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Basket of Conduct 2 चरियापिटक 2

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Saṅkhacariya

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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चरियापिटकca·ri·yā·pi·ṭa·ka

Cariyāpiṭaka

The Conduct Leading to Buddhahood
2

अकित्तिवग्गa·kit·ti·vag·ga

Akittivagga

The Chapter With Akitti
3

दानपारमीdā·na·pā·ra·mī 2

Dānapāramī 2

The Perfection of Giving (2nd)
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सङ्खचरियsaṅ·kha·ca·ri·ya

Saṅkhacariya

Saṅkha’s Conduct
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“पुनापरंpu·nā·pa·raṃ यदाya·dā होमि,ho·mi

“Punāparaṁ yadā homi,

“Then again when I was
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ब्राह्मणोbrāh·ma·ṇo सङ्खसव्हयो;saṅ·kha·sav·ha·yo

Brāhmaṇo saṅkhasavhayo;

a brahmin named Saṅkha,
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महासमुद्दंma·hā·sa·mud·daṃ तरितुकामो,ta·ri·tu·kā·mo

Mahāsamuddaṁ taritukāmo,

wanting to cross the great ocean,
8

उपगच्छामिu·pa·gac·chā·mi पट्टनं।paṭ·ṭa·naṃ

Upagacchāmi paṭṭanaṁ.

I was on my way to the port.
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तत्थद्दसंtat·thad·da·saṃ पटिपथे,pa·ṭi·pa·the

Tatthaddasaṁ paṭipathe,

There I saw across the way
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सयम्भुंsa·yam·bhuṃ अपराजितं;a·pa·rā·ji·taṃ

Sayambhuṁ aparājitaṁ;

one self-awakened, undefeated,
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कन्तारद्धानंkan·tā·rad·dhā·naṃ पटिपन्नं,pa·ṭi·pan·naṃ

Kantāraddhānaṁ paṭipannaṁ,

walking a desert road
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तत्तायtat·tā·ya कठिनभूमिया।ka·ṭhi·na·bhū·mi·yā

Tattāya kaṭhinabhūmiyā.

whose ground was hot and rough.
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तमहंta·ma·haṃ पटिपथेpa·ṭi·pa·the दिस्वा,dis·vā

Tamahaṁ paṭipathe disvā,

Seeing him across the way,
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इममत्थंi·ma·mat·thaṃ विचिन्तयिं;vi·cin·ta·yiṃ

imamatthaṁ vicintayiṁ;

I thought this:
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‘इदंi·daṃ खेत्तंkhet·taṃ अनुप्पत्तं,a·nup·pat·taṃ

‘Idaṁ khettaṁ anuppattaṁ,

‘A field has appeared
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पुञ्ञकामस्सpuñ·ña·kā·mas·sa जन्तुनो।jan·tu·no

puññakāmassa jantuno.

for a personage desiring merit.
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यथाya·thā कस्सकोkas·sa·ko पुरिसो,pu·ri·so

Yathā kassako puriso,

Now suppose a farmer
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खेत्तंkhet·taṃ दिस्वाdis·vā महागमं;ma·hā·ga·maṃ

khettaṁ disvā mahāgamaṁ;

seeing a fertile field
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तत्थtat·tha बीजंbī·jaṃ नna रोपेति,ro·pe·ti

Tattha bījaṁ na ropeti,

does not sow seed there,
20

नna सोso धञ्ञेनdhañ·ñe·na अत्थिको।at·thi·ko

na so dhaññena atthiko.

then they are not in need of grain.
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एवमेवाहंe·va·me·vā·haṃ पुञ्ञकामो,puñ·ña·kā·mo

Evamevāhaṁ puññakāmo,

So too, if I, desiring merit,
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दिस्वाdis·vā खेत्तवरुत्तमं;khet·ta·va·rut·ta·maṃ

Disvā khettavaruttamaṁ;

seeing a supreme excellent field,
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यदिya·di तत्थtat·tha कारंkā·raṃ नna करोमि,ka·ro·mi

Yadi tattha kāraṁ na karomi,

do not render service there,
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नाहंnā·haṃ पुञ्ञेनpuñ·ñe·na अत्थिको।at·thi·ko

Nāhaṁ puññena atthiko.

then I am not in need of merit.
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यथाya·thā अमच्चोa·mac·co मुद्दिकामो,mud·di·kā·mo

Yathā amacco muddikāmo,

Or suppose a minister seeking the royal seal
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रञ्ञोrañ·ño अन्तेपुरेan·te·pu·re जने;ja·ne

rañño antepure jane;

of authority over the people of the court,
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नna देतिde·ti तेसंte·saṃ धनधञ्ञं,dha·na·dhañ·ñaṃ

Na deti tesaṁ dhanadhaññaṁ,

does not give them money and grain,
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मुद्दितोmud·di·to परिहायति।pa·ri·hā·ya·ti

muddito parihāyati.

their authority dwindles.
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एवमेवाहंe·va·me·vā·haṃ पुञ्ञकामो,puñ·ña·kā·mo

Evamevāhaṁ puññakāmo,

So too, if I, desiring merit,
30

विपुलंvi·pu·laṃ दिस्वानdis·vā·na दक्खिणं;dak·khi·ṇaṃ

Vipulaṁ disvāna dakkhiṇaṁ;

seeing an abundantly worthy recipient,
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यदिya·di तस्सtas·sa दानंdā·naṃ नna ददामि,da·dā·mi

Yadi tassa dānaṁ na dadāmi,

do not give gifts to them,
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परिहायिस्सामिpa·ri·hā·yis·sā·mi पुञ्ञतो’।puñ·ña·to

Parihāyissāmi puññato’.

I will dwindle in merit.’
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एवाहंe·vā·haṃ चिन्तयित्वान,cin·ta·yit·vā·na

Evāhaṁ cintayitvāna,

Reflecting in this way,
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ओरोहित्वाo·ro·hit·vā उपाहना;u·pā·ha·nā

orohitvā upāhanā;

I took off my sandals
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तस्सtas·sa पादानिpā·dā·ni वन्दित्वा,van·dit·vā

Tassa pādāni vanditvā,

and bowed to his feet,
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अदासिंa·dā·siṃ छत्तुपाहनं।chat·tu·pā·ha·naṃ

adāsiṁ chattupāhanaṁ.

giving him an umbrella and sandals.
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तेनेवाहंte·ne·vā·haṃ सतगुणतो,sa·ta·gu·ṇa·to

Tenevāhaṁ sataguṇato,

Though I was a hundred times
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सुखुमालोsu·khu·mā·lo सुखेधितो;su·khe·dhi·to

Sukhumālo sukhedhito;

more delicate and pampered than him,
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अपिa·pi चca दानंdā·naṃ परिपूरेन्तो,pa·ri·pū·ren·to

Api ca dānaṁ paripūrento,

fulfilling my giving,
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एवंe·vaṃ तस्सtas·sa अदासहन्”ति।a·dā·sa·han

Evaṁ tassa adāsahan”ti.

I gave like this to him.”
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सङ्खचरियंsaṅ·kha·ca·ri·yaṃ दुतियं।du·ti·yaṃ

Saṅkhacariyaṁ dutiyaṁ.

(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.