Akittivagga

The Chapter With Akitti

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Cariyāpiṭaka

The Conduct Leading to Buddhahood

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Akittivagga

The Chapter With Akitti

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Dānapāramī 1

The Perfection of Giving (1st)

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Akitticariya

Akitti’s Conduct

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Namo tassa Bhagavato Arahato Sammāsambuddhassa.

Homage to him, the blessed one, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha!

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“Kappe ca satasahasse,

“For a hundred thousand eons

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caturo ca asaṅkhiye;

and four incalculable ages,

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Etthantare yaṁ caritaṁ,

all my conduct in that period

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sabbaṁ taṁ bodhipācanaṁ.

ripens in awakening.

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Atītakappe caritaṁ,

Setting aside my conduct

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ṭhapayitvā bhavābhave;

in past eons through different lives,

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Imamhi kappe caritaṁ,

I shall speak of my conduct

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pavakkhissaṁ suṇohi me.

in this eon, hear me.

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Yadā ahaṁ brahāraññe,

When I lived having plunged

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suññe vipinakānane;

into the formidable jungle

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Ajjhogāhetvā viharāmi,

of empty thickets and glades,

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akitti nāma tāpaso.

my name was Akitti the mortifier.

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Tadā maṁ tapatejena,

Then, burned by the fires of my mortification,

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santatto tidivābhibhū;

the sovereign of the Third Heaven,

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Dhārento brāhmaṇavaṇṇaṁ,

came to me for alms

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bhikkhāya maṁ upāgami.

in the form of a brahmin.

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Pavanā ābhataṁ paṇṇaṁ,

I had gathered leaves from the forest

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atelañca aloṇikaṁ;

without oil or salt,

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Mama dvāre ṭhitaṁ disvā,

and seeing him standing at my door,

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sakaṭāhena ākiriṁ.

I placed them in his pot.

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Tassa datvānahaṁ paṇṇaṁ,

After giving him the leaves

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nikkujjitvāna bhājanaṁ;

I turned over my plate,

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Punesanaṁ jahitvāna,

and having given up on seeking more food,

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pāvisiṁ paṇṇasālakaṁ.

I entered my hut of leaves.

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Dutiyampi tatiyampi,

A second and a third time

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upagañchi mamantikaṁ;

he came to me.

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Akampito anolaggo,

Undisturbed, ungrasping,

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evamevamadāsahaṁ.

I gave in just the same way.

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Na me tappaccayā atthi,

That is the reason why

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sarīrasmiṁ vivaṇṇiyaṁ;

my body is not discolored.

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Pītisukhena ratiyā,

In rapture and bliss free of relishing

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vītināmemi taṁ divaṁ.

I spend the day.

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Yadi māsampi dvemāsaṁ,

If even for a month or two

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dakkhiṇeyyaṁ varaṁ labhe;

I were to find a worthy recipient,

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Akampito anolīno,

undisturbed, unattached,

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dadeyyaṁ dānamuttamaṁ.

I would give the supreme gift.

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Na tassa dānaṁ dadamāno,

While giving him that gift

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yasaṁ lābhañca patthayiṁ;

I did not wish for fame or profit.

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Sabbaññutaṁ patthayāno,

Wishing for omniscience

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tāni kammāni ācarin”ti.

I performed those deeds.”

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Akitticariyaṁ paṭhamaṁ.