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Kapirājacariya

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

युधञ्जयवग्गyu·dhañ·ja·ya·vag·ga

Yudhañjayavagga

The Chapter With Yudhañjaya
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सच्चपारमीsac·ca·pā·ra·mī 1

Saccapāramī 1

The Perfection of Truth (1st)
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कपिराजचरियka·pi·rā·ja·ca·ri·ya

Kapirājacariya

The Monkey King’s Conduct
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“यदाya·dā अहंa·haṃ कपिka·pi आसिं,ā·siṃ

“Yadā ahaṁ kapi āsiṁ,

“When I was a monkey
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नदीकूलेna·dī·kū·le दरीसये;da·rī·sa·ye

nadīkūle darīsaye;

in a cleft on the riverbank,
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पीळितोpī·ḷi·to सुसुमारेन,su·su·mā·re·na

Pīḷito susumārena,

harassed by a crocodile
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गमनंga·ma·naṃ नna लभामहं।la·bhā·ma·haṃ

gamanaṁ na labhāmahaṁ.

I could not get across.
9

यम्होकासेyam·ho·kā·se अहंa·haṃ ठत्वा,ṭhat·vā

Yamhokāse ahaṁ ṭhatvā,

Where I used to land
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ओराo·rā पारंpā·raṃ पतामहं;pa·tā·ma·haṃ

orā pāraṁ patāmahaṁ;

when jumping from the near shore to the far,
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तत्थच्छिtat·thac·chi सत्तुsat·tu वधको,va·dha·ko

Tatthacchi sattu vadhako,

there crouched my deadly foe,
12

कुम्भीलोkum·bhī·lo लुद्ददस्सनो।lud·da·das·sa·no

kumbhīlo luddadassano.

the baleful gharial.
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सोso मंmaṃ असंसिa·saṃ·si ‘एही’ति,e·hī

So maṁ asaṁsi ‘ehī’ti,

Reassuring me, he said ‘Come!’
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‘अहम्पेमी’तिa·ham·pe·mī तंtaṃ वतिं;va·tiṃ

‘ahampemī’ti taṁ vatiṁ;

‘I am coming,’ I said to him.
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तस्सtas·sa मत्थकमक्कम्म,mat·tha·ka·mak·kam·ma

Tassa matthakamakkamma,

Stepping on his head
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परकूलेpa·ra·kū·le पतिट्ठहिं।pa·tiṭ·ṭha·hiṃ

parakūle patiṭṭhahiṁ.

I made it to the far bank.
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नna तस्सtas·sa अलिकंa·li·kaṃ भणितं,bha·ṇi·taṃ

Na tassa alikaṁ bhaṇitaṁ,

I spoke no lie to him,
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यथाya·thā वाचंvā·caṃ अकासहं;a·kā·sa·haṃ

yathā vācaṁ akāsahaṁ;

but acted according to my word.
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सच्चेनsac·ce·na मेme समोsa·mo नत्थि,nat·thi

Saccena me samo natthi,

There is no one to equal my truthfulness:
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एसाe·sā मेme सच्चपारमी”ति।sac·ca·pā·ra·mī

esā me saccapāramī”ti.

this is my perfection of truth.”
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कपिराजचरियंka·pi·rā·ja·ca·ri·yaṃ सत्तमं।sat·ta·maṃ

Kapirājacariyaṁ 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.