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Mātaṅgacariya

Pāli in Devanagari; under each word its Roman pronunciation, syllable by syllable (ṃ = nasal hum). Tap a Pāli word for its meaning (PTS Pāli-English Dictionary); tap again to open it in the Pāli dictionary.

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  1. 1

    चरियापिटकca·ri·yā·pi·ṭa·ka

    Cariyāpiṭaka

    The Conduct Leading to Buddhahood

  2. 2

    हत्थिनागवग्गhat·thi·nā·ga·vag·ga

    Hatthināgavagga

    The Chapter on an Elephant

  3. 3

    सीलपारमीsī·la·pā·ra·mī 7

    Sīlapāramī 7

    The Perfection of Ethics (7th)

  4. 4

    मातङ्गचरियmā·taṅ·ga·ca·ri·ya

    Mātaṅgacariya

    Mātaṅga’s Conduct

  5. 5

    “पुनापरंpu·nā·pa·raṃ यदाya·dā होमि,ho·mi

    “Punāparaṁ yadā homi,

    “Then again when I was

  6. 6

    जटिलोja·ṭi·lo उग्गतापनो;ug·ga·tā·pa·no

    jaṭilo uggatāpano;

    a matted-hair ascetic of severe penance,

  7. 7

    मातङ्गोmā·taṅ·go नामnā·ma नामेन,nā·me·na

    Mātaṅgo nāma nāmena,

    Mātaṅga was my name,

  8. 8

    सीलवाsī·la·vā सुसमाहितो।su·sa·mā·hi·to

    sīlavā susamāhito.

    I was virtuous and serene.

  9. 9

    अहञ्चa·hañ·ca ब्राह्मणोbrāh·ma·ṇo एको,e·ko

    Ahañca brāhmaṇo eko,

    A brahmin and I both lived

  10. 10

    गङ्गाकूलेgaṅ·gā·kū·le वसामुभो;va·sā·mu·bho

    gaṅgākūle vasāmubho;

    on a bank of the Ganges.

  11. 11

    अहंa·haṃ वसामिva·sā·mi उपरि,u·pa·ri

    Ahaṁ vasāmi upari,

    I stayed upstream,

  12. 12

    हेट्ठाheṭ·ṭhā वसतिva·sa·ti ब्राह्मणो।brāh·ma·ṇo

    heṭṭhā vasati brāhmaṇo.

    the brahmin downstream.

  13. 13

    विचरन्तोvi·ca·ran·to अनुकूलम्हि,a·nu·kū·lam·hi

    Vicaranto anukūlamhi,

    Wandering along the riverbank,

  14. 14

    उद्धंud·dhaṃ मेme अस्समद्दस;as·sa·mad·da·sa

    uddhaṁ me assamaddasa;

    he saw my hermitage upstream.

  15. 15

    तत्थtat·tha मंmaṃ परिभासेत्वा,pa·ri·bhā·set·vā

    Tattha maṁ paribhāsetvā,

    Then he abused and cursed me,

  16. 16

    अभिसपिa·bhi·sa·pi मुद्धफालनं।mud·dha·phā·la·naṃ

    abhisapi muddhaphālanaṁ.

    that my head would split in seven.

  17. 17

    यदिहंya·di·haṃ तस्सtas·sa पकुप्पेय्यं,pa·kup·pey·yaṃ

    Yadihaṁ tassa pakuppeyyaṁ,

    If I were upset with him

  18. 18

    यदिya·di सीलंsī·laṃ नna गोपये;go·pa·ye

    yadi sīlaṁ na gopaye;

    and if I were not taking care of my ethics,

  19. 19

    ओलोकेत्वानहंo·lo·ket·vā·na·haṃ तस्स,tas·sa

    Oloketvānahaṁ tassa,

    then just with a glance

  20. 20

    करेय्यंka·rey·yaṃ छारिकंchā·ri·kaṃ विय।vi·ya

    kareyyaṁ chārikaṁ viya.

    I could have reduced him to ashes.

  21. 21

    यंyaṃ सोso तदाta·dā मंmaṃ अभिसपि,a·bhi·sa·pi

    Yaṁ so tadā maṁ abhisapi,

    But when he cursed me then,

  22. 22

    कुपितोku·pi·to दुट्ठमानसो;duṭ·ṭha·mā·na·so

    kupito duṭṭhamānaso;

    so angry and bitter-hearted,

  23. 23

    तस्सेवtas·se·va मत्थकेmat·tha·ke निपति,ni·pa·ti

    Tasseva matthake nipati,

    it fell right back on his own head:

  24. 24

    योगेनyo·ge·na तंtaṃ पमोचयिं।pa·mo·ca·yiṃ

    yogena taṁ pamocayiṁ.

    I freed him from that yoke.

  25. 25

    अनुरक्खिंa·nu·rak·khiṃ ममma·ma सीलं,sī·laṃ

    Anurakkhiṁ mama sīlaṁ,

    I guarded my ethics,

  26. 26

    नारक्खिंnā·rak·khiṃ ममma·ma जीवितं;jī·vi·taṃ

    nārakkhiṁ mama jīvitaṁ;

    not my life.

  27. 27

    सीलवाsī·la·vā हिhi तदाta·dā आसिं,ā·siṃ

    Sīlavā hi tadā āsiṁ,

    For then I was ethical,

  28. 28

    बोधियायेवbo·dhi·yā·ye·va कारणा”ति।kā·ra·ṇā

    bodhiyāyeva kāraṇā”ti.

    because it was solely for awakening.”

  29. 29

    मातङ्गचरियंmā·taṅ·ga·ca·ri·yaṃ सत्तमं।sat·ta·maṃ

    Mātaṅgacariyaṁ sattamaṁ.

    (Pāli only)

Sources. Sanskrit: Satyavedaḥ, the New Testament in Sanskrit (Calcutta Baptist Missionaries, 1851; J. Wenger’s revision of W. Carey’s version). Digital text © 2018 SanskritBible.in, via eBible.org, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; changed here: arranged by verse and every word linked to the dictionary (links made automatically). Old Testament Sanskrit: the Old Testament in Sanskrit, Calcutta Baptist Mission Press, 1848–1852 (public domain), read by OCR from the Internet Archive scans of the Boston University School of Theology copy; unproofread, with machine clean-up only. Pāli Canon: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500 (based on the Vipassana Research Institute’s Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana edition), from SuttaCentral bilara-data, CC0; Devanagari and pronunciation made automatically from the Roman text. Pāli English: Bhikkhu Sujato (suttas) and Bhikkhu Brahmali (Vinaya), SuttaCentral, CC0. Pāli word meanings: the Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary (Rhys Davids & Stede), corrected reprint © The Pali Text Society, CC BY-NC 3.0, digital text from BuddhaDust; word matching automatic. English: King James Version (1769), public domain; words the translators added are in italics. Word meanings and pronunciations: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1872), via this site’s Sanskrit dictionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); English↔Sanskrit word matches made automatically and may need checking.