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4. Khattiya Sutta
Discourse on the King as the Noblest Among Men
Nandana Vagga, Devata Samyutta, Sagatha Vagga Samyutta,
Samyutta Nikaya, Suttanta Pitaka

SOURCE: "FIVE SAMYUTTAS FROM SAGATHAVAGGA SAMYUTTA"
Translated by U Tin U (Myaung), Yangon
Edited by the Editorial Committee, Burma (Myanmar) Tipitaka Association, 1998 		{short description of image}

Discourse on the King as the Noblest Among Men

     14. (The deva said:)

     "Among bipeds the king is the noblest.

     Among quadrupeds the strong bull is the noblest.

     Among wives the maiden bride is the noblest.

     Among offspring the eldest born is the noblest."

     (The Bhagava said:)

     "Among bipeds the Perfectly Self-Enlightened Buddha is the noblest.*

     Among quadrupeds a well-trained thoroughbred is the noblest.

     Among wives the attentive wife is the noblest.

     Among offspring the obedient one is the noblest."

     * Among bipeds the Perfectly Self-Enlightened Buddha is the noblest: As a matter of fact, the Buddha is the noblest among any species of beings. When a Buddha appears in the world he invariably does so as a human being. Hence the above statement

End of the Khattiya Sutta,
the fourth in this vagga.


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