Selasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Majjhimanikāya · Vol. 13 · Section 607

[607] When this was said, Keṇiya the matted-hair ascetic (jaṭila), raising his right arm, said this to the brahmin Sela: "There, worthy Sela, where that blue line of forest is." Then the brahmin Sela, together with the three hundred young students, approached the Blessed One. Then the brahmin Sela addressed those young students: "Come quietly, sirs, setting down one foot after another; for those worthies are ever hard to approach, like lions that wander alone. And when I am conversing with the worthy ascetic Gotama, do not, sirs, break in upon my talk in mid-course; wait, sirs, for the conclusion of my talk." Then the brahmin Sela approached the Blessed One; having approached, he exchanged greetings with the Blessed One, and when the courteous and memorable talk was concluded, he sat down at one side. Seated at one side, the brahmin Sela scrutinized the body of the Blessed One for the thirty-two marks of a great man (mahāpurisalakkhaṇa). And the brahmin Sela saw on the body of the Blessed One the thirty-two marks of a great man for the most part — all except two. Concerning two marks of a great man he was uncertain, he doubted, he could not make up his mind, he could not gain conviction: concerning the male organ enclosed in a sheath (kosohita vatthaguyha) and the largeness of the tongue (pahūtajivhatā).

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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