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Cariyāpiṭaka
The Conduct Leading to Buddhahood
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Yudhañjayavagga
The Chapter With Yudhañjaya
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Saccapāramī 5
The Perfection of Truth (5th)
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Kaṇhadīpāyanacariya
Dark Light’s Conduct
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“Punāparaṁ yadā homi,
“Then again when I was
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kaṇhadīpāyano isi;
the seer Dark Light,
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Paropaññāsavassāni,
for more than fifty years
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anabhiratocariṁ ahaṁ.
I lived dissatisfied.
2.1
Na koci etaṁ jānāti,
No-one knew of this
2.2
Anabhiratimanaṁ mama;
dissatisfaction of mine,
2.3
Ahañhi kassaci nācikkhiṁ,
for I mentioned it to no-one,
2.4
Arati me carati mānase.
it only went on in my mind.
3.1
Sabrahmacārī maṇḍabyo,
Maṇḍabya, a spiritual companion
3.2
sahāyo me mahāisi;
and friend of mine was a great seer.
3.3
Pubbakammasamāyutto,
Bound to a deed in a past life,
3.4
sūlamāropanaṁ labhi.
he got impaled on a stake.
4.1
Tamahaṁ upaṭṭhahitvāna,
I nursed him
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ārogyamanupāpayiṁ;
and brought him back to health.
4.3
Āpucchitvāna āgañchiṁ,
Asking leave, I returned
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yaṁ mayhaṁ sakamassamaṁ.
to my own hermitage.
5.1
Sahāyo brāhmaṇo mayhaṁ,
A brahmin friend of mine,
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bhariyaṁ ādāya puttakaṁ;
bringing wife and child,
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Tayo janā samāgantvā,
came to me, all three of them,
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āgañchuṁ pāhunāgataṁ.
as my guests.
6.1
Sammodamāno tehi saha,
As I exchanged greetings with them,
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nisinno sakamassame;
seated in my own hermitage,
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Dārako vaṭṭamanukkhipaṁ,
the boy threw a ball
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āsīvisamakopayi.
and angered a viper.
7.1
Tato so vaṭṭagataṁ maggaṁ,
Then the boy, looking which way
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anvesanto kumārako;
the ball had gone,
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Āsīvisassa hatthena,
touched the viper’s head
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uttamaṅgaṁ parāmasi.
with his hand.
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Tassa āmasane kuddho,
Angered at his touch,
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sappo visabalassito;
the snake, relying on its potent poison,
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Kupito paramakopena,
completely enraged,
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aḍaṁsi dārakaṁ khaṇe.
bit the boy right away.
9.1
Sahadaṭṭho āsīvisena,
When bitten by the viper,
9.2
dārako papati bhūmiyaṁ;
the boy fainted on the ground.
9.3
Tenāhaṁ dukkhito āsiṁ,
It made me distraught,
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mama vāhasi taṁ dukkhaṁ.
the pain became as if mine.
10.1
Tyāhaṁ assāsayitvāna,
Comforting the parents,
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dukkhite sokasallite;
in their suffering and sorrow,
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Paṭhamaṁ akāsiṁ kiriyaṁ,
I made the first act,
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aggaṁ saccaṁ varuttamaṁ.
the original, supreme declaration of truth:
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‘Sattāhamevāhaṁ pasannacitto,
‘For just seven days with a mind of faith
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Puññatthiko acariṁ brahmacariyaṁ;
I led the spiritual life seeking merit.
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Athāparaṁ yaṁ caritaṁ mamedaṁ,
My life since then,
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Vassāni paññāsasamādhikāni.
for fifty years or more,
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Akāmako vāhi ahaṁ carāmi,
I have lived unwillingly.
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Etena saccena suvatthi hotu;
By this truth, may he be well!
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Hataṁ visaṁ jīvatu yaññadatto’.
May the poison die! May Yaññadatta live!’
13.1
Saha sacce kate mayhaṁ,
As I declared this truth,
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visavegena vedhito;
the boy trembling with poison,
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Abujjhitvāna vuṭṭhāsi,
awoke and got up,
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arogo cāsi māṇavo;
the brahmin youth was well.
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Saccena me samo natthi,
There is no-one to equal my truthfulness:
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esā me saccapāramī”ti.
this is my perfection of truth.”
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Kaṇhadīpāyanacariyaṁ ekādasamaṁ.
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