PTS cs 3 PTS vp Pali 75 The king said: ‘Is it true, Nāgasena, that the Buddha was endowed with the thirty-two bodily marks of a great man, and graced with the eighty subsidiary characteristics; that he was golden in colour with a skin like gold, and that there spread around him a glorious halo of a fathom’s length?’
‘Such, O king, was the Blessed One.’
‘But were his parents like that?’
‘No, they were not.’
‘In that case you must say that he was born so. But surely a son is either like his mother, or those on PTS vp En 117 The mother’s side, or he is like his father, or those on the father’s side!’
The Elder replied: ‘Is there such a thing, O king, as a lotus flower with a hundred petals?’
‘Yes, there is.’
‘Where does it grow up?’
‘It is produced in mud, and in water it comes to perfection.’
‘But does the lotus resemble the mud of the lake, whence it springs up, either in colour, or in smell, or in taste?’
‘Certainly not.’
‘Then does it resemble the water?’
‘Nor that either.’
‘Just so, great king, is it that the Blessed One had the bodily signs and marks you have mentioned, though his parents had them not.’
‘Well answered, Nāgasena!’
3. Mahāpurisalakkhaṇapañha
3. Mahāpurisalakkhaṇapañha
3. Mahāpurisalakkhaṇapañha
Rājā āha—“bhante nāgasena, buddho dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇehi samannāgato asītiyā ca anubyañjanehi parirañjito suvaṇṇavaṇṇo kañcanasannibhattaco byāmappabho”ti? “Āma, mahārāja, bhagavā dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇehi samannāgato asītiyā ca anubyañjanehi parirañjito suvaṇṇavaṇṇo kañcanasannibhattaco byāmappabho”ti.
“bhante nāgasena, buddho dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇehi samannāgato asītiyā ca anubyañjanehi parirañjito suvaṇṇavaṇṇo kañcanasannibhattaco byāmappabho”ti?
“Āma, mahārāja, bhagavā dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇehi samannāgato asītiyā ca anubyañjanehi parirañjito suvaṇṇavaṇṇo kañcanasannibhattaco byāmappabho”ti.
Rājā āha—“bhante nāgasena, buddho dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇehi samannāgato asītiyā ca anubyañjanehi parirañjito suvaṇṇavaṇṇo kañcanasannibhattaco byāmappabho”ti? “Āma, mahārāja, bhagavā dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇehi samannāgato asītiyā ca anubyañjanehi parirañjito suvaṇṇavaṇṇo kañcanasannibhattaco byāmappabho”ti.
“Kiṁ panassa, bhante, mātāpitaropi dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇehi samannāgatā asītiyā ca anubyañjanehi parirañjitā suvaṇṇavaṇṇā kañcanasannibhattacā byāmappabhā”ti? “No cassa, mahārāja, mātāpitaro dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇehi samannāgatā asītiyā ca anubyañjanehi parirañjitā suvaṇṇavaṇṇā kañcanasannibhattacā byāmappabhā”ti.
“Kiṁ panassa, bhante, mātāpitaropi dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇehi samannāgatā asītiyā ca anubyañjanehi parirañjitā suvaṇṇavaṇṇā kañcanasannibhattacā byāmappabhā”ti?
“No cassa, mahārāja, mātāpitaro dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇehi samannāgatā asītiyā ca anubyañjanehi parirañjitā suvaṇṇavaṇṇā kañcanasannibhattacā byāmappabhā”ti.
“Kiṁ panassa, bhante, mātāpitaropi dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇehi samannāgatā asītiyā ca anubyañjanehi parirañjitā suvaṇṇavaṇṇā kañcanasannibhattacā byāmappabhā”ti? “No cassa, mahārāja, mātāpitaro dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇehi samannāgatā asītiyā ca anubyañjanehi parirañjitā suvaṇṇavaṇṇā kañcanasannibhattacā byāmappabhā”ti.
“Evaṁ sante kho, bhante nāgasena, na uppajjati buddho dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇehi samannāgato asītiyā ca anubyañjanehi parirañjito suvaṇṇavaṇṇo kañcanasannibhattaco byāmappabhoti, api ca mātusadiso vā putto hoti mātupakkho vā, pitusadiso vā putto hoti pitupakkho vā”ti. Thero āha—“atthi pana, mahārāja, kiñci padumaṁ satapattan”ti? “Āma, bhante, atthī”ti. “Tassa pana kuhiṁ sambhavo”ti? “Kaddame jāyati udake āsīyatī”ti. “Kiṁ nu kho, mahārāja, padumaṁ kaddamena sadisaṁ vaṇṇena vā gandhena vā rasena vā”ti? “Na hi, bhante”ti. “Atha udakena vā gandhena vā rasena vā”ti? “Na hi, bhante”ti. “Evameva kho, mahārāja, bhagavā dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇehi samannāgato asītiyā ca anubyañjanehi parirañjito suvaṇṇavaṇṇo kañcanasannibhattaco byāmappabho, no cassa mātāpitaro dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇehi samannāgatā asītiyā ca anubyañjanehi parirañjitā suvaṇṇavaṇṇā kañcanasannibhattacā byāmappabhā”ti.
“Evaṁ sante kho, bhante nāgasena, na uppajjati buddho dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇehi samannāgato asītiyā ca anubyañjanehi parirañjito suvaṇṇavaṇṇo kañcanasannibhattaco byāmappabhoti, api ca mātusadiso vā putto hoti mātupakkho vā, pitusadiso vā putto hoti pitupakkho vā”ti.
“atthi pana, mahārāja, kiñci padumaṁ satapattan”ti?
“Tassa pana kuhiṁ sambhavo”ti?
“Kaddame jāyati udake āsīyatī”ti.
“Kiṁ nu kho, mahārāja, padumaṁ kaddamena sadisaṁ vaṇṇena vā gandhena vā rasena vā”ti?
“Atha udakena vā gandhena vā rasena vā”ti?
“Evameva kho, mahārāja, bhagavā dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇehi samannāgato asītiyā ca anubyañjanehi parirañjito suvaṇṇavaṇṇo kañcanasannibhattaco byāmappabho, no cassa mātāpitaro dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇehi samannāgatā asītiyā ca anubyañjanehi parirañjitā suvaṇṇavaṇṇā kañcanasannibhattacā byāmappabhā”ti.
“Evaṁ sante kho, bhante nāgasena, na uppajjati buddho dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇehi samannāgato asītiyā ca anubyañjanehi parirañjito suvaṇṇavaṇṇo kañcanasannibhattaco byāmappabhoti, api ca mātusadiso vā putto hoti mātupakkho vā, pitusadiso vā putto hoti pitupakkho vā”ti. Thero āha—“atthi pana, mahārāja, kiñci padumaṁ satapattan”ti? “Āma, bhante, atthī”ti. “Tassa pana kuhiṁ sambhavo”ti? “Kaddame jāyati udake āsīyatī”ti. “Kiṁ nu kho, mahārāja, padumaṁ kaddamena sadisaṁ vaṇṇena vā gandhena vā rasena vā”ti? “Na hi, bhante”ti. “Atha udakena vā gandhena vā rasena vā”ti? “Na hi, bhante”ti. “Evameva kho, mahārāja, bhagavā dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇehi samannāgato asītiyā ca anubyañjanehi parirañjito suvaṇṇavaṇṇo kañcanasannibhattaco byāmappabho, no cassa mātāpitaro dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇehi samannāgatā asītiyā ca anubyañjanehi parirañjitā suvaṇṇavaṇṇā kañcanasannibhattacā byāmappabhā”ti.
“Kallosi, bhante nāgasenā”ti.
“Kallosi, bhante nāgasenā”ti.
“Kallosi, bhante nāgasenā”ti.
Mahāpurisalakkhaṇapañho tatiyo. *Mahāpurisalakkhaṇapañho → dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇapañho (maku)
Mahāpurisalakkhaṇapañho tatiyo. *Mahāpurisalakkhaṇapañho → dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇapañho (maku)
Mahāpurisalakkhaṇapañho tatiyo. *Mahāpurisalakkhaṇapañho → dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇapañho (maku)