1.1Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.At Sāvatthī.

1.2Atha kho āyasmā mahākappino yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami.Then Venerable Mahākappina went to the Buddha.¹

1.3Addasā kho bhagavā āyasmantaṁ mahākappinaṁ dūratova āgacchantaṁ.The Buddha saw him coming off in the distance,1.4Disvāna bhikkhū āmantesi:and addressed the mendicants:1.5“passatha no tumhe, bhikkhave, etaṁ bhikkhuṁ āgacchantaṁ odātakaṁ tanukaṁ tuṅganāsikan”ti?“Mendicants, do you see that monk coming—white, thin, with a pointy nose?”²

1.6“Evaṁ, bhante”.“Yes, sir.”

1.7“Eso kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu mahiddhiko mahānubhāvo.“That mendicant is very mighty and powerful.1.8Na ca sā samāpatti sulabharūpā yā tena bhikkhunā asamāpannapubbā.It’s not easy to find an attainment that he has not already attained.1.9Yassa catthāya kulaputtā sammadeva agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajanti tadanuttaraṁ brahmacariyapariyosānaṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharatī”ti.And he has realized the supreme culmination of the spiritual path in this very life. He lives having achieved with his own insight the goal for which gentlemen rightly go forth from the lay life to homelessness.”

2.1Idamavoca bhagavā.That is what the Buddha said.2.2Idaṁ vatvāna sugato athāparaṁ etadavoca satthā:Then the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say:

3.1“Khattiyo seṭṭho janetasmiṁ,∥“The aristocrat is best among people3.2ye gottapaṭisārino;who take clan as the standard.3.3Vijjācaraṇasampanno,But one accomplished in knowledge and conduct3.4so seṭṭho devamānuse.is best among gods and humans.

4.1Divā tapati ādicco,∥The sun blazes by day,4.2rattimābhāti candimā;the moon radiates at night,4.3Sannaddho khattiyo tapati,the aristocrat shines in armor,4.4jhāyī tapati brāhmaṇo;and the brahmin shines in absorption.4.5Atha sabbamahorattiṁ,But all day and all night,4.6buddho tapati tejasā”ti.the Buddha blazes with glory.”

4.7Ekādasamaṁ.