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Dhammadevaputtacariya

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1

चरियापिटकca·ri·yā·pi·ṭa·ka

Cariyāpiṭaka

The Conduct Leading to Buddhahood
2

हत्थिनागवग्गhat·thi·nā·ga·vag·ga

Hatthināgavagga

The Chapter on an Elephant
3

सीलपारमीsī·la·pā·ra·mī 8

Sīlapāramī 8

The Perfection of Ethics (8th)
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धम्मदेवपुत्तचरियdham·ma·de·va·put·ta·ca·ri·ya

Dhammadevaputtacariya

The Deity Dhamma’s Conduct
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“पुनापरंpu·nā·pa·raṃ यदाya·dā होमि,ho·mi

“Punāparaṁ yadā homi,

“Then again when I was
6

महापक्खोma·hā·pak·kho महिद्धिको;ma·hid·dhi·ko

mahāpakkho mahiddhiko;

of great retinue and psychic power,
7

धम्मोdham·mo नामnā·ma महायक्खो,ma·hā·yak·kho

Dhammo nāma mahāyakkho,

a great spirit named Dhamma,
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सब्बलोकानुकम्पको।sab·ba·lo·kā·nu·kam·pa·ko

sabbalokānukampako.

I had sympathy for the whole world.
9

दसकुसलकम्मपथे,da·sa·ku·sa·la·kam·ma·pa·the

Dasakusalakammapathe,

Establishing the populace
10

समादपेन्तोsa·mā·da·pen·to महाजनं;ma·hā·ja·naṃ

samādapento mahājanaṁ;

in the ten ways of skillful deeds,
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चरामिca·rā·mi गामनिगमं,gā·ma·ni·ga·maṃ

Carāmi gāmanigamaṁ,

I wandered from village to town,
12

समित्तोsa·mit·to सपरिज्जनो।sa·pa·rij·ja·no

samitto saparijjano.

with friends and associates.
13

पापोpā·po कदरियोka·da·ri·yo यक्खो,yak·kho

Pāpo kadariyo yakkho,

A wicked, miserly spirit
14

दीपेन्तोdī·pen·to दसda·sa पापके;pā·pa·ke

dīpento dasa pāpake;

promoting the ten wicked ways
15

सोपेत्थso·pet·tha महियाma·hi·yā चरति,ca·ra·ti

Sopettha mahiyā carati,

was also wandering the earth
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समित्तोsa·mit·to सपरिज्जनो।sa·pa·rij·ja·no

samitto saparijjano.

with friends and associates.
17

धम्मवादीdham·ma·vā·dī अधम्मोa·dham·mo च,ca

Dhammavādī adhammo ca,

The righteous and unrighteous,
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उभोu·bho पच्चनिकाpac·ca·ni·kā मयं;ma·yaṃ

ubho paccanikā mayaṁ;

we were each other’s foe.
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धुरेdhu·re धुरंdhu·raṃ घट्टयन्ता,ghaṭ·ṭa·yan·tā

Dhure dhuraṁ ghaṭṭayantā,

Slamming chariot poles,
20

समिम्हाsa·mim·hā पटिपथेpa·ṭi·pa·the उभो।u·bho

samimhā paṭipathe ubho.

we collided together.
21

कलहोka·la·ho वत्ततीvat·ta·tī भेस्मा,bhes·mā

Kalaho vattatī bhesmā,

A dreadful quarrel ensued
22

कल्याणपापकस्सkal·yā·ṇa·pā·pa·kas·sa च;ca

kalyāṇapāpakassa ca;

between the good and the ill,
23

मग्गाmag·gā ओक्कमनत्थाय,ok·ka·ma·nat·thā·ya

Maggā okkamanatthāya,

a great war loomed
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महायुद्धोma·hā·yud·dho उपट्ठितो।u·paṭ·ṭhi·to

mahāyuddho upaṭṭhito.

aiming to push the other off the road.
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यदिहंya·di·haṃ तस्सtas·sa कुप्पेय्यं,kup·pey·yaṃ

Yadihaṁ tassa kuppeyyaṁ,

If I had been upset with him,
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यदिya·di भिन्देbhin·de तपोगुणं;ta·po·gu·ṇaṃ

yadi bhinde tapoguṇaṁ;

if I had broken my asceticism,
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सहपरिजनंsa·ha·pa·ri·ja·naṃ तस्स,tas·sa

Sahaparijanaṁ tassa,

I could have reduced him to dust,
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रजभूतंra·ja·bhū·taṃ करेय्यहं।ka·rey·ya·haṃ

rajabhūtaṁ kareyyahaṁ.

together with his companions.
29

अपिa·pi चाहंcā·haṃ सीलरक्खाय,sī·la·rak·khā·ya

Api cāhaṁ sīlarakkhāya,

Nevertheless, for the sake of guarding my ethics,
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निब्बापेत्वानnib·bā·pet·vā·na मानसं;mā·na·saṃ

nibbāpetvāna mānasaṁ;

I quelled my heart.
31

सहsa·ha जनेनोक्कमित्वा,ja·ne·nok·ka·mit·vā

Saha janenokkamitvā,

I left the road with my folk,
32

पथंpa·thaṃ पापस्सpā·pas·sa दासहं।dā·sa·haṃ

pathaṁ pāpassa dāsahaṁ.

giving it to the wicked one.
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सहsa·ha पथतोpa·tha·to ओक्कन्ते,ok·kan·te

Saha pathato okkante,

As soon as I stepped down off the path,
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कत्वाkat·vā चित्तस्सcit·tas·sa निब्बुतिं;nib·bu·tiṃ

katvā cittassa nibbutiṁ;

and I had quelled my mind,
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विवरंvi·va·raṃ अदासिa·dā·si पथवी,pa·tha·vī

Vivaraṁ adāsi pathavī,

the earth opened up
36

पापयक्खस्सpā·pa·yak·khas·sa तावदे”ति।tā·va·de

pāpayakkhassa tāvade”ti.

for that wicked spirit.”
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धम्मदेवपुत्तचरियंdham·ma·de·va·put·ta·ca·ri·yaṃ अट्ठमं।aṭ·ṭha·maṃ

Dhammadevaputtacariyaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ.

(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.