“Pañcālaraṭṭhe nagaravare, kapilāyaṁ puruttame;
nagaravare → nagare (bj: PTS) | nagaravare → R nagare (pts note) kapilāyaṁ → kampilāyaṁ (bj); kappilāyaṁ (sya1ed, sya2ed, pts-vp-pli1) | kapilāyaṁ → kampillāyaṁ (bj) | kampillāyaṁ → kapilāyaṁ (bj: sīmu); kappilāya (bj: PTS); kappi lāyaṁ (bj: syā) | kapilāyaṁ → kampilāyaṁ (cck: sī.); kappilāyaṁ (cck: syā.) | Kapilāyaṁ → R,T Kappi-; C1,2 Kampi- (pts note)“In the kingdom of Pañcāla, in the eminent city, the capital named Kapilā, Rājā jayaddiso nāma, sīlaguṇamupāgato.
jayaddiso → jayadiso (sya1ed, sya2ed) | Jayaddiso → T Jayadiso (pts note)the king named Jayaddisa was furnished with virtuous qualities.

Tassa rañño ahaṁ putto, sutadhammo susīlavā;I was that king’s son, well educated and virtuous; Alīnasatto guṇavā, anurakkhaparijano sadā.
anurakkhaparijano → anurattaparijano (bj, pts); anurakkhaparijāno (sya-all) | anurattaparijano → anurakkha parijano (bj: PTS, syā) | anurattaparijano → R anuttaraparijjano; C1,B,N,T anurakkha- (pts note)Alīnasattu of fine qualities, I always cared for the attendants.

Pitā me migavaṁ gantvā, porisādaṁ upāgami;My father had gone deer hunting when he came across a cannibal, So me pitumaggahesi, ‘bhakkhosi mama mā cali’.who seized my father, saying, ‘You are my prey, don’t move!’

Tassa taṁ vacanaṁ sutvā, bhīto tasitavedhito;
tasitavedhito ūrukkhambho → tasita vedhito urukkhambho (sya-all)When he heard these words, he was scared and trembled with fear, Ūrukkhambho ahu tassa, disvāna porisādakaṁ.
ahu → ahū (bj) | ūrukkhambho → R ūruthambho (pts note)his thighs became stiff when he saw the cannibal.

Migavaṁ gahetvā muñcassu, katvā āgamanaṁ puna;‘Let me go, take the deer meat!’ he said, ‘I promise to return.’ Brāhmaṇassa dhanaṁ datvā, pitā āmantayī mamaṁ.
mamaṁ → C1 mama (pts note)Having paid the brahmin, my father said to me:

‘Rajjaṁ putta paṭipajja, mā pamajji puraṁ idaṁ;
pamajji → pamajjī (bj); pamajja (sya-all)‘Son, rule the realm. do not neglect this city. Kataṁ me porisādena, mama āgamanaṁ puna’.I promised the cannibal that I will return.’

Mātāpitū ca vanditvā, nimminitvāna attanā;
mātāpitū → mātu pitu (bj); mātā pitu (pts) | mātāpitū ca → mātu pituñca (sya-all) | pitu → C2 mātu pitu; T mātupituṁ; B,N mātāpitū (pts note) nimminitvāna attanā → nissajitvāna attānaṁ (bj) | attanā nikkhipitvā → attānaṁ nikkhamitvā (sya-all) | attanā → attānaṁ (pts) | attānaṁ → nimminitvāna attanā (bj: sīmu, a.cari) | attānaṁ → B,N attanā (pts note)I bowed to my mother and father, and substituted myself. Nikkhipitvā dhanuṁ khaggaṁ, porisādaṁ upāgamiṁ.
dhanuṁ → dhanu (bj: PTS) | nikkhipitvā → R -petvā; T nikkhamitvā (pts note) | dhanuṁ → R dhanu- (pts note)Tossing my bow and sword, I approached the cannibal.

Sasatthahatthūpagataṁ, kadāci so tasissati;
tasissati → tasissatī (bj)Perhaps if I have weapons in hand that might make him afraid. Tena bhijjissati sīlaṁ, parittāsaṁ kate mayi.
bhijjissati → bhijjissatī (bj, sya-all) parittāsaṁ → paritāsaṁ (bj, pts-vp-pli2) | kate → gate (bj: sīmu) | parittāsaṁ → paritāsaṁ (cck: sī.) | paritāsaṁ → R,B,N,T parittāsaṁ (pts note)And that would violate my ethics, were I to frighten him.

Sīlakhaṇḍabhayā mayhaṁ, tassa dessaṁ na byāhariṁ;
byāhariṁ → byāharīṁ (bj)For fear of violating my ethics, I said nothing hateful to him. Mettacitto hitavādī, idaṁ vacanamabraviṁ.
vacanam-abraviṁ → C1,2 abruviṁ (pts note)Lovingly and beneficially, I said the following.

‘Ujjālehi mahāaggiṁ, papatissāmi rukkhato;
ujjālehi → ujjalehi (sya-all) | Ujjālehi → R,T ujjalehi (pts note) rukkhato → rukkhato sampakka kālamaññāya bhakkhaya (bj); rukkhato supakkakālamaññāya bhakkhaya (sya-all)‘Kindle a great fire. I will drop into it from a tree. Tvaṁ pakkakālamaññāya, bhakkhaya maṁ pitāmaha’.
pakkakālamaññāya → supakkakālamaññāya (sya1ed, sya2ed); sampattakālamaññāya (pts-vp-pli1) | pakkakālamaññāya bhakkhaya maṁ → (bj) | pakkakālamaññāya bhakkhaya maṁ pitāmaha → pitāmahā (sya-all) | pakkakālamaññāya → supakkakālamaññāya (cck: pī.) tvaṁ → bhakkhaya maṁ (bj: sīmu) | maṁ → R,T tvaṁ (pts note) | pitāmaha → C1,2,T -mahā (pts note)When you know I am cooked, eat me, Grandfather.’

Iti sīlavataṁ hetu, nārakkhiṁ mama jīvitaṁ;And so for the sake of my ethical vows I did not protect my life. Pabbājesiṁ cahaṁ tassa, sadā pāṇātipātikan”ti.
pabbājesiṁ cahaṁ → pabbājesimahan (sya-all) | cahaṁ → pabbājesimhaṁ (bj: sīmu); pabbājesiṁcāhaṁ (bj: PTS) | ahaṁ → R cāhaṁ; T ahaṁ (pts note)And I drove out forever his attacks on living creatures.”

Alīnasattucariyaṁ navamaṁ.
Alīnasattucariyaṁ → jayadisacariyaṁ (sya1ed, sya2ed); jayaddisacariyaṁ (pts-vp-pli1); alīnasattacariyaṁ (pts-vp-pli2) | alīnasattucariyaṁ → alīnasatta cariyaṁ (bj, pts); jayadisa cariyaṁ (sya-all)