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 2

The Perfection of Giving (2nd)

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Saṅkhacariya

Saṅkha’s Conduct

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“Punāparaṁ yadā homi,

“Then again when I was

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Brāhmaṇo saṅkhasavhayo;

a brahmin called Saṅkha,

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Mahāsamuddaṁ taritukāmo,

wanting to cross the great ocean,

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Upagacchāmi paṭṭanaṁ.

I was on my way to the port.

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Tatthaddasaṁ paṭipathe,

There I saw across the way

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Sayambhuṁ aparājitaṁ;

one self-awakened, undefeated,

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Kantāraddhānaṁ paṭipannaṁ,

walking a desert road

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Tattāya kaṭhinabhūmiyā.

whose ground was hot and rough.

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Tamahaṁ paṭipathe disvā,

Seeing him across the way,

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imamatthaṁ vicintayiṁ;

I thought this:

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‘Idaṁ khettaṁ anuppattaṁ,

‘A field has appeared

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puññakāmassa jantuno.

for a personage desiring merit.

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Yathā kassako puriso,

Now suppose a farmer

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khettaṁ disvā mahāgamaṁ;

seeing a fertile field

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Tattha bījaṁ na ropeti,

does not sow seed there,

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na so dhaññena atthiko.

then they are not in need of grain.

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Evamevāhaṁ puññakāmo,

So too, if I, desiring merit,

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Disvā khettavaruttamaṁ;

seeing a supreme excellent field,

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Yadi tattha kāraṁ na karomi,

do not render service there,

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Nāhaṁ puññena atthiko.

then I am not in need of merit.

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Yathā amacco muddikāmo,

Or suppose a minister seeking the royal seal

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rañño antepure jane;

of authority over the people of the court,

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Na deti tesaṁ dhanadhaññaṁ,

does not give them money and grain,

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muddito parihāyati.

their authority dwindles.

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Evamevāhaṁ puññakāmo,

So too, if I, desiring merit,

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Vipulaṁ disvāna dakkhiṇaṁ;

seeing an abundantly worthy recipient,

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Yadi tassa dānaṁ na dadāmi,

do not give gifts to them,

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Parihāyissāmi puññato’.

I will dwindle in merit.’

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Evāhaṁ cintayitvāna,

Reflecting in this way,

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orohitvā upāhanā;

I took off my sandals

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Tassa pādāni vanditvā,

and bowed to his feet,

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adāsiṁ chattupāhanaṁ.

giving him an umbrella and sandals.

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Tenevāhaṁ sataguṇato,

Though I was a hundred times

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Sukhumālo sukhedhito;

more delicate and pampered than him,

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Api ca dānaṁ paripūrento,

fulfilling my giving,

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Evaṁ tassa adāsahan”ti.

I gave like this to him.”

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Saṅkhacariyaṁ dutiyaṁ.