17–19. Sīhapubbaddhakāyāditilakkhaṇaṁ17–19. A Lion’s Chest, Etc.

“Yampi, bhikkhave, tathāgato purimaṁ jātiṁ purimaṁ bhavaṁ purimaṁ niketaṁ pubbe manussabhūto samāno
yampi → yaṁpi (th) | yampi → yam pi (pts) | manussabhūto → manussa-bhūto (pts)“Mendicants, in some past lives the Realized One was reborn as a human being. bahujanassa atthakāmo ahosi hitakāmo phāsukāmo yogakkhemakāmo:
bahujanassa → bahuno janassa (bj, pts) | bahuno → Sc bahujano, corrected to bahuno; Sdt bahujano; Bmr K bahu-. (pts note) | bahujanassa atthakāmo → bahuno janassa attha-kāmo (pts) | hitakāmo phāsukāmo yogakkhemakāmo → hita-kāmo phāsu-kāmo yogakkhema-kāmo (pts)He wanted what’s best, the welfare, the comfort, and sanctuary of the people, thinking: ‘kintime saddhāya vaḍḍheyyuṁ, sīlena vaḍḍheyyuṁ, sutena vaḍḍheyyuṁ, cāgena vaḍḍheyyuṁ, dhammena vaḍḍheyyuṁ, paññāya vaḍḍheyyuṁ, dhanadhaññena vaḍḍheyyuṁ, khettavatthunā vaḍḍheyyuṁ, dvipadacatuppadehi vaḍḍheyyuṁ, puttadārehi vaḍḍheyyuṁ, dāsakammakaraporisehi vaḍḍheyyuṁ, ñātīhi vaḍḍheyyuṁ, mittehi vaḍḍheyyuṁ, bandhavehi vaḍḍheyyun’ti.
sutena vaḍḍheyyuṁ → buddhiyā vaḍḍheyyuṁ (sya-all) | ñātīhi → ñātihi (bj) | kintime → kintīme (sya-all) | sutena → sutena vaḍḍheyyuṁ buddhiyā (sya-all) | dvipadacatuppadehi → dipadacatuppadehi (pts) | vaḍḍheyyuṁ → sutena vaḍṭheyyuṁ (bj: syā) | vaḍḍheyyuṁ → sutena vaḍḍheyyuṁ, buddhiyā vaḍḍheyyuṁ (cck: syā.) | vaḍḍheyyuṁ → K adds buddhiyā vaḍḍheyyuṁ, but not below. (pts note) | khetta-vatthunā → Sc inserts pi. (pts note) | kintime → kinti me (bjt, pts) | vaḍḍheyyuṁ → vaḍḍheyyum (pts) | dhanadhaññena → dhana-dhaññena (pts) | dvipadacatuppadehi → dipada-catuppadehi (pts) | puttadārehi → putta-dārehi (pts) | dāsakammakaraporisehi → dāsa-kammakara porisehi (pts) | vaḍḍheyyunti → vaḍḍheyyun ti (pts)‘How might they flourish in faith, ethics, learning, generosity, teachings, and wisdom; in wealth and grain, fields and land, birds and beasts, children and partners; in bondservants, workers, and staff; in family, friends, and kin?’ So tassa kammassa kaṭattā …pe…
kaṭattā → katattā (bj); katattā upacitattā (sya-all) | pe → spelled out in full (pts)Due to performing those deeds he was reborn in a heavenly realm. so tato cuto itthattaṁ āgato samāno imāni tīṇi mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni paṭilabhati.
mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni → mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇāni (pts)When he came back to this place he obtained these three marks: Sīhapubbaddhakāyo ca hoti citantaraṁso ca samavaṭṭakkhandho ca.
samavaṭṭakkhandho → samavattakkhandho (bj); samavattakkhando (pts) | citantaraṁso → pittantaraṁso (sya-all) | citantaraṁso → St cittantaro; K pittantaraṁso, and below. (pts note) | ca → St omits. (pts note) | sīhapubbaddhakāyo → sīha-pubbaddha-kāyo (pts) | samavaṭṭakkhandho → samavatta-kkhando (pts)his chest is like that of a lion; he is filled out between the shoulders.; and his torso is cylindrical.

So tehi lakkhaṇehi samannāgato sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…
cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all)Possessing these marks, if he stays at home he becomes a wheel-turning monarch. rājā samāno kiṁ labhati?And what does he obtain as king? Aparihānadhammo hoti, na parihāyati dhanadhaññena khettavatthunā dvipadacatuppadehi puttadārehi dāsakammakaraporisehi ñātīhi mittehi bandhavehi, na parihāyati sabbasampattiyā.
dvipadacatuppadehi → dipadacatuppadehi (pts) | ñātīhi mittehi → ñātimittehi (pts) | dipada-catuppadehi → Bm catūpadehi. (pts note) | aparihānadhammo → aparihāna-dhammo (pts) | dhanadhaññena khettavatthunā dvipadacatuppadehi puttadārehi dāsakammakaraporisehi ñātīhi mittehi → dhana-dhaññena khetta-vatthunā dipada-catuppadehi putta-dārehi dāsakammakara-porisehi ñāti-mittehi (pts) | sabbasampattiyā → sabba-sampattiyā (pts)He’s not liable to decline. He doesn’t decline in wealth and grain, fields and land, birds and beasts, children and partners; in bondservants, workers, and staff; in family, friends, and kin. He doesn’t decline in any of his accomplishments. Rājā samāno idaṁ labhati …pe…That’s what he obtains as king. buddho samāno kiṁ labhati?And what does he obtain as Buddha? Aparihānadhammo hoti, na parihāyati saddhāya sīlena sutena cāgena paññāya, na parihāyati sabbasampattiyā.
sabba-sampattiyā → Sd sampatti; St sampattīhi. (pts note) | aparihānadhammo → aparihāna-dhammo (pts)He’s not liable to decline. He doesn’t decline in faith, ethics, learning, generosity, and wisdom. He doesn’t decline in any of his accomplishments. Buddho samāno idaṁ labhati”.That’s what he obtains as Buddha.” Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.
etamatthaṁ → etam atthaṁ (pts)The Buddha spoke this matter.

Tatthetaṁ vuccati:
tatthetaṁ → tatth etaṁ (pts)On this it is said:

“Saddhāya sīlena sutena buddhiyā, cāgena dhammena bahūhi sādhuhi;
sādhuhi → sādhubhi (sya-all) | sādhūhi → Br K sādhuhi. (pts note)“His wish was this: ‘How may others not decline in faith, ethics, learning, and intelligence, Dhanena dhaññena ca khettavatthunā, puttehi dārehi catuppadehi ca.
khettavatthunā → khetta-vatthunā (pts)in generosity, teachings, and much good else, in coin and grain, fields and lands,

Ñātīhi mittehi ca bandhavehi ca, balena vaṇṇena sukhena cūbhayaṁ;
ca → (sya-all, pts) | Ñātīhi → Bm ñātihi. (pts note) | bandhavehi → Sd dhandhe; Bmr add ca. (pts note) vaṇṇena → St adds ca. 8 Sdt cubhayaṁ. (pts note)in children, partners, and livestock, in family, friends, and kin, Kathaṁ na hāyeyyuṁ pareti icchati, atthassa middhī ca panābhikaṅkhati.
hāyeyyuṁ pareti → hāyeyyunti parehi (sya-all) | hāyeyyuṁ → Sd bhāseyyuṁ; St hāseyyuṁ; K hāyeyyun ti. (pts note) | ti → K parehi. (pts note) | pareti → pare ti (pts) atthassa middhī ca → idaṁ samiddhañca (bj, mr); addhaṁ samiddhañca (sya-all) | atthassa middhī → idaṁ samiddhaṁ (bj) | ca → atthassa middhi ca (bj: machasaṁ); addhaṁ samiddhaṁ ca (bj: syā) | ca → idaṁ samiddhañca (cck: ka.); addhaṁ samiddhañca (cck: syā.) | atthassa middhī → attha ssamiddhī (pts)in strength, and both beauty and happiness?’ and so he ever desired their success.

Sa sīhapubbaddhasusaṇṭhito ahu, samavaṭṭakhandho ca citantaraṁso;
sa sīhapubbaddhasusaṇṭhito → sasīhapubbaddhasusaṇṭhito (th) | sa sīhapubbaddhasusaṇṭhito → sasīha-pubbaddha-susaṇṭhito (pts) samavaṭṭakhandho → samavattakkhandho (bj, pts) | cit-antaraṁso → Sd vitaṁtarasaṁvā; St citantaraṁsavā. (pts note) | samavaṭṭakhandho → samavaṭṭakkhandho (my, th) | citantaraṁso → pittantaraṁso (th) | samavaṭṭakhandho → samavatta-kkhandho (pts)His chest was shaped like that of a lion, filled out between the shoulders, and torso cylindrical. Pubbe suciṇṇena katena kammunā, ahāniyaṁ pubbanimittamassa taṁ.
ahāniyaṁ pubbanimittamassa taṁ gihīpi → ahāniyā pubbanimittamassataṁ gihī pi (pts) | ahāniyā → Sd āniyā; Bmr K ahāniyaṁ. (pts note) | pubba-nimittamassataṁ → St -assitaṁ. (pts note) | ahāniyaṁ pubbanimittamassa taṁ → ahāniyā pubba-nimittamassataṁ (pts)Due to the well-done deeds of the past, he had that portent of non-decline.

Gihīpi dhaññena dhanena vaḍḍhati, puttehi dārehi catuppadehi ca;
Gihī → Sd Bmr gihi. (pts note) | gihīpi → gihī pi (pts)Even as layman he grows in coin and grain, in wives, children, and livestock. Akiñcano pabbajito anuttaraṁ, pappoti bodhiṁ asahānadhammatan”ti.
p → Bmr K omit. (pts note) bodhiṁ asahānadhammatanti → sambodhimahānadhammatanti (bj) | bodhiṁ asahānadhammatanti yampi → sambodhimahānadhammatanti yaṁpi (sya-all) | sambodhimahānadhammatanti → pappoti bodhiṁ asahānadhammatanti (bj: machasaṁ) | asahānadhammata’’nti → sambodhimahānadhammatanti (syā. ka.) ṭīkā oloketabbā (cck note) | bodhiṁ → Bmr K sambodhiṁ. (pts note) | asahānadhammatanti → asahāna-dhammatan ti (pts)But once gone forth, owning nothing, he attains the supreme awakening which may never decline.”

20. Rasaggasaggitālakkhaṇaṁ20. Ridged Taste Buds

“Yampi, bhikkhave, tathāgato purimaṁ jātiṁ purimaṁ bhavaṁ purimaṁ niketaṁ pubbe manussabhūto samāno
yampi → yaṁpi (th) | yampi → yam pi (pts) | pubbe manussabhūto → pubbe-manussa-bhūto (pts)“Mendicants, in some past lives the Realized One was reborn as a human being. sattānaṁ aviheṭhakajātiko ahosi pāṇinā vā leḍḍunā vā daṇḍena vā satthena vā.
aviheṭhakajātiko → avihesakajātiko (sya-all) | pāṇinā → Scd pāninā; St pāniṇā. (pts note) | vā → Sd omits. (pts note) | aviheṭhakajātiko → aviheṭhaka-jātiko (pts)He would never hurt any sentient being with fists, stones, rods, or swords. So tassa kammassa kaṭattā upacitattā …pe…
kaṭattā → katattā (bj, sya-all, pts) | pe → spelled out in full (pts)Due to performing those deeds he was reborn in a heavenly realm. so tato cuto itthattaṁ āgato samāno imaṁ mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṁ paṭilabhati, rasaggasaggī hoti, uddhaggāssa rasaharaṇīyo gīvāya jātā honti samābhivāhiniyo.
rasaharaṇīyo → rasaharaṇiyo (bj) | samābhivāhiniyo → samāvāhiniyo (bj); samavāharasaharaṇiyo (sya-all); samabhivāhiniyo (pts) | uddhaggāssa rasaharaṇīyo gīvāya → uddhaggassa rasaharaṇiyo gīvāyaṁ (sya-all) | uddhaggāssa rasaharaṇīyo → uddhaggassa rasaharaṇiyo (pts) | samāvāhiniyo → samābhivāhiniyo (bj: machasaṁ) | samābhivāhiniyo → samavāharasaharaṇiyo (cck: syā.) | gīvāya → K gīvāyaṁ. (pts note) | samabhivāhiniyo → So SS; Bm sammābhivāhiniyo; Br samābhi-; K samavāharasaharaṇiyo; Sum-SS point to samabhivāhaniyo; Sum-Br samābhivāhaniyo. (pts note) | rasaggasaggī → rasaggas-aggī (pts) | uddhaggāssa rasaharaṇīyo → uddhaggassa rasa-haraṇiyo (pts)When he came back to this place he obtained this mark: he has ridged taste buds. His raised taste receptors, originating in the throat, disperse evenly.

So tena lakkhaṇena samannāgato sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…
cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all)Possessing this mark, if he stays at home he becomes a wheel-turning monarch. rājā samāno kiṁ labhati?And what does he obtain as king? Appābādho hoti appātaṅko, samavepākiniyā gahaṇiyā samannāgato nātisītāya nāccuṇhāya.
gahaṇiyā → Sd gahāniya; St gahapatiyā. (pts note) | samavepākiniyā → sama-vepākiniyā (pts)He is rarely ill or unwell. His stomach digests well, being neither too hot nor too cold. Rājā samāno idaṁ labhati …pe…That’s what he obtains as king. buddho samāno kiṁ labhati?And what does he obtain as Buddha? Appābādho hoti appātaṅko samavepākiniyā gahaṇiyā samannāgato nātisītāya nāccuṇhāya majjhimāya padhānakkhamāya.
samavepākiniyā → sama-vepākiniyā (pts) | padhānakkhamāya → padhāna-kkhamāya (pts)He is rarely ill or unwell. His stomach digests well, being neither too hot nor too cold, but just right, and fit for meditation. Buddho samāno idaṁ labhati”.That’s what he obtains as Buddha.” Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.
etamatthaṁ → etam atthaṁ (pts)The Buddha spoke this matter.

Tatthetaṁ vuccati:
tatthetaṁ → tatth etaṁ (pts)On this it is said:

“Na pāṇidaṇḍehi panātha leḍḍunā, satthena vā maraṇavadhena vā pana;
na → Sd omits. (pts note) | daṇḍa-leḍḍunā → Bmr read na pāṇi-daṇḍehi panātha leḍḍunā. (pts note) maraṇavadhena → māraṇavadhena (mr) | pana → puna (bj, pts) | maraṇavadhena → māraṇavadhena (cck: ka.) | puna → Bmr insert || after vā; K reads puna at the end of the line. (pts note) | maraṇavadhena → maraṇa-vadhena (pts)“Not with fist or rod or stone, or sword or beating to death, Ubbādhanāya paritajjanāya vā, na heṭhayī janatamaheṭhako ahu.
heṭhayī → viheṭhayī (sya-all) | janatamaheṭhako → jantum aheṭhako (pts) | heṭhayī → So Sc Bm; Sd Br heṭṭhayi; St heṭṭhayī; K viheṭhayī. (pts note) | jantum → Bmr K janatam. (pts note) | aheṭhako → Bmr aheṭṭhako. (pts note)or by bondage or threats did he ever harm anyone.

Teneva so sugatimupecca modati, sukhapphalaṁ kariya sukhāni vindati;
sugatimupecca → sugatisu pecca (bj, sya-all) | upecca → Bm K sugatisu pacca; Br sugatīsu pecca. (pts note) | teneva → ten eva (pts) | sugatimupecca → sugatim upecca (pts) kariya → kiriya (sya-all) | sukhapphalaṁ kariya sukhāni → sukha-pphalaṁ kariyasukhāni (pts)For that very reason he rejoiced in heaven after passing away, finding happiness as a fruit of happy deeds. Samojasā rasaharaṇī susaṇṭhitā, idhāgato labhati rasaggasaggitaṁ.
Samojasā → pāmuñjasā (sya-all); sampajjasā (pts1ed); sāmañca sā (mr) | samojasā → pāmuñjasā (sya-all); sampajjasā (pts) | samojasā → sampajjasā (bj: PTS); pā muñjasā (bj: syā); sāmañcasā (bj: kām) | Samojasā → sampajjasā (cck: sī. pī.); pāmuñjasā (cck: syā.); sāmañca sā (cck: ka.) | pāmuñjasā → syāmapotthake samojasātipi pāṭho sīhalapotthake pana sampajjasāti pāṭho dissati (sya-all note) | Sampajjasā → Bm sāmañcassa; Br sāmañcasā; K pānuñjasā (text); the note reads syāmapoṭṭhake "sanojasātipi pāṭho; sīhaḷapoṭṭhake pana "sampajjasāti pāṭho dissati. (pts note) | rasa-haraṇī → Sc Bm -haraṇi; Sd harati; Br māraṇi. (pts note) | samojasā rasaharaṇī → sampajjasā rasa-haraṇī (pts) rasaggasaggitaṁ → rasaggisaggitaṁ (sya-all) | idhāgato → idh āgato (pts) | rasaggasaggitaṁ → rasaggas-aggitaṁ (pts)With taste receptors prominent and evenly spreading nutrition, on his return here he has ridged taste buds.

Tenāhu naṁ atinipuṇā vicakkhaṇā, ayaṁ naro sukhabahulo bhavissati;
atinipuṇā → abhinipuṇā (sya-all, pts) | tenāhu → ten āhu (pts) ayaṁ → ayan (pts)That’s why the clever prophets said: ‘This man will have much happiness Gihissa vā pabbajitassa vā puna, taṁ lakkhaṇaṁ bhavati tadatthajotakan”ti.
puna → pana (sya-all) | puna → pana (bj: syā) | puna → pana (cck: syā.) | puna → K pana. (pts note) tadatthajotakanti → tadatthajotakanti abhinīlanetta gopakhumalakkhaṇāni (bj) | tadatthajotakanti → tadattha-jotakan ti (pts)as householder or renunciate. that’s the meaning shown by this mark.’”

21–22. Abhinīlanettagopakhumalakkhaṇāni21–22. Indigo Eyes

So tehi lakkhaṇehi samannāgato, sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…
cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all)Possessing these marks, if he stays at home he becomes a wheel-turning monarch. rājā samāno kiṁ labhati?And what does he obtain as king? Piyadassano hoti bahuno janassa, piyo hoti manāpo brāhmaṇagahapatikānaṁ negamajānapadānaṁ gaṇakamahāmattānaṁ anīkaṭṭhānaṁ dovārikānaṁ amaccānaṁ pārisajjānaṁ rājūnaṁ bhogiyānaṁ kumārānaṁ.
gaṇakamahāmattānaṁ → gaṇakānaṁ mahāmattānaṁ (bj) | bhogiyānaṁ → bhogikānaṁ (sya-all) | anīkaṭṭhānaṁ dovārikānaṁ → anīkaṭṭhadovārikānaṁ (pts) | bahuno → St bahujano. (pts note) | bhogiyānaṁ → K bhogikānaṁ (and so in 14, 17, 20, 23, 29). (pts note) | piyadassano → piya-dassano (pts) | brāhmaṇagahapatikānaṁ negamajānapadānaṁ gaṇakamahāmattānaṁ anīkaṭṭhānaṁ dovārikānaṁ → brāhmaṇa-gahapatikānaṁ negama-jānapadānaṁ gaṇaka-mahāmattānaṁ anīkaṭṭha-dovārikānaṁ (pts)The people look on him with kindly eyes. He is dear and beloved to the brahmins and householders, people of town and country, treasurers and chief ministers, military officers, guardsmen, ministers, councillors, rulers, tax beneficiaries, and princes. Rājā samāno idaṁ labhati …pe…That’s what he obtains as king. buddho samāno kiṁ labhati?And what does he obtain as Buddha? Piyadassano hoti bahuno janassa, piyo hoti manāpo bhikkhūnaṁ bhikkhunīnaṁ upāsakānaṁ upāsikānaṁ devānaṁ manussānaṁ asurānaṁ nāgānaṁ gandhabbānaṁ.
manāpo → manāpo ca (sya-all) | upāsakānaṁ → upāsakanaṁ (pts) | piyadassano → piya-dassano (pts)The people look on him with kindly eyes. He is dear and beloved to the monks, nuns, laymen, laywomen, gods, humans, titans, dragons, and centaurs. Buddho samāno idaṁ labhati”.That’s what he obtains as Buddha.” Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.
etamatthaṁ → etam atthaṁ (pts)The Buddha spoke this matter.

Tatthetaṁ vuccati:
tatthetaṁ → tatth etaṁ (pts)On this it is said:

“Na ca visaṭaṁ na ca visāci, na ca pana viceyyapekkhitā;
visāci → visāvi (sya-all); visācitaṁ (pts1ed) | visāci → visācī (bj); visācitaṁ (pts) | visācī → na ca visācitaṁ (bj: PTS); na ca visāvi (bj: syā) | visāci → visācitaṁ (cck: sī. pī.); visāvi (cck: syā.) | visācitaṁ → Sd visācisācitaṁ; Bmr visāci; K visāvi. (pts note) viceyyapekkhitā ujuṁ → vidheyyapekkhitā uju (sya-all) | pana → SS omit pana. (pts note) | viceyyapekkhitā → viceyya pekkhitā (bjt) | viceyyapekkhitā → viceyya-pekkhitā (pts)“With not a glare or glance askance, nor averting of the eyes; Ujuṁ tathā pasaṭamujumano, piyacakkhunā bahujanaṁ udikkhitā.
pasaṭamujumano → pasaṭam udumano (pts) | ujuṁ → uju (th, pts) | pasaṭamujumano → pasaṭam udu-mano (pts) udikkhitā sugatīsu → udakkhitā sugatisu (sya-all) | piyacakkhunā → piya-cakkhunā (pts)straightforward, he reached out straightforwardly, looking at people with kindly eyes.

Sugatīsu so phalavipākaṁ, anubhavati tattha modati;
sugatīsu → sugatisu (pts) | Sugatisu → So Sct Bmr. (pts note) | so → SS yo. (pts note) | phalavipākaṁ → phala-vipākaṁ (pts)In good rebirths he enjoyed the fruit and result, rejoicing there. Idha ca pana bhavati gopakhumo, abhinīlanettanayano sudassano.
pana → (sya-all) | pana → K omits. (pts note) | go-pakhumo → Sc pamukho; Sdt pamukho corrected to pamukhumo. (pts note) abhinīlanettanayano → abhinīlanetta-nayano (pts)But here he has a cow’s eyelashes, and indigo eyes so fair to see.

Abhiyogino ca nipuṇā, bahū pana nimittakovidā;
bahū pana nimittakovidā sukhumanayanakusalā → bahupadanimittakovidā gopakhumanayanakusalā (sya-all) | pana → So Bmr; Sc K bahupada; Sd bahujana; St -jaṇa. (pts note) | nimittakovidā → nimitta-kovidā (pts)Many soothsayers, men clever and learned in prognostic texts, Sukhumanayanakusalā manujā, piyadassanoti abhiniddisanti naṁ.
sukhumanayanakusalā → sukhumanayanakusala (bj) | manujā → Sc manajā. (pts note) | sukhumanayanakusalā → sukhuma-nayana-kusalā (pts) abhiniddisanti → abhinandasanti (sya-all) | ti → SS ca. (pts note) | abhiniddisanti → K abhinandasanti. (pts note) | piyadassanoti → piya-dassano ti (pts)expert in cow-like lashes, indicated he’d be looked upon with kindly eyes.

Piyadassano gihīpi santo ca, bhavati bahujanapiyāyito;
ca → (pts) | gihī → Sd omits; Bm gīhi. (pts note) | pi → Sdt K omit. (pts note) | santo → Bm K add ca. (pts note) | gihīpi → gihī pi (bjt) | piyadassano gihīpi → piya-dassano gihī pi (pts) bahujanapiyāyito → bahujanapiyāyako (sya-all); bahunnaṁ piyāyito (pts) | bahunnaṁ → Bmr K bahujana-. (pts note) | piyāyito → St piyāpitā; K piyāyago. (pts note)Even as a householder he’d be regarded kindly, beloved of the people. Yadi ca na bhavati gihī samaṇo hoti, piyo bahūnaṁ sokanāsano”ti.
ca na → pana (sya-all) | gihī → gihi (sya-all) | na → -1 K pana. (pts note) | Samaṇo → Sc samano; Sd samāno; St samāṇo. (pts note) bahunnaṁ → Bmr K bahūnaṁ. (pts note) | bahūnaṁ sokanāsanoti → bahunnaṁ soka-nāsano ti (pts)But if he becomes an ascetic, not lay, as destroyer of sorrow he’ll be loved by many.”

23. Uṇhīsasīsalakkhaṇaṁ23. Crown Like a Turban

So tena lakkhaṇena samannāgato sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…
cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all)Possessing this mark, if he stays at home he becomes a wheel-turning monarch. rājā samāno kiṁ labhati?
labhati → labbhati (pts)And what does he obtain as king? Mahāssa jano anvāyiko hoti, brāhmaṇagahapatikā negamajānapadā gaṇakamahāmattā anīkaṭṭhā dovārikā amaccā pārisajjā rājāno bhogiyā kumārā.
gaṇakamahāmattā → gaṇakā mahāmattā (bj) | bhogiyā → bhogikā (sya-all) | mahāssa → mahā ssa (pts) | brāhmaṇagahapatikā negamajānapadā gaṇakamahāmattā → brāhmaṇa-gahapatikā negama-jānapadā gaṇaka-mahāmattā (pts)He has a large following of brahmins and householders, people of town and country, treasurers and chief ministers, military officers, guardsmen, ministers, councillors, rulers, tax beneficiaries, and princes. Rājā samāno idaṁ labhati …pe…That’s what he obtains as king. buddho samāno kiṁ labhati?And what does he obtain as Buddha? Mahāssa jano anvāyiko hoti, bhikkhū bhikkhuniyo upāsakā upāsikāyo devā manussā asurā nāgā gandhabbā.
bhikkhū → SS bhikkhu- (and in 17, 20, 23). (pts note) | mahāssa → mahā ssa (pts)He has a large following of monks, nuns, laymen, laywomen, gods, humans, titans, dragons, and centaurs. Buddho samāno idaṁ labhati”.That’s what he obtains as Buddha.” Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.
etamatthaṁ → etam atthaṁ (pts)The Buddha spoke this matter.

Tatthetaṁ vuccati:
tatthetaṁ → tatth etaṁ (pts)On this it is said:

“Pubbaṅgamo sucaritesu ahu, dhammesu dhammacariyābhirato;
sucaritesu → So Bmr K ; SS sucarite. (pts note) dhammacariyābhirato → dhammacariyāya abhirato (bj) | dhammacariyāya → dhammacariyābhirato (bj: machasaṁ)“Among people of good conduct, he was the leader, devoted to a life of principle among the principled. Anvāyiko bahujanassa ahu, saggesu vedayittha puññaphalaṁ.
vedayittha → Sc nivedayittha; Sdt nivedayatha; K vedayitha. Cp. p. 17411. (pts note) | puññaphalaṁ → puñña-phalaṁ (pts)The people followed him, and he experienced the fruit of good deeds in heaven.

Veditvā so sucaritassa phalaṁ, uṇhīsasīsattamidhajjhagamā;
veditvā → vediyitvā (bj); vedayitvā (sya-all) | Veditvā → Bmr K vedayitvā. (pts note) | so → Br adds ca. (pts note) uṇhīsasīsattamidhajjhagamā → uṇhīsa sīsattamidhajjhagamā (bjt) | uṇhīsasīsattamidhajjhagamā → uṇhīsa-sīsattaṁ idh (pts)Having experienced that fruit, he gains a head crowned like a turban. Byākaṁsu byañjananimittadharā, pubbaṅgamo bahujanaṁ hessati.
ajjhagamā → -3 Sd idajjhagāmā; St idhajjhāgāmā; Bm īdh-. (pts note) | byañjananimittadharā → byañjana nimittadharā (bjt) | byākaṁsu byañjananimittadharā → ajjhagamā vyākaṁsu vyañjana-nimitta-dharā (pts) bahujanaṁ → bahujanassa (bj) | bahujanaṁ hessati paṭibhogiyā → bahunnaṁ hessatāyaṁ paṭibhogiyāni (pts) | bahujanassa → pubbaṅgamo bahujanaṁ (bj: machasaṁ) | bahunnaṁ → So SS Sum; Bm K bahujanaṁ; Br bahujanassa. (pts note)The experts in omens and signs prophesied: ‘He will be leader of the people.

Paṭibhogiyā manujesu idha, pubbeva tassa abhiharanti tadā;
paṭibhogiyā → paṭibhogiyāni (sya-all) | Paṭibhogiyāni → So Sc Bmr K Sum; Sdt paṭibhoginiyā. (pts note) va → K pi. (pts note) | pubbeva → pubbepi (th) | pubbeva → pubbe va (pts)Assistants serve him here among men, as they did for him then in the past. Yadi khattiyo bhavati bhūmipati, paṭihārakaṁ bahujane labhati.
bhūmi-pati → So Bmr K; SS bhūmiyaṁ. (pts note) | yadi khattiyo → yadikhattiyo (bjt) paṭihārakaṁ bahujane → paṭihārakabahujane (bj) | paṭihārakabahujane → paṭahārakaṁ bahujano (bj: machasaṁ) | paṭihārakaṁ → So SS K Sum; Bmr paṭihāraka. (pts note)If he becomes an aristocrat, ruler of the land, he’ll gain the service of the people.

Atha cepi pabbajati so manujo, dhammesu hoti paguṇo visavī;
pi → So Sdt Bmr; Sc ve; K ceva. (pts note) | manujo → Sdt manujesu. (pts note) | cepi → ce pi (pts) visavī → visāvī (bj)But if that man goes forth, he’ll be sophisticated, proficient in the teachings. Tassānusāsaniguṇābhirato, anvāyiko bahujano bhavatī”ti.
tassānusāsaniguṇābhirato → tassānusāsanaguṇābhirato (sya-all); tassānusāsanī guṇābhirato (pts) | Tassānusāsanī → So Sc; Bmr -sāsani; K -sāsana. As a specimen of the corruptions of the Sinhalese manuscripts the following are not without interest: Sd viyavissosātiguṇāhirato; St vīsativītassāsāsatigutābhirato. (pts note) bhavatīti → bhavatī ti ekekalomatāuṇṇālakkhaṇādīni (bj)Devoted to the virtues of his instruction, the people will become his followers.’”

24–25. Ekekalomatāuṇṇālakkhaṇāni24–25. One Hair Per Pore, and a Tuft

So tehi lakkhaṇehi samannāgato, sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…
cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all) | agāraṁ → āgāraṁ (pts)Possessing these marks, if he stays at home he becomes a wheel-turning monarch. rājā samāno kiṁ labhati?And what does he obtain as king? Mahāssa jano upavattati, brāhmaṇagahapatikā negamajānapadā gaṇakamahāmattā anīkaṭṭhā dovārikā amaccā pārisajjā rājāno bhogiyā kumārā.
gaṇakamahāmattā → gaṇakā mahāmattā (bj) | bhogiyā → bhogikā (sya-all) | mahāssa → mahā ssa (pts) | brāhmaṇagahapatikā → brāhmaṇa-gahapatikā (pts) | gaṇakamahāmattā → gaṇaka-mahāmattā (pts)He has many close adherents among the brahmins and householders, people of town and country, treasurers and chief ministers, military officers, guardsmen, ministers, councillors, rulers, tax beneficiaries, and princes. Rājā samāno idaṁ labhati …pe…That’s what he obtains as king. buddho samāno kiṁ labhati?And what does he obtain as Buddha? Mahāssa jano upavattati, bhikkhū bhikkhuniyo upāsakā upāsikāyo devā manussā asurā nāgā gandhabbā.
mahāssa → mahā ssa (pts)He has many close adherents among the monks, nuns, laymen, laywomen, gods, humans, titans, dragons, and centaurs. Buddho samāno idaṁ labhati”.That’s what he obtains as Buddha.” Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.
etamatthaṁ → etam atthaṁ (pts)The Buddha spoke this matter.

Tatthetaṁ vuccati:
tatthetaṁ → tatth etaṁ (pts)On this it is said:

“Saccappaṭiñño purimāsu jātisu, advejjhavāco alikaṁ vivajjayi;
saccappaṭiñño → sacca-ppaṭiñño (pts) vivajjayi → avajjayi (bj) | advejjhavāco → advejjha-vāco (pts)“In past lives he was true to his promise, with no forked tongue, he shunned lies. Na so visaṁvādayitāpi kassaci, bhūtena tacchena tathena bhāsayi.
pi → So Bmr K; Sc ci; Sdt si. (pts note) | visaṁvādayitāpi → visaṁvādayitā pi (bjt, pts) bhāsayi → tosayi (pts) | bhāsayi → tosayi (bj: PTS) | bhāsayi → tosayi (cck: sī. pī.) | tosayi → Bmr K bhāsayi. (pts note)He never broke his word to anyone, but spoke what was true, real, and factual.

Setā susukkā mudutūlasannibhā, uṇṇā sujātā bhamukantare ahu;
mudutūlasannibhā → sumudu tūlasannibhā (sya-all) | mudutūlasannibhā → mudu-tūla-sannibhā (pts) sujātā → uṇṇāssa jātā (si) | uṇṇāsujātā → uṇṇā sujātā (bj: machasaṁ) | sujātā → uṇṇāssa jātā (cck: ka. sī.) | sujātā → So Bmr K; SS unnassajātā. (pts note) | bhamukantare → bhamuk-antare (pts)A tuft so very white like cotton-wool grew prettily between his eyebrows. Na lomakūpesu duve ajāyisuṁ, ekekalomūpacitaṅgavā ahu.
lomakūpesu → loma-kūpesu (pts) ekeka-lomūpacit-aṅgavā → Sd -citaṁhavā; St -citaṁbhagavā; Sum-Br -citaṅgataṁ. (pts note)And never two, but only one, hair grew in each of his pores.

Taṁ lakkhaṇaññū bahavo samāgatā, byākaṁsu uppādanimittakovidā;
uppādanimittakovidā → uppāṭanimittakovidā (sya-all) | byākaṁsu uppādanimittakovidā → vyākaṁsu uppāda-nimitta-kovidā (pts)Many soothsayers learned in marks and expert in signs gathered and prophesied: Uṇṇā ca lomā ca yathā susaṇṭhitā, upavattatī īdisakaṁ bahujjano.
yathā → yatha (pts) upavattatī → upavattati (sya-all) | bahujjano gihimpi → bahujano gihīpi (sya-all) | upavattatī īdisakaṁ → upavattati edisakaṁ (pts)‘One like this, with tuft and hair so prominent, will have many as his close adherents.

Gihimpi santaṁ upavattatī jano, bahu puratthāpakatena kammunā;
upavattatī → upavattati (sya-all, pts) | Gihim → SS Bmr K gihi and gihī. (pts note) | santaṁ → Sd pasannaṁ; St pasantaṁ. (pts note) | gihimpi → gihīpi (th) | gihimpi → gihim pi (pts) bahu puratthāpakatena → bahū puratthā pakatena (bj) | puratthā → Sdt paratthā; Br purattā. (pts note)Even as householder many people will follow him, due to the power of deeds in the past. Akiñcanaṁ pabbajitaṁ anuttaraṁ, buddhampi santaṁ upavattati jano”ti.
upavattati → upavattatī (bj) | janoti → janoti cattāḷīsadanta aviraladanta lakkhaṇādīni (bj) | buddhampi → buddhaṁpi (th) | buddhampi → buddham pi (pts) | janoti → jano ti (pts)But once gone forth, owning nothing, as Buddha the people will follow him.’”

26–27. Cattālīsaaviraḷadantalakkhaṇāni26–27. Forty Gapless Teeth

“Yampi, bhikkhave tathāgato purimaṁ jātiṁ purimaṁ bhavaṁ purimaṁ niketaṁ pubbe manussabhūto samāno
yampi → yaṁpi (th) | yampi → yam pi (pts) | manussabhūto → manussa-bhūto (pts)“Mendicants, in some past lives the Realized One was reborn as a human being. pisuṇaṁ vācaṁ pahāya pisuṇāya vācāya paṭivirato ahosi. Ito sutvā na amutra akkhātā imesaṁ bhedāya, amutra vā sutvā na imesaṁ akkhātā amūsaṁ bhedāya, iti bhinnānaṁ vā sandhātā, sahitānaṁ vā anuppadātā, samaggārāmo samaggarato samagganandī samaggakaraṇiṁ vācaṁ bhāsitā ahosi.
sahitānaṁ → saṁhitānaṁ (bj) | samagganandī → samagganandi (bj) | pisuṇaṁ vācaṁ → pisuṇā vācam (pts) | na imesaṁ → nayimesaṁ (pts) | anuppadātā → anuppādātā (pts) | vā → -12 Sc omits. (pts note) | anuppādātā → Bmr K anuppadātā. (pts note) | samagga-karaṇiṁ → K karaṇī. (pts note) | imesaṁ bhedāya → imesambhedāya (bjt) | amūsaṁ bhedāya → amūsambhedāya (bjt) | imesaṁ → imesam (pts) | na imesaṁ → na-y-imesaṁ (pts) | amūsaṁ → amūsam (pts) | samaggarato samagganandī samaggakaraṇiṁ vācaṁ → samagga-rato samagga-nandī samagga-karaṇiṁ vācam (pts)He refrained from backbiting. He didn’t repeat in one place what he heard in another so as to divide people against each other. Instead, he reconciled those who were divided and support those who are united, delighting in harmony, loving harmony, speaking words that promote harmony. So tassa kammassa kaṭattā …pe…
kaṭattā → katattā (bj, sya-all) | pe → spelled out in full (pts)Due to performing those deeds he was reborn in a heavenly realm. so tato cuto itthattaṁ āgato samāno imāni dve mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni paṭilabhati.
mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni → mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇāni (pts)When he came back to this place he obtained these two marks: Cattālīsadanto ca hoti aviraḷadanto ca.
cattālīsadanto → cattāḷīsadanto (bj, sya-all) | cattālīsadanto ca → cattārīsadanto (pts) | aviraḷadanto → avivaradanto (pts) | cattārīsadanto → Bmr K add ca. (pts note)he has forty teeth, and his teeth have no gaps.

So tehi lakkhaṇehi samannāgato sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…
cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all)Possessing these marks, if he stays at home he becomes a wheel-turning monarch. rājā samāno kiṁ labhati?And what does he obtain as king? Abhejjapariso hoti, abhejjāssa honti parisā, brāhmaṇagahapatikā negamajānapadā gaṇakamahāmattā anīkaṭṭhā dovārikā amaccā pārisajjā rājāno bhogiyā kumārā.
gaṇakamahāmattā → gaṇakā mahāmattā (bj) | abhejjāssa → abhejjassa (sya-all) | bhogiyā → bhogikā (sya-all) | parisā → (pts) | Abhejja-pariso → St omits; Bm abhajja, and below. (pts note) | hoti → St omits. (pts note) | ssa → Bm abhajjassa; K abhejjassa, and below. (pts note) | honti → Bmr K add parisā, and below. (pts note) | abhejjāssa → abhejjā ssa (pts) | parisā brāhmaṇagahapatikā negamajānapadā gaṇakamahāmattā → brāhmaṇa-gahapatikā negama-jānapadā gaṇaka-mahāmattā (pts)His retinue cannot be divided. This includes brahmins and householders, people of town and country, treasurers and chief ministers, military officers, guardsmen, ministers, councillors, rulers, tax beneficiaries, and princes. Rājā samāno idaṁ labhati …That’s what he obtains as king. buddho samāno kiṁ labhati?And what does he obtain as Buddha? Abhejjapariso hoti, abhejjāssa honti parisā, bhikkhū bhikkhuniyo upāsakā upāsikāyo devā manussā asurā nāgā gandhabbā.
abhejjāssa → abhesajjassa (sya-all) | parisā → (pts) | abhejjapariso → abhejja-pariso (pts) | abhejjāssa → abhejjā ssa (pts)His retinue cannot be divided. This includes monks, nuns, laymen, laywomen, gods, humans, titans, dragons, and centaurs. Buddho samāno idaṁ labhati”.That’s what he obtains as Buddha.” Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.
etamatthaṁ → etaṁ atthaṁ (pts)The Buddha spoke this matter.

Tatthetaṁ vuccati:
tatthetaṁ → tatth etaṁ (pts)On this it is said:

“Vebhūtiyaṁ sahitabhedakāriṁ, bhedappavaḍḍhanavivādakāriṁ;
sahitabhedakāriṁ → saṁhitabhedakāriṁ (bj) | vebhūtiyaṁ → savebhutiyaṁ (sya-all) | saṁhitabhedakāriṁ → sahitabhedakāriṁ (bj: machasaṁ) | Vebhūtiyaṁ → K savebhutiyaṁ. (pts note) | sahitabhedakāriṁ → sahita-bheda-kāriṁ bheda-ppavaḍḍhana-vivāda-kāriṁ kalaha-pavaḍḍhana (pts) bhedappavaḍḍhanavivādakāriṁ → akicca (pts)“He spoke no divisive words splitting the united, creating disputes that foster division, Kalahappavaḍḍhanaākiccakāriṁ, sahitānaṁ bhedajananiṁ na bhaṇi.
kalahappavaḍḍhanaākiccakāriṁ sahitānaṁ → kalahappavaḍḍhanaakiccakāriṁ saṁhitānaṁ (bj) | kalahappavaḍḍhanaākiccakāriṁ → kalahappavaḍḍhanaakiccakāriṁ (sya-all, pts) | kalahappavaḍḍhanaākiccakāriṁ → kāriṁ (pts) bheda-jananiṁ → St nanī; Br jananaṁ. (pts note) | abhaṇī → Sc abhanī; St abhaṇī; Bm bhanati. (pts note) | sahitānaṁ → saṁhitānaṁ (bjt) | na bhaṇi → nabhaṇi (th)acting improperly by fostering quarrels, sowing division in those who are united.

Avivādavaḍḍhanakariṁ sugiraṁ, bhinnānusandhijananiṁ abhaṇi;
avivādavaḍḍhanakariṁ → avivādavaḍḍhanakāriṁ (bj) | avivādavaḍḍhanakariṁ sugiraṁ → avivāda-vaḍḍhana-kāriṁ ciraṁ (pts) bhinnānusandhijananiṁ → bhinnānaṁ sandhijananiṁ (bj); bhinnāna sandhijananiṁ (sya-all) | bhinnānusandhijananiṁ → bhinnānusandhi-jananiṁ (pts)He spoke kind words to foster harmony, uniting those who are divided. Kalahaṁ janassa panudī samaṅgī, sahitehi nandati pamodati ca.
panudī samaṅgī sahitehi → panudi samaṅgi saṁhitehi (bj) | panudī → panudi (sya-all, pts) | Kalahaṁ → Sc kalaṁ; St kala, corrected to kalaha. (pts note) | panudi → Sc panadī. (pts note) | samaṅgī → Sd yamādi; St samādhi. (pts note) sahitehi → sattehi (sya-all) | pamodati → modati (pts) | sahitehi → Br sattehi. (pts note) | modati → Bmr K pamodati. (pts note) | sahitehi → saṁhitehi (bjt)He cast aside quarrels among the people, rejoicing together with the united.

Sugatīsu so phalavipākaṁ, anubhavati tattha modati;
sugatīsu → sugatisu (sya-all) | Sugatīsu → So Sd Bm; Sct Br K sugatisu. (pts note) | phalavipākaṁ → phala-vipākaṁ (pts)In good rebirths he enjoyed the fruit and result, rejoicing there. Dantā idha honti aviraḷā sahitā, caturo dasassa mukhajā susaṇṭhitā.
aviraḷā → avivarā (pts) dasa → Sdt dāṭhā. Sum caturo dasāti cattāro dasa cattārīsaṁ. (pts note) | dasassa → dasa ssa (pts)Here his teeth are gapless, close-set, forty standing prominent in his mouth.

Yadi khattiyo bhavati bhūmipati, avibhediyāssa parisā bhavati;
aviheṭhiyā → SS aviheṭhiya; Bm avibhediyā; Br avibhediya; K avibhedaya. (pts note) | bhūmipati → bhūmi-pati aviheṭhiyā (pts) bhavati → bhavanti (bj, pts) | avibhediyāssa → avibhedayassa (sya-all); aviheṭhiyā ssa (pts) | bhavanti → Bm K bhavati. (pts note)If he becomes an aristocrat, ruler of the land, his assembly will be indivisible. Samaṇo ca hoti virajo vimalo, parisāssa hoti anugatā acalā”ti.
vimalo → vītamalo (bj) | vimalo → Bmr vitamalo. (pts note) acalāti → acalāti pahūtajivhā brahmassara lakkhaṇāni (bj) | anugatā → So Bmr K; SS anuggatā. (pts note) | parisāssa → parisā ssa (pts) | acalāti → acalā ti (pts)And as an ascetic, stainless, immaculate, his assembly will follow him, unshakable.”

28–29. Pahūtajivhābrahmassaralakkhaṇāni28–29. A Large Tongue and the Voice of the Divinity

“Yampi, bhikkhave, tathāgato purimaṁ jātiṁ purimaṁ bhavaṁ purimaṁ niketaṁ pubbe manussabhūto samāno
samāno → Cp. D. 1. 1, 9. (pts note) | yampi → yaṁpi (th)“Mendicants, in some past lives the Realized One was reborn as a human being. pharusaṁ vācaṁ pahāya pharusāya vācāya paṭivirato ahosi. Yā sā vācā nelā kaṇṇasukhā pemanīyā hadayaṅgamā porī bahujanakantā bahujanamanāpā, tathārūpiṁ vācaṁ bhāsitā ahosi.
tathārūpiṁ → tathārūpaṁ (pts) | bhāsitā → bhasitā (pts) | nelā → So SS Bmr K. (pts note) | pemanīyā → Bmr pemaniyā. (pts note) | kaṇṇasukhā → kaṇṇa-sukhā (pts) | hadayaṅgamā → hadayaṁ-gamā (pts) | bahujanakantā bahujanamanāpā tathārūpiṁ → bahujana-kantā bahujana-manāpā tathā-rūpaṁ (pts)He refrained from harsh speech. He spoke in a way that’s mellow, pleasing to the ear, endearing, going to the heart, polite, and likable and agreeable to the people. So tassa kammassa kaṭattā upacitattā …pe…
kaṭattā → katattā (bj, sya-all, pts) | pe → spelled out in full (pts)Due to performing those deeds he was reborn in a heavenly realm. so tato cuto itthattaṁ āgato samāno imāni dve mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni paṭilabhati.
mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni → mahāpurisa lakkhaṇāni (pts)When he came back to this place he obtained these two marks: Pahūtajivho ca hoti brahmassaro ca karavīkabhāṇī.
karavīkabhāṇī → karavikabhāṇī (sya-all) | karavīka- → Bmr K karavika. (pts note) | pahūtajivho → pahūta jivho (bjt, pts) | karavīkabhāṇī → karavīka bhāṇī (pts)he has a large tongue, and the voice of the Divinity, like a cuckoo’s call.

So tehi lakkhaṇehi samannāgato sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…
cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all)Possessing these marks, if he stays at home he becomes a wheel-turning monarch. rājā samāno kiṁ labhati?And what does he obtain as king? Ādeyyavāco hoti, ādiyantissa vacanaṁ brāhmaṇagahapatikā negamajānapadā gaṇakamahāmattā anīkaṭṭhā dovārikā amaccā pārisajjā rājāno bhogiyā kumārā.
gaṇakamahāmattā anīkaṭṭhā → gaṇakā mahāmattā akaniṭṭhā (bj) | ādiyantissa → ādiyantassa (sya-all) | bhogiyā → bhogikā (sya-all) | ssa → K adiyantassa, and below. (pts note) | ādeyyavāco → ādeyya-vāco (pts) | ādiyantissa → ādiyanti ssa (pts) | brāhmaṇagahapatikā negamajānapadā gaṇakamahāmattā → brāhmaṇa-gahapatikā negama-jānapadā gaṇaka-mahāmattā (pts)He has a compelling voice. His words are compelling to brahmins and householders, people of town and country, treasurers and chief ministers, military officers, guardsmen, ministers, councillors, rulers, tax beneficiaries, and princes. Rājā samāno idaṁ labhati …pe…That’s what he obtains as king. buddho samāno kiṁ labhati?And what does he obtain as Buddha? Ādeyyavāco hoti, ādiyantissa vacanaṁ bhikkhū bhikkhuniyo upāsakā upāsikāyo devā manussā asurā nāgā gandhabbā.
ādiyantissa → ādiyantassa (sya-all) | ādeyyavāco → ādeyya-vāco (pts) | ādiyantissa → ādiyanti ssa (pts)He has a compelling voice. His words are compelling to monks, nuns, laymen, laywomen, gods, humans, titans, dragons, and centaurs. Buddho samāno idaṁ labhati”.That’s what he obtains as Buddha.” Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.
etamatthaṁ → etam atthaṁ (pts)The Buddha spoke this matter.

Tatthetaṁ vuccati:
tatthetaṁ → tatth etaṁ (pts)On this it is said:

“Akkosabhaṇḍanavihesakāriṁ, ubbādhikaṁ bahujanappamaddanaṁ;
akkosabhaṇḍanavihesakāriṁ ubbādhikaṁ bahujanappamaddanaṁ → akkosabhaṇḍanavihesa kāriṁ ubbāyikaṁ bahujanapamaddanam (pts) | akkosabhaṇḍanavihesakāriṁ → akkosa-bhaṇḍana-vihesa (pts) ubbādhikaṁ → ubbādhakaṁ (bj); ubbādhakaraṁ (sya-all); ubbāyikaṁ (pts1ed) | ubbādhikaṁ bahujanappamaddanaṁ abāḷhaṁ → ubbādhakaṁ bahujanamaddanaṁ bāḷhaṁ (bj) | ubbādhikaṁ → ubbādhakaraṁ (sya-all) | ubbādhakaṁ → ubbādhikaṁ (bj: machasaṁ) | Ubbādhikaṁ → ubbādhakaraṁ (cck: syā.) | ubbāyikaṁ → {Bmt} ubbādhikaṁ; K ubbādhakaraṁ. (pts note) | bahujana-pamaddanam → SS pamadaṁ and pamādaṁ; Bm K pamaddanaṁ; Br maddanaṁ; Sum-Scd pamadaṁ; Sum-Br bahujanānaṁ pamaddaniṁ. (pts note) | ubbādhikaṁ bahujanappamaddanaṁ → kāriṁ ubbāyikaṁ bahujana-pamaddanam (pts)“He never spoke a loud harsh word, insulting, quarrelsome, Abāḷhaṁ giraṁ so na bhaṇi pharusaṁ, madhuraṁ bhaṇi susaṁhitaṁ sakhilaṁ.
abāḷhaṁ giraṁ → abāḷhagiraṁ (sya-all) | bāḷhaṁ → abāḷhaṁ (bj: machasaṁ) | Abāḷhaṁ → Bm K abāḷha-. (pts note) | giraṁ → Bm gīraṁ. (pts note) | na → Br omits. (pts note) | na bhaṇi → nabhaṇi (th) susaṁhitaṁ → susahitaṁ (sya-all) | susaṁhitaṁ → susahitaṁ (cck: syā.) | susaṁhitaṁ → susañhitaṁ (bjt)causing harm, rude, crushing the people. his speech was sweet, helpful, and courteous.

Manaso piyā hadayagāminiyo, vācā so erayati kaṇṇasukhā;
hadayagāminiyo → hadayaṁgāminiyo (pts) | hadayagāminiyo → hadayaṁ-gāminiyo (pts) so → SS omit. The Sinhalese text which follows seems again hopelessly corrupt. (pts note) | kaṇṇa-sukhā → Sum kaṇṇa-sukhan ti pi pāṭho. (pts note) | kaṇṇasukhā → kaṇṇa-sukhā vācā suciṇṇa-phalam (pts)He uttered words dear to the mind, going to the heart, pleasing to the ear. Vācāsuciṇṇaphalamanubhavi, saggesu vedayatha puññaphalaṁ.
vācāsuciṇṇaphalamanubhavi → vācā suciṇṇaphalam ānubhavi (pts) | ānubhavi → So Bmr K; SS anubhavaṁ and anubhāvaṁ. (pts note) | vācāsuciṇṇaphalamanubhavi → vācā suciṇṇaphalamanubhavi (bjt, th) vedayatha → vedaya (bj); vedayitha (sya-all); vedayati (?) | vedayatha → vedayati (?) ṭīkā oloketabbā (cck note) | vedayatha → So Sc; Sd vedatta; St vedatthaṁ; Bmr vedayittha; K vedayitha; Sum vedayathāti vedayittha. (pts note) | puññaphalaṁ → puñña-phalaṁ (pts)He enjoyed the fruit of his good verbal conduct, experiencing the fruit of good deeds in heaven.

Veditvā so sucaritassa phalaṁ, brahmassarattamidhamajjhagamā;
veditvā → viditvā (sya-all) | Veditvā → Bm vedayitvā; K viditvā. (pts note) | phalaṁ → Sd omits. (pts note) brahmassarattamidhamajjhagamā → brahmassarattamidhajjhagamā (bj, sya-all) | idha-m-ajjhagamā → Bm idhajjhāgamā; Br K idhajjhagamā. (pts note) | brahmassarattamidhamajjhagamā → brahma-ssarattam idha-m-ajjhagamā (pts)Having experienced that fruit, on his return to here he acquired the voice of the Divinity. Jivhāssa hoti vipulā puthulā, ādeyyavākyavacano bhavati.
puthulā → thūlā (pts) | thūlā → Bmr K puthulā. (pts note) | jivhāssa → jivhā ssa (pts) ādeyya-vākya-vacano → St adds va. (pts note)His tongue was long and wide, and his speech was compelling.

Gihinopi ijjhati yathā bhaṇato, atha ce pabbajati so manujo;
Gihino → So Br K; SS Bm gihīno. (pts note) | gihinopi → gihino pi (pts) ce → ce pi (pts) | pi → Bmr K omit. (pts note)Even as householder his speech brings prosperity. but if that man goes forth, Ādiyantissa vacanaṁ janatā, bahuno bahuṁ subhaṇitaṁ bhaṇato”ti.
ādiyantissa → ādiyantassa (sya-all) | janatā → janakā (sya-all) | ssa → K ādiyantassa. (pts note) | janatā → K janakā. (pts note) | ādiyantissa → ādiyanti ssa (pts) subhaṇitaṁ → susahitaṁ (bj: syā) | bahuno → Sdt bahunnaṁ. (pts note) | bahuṁ → Sdt bahu. (pts note) | bhaṇitaṁ → St bhaṇītaṁ; Bmr K subhaṇitaṁ. (pts note) | subhaṇitaṁ bhaṇatoti → bhaṇitaṁ bhaṇato ti (pts)speaking often to the people, they’ll be compelled by his fair words.”

30. Sīhahanulakkhaṇaṁ30. A Lion-Like Jaw

“Yampi, bhikkhave, tathāgato purimaṁ jātiṁ purimaṁ bhavaṁ purimaṁ niketaṁ pubbe manussabhūto samāno
samāno → Cp. D. i. 1. 9. (pts note) | yampi → yaṁpi (th) | yampi → yam pi (pts) | manussabhūto → manussa-bhūto (pts)“Mendicants, in some past lives the Realized One was reborn as a human being. samphappalāpaṁ pahāya samphappalāpā paṭivirato ahosi kālavādī bhūtavādī atthavādī dhammavādī vinayavādī, nidhānavatiṁ vācaṁ bhāsitā ahosi kālena sāpadesaṁ pariyantavatiṁ atthasaṁhitaṁ.
ahosi → (bj, sya-all) | ahosi → Bmr K omit. (pts note) | + → dhammavādī (th) | atthasaṁhitaṁ → atthasañhitaṁ (th) | kālavādī bhūtavādī atthavādī dhammavādī vinayavādī nidhānavatiṁ → kāla-vādī bhūta-vādī attha-vādī dhamma-vādī vinaya-vādī nidhāna-vatiṁ (pts) | atthasaṁhitaṁ → attha-saṁhitaṁ (pts)He refrained from talking nonsense. His words were timely, true, and meaningful, in line with the teaching and training. He said things at the right time which were valuable, reasonable, succinct, and beneficial. So tassa kammassa kaṭattā …pe…
kaṭattā → katattā (bj); katattā upacitattā (sya-all) | pe → spelled out in full (pts)Due to performing those deeds he was reborn in a heavenly realm. so tato cuto itthattaṁ āgato samāno imaṁ mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṁ paṭilabhati,
mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṁ → mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇaṁ (pts)When he came back to this place he obtained this mark: sīhahanu hoti.
sīhahanu → sīha-hanu (pts)his jaw is like that of a lion.

So tena lakkhaṇena samannāgato sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…
cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all) | sace agāraṁ → saceagāraṁ (bjt)Possessing this mark, if he stays at home he becomes a wheel-turning monarch. rājā samāno kiṁ labhati?And what does he obtain as king? Appadhaṁsiyo hoti kenaci manussabhūtena paccatthikena paccāmittena.
appadhaṁsiyo → appadhaṁsiko (sya-all, pts) | paccatthikena → paccattatthikena (pts) | Appadhaṁsiko → So SS K Sum-Scd; Bmr apadhaṁsiyo, but appadhaṁsiyo below; Sum-Br appadhaṁsiyo. (pts note) | manussabhūtena paccatthikena → manussa-bhūtena paccattatthikena (pts)He can’t be destroyed by any human foe or enemy. Rājā samāno idaṁ labhati …pe…That’s what he obtains as king. buddho samāno kiṁ labhati?And what does he obtain as Buddha? Appadhaṁsiyo 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 lokasmiṁ.
appadhaṁsiyo → appadhaṁsiko (sya-all, pts)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. Buddho samāno idaṁ labhati”.That’s what he obtains as Buddha.” Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.
etamatthaṁ → etam atthaṁ (pts)The Buddha spoke this matter.

Tatthetaṁ vuccati:
tatthetaṁ → tatth etaṁ (pts)On this it is said:

“Na samphappalāpaṁ na muddhataṁ, avikiṇṇavacanabyappatho ahosi;
samphappalāpaṁ na muddhataṁ → na samphappalāpaṁ na vuccaddhatanti (sya-all); samphappalāpaṁ na abuddhatanti (mr) | na → (bj) | muddhataṁ → abuddhatantiṁ (bj) | muddhataṁ avikiṇṇavacanabyappatho → vuccaddhatanti avikiṇṇavacanabyapatho ca (sya-all) | abuddhatantiṁ → na samphappalāpaṁ na muddhataṁ (bj: machasaṁ) | muddhataṁ → buddhatanti (cck: ka.) | muddhataṁ → Bmr buddhatanti; K vuccaddhatanti. (pts note) avikiṇṇavacanabyappatho → avikiṇṇavacanavyappatho va (pts) | va → Bmr omit; K ca. (pts note) | avikiṇṇavacanabyappatho → avikiṇṇa-vacana-vyappatho va (pts)“Neither nonsensical nor silly, his way of speaking was never loose. Ahitamapi ca apanudi, hitamapi ca bahujanasukhañca abhaṇi.
ahitamapi → ahitam pi (pts) | Ahitam → St asim. (pts note) | apanudi → Sc anupadi; Bmr appanudi. (pts note) hitamapi → hitam pi (pts) | pi → Bmr K api. (pts note) | hitamapi → hitam pi ca bahujana-sukhañ (pts)He cast aside what was unbeneficial, and spoke for the welfare and happiness of the people.

Taṁ katvā ito cuto divamupapajji, sukataphalavipākamanubhosi;
katvā → katvāna (sya-all, pts) | katvāna → Bmr katvā. (pts note) | dibbaṁ → Bmr K divam. (pts note) | upapajji → Sdt uppajja; Bmr K upapajji. (pts note) | divamupapajji → dibbaṁ upapajji sukata (pts) sukataphalavipākamanubhosi → sukataphalavipākamanobhosi (sya-all) | anubhosi → K anobhosi. (pts note) | sukataphalavipākamanubhosi → phala-vipākam anubhosi (pts)So doing he passed from here to be reborn in heaven, where he enjoyed the fruit of deeds well done. Caviya punaridhāgato samāno, dvidugamavaratarahanuttamalattha.
punaridhāgato samāno → punar idh āgato samano (pts) alattha → Sdt atthe; Br alattaṁ. (pts note) | dvidugamavaratarahanuttamalattha → dviduggamavaratarahanuttamalattha (bjt, th) | dvidugamavaratarahanuttamalattha → dvidu-gama-varatara-hanuttam alattha (pts)Passing away, on his return to here, he gained a jaw like the finest of beasts.

Rājā hoti suduppadhaṁsiyo, manujindo manujādhipati mahānubhāvo;
suduppadhaṁsiyo → sudduppadhaṁsiyo (th) manujādhipati → manujānādhipati (pts) | manujānādhipati → Bmr K Sum-Br manujādhipati; Sum-Scd manujanādhipatīti manujānam adhipati. (pts note) | manujindo manujādhipati → manuj-indo manujānādhipati (pts)He became a king so very hard to defeat, a mighty lord and ruler of mankind. Tidivapuravarasamo bhavati, suravarataroriva indo.
Tidiva-pura-vara-samo → So Sc K; Sd tidipuravarasakho; St tidivipurasakho; Bmr tidivasura-. (pts note) suravarataroriva → suravarataro riva (bjt) | suravarataroriva → sura-varataro-r-iva (pts)He was equal to the best in the city of the Third Heaven, like Indra, the finest of gods.

Gandhabbāsurayakkharakkhasebhi, surehi na hi bhavati suppadhaṁsiyo;
gandhabbāsurayakkharakkhasebhi → gandhabbāsurayakkharakkhasehi (bj); gandhabbāsurasakkarakkhasehi (pts) | gandhabbāsurayakkharakkhasebhi surehi → gandhabbāsurasakkarakkhasebhi surebhi (sya-all) | Gandhabbāsurayakkharakkhasebhi → surasakkarakkhasebhi (cck: syā.) | gandhabbāsurayakkharakkhasebhi → gandhabbāsura-sakka-rakkhasehi (pts) suppadhaṁsiyo → So Bmr K; Sc sukhappadhamsiyo; Sd sukhaṁsaye; St sudhaṁsayo. (pts note) | surehi → surebhi (th)One such as that is not easily beaten by centaurs, titans, spirits, monsters, or gods. Tathatto yadi bhavati tathāvidho, idha disā ca paṭidisā ca vidisā cā”ti.
bhavati → bhavati gihī (pts) | Tathatto → So Sdt Bm K Sum; Sc tathattā; Br tatattho. (pts note) | gihī → Sd gihi; Bmr K omit. (pts note) | tathāvidho → gihī tathā-vidho (pts) vidisā cāti → vidisācāti samadanta susukkadāṭhā lakkhaṇāni (bj) | paṭidisā → pati disā (sya-all) | disā → So Bmr K. Once more the text seems corrupt. SS read va (ca) tapeti vidisā va disā (St omits va disā). (pts note)If he becomes of that sort, he illuminates the quarters and in-between.”

31–32. Samadantasusukkadāṭhālakkhaṇāni31–32. Even and White Teeth

“Yampi, bhikkhave, tathāgato purimaṁ jātiṁ purimaṁ bhavaṁ purimaṁ niketaṁ pubbe manussabhūto samāno
yampi → yaṁpi (th) | yampi → yam pi (pts) | manussabhūto → manussa-bhūto (pts)“Mendicants, in some past lives the Realized One was reborn as a human being. micchājīvaṁ pahāya sammāājīvena jīvikaṁ kappesi, tulākūṭakaṁsakūṭamānakūṭaukkoṭanavañcananikatisāciyogachedanavadhabandhanaviparāmosaālopasahasākārā paṭivirato ahosi.
micchājīvaṁ → micchāājīvaṁ (bj, sya-all) | tulākūṭakaṁsakūṭamānakūṭaukkoṭanavañcananikatisāciyogachedanavadhabandhanaviparāmosaālopasahasākārā → tulākūṭakaṁsakūṭamānakūṭaukkoṭanavañcananikatisāviyogā chedanavadhabandhanaviparāmosaālopasāhasākārā (sya-all); tulākūṭakaṁsakūṭamānakūṭaukkoṭanavañcananikatisāciyogā chedanavadhabandhanaviparāmosaālopasāhasākārā (pts) | sahasākārā → sāhasākārā (cck: sī. syā. pī.) | micchājīvam → Sd micchā-ājīvakaṁ; St K micchā-ājīvam. (pts note) | sammā-ājīvena → St ājīvikaṁ, omitting following jīvikaṁ. (pts note) | jīvikaṁ → Bmr jivitaṁ. (pts note) | kappesi → Cp. D. i. 1. 10. (pts note) | tulākūṭakaṁsakūṭamānakūṭaukkoṭanavañcananikatisāciyogachedanavadhabandhanaviparāmosaālopasahasākārā → tulākūṭa kaṁsakūṭa mānakūṭa ukkoṭana vañcana nikati sāciyoga chedana vadha bandhana viparāmosa ālopa sahasākārā (my) | tulākūṭakaṁsakūṭamānakūṭaukkoṭanavañcananikatisāciyogachedanavadhabandhanaviparāmosaālopasahasākārā → tulākūṭa-kaṁsakūṭa-mānakūṭa-ukkoṭana-vañcananikati-sāciyoga-chedana-vadhabandhana viparāmosa-ālopa-sahasākārā (bjt) | tulākūṭakaṁsakūṭamānakūṭaukkoṭanavañcananikatisāciyogachedanavadhabandhanaviparāmosaālopasahasākārā → tulākūṭa-kaṁsakūṭa-mānakūṭa-ukkoṭana-vañcana-nikati-sāci-yogā chedana-vadha-bandhana-viparāmosa-ālopa-sāhasākārā (pts)He gave up wrong livelihood and earned a living by right livelihood. He refrained from falsifying weights, metals, or measures; bribery, fraud, cheating, and duplicity; mutilation, murder, abduction, banditry, plunder, and violence. So tassa kammassa kaṭattā upacitattā ussannattā vipulattā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjati.
kaṭattā → katattā (bj, sya-all, pts) | paraṁ maraṇā → parammaraṇā (bjt)Due to performing, accumulating, heaping up, and amassing those deeds, when his body broke up, after death, he was reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm. So tattha aññe deve dasahi ṭhānehi adhigaṇhāti dibbena āyunā dibbena vaṇṇena dibbena sukhena dibbena yasena dibbena ādhipateyyena dibbehi rūpehi dibbehi saddehi dibbehi gandhehi dibbehi rasehi dibbehi phoṭṭhabbehi.
tattha → tassa (sya-all) | dibbena → dibbena yasena dibbena (sya-all) | yasena dibbena ādhipateyyena → adhipateyyena (sya-all)There he surpassed the other gods in ten respects: heavenly lifespan, beauty, happiness, glory, sovereignty, sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and touches. So tato cuto itthattaṁ āgato samāno imāni dve mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni paṭilabhati, samadanto ca hoti susukkadāṭho ca.
mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni → mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇāni (pts) | samadanto → sama-danto (pts) | susukkadāṭho → susukka-dāṭho (pts)When he came back to this place he obtained these two marks: his teeth are even and perfectly white.

So tehi lakkhaṇehi samannāgato sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī dhammiko dhammarājā cāturanto vijitāvī janapadatthāvariyappatto sattaratanasamannāgato.
cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all, pts) | janapadatthāvariyappatto → janapadaṭṭhāvariyappatto (sya-all) | dhammarājā → dhamma-rājā (pts) | janapadatthāvariyappatto sattaratanasamannāgato → janapada-tthāvariya-ppatto satta-ratanasamannāgato (pts)Possessing these marks, if he stays at home he becomes a king, a wheel-turning monarch, a just and principled king. His dominion extends to all four sides, he achieves stability in the country, and he possesses the seven treasures. Tassimāni satta ratanāni bhavanti, seyyathidaṁ—
seyyathidaṁ → seyyathīdaṁ (bjt, th, pts) | tassimāni → tass imāni (pts)He has the following seven treasures: cakkaratanaṁ hatthiratanaṁ assaratanaṁ maṇiratanaṁ itthiratanaṁ gahapatiratanaṁ pariṇāyakaratanameva sattamaṁ.
pariṇāyakaratanameva → parināyakaratanameva (bj) | itthiratanaṁ → itthīratanaṁ (sya-all) | cakkaratanaṁ hatthiratanaṁ assaratanaṁ maṇiratanaṁ itthiratanaṁ gahapatiratanaṁ pariṇāyakaratanameva → cakka-ratanaṁ hatthi-ratanaṁ assa-ratanaṁ maṇi ratanaṁ itthi-ratanaṁ gahapati-ratanaṁ pariṇāyakaratanam eva (pts)the wheel, the elephant, the horse, the jewel, the woman, the householder, and the commander as the seventh treasure. Parosahassaṁ kho panassa puttā bhavanti sūrā vīraṅgarūpā parasenappamaddanā.
parosahassaṁ → paro sahassaṁ (pts) | panassa → pan assa (pts) | vīraṅgarūpā parasenappamaddanā → vīr-aṅga-rūpā parasena-ppamaddanā (pts)He has over a thousand sons who are valiant and heroic, crushing the armies of his enemies. So imaṁ pathaviṁ sāgarapariyantaṁ akhilamanimittamakaṇṭakaṁ iddhaṁ phītaṁ khemaṁ sivaṁ nirabbudaṁ adaṇḍena asatthena dhammena abhivijiya ajjhāvasati.
pathaviṁ → paṭhaviṁ (bj, sya-all, pts) | akhilamanimittamakaṇṭakaṁ → akhīlamanimittamakaṇṭakaṁ (bj, sya-all) | dhammena → dhammena samena (bj, sya-all) | sāgara-pariyantaṁ → Sc inserts adaṇḍena, omitting it below. (pts note) | akhilam → Sd acalam; St amalam. (pts note) | akaṇṭakam → Sd akaṇṭhakaṁ; Bmr akaṇḍakaṁ. (pts note) | sivaṁ → Sd sīvaṁ. (pts note) | nirabbudaṁ → St nirābbudaṁ; Bmr nirabbūdaṁ. (pts note) | akhilamanimittamakaṇṭakaṁ → akhīlaṁ animittaṁ akaṇṭakaṁ (th) | pathaviṁ sāgarapariyantaṁ akhilamanimittamakaṇṭakaṁ → paṭhaviṁ sāgara-pariyantaṁ akhilam animittam akaṇṭakam (pts)After conquering this land girt by sea—free of harassment by bandits, successful and prosperous, safe, blessed, free of pests—he reigns by principle, without rod or sword. Rājā samāno kiṁ labhati?And what does he obtain as king? Suciparivāro hoti sucissa honti parivārā brāhmaṇagahapatikā negamajānapadā gaṇakamahāmattā anīkaṭṭhā dovārikā amaccā pārisajjā rājāno bhogiyā kumārā.
sucissa → sucīssa (bj) | negamajānapadā gaṇakamahāmattā → negamā jānapadā gaṇakā mahāmattā (bj) | bhogiyā → bhogikā (sya-all) | ssa → St sucāssa, and below. (pts note) | parivārā → Sdt omit, and below. (pts note) | suciparivāro → suci-parivāro (pts) | sucissa → suci ssa (pts) | brāhmaṇagahapatikā negamajānapadā gaṇakamahāmattā → brāhmaṇa-gahapatikā negama-jānapadā gaṇaka-mahāmattā (pts)His retinue is pure. This includes brahmins and householders, people of town and country, treasurers and chief ministers, military officers, guardsmen, ministers, councillors, rulers, tax beneficiaries, and princes. Rājā samāno idaṁ labhati.That’s what he obtains as king.

Sace kho pana agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajati, arahaṁ hoti sammāsambuddho loke vivaṭṭacchado.
vivaṭṭacchado → vivattacchado (bj, pts) | anagāriyaṁ → anāgāriyaṁ (sya-all) | vivaṭṭacchado → vivaṭacchado (th) | sammāsambuddho → sammā-sambuddho (pts) | vivaṭṭacchado → vivatta-cchaddo (pts)But if he goes forth from the lay life to homelessness, he becomes a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha, who has cast off the world’s veil. Buddho samāno kiṁ labhati?And what does he obtain as Buddha? Suciparivāro hoti, sucissa honti parivārā, bhikkhū bhikkhuniyo upāsakā upāsikāyo devā manussā asurā nāgā gandhabbā.
suciparivāro → suci-parivāro (pts) | sucissa → suci ssa (pts)His retinue is pure. This includes monks, nuns, laymen, laywomen, gods, humans, titans, dragons, and centaurs. Buddho samāno idaṁ labhati”.That’s what he obtains as Buddha.” Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.
etamatthaṁ → etam atthaṁ (pts)The Buddha spoke this matter.

Tatthetaṁ vuccati:
tatthetaṁ → tatth etaṁ (pts)On this it is said:

“Micchājīvañca avassaji samena vuttiṁ, sucinā so janayittha dhammikena;
avassaji → Sdt avassajī. (pts note) | vuttiṁ → SS vutti. (pts note) | micchājīvañca → micchājīvañ ca (pts) dhammikena → Sdt dhammiko na. (pts note)“He abandoned wrong livelihood, and created a way of life that’s fair, pure, and just. Ahitamapi ca apanudi, hitamapi ca bahujanasukhañca acari.
apanudi → apānudi (bj) | ahitamapi → ahitam pi (pts) | apānudi → apanudi (bj: machasaṁ) acari → ācari (bj, pts1ed) | hitamapi → hitam pi (pts) | ācari → acari (bj: machasaṁ) | hitam → Sc apanuditahitaṁ; Sd apanudīhītaṁ; St apanuduhitaṁ. (pts note) | pi → -1 Bmr K api. (pts note) | ācari → Bmr K acari. (pts note)He cast aside what was unbeneficial, and lived for the welfare and happiness of the people.

Sagge vedayati naro sukhapphalāni, karitvā nipuṇebhi vidūhi sabbhi;
sukhapphalāni → suphalāni (sya-all) | sukha-pphalāni → So Sc; Sd ppamānaṁ; St pamā; Bmr sukhaphalāni; K suphalāni. (pts note) nipuṇebhi → nipuṇehi (bj) | vidūhi → vidūbhi (sya-all) | nipuṇebhi vidūhi sabbhi → nipuṇehi viduhi samabhi (pts) | nipuṇehi → Sdt nipunohi; Bmr K nipuṇebhi. (pts note) | viduhi → Bm K vidūbhi; Br vidūhi. (pts note)Having done what’s praised by the clever, the wise, and the good, that man experienced the fruit in heaven. Vaṇṇitāni tidivapuravarasamo, abhiramati ratikhiḍḍāsamaṅgī.
tidivapuravarasamo → tidiva-pura-vara-samo (pts) ratikhiḍḍāsamaṅgī → rati-khiḍḍā-samaṅgī (pts)Equal to the best in the Third Heaven, he enjoyed himself with pleasure and play.

Laddhāna mānusakaṁ bhavaṁ tato, cavitvāna sukataphalavipākaṁ;
Laddhāna → laddhā (bj) | laddhāna → laddhānaṁ (cck) | laddhāna mānusakaṁ → aladdhā na manussakaṁ (sya-all) | laddhā → laddhānaṁ (bj: machasaṁ) | Laddhā → K aladdhā; Bmr K add na. (pts note) | mānusakaṁ → Sd mānusaka; St manusakaṁ; Bmr mānuss-; K manuss-. (pts note) | bhavaṁ → Sc bhāvaṁ. (pts note) cavitvāna sukataphalavipākaṁ sesakena → caviya puna sukataphalavipākasesakena (sya-all) | cavitvāna sukataphalavipākaṁ → caviya na sukataphalavipāka (pts) | cavitvā → vacitvāna (bj: machasaṁ) | caviya → So K; Sc caviyā; Sdt viya; Bmr cavitvā. (pts note) | na → K puna. (pts note) | sukata-phala-vipāka- → Bmr vipākaṁ. (pts note) | cavitvāna sukataphalavipākaṁ → caviya na sukata-phala-vipāka (pts)From there he passed back to a human life. with the remaining ripening of the fruit of good deeds, Sesakena paṭilabhati lapanajaṁ, samamapi sucisusukkaṁ.
sesakena → sukataphalavipākasesakena (th) samamapi sucisusukkaṁ → suci ca suvisuddhasusukkaṁ. (sya-all); suvisuddhaṁ suvisukkaṁ. (pts1ed) | sucisusukkaṁ → suci ca suvisuddhasusukkaṁ (sya-all) | samamapi sucisusukkaṁ → samam api suvisuddhaṁ suvisukkaṁ (pts) | susukkaṁ → laddhāna manusasakaṁ bhavaṁ tato caviya puna, sukata, phalavipāka, ye sakena paṭilabhati lapanajaṁ sammapi suci ca suvisuddha susukakaṁ (bj: syā) | sucisusukkaṁ → laddhāna manussakaṁ bhavaṁ tato caviya, puna sukataphalavipākasesakena; paṭilabhati lapanajaṁ samamapi, suci ca suvisuddhasusukkaṁ (cck: syā.) | suvisukkaṁ → -16 So Sc; Sdt suvisuddha-; Bmr sucisusukkaṁ; K sucimasuci ca sucisuddhasusukkaṁ. (pts note) | sucisusukkaṁ → suci susukkaṁ (bjt)he obtained teeth that are even, gleaming, bright, and white.

Taṁ veyyañjanikā samāgatā bahavo, byākaṁsu nipuṇasammatā manujā;
nipuṇasammatā → nipuṇā sammatā (sya-all) | byākaṁsu nipuṇasammatā manujā → vyākaṁsu nipuṇa sammatā manuj-indā suci-jana-parivāra (pts)Many soothsayers regarded as wise men gathered and predicted of him: Sucijanaparivāragaṇo bhavati, dijasamasukkasucisobhanadanto.
sucijanaparivāragaṇo → gano (pts) dijasamasukkasucisobhanadanto → dijāsamasukkasucisobhanadanto (pts) | dijasamasukkasucisobhanadanto → dijā-sama-sukka-suci-sobhana-danto (pts)‘With twice-born teeth so even, so white, so clean and bright his retinue will be so pure.

Rañño hoti bahujano, suciparivāro mahatiṁ mahiṁ anusāsato;
anusāsato → anusāsako (bj) | mahatiṁ mahiṁ anusāsato → mahatimaṁ mahimanusāsato ca (sya-all) | anusāsato → So Sc K; Sdt anusāsatā; Bmr anusāsako; K adds ca. (pts note)As king, his people will also be pure, when he rules having conquered this earth so broad. Pasayha na ca janapadatudanaṁ, hitamapi ca bahujanasukhañca caranti.
janapada-tudanaṁ → So Bmr Sum-Br; Sc janapadatunā; Sd napadatudanā; St Sum-Scd jaṇapadatudanā. (pts note) | janapadatudanaṁ → janapada-tudanaṁ hitam (pts) bahujanasukhañca → bahujanasukhaṁ (sya-all, pts) | hitamapi → hitam pi (pts) | pi → Bmr K api. (pts note) | bahujana-sukhaṁ → Bmr add ca. (pts note)They won’t harm the country, but will live for the welfare and happiness of the people.

Atha ce pabbajati bhavati vipāpo, samaṇo samitarajo vivaṭṭacchado;
ce → Br kho ca. Sdt add pi. (pts note) | bhavati → Br omits. (pts note) | vipāpo → So Bmr K Sum; Sc ca; Sd ca pāpo samāno; St ca pāpo samano. (pts note) vivaṭṭacchado → vivattachaddo (bj, pts) | samita-rajo → So Bmr K; Sc saṭarajo; Sd samīkajarājo; St samitarājo. (pts note) | vivaṭṭacchado → vivaṭacchado (th) | samitarajo vivaṭṭacchado → samita-rajo vivatta-cchaddo (pts)But if he goes forth he’ll be an ascetic free of ill, his passions quelled, the veil cast off. Vigatadarathakilamatho, imamapi ca paramapi ca passati lokaṁ.
vigatadarathakilamatho → vigata-daratha-kilamatho imam (pts) imamapi ca paramapi ca → paraṁpi paramaṁpi ca (sya-all); imampi ca parampi ca (pts1ed) | imamapi → imampi (bj, sya-all, pts) | paramapi → paraṁpi paramaṁpi (sya-all); param pi (pts) | ca → imamaji ca paramathi ca (bj: PTS); parampi parampi ca (bj: syā) | ca → imampi ca parampi ca (cck: pī.); paraṁpi paramaṁpi ca (cck: syā.) | imamapi → imaṁpi (th)Rid of stress and weariness, he sees this world and the next.

Tassovādakarā bahugihī ca pabbajitā ca, asuciṁ garahitaṁ dhunanti pāpaṁ;
bahugihī → bahū gihī (bj) | tassovādakarā bahugihī → tass ovāda-karā bahu-gihī (pts) ti → tassovādakarā bahugihī ca, | asuciṁ garahitaṁ → asucigarahitaṁ (bj) | garahitaṁ → vigarahitaṁ (pts) | asucigarahitaṁ → asuciṁ garahitaṁ (bj: machasaṁ) | vigarahitaṁ → So SS; Bmr asucigarahitaṁ; K asuci vigarahita. (pts note) | dhunanti → Sd dhutanti; K puna. (pts note)Those who do his bidding, both lay and renunciate, shake off wickedness, impure and blameworthy. Sa hi sucibhi parivuto bhavati, malakhilakalikilese panudehī”ti.
sucibhi → sucībhi (sya-all) | sucibhi parivuto → suciparivuto (pts) | sucibhi parivuto → suci-parivuto (pts) malakhilakalikilese panudehīti → malakhilakalikilesepanudebhīti (sya-all) | panudehī’’ti → tassovādakarā bahugihī ca, pabbajitā ca asucivigarahita; panudipāpassa hi sucibhiparivuto, bhavati malakhilakakilese panudeti (cck: syā.) | malakhilakalikilese panudehīti → malakhīlakalikilese panudetī (bjt) | malakhilakalikilese panudehīti → mala-khila (pts)He’s surrounded by pure people, who cast aside stains, callousness, sin, and corruptions.’”

Idamavoca bhagavā.
idamavoca bhagavā → kali (pts)That is what the Buddha said. Attamanā te bhikkhū bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinandunti.
ti → tassovādakarā bahugihī ca, pabbajito ca asucivigarahita (bj: panudi pāpassa hi sucihi parivuto, bhavati malakhilaka kilese panudeti – syā) | panudetīti → So Bmr; SS Sum-Scd nudehīti; K panudebhīti. K inserts Idam avoca Bhagavā. Attamanā te bhikkhū Bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinandun ti. (pts note)Satisfied, the mendicants approved what the Buddha said.

Lakkhaṇasuttaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ sattamaṁ.
sattamaṁ → (pts) | Niṭṭhitaṁ → So SS; Bmr Lakkhaṇa-Suttantaṁ Sattamaṁ; K Lakkhaṇa-Vibhāgi nāma Suttantaṁ Sattamaṁ Samattaṁ. (pts note)

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LakkhaṇasuttaThe Marks of a Great Man

1. Suppatiṭṭhitapādatālakkhaṇaṁ1. Well-Planted Feet

2. Pādatalacakkalakkhaṇaṁ2. Wheels on the Feet

3–5. Āyatapaṇhitāditilakkhaṇaṁ3–5. Stretched Heels, Etc.

6. Sattussadatālakkhaṇaṁ6. Seven Bulging Places

7–8. Karacaraṇamudujālatālakkhaṇāni7–8. Tender and Serried Hands

9–10. Ussaṅkhapāda-uddhaggalomatālakkhaṇāni9–10. Arched Feet and Upright Hair

11. Eṇijaṅghalakkhaṇaṁ11. Antelope Calves

12. Sukhumacchavilakkhaṇaṁ12. Delicate Skin

13. Suvaṇṇavaṇṇalakkhaṇaṁ13. Golden Skin

14. Kosohitavatthaguyhalakkhaṇaṁ14. Privates in Foreskin

15–16. Parimaṇḍalaanonamajaṇṇuparimasanalakkhaṇāni15–16. Equal Proportions and Touching the Knees

17–19. Sīhapubbaddhakāyāditilakkhaṇaṁ17–19. A Lion’s Chest, Etc.

20. Rasaggasaggitālakkhaṇaṁ20. Ridged Taste Buds

21–22. Abhinīlanettagopakhumalakkhaṇāni21–22. Indigo Eyes

23. Uṇhīsasīsalakkhaṇaṁ23. Crown Like a Turban

24–25. Ekekalomatāuṇṇālakkhaṇāni24–25. One Hair Per Pore, and a Tuft

26–27. Cattālīsaaviraḷadantalakkhaṇāni26–27. Forty Gapless Teeth

28–29. Pahūtajivhābrahmassaralakkhaṇāni28–29. A Large Tongue and the Voice of the Divinity

30. Sīhahanulakkhaṇaṁ30. A Lion-Like Jaw

31–32. Samadantasusukkadāṭhālakkhaṇāni31–32. Even and White Teeth