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CariyÄpiį¹aka The Conduct Leading to Buddhahood
HatthinÄgavagga The Chapter on an Elephant
SÄ«lapÄramÄ« 10 The Perfection of Ethics (10th)
Saį¹
khapÄlacariya Saį¹
khapÄlaās Conduct
āPunÄparaį¹ yadÄ homi, āThen again when I was
saį¹
khapÄlo mahiddhiko; Saį¹
khapÄla, a dragon of great psychic power,
DÄį¹hÄvudho ghoraviso, deadly-fanged, lethally venomous,
dvijivho uragÄdhibhÅ«. two-tongued, lord of serpents.
Catuppathe mahÄmagge, At a crossroad on a highway
nÄnÄjanasamÄkule; crowded with many people,
Caturo aį¹
ge adhiį¹į¹hÄya, I resolved on the four factors,
tattha vÄsamakappayiį¹. and made my home there.
ChaviyÄ cammena maį¹sena, āMy outer skin and inner, flesh,
NahÄruaį¹į¹hikehi vÄ; sinews and bones:
Yassa etena karaį¹Ä«yaį¹, whoever has use for these,
Dinnaį¹yeva harÄtu so. they are already given, please take them.ā
Addasaį¹su bhojaputtÄ, Seeing me, the Bhojans, People from the country of Bhoja in the Vindhya range. In Sanskrit texts they are renowned for cruelty, being devotees of Durga.
kharÄ luddÄ akÄruį¹Ä; those violent and pitiless hunters,
UpagaƱchuį¹ mamaį¹ tattha, came to me there
daį¹įøamuggarapÄį¹ino. with sticks and hammers in their hands. At Bu NP 4:2.1.16, a muggara is used to beat dyed cloth.
NÄsÄya vinivijjhitvÄ, Having pierced my nose,
naį¹
guį¹į¹he piį¹į¹hikaį¹į¹ake; tail, and spine,
KÄje ÄropayitvÄna, and fastened me to a pole,
bhojaputtÄ hariį¹su maį¹. the Bhojans carried me away.
SasÄgarantaį¹ pathaviį¹, The earth from sea to sea,
sakÄnanaį¹ sapabbataį¹; with its forests and mountainsā
IcchamÄno cahaį¹ tattha, had I wished, right there
nÄsÄvÄtena jhÄpaye. I could have burnt it up with a blast from my nose.
SÅ«lehi vinivijjhante, Though pierced with stakes,
Koį¹į¹ayantepi sattibhi; and stabbed with knives,
Bhojaputte na kuppÄmi, I did not get upset with the Bhojans:
EsÄ me sÄ«lapÄramÄ«āti. this is my perfection of ethics.ā
Saį¹
khapÄlacariyaį¹ dasamaį¹.
HatthinÄgavaggo dutiyo.
TassuddÄnaį¹
HatthinÄgo bhÅ«ridatto,
campeyyo bodhi mahiį¹so;
Ruru mÄtaį¹
go dhammo ca,
atrajo ca jayaddiso.
Ete nava sÄ«labalÄ,
parikkhÄrÄ padesikÄ;
JÄ«vitaį¹ parirakkhitvÄ,
sÄ«lÄni anurakkhisaį¹.
Saį¹
khapÄlassa me sato,
sabbakÄlampi jÄ«vitaį¹;
Yassa kassaci niyyattaį¹,
tasmÄ sÄ sÄ«lapÄramÄ«ti.
SÄ«lapÄraminiddeso niį¹į¹hito.