- CariyāpiṭakaThe Conduct Leading to Buddhahood
- YudhañjayavaggaThe Chapter With Yudhañjaya
- Saccapāramī 6The Perfection of Truth (6th)
SutasomacariyaSutasoma’s Conduct
“Punāparaṁ yadā homi, sutasomo mahīpati;
mahīpati → mahīpatī (bj)“Then again when I was sutasoma, Lord of the Earth, Gahito porisādena, brāhmaṇe saṅgaraṁ sariṁ.
brāhmaṇe → brāhmaṇo (bj) | saṅgaraṁ → sakhakāraṁ (bj: nāgā, katthaci)captured by a cannibal I remembered my promise to a brahmin.Khattiyānaṁ ekasataṁ, āvuṇitvā karattale;
karattale etesaṁ pamilāpetvā → karatale ete samma milāpetvā (sya-all) | karatale → karaṁtale (bj: katthaci); karattale (bj: machasaṁ)A hundred aristocrat warriors he strung up by their hands. Etesaṁ pamilāpetvā, yaññatthe upanayī mamaṁ.
upanayī → upanāmayī (bj: katthaci)Having drained their blood, he brought me for sacrifice.Apucchi maṁ porisādo, ‘kiṁ tvaṁ icchasi nissajaṁ;
apucchi → āpucchi (sya-all) | apucchi → āpucchiṁ (bj: sīmu) nissajaṁ → nissajjaṁ (bj: machasaṁ) | nissajaṁ → R,C2 nissajjaṁ (pts note)The cannibal asked me, ‘What do you wish for—release? Yathāmati te kāhāmi, yadi me tvaṁ punehisi’.
yathāmati → yathāmatiṁ (sya-all) | yathāmati → T -matiṁ (pts note)I shall act as you think, so long as you will return.’Tassa paṭissuṇitvāna, paṇhe āgamanaṁ mama;
paṭissuṇitvāna paṇhe → paṭisuṇitvāna pañhe (sya-all) | paṭissuṇitvāna → paṭisuṇitvā (bj: machasaṁ) | paṭisuṇitvāna → C1 paṭissu- (pts note) paṇhe → T pañhe (pts note)I promised him that I would return at dawn. Upagantvā puraṁ rammaṁ, rajjaṁ niyyādayiṁ tadā.
upagantvā → upāgantvā (bj)I went to the delightful city and then renounced kingship.Anussaritvā sataṁ dhammaṁ, pubbakaṁ jinasevitaṁ;
sataṁ dhammaṁ → saddhammaṁ (bj) | saddhammaṁ → sataṁ dhammaṁ (bj: machasaṁ, nāgā, katthaci) | dhammaṁ → C1,CpA saddhammaṁ (pts note)Recollecting the true Dhamma, fostered by former Victors, Brāhmaṇassa dhanaṁ datvā, porisādaṁ upāgamiṁ.I gave money to the brahmin, and returned to the cannibal.Natthi me saṁsayo tattha, ghātayissati vā na vā;
ghātayissati → ghāṭayissati (sya-all) | ghātayissati → ghātayissāmi (bj: nāgā) | ghātayissati → T ghāṭa- (pts note)I had no doubt that he was going to kill me. Saccavācānurakkhanto, jīvitaṁ cajitumupāgamiṁ;
cajitumupāgamiṁ → cajitumupāgamī (pts) | cajitum-upāgamī → B,N,T upāgamiṁ &2 1 CpA Sāmapaṇḍita- 2 T hi 3 R dīpehi 4 R uttassati 5 R,B,N na pi (pts note)Protecting my truthful speech, I went to give up my life. Saccena me samo natthi, esā me saccapāramī”ti.There is no one to equal my truthfulness: this is my perfection of truth.”