“Punāparaṁ yadā homi, kaṇhadīpāyano isi;“Then again when I was the seer Dark Light, Paropaññāsavassāni, anabhiratocariṁ ahaṁ.for more than fifty years I lived dissatisfied.

Na koci etaṁ jānāti, anabhiratimanaṁ mama;No one knew of this dissatisfaction of mine, Ahañhi kassaci nācikkhiṁ, arati me carati mānase.for I mentioned it to no one, it only went on in my mind.

Sabrahmacārī maṇḍabyo, sahāyo me mahāisi;Maṇḍabya, a spiritual companion and friend of mine was a great seer. Pubbakammasamāyutto, sūlamāropanaṁ labhi.Bound to a deed in a past life, he got impaled on a stake.

Tamahaṁ upaṭṭhahitvāna, ārogyamanupāpayiṁ;I nursed him and brought him back to health. Āpucchitvāna āgañchiṁ, yaṁ mayhaṁ sakamassamaṁ.Asking leave, I returned to my own hermitage.

Sahāyo brāhmaṇo mayhaṁ, bhariyaṁ ādāya puttakaṁ;A brahmin friend of mine, bringing wife and child, Tayo janā samāgantvā, āgañchuṁ pāhunāgataṁ.came to me, all three of them, as my guests.

Sammodamāno tehi saha, nisinno sakamassame;As I exchanged greetings with them, seated in my own hermitage, Dārako vaṭṭamanukkhipaṁ, āsīvisamakopayi.the boy threw a ball and angered a viper.

Tato so vaṭṭagataṁ maggaṁ, anvesanto kumārako;Then the boy, looking which way the ball had gone, Āsīvisassa hatthena, uttamaṅgaṁ parāmasi.touched the viper’s head with his hand.

Tassa āmasane kuddho, sappo visabalassito;Angered at his touch, the cobra, relying on its potent poison, Kupito paramakopena, aḍaṁsi dārakaṁ khaṇe.completely enraged, bit the boy right away.

Sahadaṭṭho āsīvisena, dārako papati bhūmiyaṁ;
āsīvisena → ativisena (sya1ed, sya2ed, pts-vp-pli1, mr) papati → patati (pts-vp-pli1, mr)When bitten by the viper, the boy fainted on the ground. Tenāhaṁ dukkhito āsiṁ, mama vāhasi taṁ dukkhaṁ.It made me distraught, the pain became as if mine.

Tyāhaṁ assāsayitvāna, dukkhite sokasallite;Comforting the parents, in their suffering and sorrow, Paṭhamaṁ akāsiṁ kiriyaṁ, aggaṁ saccaṁ varuttamaṁ.I made the first act, the original, supreme declaration of truth:

‘Sattāhamevāhaṁ pasannacitto, puññatthiko acariṁ brahmacariyaṁ;‘For just seven days with a mind of faith I led the spiritual life seeking merit. Athāparaṁ yaṁ caritaṁ mamedaṁ, vassāni paññāsasamādhikāni.My life since then, for fifty years or more,

Akāmako vāhi ahaṁ carāmi, etena saccena suvatthi hotu;I have lived unwillingly. by this truth, may he be well! Hataṁ visaṁ jīvatu yaññadatto’.May the poison die! May Yaññadatta live!’

Saha sacce kate mayhaṁ, visavegena vedhito;As I declared this truth, the boy trembling with poison, Abujjhitvāna vuṭṭhāsi, arogo cāsi māṇavo;awoke and got up, the brahmin youth was well. Saccena me samo natthi, esā me saccapāramī”ti.There is no one to equal my truthfulness: this is my perfection of truth.”

Kaṇhadīpāyanacariyaṁ ekādasamaṁ.