Bodhirajakumarasutta (MN 85)

The Discourse concerning Prince Bodhi - 44 So kho ahaṁ, Rājakumāra: ‘Vaccaṁ vā muttaṁ vā karissāmī,’ ti Then, Prince, thinking: ‘I will pass excrement or urine,’ tattheva avakujjo papatāmi tāyevappāhāratāya.

I fell down face forward right there through having so little food.

So kho ahaṁ, Rājakumāra, Then, Prince, imam-eva kāyaṁ assāsento pāṇinā gattāni anumajjāmi.

I rubbed this body and my limbs comfortably with my hand Tassa mayhaṁ, Rājakumāra, pāṇinā gattāni anumajjato, Then, Prince, as I rubbed my limbs with my hand, pūtimūlāni lomāni kāyasmā papatanti tāyevappāhāratāya. hair that was rotten at the root fell out of my body through having so little food.

Apissu maṁ, Rājakumāra, manussā disvā evam-āhaṁsu: Further, Prince, this occurred to men after seeing me: ‘Kāḷo samaṇo Gotamo,’ ti ‘The ascetic Gotama is black,’ ekacce manussā evam-āhaṁsu: and to some men this occurred: ‘Na kāḷo samaṇo Gotamo, sāmo samaṇo Gotamo,’ ti ‘The ascetic Gotama is not black, the ascetic Gotama is brown,’ ekacce manussā evam-āhaṁsu: and to some men this occurred: ‘Na kāḷo samaṇo Gotamo, na pi sāmo, maṅguracchavi samaṇo Gotamo.’ ti ‘The ascetic Gotama is not black, he is not brown, the ascetic Gotama has golden skin.’

Yāvassu me, Rājakumāra, tāva parisuddho chavivaṇṇo pariyodāto So far, Prince, was the pure and bright colour of my skin upahato hoti tāyevappāhāratāya. spoilt through having so little food.

Tassa mayhaṁ, Rājakumāra, etad-ahosi: Then, Prince, this occurred to me: ‘Ye kho keci atītam-addhānaṁ samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā ‘Those ascetics and priests in the past times who