“Punāparaṁ yadā homi, kaṇhadīpāyano isi;“Then again when I was the seer Dark Light, Paropaññāsavassāni, anabhiratocariṁ ahaṁ.
cariṁ → cariyaṁ (bj: katthaci); cariṁ (bj: nāgā)for more than fifty years I lived dissatisfied.

Na koci etaṁ jānāti, anabhiratimanaṁ mama;
mama ahañhi → mamaṁ aham pi (pts)No one knew of this dissatisfaction of mine, Ahañhi kassaci nācikkhiṁ, arati me carati mānase.
ahañhi → ahaṁ (bj); ahaṁpi (sya-all) | ahaṁ → ahampi (bj: katthaci, nāgā) carati → aratiṁmeratimānasaṁ (bj: katthaci); aratiṁ merati mānase (bj: nāgā) | mānase → C1,2 khīyetha (pts note)for I mentioned it to no one, it only went on in my mind.

Sabrahmacārī maṇḍabyo, sahāyo me mahāisi;
maṇḍabyo → maṇḍabbo (bj: katthaci) mahāisi → mahāisī (bj)Maṇḍabya, a spiritual companion and friend of mine was a great seer. Pubbakammasamāyutto, sūlamāropanaṁ labhi.
sūlamāropanaṁ labhi → sūlamāropaṇaṁ labhī (bj) | labhi → labhī (pts)Bound to a deed in a past life, he got impaled on a stake.

Tamahaṁ upaṭṭhahitvāna, ārogyamanupāpayiṁ;
manupāpayiṁ → manupāpayi (bj: nāgā, katthaci) | ārogyam-anupāpayiṁ → R -pāpayi (pts note)I nursed him and brought him back to health. Āpucchitvāna āgañchiṁ, yaṁ mayhaṁ sakamassamaṁ.
āgañchiṁ → āgañjiṁ (bj) | āgañjiṁ → āgañji (bj: nāgā, katthaci) | āgañchiṁ → R āgañchi (pts note)Asking leave, I returned to my own hermitage.

Sahāyo brāhmaṇo mayhaṁ, bhariyaṁ ādāya puttakaṁ;
bhariyaṁ ādāya → bhariyamādaya (pts) | bhariyaṁ → bhāriyaṁ (bj: katthaci); ariyaṁ (bj: machasaṁ); bhariyamādāya (bj: nāgā)A brahmin friend of mine, bringing wife and child, Tayo janā samāgantvā, āgañchuṁ pāhunāgataṁ.
samāgantvā → samā (bj: machasaṁ) āgañchuṁ pāhunāgataṁ → āgacchuṁ pāhunā gataṁ (sya-all) | āgañchuṁ → C2 āgacchuṁ (pts note)came to me, all three of them, as my guests.

Sammodamāno tehi saha, nisinno sakamassame;
tehi → teti (bj: nāgā) sakamassame → sakaassame (sya-all) | saka-m-assame → T saka-assame (pts note)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;
anve → anne santo (bj: nāgā) | anvesanto → C1,2 antvesanto (pts note)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.
aḍaṁsi → adasiṁ (bj: nāgā, katthaci)completely enraged, bit the boy right away.

Sahadaṭṭho āsīvisena, dārako papati bhūmiyaṁ;
āsīvisena → ativisena (sya1ed, sya2ed, pts-vp-pli1, mr) | sahadaṭṭho āsīvisena → saha daṭṭho āsivisena (bj); saha daṭṭho ativisena (sya-all) | āsivisena → ativisena (bj: nāgā, katthaci) | āsīvisena → ativisena (cck: pī. ka.) | āsīvisena → R,T ativisena (pts note) papati → patati (pts-vp-pli1, mr) | papati → patati (cck: ka.) | papati → R patati (pts note)When bitten by the viper, the boy fainted on the ground. Tenāhaṁ dukkhito āsiṁ, mama vāhasi taṁ dukkhaṁ.
taṁ → R,T vā hasitaṁ; read 'vāhasi taṁ? (pts note)It made me distraught, the pain became as if mine.

Tyāhaṁ assāsayitvāna, dukkhite sokasallite;
sokasallite → sokasalline (sya-all) | sokasallite → C2,CpA sokasallīne; T -salline (pts note)Comforting the parents, in their suffering and sorrow, Paṭhamaṁ akāsiṁ kiriyaṁ, aggaṁ saccaṁ varuttamaṁ.
akāsiṁ kiriyaṁ → ākāsiṁ tiriyaṁ (bj) | ākāsiṁ → akāsī (bj: machasaṁ) | akāsiṁ → R akāsi (pts note) saccaṁ varuttamaṁ → saccavaruttamaṁ (sya-all) | saccaṁ → T sacca- (pts note)I made the first act, the original, supreme declaration of truth:

‘Sattāhamevāhaṁ pasannacitto, puññatthiko acariṁ brahmacariyaṁ;
acariṁ → R acarī (pts note)‘For just seven days with a mind of faith I led the spiritual life seeking merit. Athāparaṁ yaṁ caritaṁ mamedaṁ, vassāni paññāsasamādhikāni.
yaṁ caritaṁ mamedaṁ → yañcaritaṁ mamayidaṁ (bj) | mamedaṁ → mamaṁ idaṁ (sya-all); mamayidaṁ (pts) | mama-yidaṁ → B,N mamedaṁ; T mamaṁ idaṁ (pts note) samādhikāni → samādhikāki (bj: nāgā)My life since then, for fifty years or more,

Akāmako vāhi ahaṁ carāmi, etena saccena suvatthi hotu;
akāmako vāhi → akāmo vā hi (pts) | vāhi → akāma kevāhaṁ (bj: machasaṁ) hotu → hoti (bj)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;
arogo → ārogo (bj) | cāsi → vāsi (sya-all) | arogo → R,C1 ārogo (pts note) | āsi → T vāsi (pts note)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.