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  • CariyāpiṭakaThe Conduct Leading to Buddhahood
  • YudhañjayavaggaThe Chapter With Yudhañjaya
  • Nekkhammapāramī 5The Perfection of Renunciation (5th)

SoṇapaṇḍitacariyaSoṇa the Astute’s Conduct

“Punāparaṁ yadā homi, nagare brahmavaḍḍhane;
brahmavaḍḍhane → brahmavaddhane (sya-all)
“Then again when I was in the city of Brahmavaḍḍhana,
Tattha kulavare seṭṭhe, mahāsāle ajāyahaṁ.
mahāsāle → mahāsāḷe (bj) | ajāyahaṁ tadāpi → ajāyihaṁ tadāsiṁ (sya-all) | ajāyahaṁ → ajāyihaṁ (bj: machasaṁ)
I was reborn there in a fine, wealthy, and eminent family.

Tadāpi lokaṁ disvāna, andhībhūtaṁ tamotthaṭaṁ;
pi → T tadā'siṁ 4 N andhībhūtaṁ (pts note) andhībhūtaṁ tamotthaṭaṁ → andhabhūtaṁ tamotthataṁ (bj, sya-all); andhabhutaṁ tam otthaṭaṁ (pts) | andhabhūtaṁ → andhibhūtaṁ (bj: machasaṁ) | tamotthataṁ → tamotthaṭaṁ (bj: sīmu, a.cari) | otthaṭaṁ → R,T -otthataṁ (pts note)
Even so, I saw that the world had become blind, smothered in darkness.
Cittaṁ bhavato patikuṭati, tuttavegahataṁ viya.
patikuṭati → paṭikuṭati (sya-all) | patikuṭati → R,T paṭi- (pts note)
My mind recoiled from rebirth, as if harshly pricked by a goad.

Disvāna vividhaṁ pāpaṁ, evaṁ cintesahaṁ tadā;Seeing the many forms of wickedness, I thought to myself: ‘Kadāhaṁ gehā nikkhamma, pavisissāmi kānanaṁ’.‘When shall I leave the house and enter the forest?’

Tadāpi maṁ nimantesuṁ, kāmabhogehi ñātayo;
nimantesuṁ → nimantiṁsu (bj, sya-all, pts) | nimantiṁsu → nimantesuṁ (bj: sīmu) | nimantiṁsu → C1,2,B,N nimantesuṁ (pts note)
Then too my relatives invited me to enjoy the pleasures of the senses.
Tesampi chandamācikkhiṁ, ‘mā nimantetha tehi maṁ’.
chandam-ācikkhiṁ → R ācikkhi (pts note) maṁ → tenimaṁ (bj: sīmu); tehi mamaṁ (bj: machasaṁ) | tehi → C,1,2 tena (pts note)
I told them of my desire, saying, ‘Do not invite me to such things!’

Yo me kaniṭṭhako bhātā, nando nāmāsi paṇḍito;
yo me kaniṭṭhako → yome kaṇiṭṭhako (bj) nāmāsi → namāsi (pts)
My younger brother, who was named Nanda the astute,
Sopi maṁ anusikkhanto, pabbajjaṁ samarocayi.
samarocayi → samarocayī (bj); samarocasi (sya-all)
followed my ethical practices, and chose to go forth.

Ahaṁ soṇo ca nando ca, ubho mātāpitā mama;I, Soṇa, and Nanda, and both my mother and father, Tadāpi bhoge chaḍḍetvā, pāvisimhā mahāvanan”ti.
pāvisimhā → pāvisimha (pts) | pāvisimhā → pāvisimha (bj: sīmu) | pāvisimha → R,B,T pāvisimhā (pts note) | Soṇapaṇḍitacariyaṁ → T Soṇanandapaṇḍita- &2 1 T Mūgaphakkho 2 T posesi (pts note)
then discarded our riches and entered the great forest.”

Soṇapaṇḍitacariyaṁ pañcamaṁ.
Soṇapaṇḍitacariyaṁ → soṇanandapaṇḍitacariyaṁ (sya1ed, sya2ed) | soṇapaṇḍitacariyaṁ → soṇanandapaṇḍita cariyaṁ (sya-all)

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