With Brahmāyu · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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Atha kho bhagavā tathārūpaṁ iddhābhisaṅkhāraṁ abhisaṅkhāsi yathā addasa uttaro māṇavo bhagavato kosohitaṁ vatthaguyhaṁ. Atha kho bhagavā jivhaṁ ninnāmetvā ubhopi kaṇṇasotāni anumasi paṭimasi; ubhopi nāsikasotāni anumasi paṭimasi; kevalampi nalāṭamaṇḍalaṁ jivhāya chādesi.
So the Buddha used his psychic power to will that Uttara would see his private parts sheathed in a foreskin. And he stuck out his tongue and stroked back and forth on his ear holes and nostrils, and covered his entire forehead with his tongue.
Atha kho uttarassa māṇavassa etadahosi: “samannāgato kho samaṇo gotamo dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇehi. Yannūnāhaṁ samaṇaṁ gotamaṁ anubandheyyaṁ, iriyāpathamassa passeyyan”ti. Atha kho uttaro māṇavo sattamāsāni bhagavantaṁ anubandhi chāyāva anapāyinī. Atha kho uttaro māṇavo sattannaṁ māsānaṁ accayena videhesu yena mithilā tena cārikaṁ pakkāmi. Anupubbena cārikaṁ caramāno yena mithilā yena brahmāyu brāhmaṇo tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā brahmāyuṁ brāhmaṇaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho uttaraṁ māṇavaṁ brahmāyu brāhmaṇo etadavoca: “kacci, tāta uttara, taṁ bhavantaṁ gotamaṁ tathā santaṁyeva saddo abbhuggato, no aññathā? Kacci pana so bhavaṁ gotamo tādiso, no aññādiso”ti? “Tathā santaṁyeva, bho, taṁ bhavantaṁ gotamaṁ saddo abbhuggato, no aññathā; tādisova so bhavaṁ gotamo, no aññādiso.
Then Uttara thought, “The ascetic Gotama possesses the thirty-two marks. Why don’t I follow him and observe his deportment?” So Uttara followed the Buddha like a shadow for seven months. When seven months had passed he set out wandering toward Mithilā. There he approached the brahmin Brahmāyu, bowed, and sat down to one side. Brahmāyu said to him, “Well, dear Uttara, does the worthy Gotama live up to his reputation or not?” “He does, sir.
Samannāgato ca so bhavaṁ gotamo dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇehi.
The worthy Gotama possesses the thirty-two marks.
Suppatiṭṭhitapādo kho pana bho bhavaṁ gotamo; idampi tassa bhoto gotamassa mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṁ bhavati. Heṭṭhā kho pana tassa bhoto gotamassa pādatalesu cakkāni jātāni sahassārāni sanemikāni sanābhikāni sabbākāraparipūrāni … Āyatapaṇhi kho pana so bhavaṁ gotamo … Dīghaṅguli kho pana so bhavaṁ gotamo … Mudutalunahatthapādo kho pana so bhavaṁ gotamo … Jālahatthapādo kho pana so bhavaṁ gotamo … Ussaṅkhapādo kho pana so bhavaṁ gotamo … Eṇijaṅgho kho pana so bhavaṁ gotamo … Ṭhitako kho pana so bhavaṁ gotamo anonamanto ubhohi pāṇitalehi jaṇṇukāni parimasati parimajjati … Kosohitavatthaguyho kho pana so bhavaṁ gotamo … Suvaṇṇavaṇṇo kho pana so bhavaṁ gotamo kañcanasannibhattaco …
He has well-planted feet. On the soles of his feet there are thousand-spoked wheels, with rims and hubs, complete in every detail. He has stretched heels. He has long fingers. His hands and feet are soft and tender. He has serried hands and feet. The tops of his feet are arched. His calves are like those of an antelope. When standing upright and not bending over, the palms of both hands touch the knees. His private parts are sheathed in a foreskin. He is golden colored; his skin shines like lustrous gold.
Sukhumacchavi kho pana so bhavaṁ gotamo. Sukhumattā chaviyā rajojallaṁ kāye na upalimpati … Ekekalomo kho pana so bhavaṁ gotamo; ekekāni lomāni lomakūpesu jātāni … Uddhaggalomo kho pana so bhavaṁ gotamo; uddhaggāni lomāni jātāni nīlāni añjanavaṇṇāni kuṇḍalāvaṭṭāni dakkhiṇāvaṭṭakajātāni … Brahmujugatto kho pana so bhavaṁ gotamo … Sattussado kho pana so bhavaṁ gotamo … Sīhapubbaddhakāyo kho pana so bhavaṁ gotamo … Citantaraṁso kho pana so bhavaṁ gotamo … Nigrodhaparimaṇḍalo kho pana so bhavaṁ gotamo; yāvatakvassa kāyo tāvatakvassa byāmo, yāvatakvassa byāmo tāvatakvassa kāyo … Samavaṭṭakkhandho kho pana so bhavaṁ gotamo … Rasaggasaggī kho pana so bhavaṁ gotamo …
He has delicate skin, so delicate that dust and dirt don’t stick to his body. His hairs grow one per pore. His hairs stand up; they’re blue-black and curl clockwise. His body is tall and straight-limbed. He has bulging muscles in seven places. His chest is like that of a lion. He is filled out between the shoulders. He has the proportional circumference of a banyan tree: the span of his arms equals the height of his body. His torso is cylindrical. He has ridged taste buds.
Sīhahanu kho pana so bhavaṁ gotamo … Cattālīsadanto kho pana so bhavaṁ gotamo … Samadanto kho pana so bhavaṁ gotamo … Aviraḷadanto kho pana so bhavaṁ gotamo … Susukkadāṭho kho pana so bhavaṁ gotamo … Pahūtajivho kho pana so bhavaṁ gotamo … Brahmassaro kho pana so bhavaṁ gotamo karavikabhāṇī … Abhinīlanetto kho pana so bhavaṁ gotamo … Gopakhumo kho pana so bhavaṁ gotamo … Uṇṇā kho panassa bhoto gotamassa bhamukantare jātā odātā mudutūlasannibhā … Uṇhīsasīso kho pana so bhavaṁ gotamo; idampi tassa bhoto gotamassa mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṁ bhavati. Imehi kho, bho, so bhavaṁ gotamo dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇehi samannāgato.
His jaw is like that of a lion. He has forty teeth. His teeth are even. His teeth have no gaps. His teeth are perfectly white. He has a large tongue. He has the voice of the Divinity, like a cuckoo’s call. His eyes are indigo. He has eyelashes like a cow’s. Between his eyebrows there grows a tuft, soft and white like cotton-wool. The crown of his head is like a turban. These are the thirty-two marks of a great man possessed by the worthy Gotama.
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