Hatthināgavagga

The Chapter on an Elephant

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Cariyāpiṭaka

The Conduct Leading to Buddhahood

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Hatthināgavagga

The Chapter on an Elephant

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Sīlapāramī 10

The Perfection of Ethics (10th)

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Saṅkhapālacariya

Saṅkhapāla’s Conduct

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“Punāparaṁ yadā homi,

“Then again when I was

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saṅkhapālo mahiddhiko;

Saṅkhapāla, a dragon of great psychic power,

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Dāṭhāvudho ghoraviso,

deadly-fanged, lethally venomous,

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dvijivho uragādhibhū.

two-tongued, lord of serpents.

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Catuppathe mahāmagge,

At a crossroad on a highway

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nānājanasamākule;

crowded with many people,

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Caturo aṅge adhiṭṭhāya,

I resolved on the four factors,

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tattha vāsamakappayiṁ.

and made my home there.

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Chaviyā cammena maṁsena,

‘My outer skin and inner, flesh,

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Nahāruaṭṭhikehi vā;

sinews and bones:

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Yassa etena karaṇīyaṁ,

whoever has use for these,

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Dinnaṁyeva harātu so.

they are already given, please take them.’

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Addasaṁsu bhojaputtā,

Seeing me, the Bhojans,

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kharā luddā akāruṇā;

those violent and pitiless hunters,

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Upagañchuṁ mamaṁ tattha,

came to me there

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daṇḍamuggarapāṇino.

with sticks and hammers in their hands.

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Nāsāya vinivijjhitvā,

Having pierced my nose,

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naṅguṭṭhe piṭṭhikaṇṭake;

tail, and spine,

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Kāje āropayitvāna,

and fastened me to a pole,

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bhojaputtā hariṁsu maṁ.

the Bhojans carried me away.

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Sasāgarantaṁ pathaviṁ,

The earth from sea to sea,

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sakānanaṁ sapabbataṁ;

with its forests and mountains—

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Icchamāno cahaṁ tattha,

had I wished, right there

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nāsāvātena jhāpaye.

I could have burnt it up with a blast from my nose.

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Sūlehi vinivijjhante,

Though pierced with stakes,

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Koṭṭayantepi sattibhi;

and stabbed with knives,

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Bhojaputte na kuppāmi,

I did not get upset with the Bhojans:

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Esā me sīlapāramī”ti.

this is my perfection of ethics.”

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Saṅkhapālacariyaṁ dasamaṁ.

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Hatthināgavaggo dutiyo.

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Tassuddānaṁ

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Hatthināgo bhūridatto,

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campeyyo bodhi mahiṁso;

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Ruru mātaṅgo dhammo ca,

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atrajo ca jayaddiso.

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Ete nava sīlabalā,

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parikkhārā padesikā;

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Jīvitaṁ parirakkhitvā,

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sīlāni anurakkhisaṁ.

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Saṅkhapālassa me sato,

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sabbakālampi jīvitaṁ;

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Yassa kassaci niyyattaṁ,

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tasmā sā sīlapāramīti.

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Sīlapāraminiddeso niṭṭhito.