“Punāparaṁ yadā homi, magadhe vaṭṭapotako;“Then again when I was a baby quail in Magadha, Ajātapakkho taruṇo, maṁsapesi kulāvake.
maṁsapesi → maṁsapesī (bj)I was young, with wings unsprouted, just a scrap of meat in the nest.

Mukhatuṇḍakenāharitvā, mātā posayatī mamaṁ;
Mukhatuṇḍakenāharitvā → mukhatuṇḍenāharitvā (bj); mukhatuṇḍakena āharitvā (sya1ed, sya2ed) | mukhatuṇḍakenāharitvā → mukhatuṇḍakena āharitvā (sya-all) | mukhatuṇḍake → tuṇḍenāharitvā (bj: sīmu, __epa__) | Mukhatuṇḍakenāharitvā → mukhatuṇḍenāharitvā (cck: sī.) | Mukhatuṇḍakenāharitvā → C1 -tuṇḍenāh- (pts note)With food she brought in her beak my mother nurtured me. Tassā phassena jīvāmi, natthi me kāyikaṁ balaṁ.I survived through her touch, for I had no physical strength.

Saṁvacchare gimhasamaye, davaḍāho padippati;
davaḍāho → davadāho (sya1ed, sya2ed); vanadāho (mr) | davaḍāho → davadāho (sya-all) | davaḍāho → vanadāho (bj: machasaṁ); davadhāho (bj: nāgā) | davaḍāho → vanadāho (cck: ka.) | davaḍāho → T davadāho (pts note)One year, in the hot season, the forest caught fire. Upagacchati amhākaṁ, pāvako kaṇhavattanī.
kaṇhavattanī dhamadhamāiti → kaṇhavattani dhamadhamaṁ iti (sya-all)It came toward us, a conflagration with a blackened trail.

Dhamadhamāiti evaṁ, saddāyanto mahāsikhī;
dhamadhamāiti evaṁ → dhūmaṁ dhūmaṁ janitvevaṁ (bj); dhamadhamā itievaṁ (cck) | janitvevaṁ → dhūma dhūmaṁ iti evaṁ (bj: machasaṁ) | evaṁ → C2 dhama-dhama iti evaṁ; B,N dhama-dhamā iti evaṁ; T dhamadhamaṁ iti evaṁ (pts note)The fire roared and rumbled with great crests of flame, Anupubbena jhāpento, aggi mamamupāgami.gradually burning closer to me.

Aggivegabhayātītā, tasitā mātāpitā mama;
aggivegabhayātītā → aggivegabhayā bhītā (sya-all); āggivegabhayā bhītā (pts) | bhītā → B,N -bhayātītā (pts note)Alarmed and terrified at the fierce fire, my mother and father Kulāvake maṁ chaḍḍetvā, attānaṁ parimocayuṁ.abandoned me in the nest, saving themselves.

Pāde pakkhe pajahāmi, natthi me kāyikaṁ balaṁ;
pajahāmi → CpA paṭīhāmīti pi pāṭho, patīhāmīti pi paṭhanti (pts note)I beat my feet and wings, but I had no physical strength. Sohaṁ agatiko tattha, evaṁ cintesahaṁ tadā.When unable to leave, I thought this there:

‘Yesāhaṁ upadhāveyyaṁ, bhīto tasitavedhito;‘Those to whom I ought to run, scared and trembling with fear, Te maṁ ohāya pakkantā, kathaṁ me ajja kātave.
pakkantā → pakkhantā (bj)have escaped, leaving me behind. how should I act today?

Atthi loke sīlaguṇo, saccaṁ soceyyanuddayā;There is the quality of virtue in the world, truth, purity, and mercy. Tena saccena kāhāmi, saccakiriyamuttamaṁ.By this truth I will make a supreme declaration of truth.’

Āvejjetvā dhammabalaṁ, saritvā pubbake jine;
āvejjetvā dhammabalaṁ → āvajjetvā dhamma balaṁ (bj) | āvejjetvā → āvajjitvā (sya-all); āvajjetvā (pts) | Āvajjetvā → T āvajjitvā (pts note) pubbake → pubbako (bj)Inspired by the power of Dhamma, recollecting the former Victors, Saccabalamavassāya, saccakiriyamakāsahaṁ.relying on the power of truth, I made a declaration of truth.

Santi pakkhā apatanā, santi pādā avañcanā;
apatanā → patanā (pts) avañcanā → avañjanā (bj: sīmu, katthaci)‘I have wings that do not fly! I have feet that do not walk! Mātāpitā ca nikkhantā, jātaveda paṭikkama’.Mother and father have fled! jātaveda the fire: go back!’

Sahasacce kate mayhaṁ, mahāpajjalito sikhī;
sahasacce kate → saha sacce kataṁ (bj) mahāpajjalito → R -jaliko (pts note)As I declared this truth the great crested flames Vajjesi soḷasakarīsāni, udakaṁ patvā yathā sikhī;
udakampatvā → udakampatto (bj: nāgā)withdrew sixteen leagues, as if they had come to water. Saccena me samo natthi, esā me saccapāramī”ti.There is no one to equal my truthfulness: this is my perfection of truth.”

Vaṭṭapotakacariyaṁ navamaṁ.
Vaṭṭapotakacariyaṁ → vaṭṭakapotakacariyaṁ (sya1ed, sya2ed) | vaṭṭapotakacariyaṁ → vaṭṭaka potaka cariyaṁ (sya-all) | vaṭṭapotaka → vaṭṭakarāja cariyaṁ (bj: a.cari) | Vaṭṭapotakacariyaṁ → T Vaṭṭaka-; CpA Vaṭṭakarāja- (pts note)