- CariyāpiṭakaThe Conduct Leading to Buddhahood
- HatthināgavaggaThe Chapter on an Elephant
- Sīlapāramī 4The Perfection of Ethics (4th)
CūḷabodhicariyaCūḷabodhi’s Conduct
“Punāparaṁ yadā homi, cūḷabodhi susīlavā;
cūḷabodhi → cullabodhi (bj) | cullabodhi → cūḷa (bj: machasaṁ) | Cūḷabodhi → R,T -vuṭṭhaṁ (pts note)“Then again when I was the very virtuous Cūḷabodhi, Bhavaṁ disvāna bhayato, nekkhammaṁ abhinikkhamiṁ.
abhinikkhamiṁ → abhinikkhami (bj: sīmu) | abhinikkhamiṁ → R ahikuṇḍiko; B,N,T ahituṇḍiko (pts note)seeing rebirth as fearful, I renounced worldly life.Yā me dutiyikā āsi, brāhmaṇī kanakasannibhā;
kanakasannibhā → kanakasantibhā (bj)She who had been my partner, a brahmin lady with golden skin, Sāpi vaṭṭe anapekkhā, nekkhammaṁ abhinikkhami.
vaṭṭe → B,N yaṁ (pts note) abhinikkhami → abhinikkhamī (bj)unconcerned with the cycle of rebirths, also renounced worldly life.Nirālayā chinnabandhū, anapekkhā kule gaṇe;
chinnabandhū → jinna bandhu (bj); chinnabandhu (sya-all) | chinnabandhū → R nīlapītaṁ va lohitaṁ; B,N,T nīlam va pīta- (pts note)Without clinging, cutting off family, unconcerned with family or group, Carantā gāmanigamaṁ, bārāṇasimupāgamuṁ.we walked from village to town until we reached Varanasi.Tattha vasāma nipakā, asaṁsaṭṭhā kule gaṇe;There we lived alert, mixing not with a family or group. Nirākule appasadde, rājuyyāne vasāmubho.Quiet and undisturbed, we both stayed in the royal park.
Uyyānadassanaṁ gantvā, rājā addasa brāhmaṇiṁ;Visiting the park, the king saw the brahmin lady. Upagamma mamaṁ pucchi, ‘tuyhesā kā kassa bhariyā’.
upagamma mamaṁ → upasaṅgamma maṁ (sya-all) | mamaṁ → R,B,N -vattanto (pts note) kā → (bj) | bhariyā → bhāriyā (bj, pts) | tuyhesā kā → tuyh esā (pts) | bhāriyā → bhāriyāti (bj: machasaṁ) | esā → R pakuppeyaṁ; C2,T kuppeyyaṁ (pts note) | bhāriyā → T sīlam-pi bhind- (pts note)He approached me and asked, ‘Is she your wife? Or whose is she?’Evaṁ vutte, ahaṁ tassa, idaṁ vacanamabraviṁ;
vacanam-abraviṁ → C1,2 abruviṁ (pts note)When he said this, to him I said the following. ‘Na mayhaṁ bhariyā esā, sahadhammā ekasāsanī’.
sahadhammā → sahajā (bj: machasaṁ)‘She is not my wife. we share the same teaching and belief.’Tissā sārattagadhito, gāhāpetvāna ceṭake;
Tissā → tassā (bj, sya1ed, sya2ed, pts-vp-pli1-2) | tissā sārattagadhito → tassāsārattādhigato (bj) | tissā → tassā (pts) | tassāsārattādhigato → tissā (bj: machasaṁ) | tassāsārattādhigato → sārattagadhito (bj: sīmu) | Tissā → tassā (cck: sī.) | Tassā → B,N tissā (pts note) | Sārattagadhito → R,CpA sārattādhigato (pts note) ceṭake → cetake (bj: machasaṁ) | gāhāpetvāna → C2 gāha- (pts note) | ceṭake → R cetake (pts note)Infatuated with her, he had his men seize her. Nippīḷayanto balasā, antepuraṁ pavesayi.
pavesayi → pavesayī (bj)Compelling her by force he brought her to the royal compound.Odapattakiyā mayhaṁ, sahajā ekasāsanī;
odapattakiyā → odapattikiyā (bj: PTS) | Odapattakiyā → R,T -pattikiyā (pts note) sahajā → sahajātā (sya-all) | sahajā → T,CpA sahajātā (pts note)She who became mine by touching a water-jar, born together, one in beliefs, Ākaḍḍhitvā nayantiyā, kopo me upapajjatha.
nayantiyā → niyantiyā (bj: PTS) | nayantiyā → R niyantiyā, (pts note) upapajjatha → uppajjatha (bj, sya-all) | upapajjatha → T uppaj- (pts note)when he dragged her away, I felt so angry.Saha kope samuppanne, sīlabbatamanussariṁ;Together with the arising of anger, I remembered my precepts and vows, Tattheva kopaṁ niggaṇhiṁ, nādāsiṁ vaḍḍhitūpari.
vaḍḍhitūpari → vaḍaḍtuppari (bj: machasaṁ); vuḍaḍhitupari (bj: PTS) | nādāsiṁ → R nādāsi (pts note) | ūpari → R vaḍḍhitum pari (pts note)and right there controlled my anger, I did not allow it to grow.Yadi naṁ brāhmaṇiṁ koci, koṭṭeyya tiṇhasattiyā;
yadi naṁ → yadihaṁ (bj) | naṁ → taṁ (sya-all) | yadihaṁ → yadidaṁ (bj: machasaṁ) | naṁ → C1 'haṁ; T taṁ (pts note)If anyone were to attack that brahmin lady with a sharp knife, Neva sīlaṁ pabhindeyyaṁ, bodhiyāyeva kāraṇā.not even for that would I violate my ethics, because it was solely for awakening.Na mesā brāhmaṇī dessā, napi me balaṁ na vijjati;I did not dislike the brahmin lady, nor did I lack the strength. Sabbaññutaṁ piyaṁ mayhaṁ, tasmā sīlānurakkhisan”ti.
sīlānurakkhisanti cūḷabodhicariyaṁ → sīlānurakkhissanti cullabodhicariyaṁ (bj)But because omniscience is precious to me, that’s why I guarded my ethics.”
Cūḷabodhicariyaṁ catutthaṁ.
Cūḷabodhicariyaṁ → cullabodhicariyaṁ (bj)