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Note:Translations, dictionaries and commentaries were not made by the Blessed One.Cross-check with Pali in 4 main nikayas.

  • CariyāpiṭakaThe Conduct Leading to Buddhahood
  • HatthināgavaggaThe Chapter on an Elephant
  • Sīlapāramī 10The Perfection of Ethics (10th)

SaṅkhapālacariyaSaṅkhapāla’s Conduct

“Punāparaṁ yadā homi, saṅkhapālo mahiddhiko;
mahiddhiko dāṭhāvudho → mah iddhiko daṭhāvudho (pts)
“Then again when I was saṅkhapāla, a dragon of great psychic power,
Dāṭhāvudho ghoraviso, dvijivho uragādhibhū.
dāṭhāvudho → dāḍhāvudho (sya-all) uragādhibhū → uragābhibhū (sya-all) | uragādhibhū → uragābhigu (bj: sīmu) | uragādhibhū → C1,T uragābhibhū (pts note)
deadly-fanged, lethally venomous, two-tongued, lord of serpents.

Catuppathe mahāmagge, nānājanasamākule;
mahāmagge nānājanasamākule → mahāpathe nānājana samākule (sya-all) | mahāmagge → T mahāpathe (pts note) nānājanasamākule → nanājanasamākule (pts)
At a crossroad on a highway crowded with many people,
Caturo aṅge adhiṭṭhāya, tattha vāsamakappayiṁ.I resolved on the four factors, and made my home there.

Chaviyā cammena maṁsena, nahāruaṭṭhikehi vā;
nahāruaṭṭhikehi → nhārūhi aṭṭhikehi (sya-all)
‘My outer skin and inner, flesh, sinews and bones:
Yassa etena karaṇīyaṁ, dinnaṁyeva harātu so.whoever has use for these, they are already given, please take them.’

Addasaṁsu bhojaputtā, kharā luddā akāruṇā;
luddā → luddhā (sya-all) | luddā → T luddhā (pts note)
Seeing me, the Bhojans, those violent and pitiless hunters,
Upagañchuṁ mamaṁ tattha, daṇḍamuggarapāṇino.
upagañchuṁ → upagacchuṁ (sya-all)
came to me there with sticks and hammers in their hands.

Nāsāya vinivijjhitvā, naṅguṭṭhe piṭṭhikaṇṭake;
piṭṭhikaṇṭake → piṭṭhi kaṇṭhake (sya-all)
Having pierced my nose, tail, and spine,
Kāje āropayitvāna, bhojaputtā hariṁsu maṁ.and fastened me to a pole, the Bhojans carried me away.

Sasāgarantaṁ pathaviṁ, sakānanaṁ sapabbataṁ;
sasāgarantaṁ pathaviṁ → sapāgarantaṁ paṭhaviṁ (bj); sasāgara ntaṁ paṭhaviṁ (pts) | pathaviṁ → paṭhaviṁ (sya-all)
The earth from sea to sea, with its forests and mountains—
Icchamāno cahaṁ tattha, nāsāvātena jhāpaye.
cahaṁ → mahaṁ (bj: sīmu) | ahaṁ → C1 -m-aham (pts note) nāsāvātena → nāsavātena (sya-all) | nāsāvātena → nāsa vātena (bj: PTS) | nāsāvātena → R,T nāsavātena (pts note)
had I wished, right there I could have burnt it up with a blast from my nose.

Sūlehi vinivijjhante, koṭṭayantepi sattibhi;
vinivijjhante → vijjhiyantepi (bj); vijjhayantepi (sya-all) | vinivijjhante koṭṭayantepi → vijjhayante pi koṭṭayante pi (pts) | vijjhayante → B,N vinivijjhante (pts note) sattibhi bhojaputte → sattihi bhojapūtte (bj) | sattibhi → C1 sattihi (pts note)
Though pierced with stakes, and stabbed with knives,
Bhojaputte na kuppāmi, esā me sīlapāramī”ti.I did not get upset with the Bhojans: this is my perfection of ethics.”

Saṅkhapālacariyaṁ dasamaṁ.

Hatthināgavaggo dutiyo.

Tassuddānaṁ

Hatthināgo bhūridatto, campeyyo bodhi mahiṁso;
mahiṁso ruru mātaṅgo → māhiso rurāmātaṅgo (bj) | mahiṁso → māhiso (sya-all) | bodhi mahiṁso → bodhimāhiso (pts) | Bodhi-māhiso → B,N mahiṁso (pts note)
Ruru mātaṅgo dhammo ca, atrajo ca jayaddiso.
mātaṅgo → mātaṅga (sya-all) caJayaddiso → T Jayadiso (pts note)

Ete nava sīlabalā, parikkhārā padesikā;
nava → sabbe (bj, sya-all, pts) | sabbe → B,N nava (pts note)
Jīvitaṁ parirakkhitvā, sīlāni anurakkhisaṁ.
parirakkhitvā → parirakkhītvā (bj) | parirakkhitvā → R parikkhitvā (pts note) anurakkhissaṁ → B anurakkhisaṁ; N -rakkhiyaṁ; -suṁ not attested (pts note)

Saṅkhapālassa me sato, sabbakālampi jīvitaṁ; Yassa kassaci niyyattaṁ, tasmā sā sīlapāramīti.
niyyattaṁ → nīyantaṁ (bj, sya-all, pts) | nīyantaṁ → B,N niyyattaṁ; T niyyantaṁ (pts note)

Sīlapāraminiddeso niṭṭhito.
Sīlapāraminiddeso → sīlapāramīniddeso (bj)

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