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Vaṭṭapotakacariya

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  1. 1

    चरियापिटकca·ri·yā·pi·ṭa·ka

    Cariyāpiṭaka

    The Conduct Leading to Buddhahood

  2. 2

    युधञ्जयवग्गyu·dhañ·ja·ya·vag·ga

    Yudhañjayavagga

    The Chapter With Yudhañjaya

  3. 3

    सच्चपारमीsac·ca·pā·ra·mī 3

    Saccapāramī 3

    The Perfection of Truth (3rd)

  4. 4

    वट्टपोतकचरियvaṭ·ṭa·po·ta·ka·ca·ri·ya

    Vaṭṭapotakacariya

    The Baby Quail’s Conduct

  5. 5

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

    “Punāparaṁ yadā homi,

    “Then again when I was

  6. 6

    मगधेma·ga·dhe वट्टपोतको;vaṭ·ṭa·po·ta·ko

    magadhe vaṭṭapotako;

    a baby quail in Magadha,

  7. 7

    अजातपक्खोa·jā·ta·pak·kho तरुणो,ta·ru·ṇo

    Ajātapakkho taruṇo,

    I was young, with wings unsprouted,

  8. 8

    मंसपेसिmaṃ·sa·pe·si कुलावके।ku·lā·va·ke

    maṁsapesi kulāvake.

    just a scrap of meat in the nest.

  9. 9

    मुखतुण्डकेनाहरित्वा,mu·kha·tuṇ·ḍa·ke·nā·ha·rit·vā

    Mukhatuṇḍakenāharitvā,

    With food she brought in her beak

  10. 10

    माताmā·tā पोसयतीpo·sa·ya·tī ममं;ma·maṃ

    mātā posayatī mamaṁ;

    my mother nurtured me.

  11. 11

    तस्साtas·sā फस्सेनphas·se·na जीवामि,jī·vā·mi

    Tassā phassena jīvāmi,

    I survived through her touch,

  12. 12

    नत्थिnat·thi मेme कायिकंkā·yi·kaṃ बलं।ba·laṃ

    natthi me kāyikaṁ balaṁ.

    for I had no physical strength.

  13. 13

    संवच्छरेsaṃ·vac·cha·re गिम्हसमये,gim·ha·sa·ma·ye

    Saṁvacchare gimhasamaye,

    One year, in the hot season,

  14. 14

    दवडाहोda·va·ḍā·ho पदिप्पति;pa·dip·pa·ti

    davaḍāho padippati;

    the forest caught fire.

  15. 15

    उपगच्छतिu·pa·gac·cha·ti अम्हाकं,am·hā·kaṃ

    Upagacchati amhākaṁ,

    It came toward us,

  16. 16

    पावकोpā·va·ko कण्हवत्तनी।kaṇ·ha·vat·ta·nī

    pāvako kaṇhavattanī.

    a conflagration with a blackened trail.

  17. 17

    धमधमाइतिdha·ma·dha·mā·i·ti एवं,e·vaṃ

    Dhamadhamāiti evaṁ,

    The fire roared and rumbled

  18. 18

    सद्दायन्तोsad·dā·yan·to महासिखी;ma·hā·si·khī

    saddāyanto mahāsikhī;

    with great crests of flame,

  19. 19

    अनुपुब्बेनa·nu·pub·be·na झापेन्तो,jhā·pen·to

    Anupubbena jhāpento,

    gradually burning

  20. 20

    अग्गिag·gi मममुपागमि।ma·ma·mu·pā·ga·mi

    aggi mamamupāgami.

    closer to me.

  21. 21

    अग्गिवेगभयातीता,ag·gi·ve·ga·bha·yā·tī·tā

    Aggivegabhayātītā,

    Alarmed and terrified at the fierce fire,

  22. 22

    तसिताta·si·tā मातापिताmā·tā·pi·tā मम;ma·ma

    tasitā mātāpitā mama;

    my mother and father

  23. 23

    कुलावकेku·lā·va·ke मंmaṃ छड्डेत्वा,chaḍ·ḍet·vā

    Kulāvake maṁ chaḍḍetvā,

    abandoned me in the nest,

  24. 24

    अत्तानंat·tā·naṃ परिमोचयुं।pa·ri·mo·ca·yuṃ

    attānaṁ parimocayuṁ.

    saving themselves.

  25. 25

    पादेpā·de पक्खेpak·khe पजहामि,pa·ja·hā·mi

    Pāde pakkhe pajahāmi,

    I beat my feet and wings,

  26. 26

    नत्थिnat·thi मेme कायिकंkā·yi·kaṃ बलं;ba·laṃ

    natthi me kāyikaṁ balaṁ;

    but I had no physical strength.

  27. 27

    सोहंso·haṃ अगतिकोa·ga·ti·ko तत्थ,tat·tha

    Sohaṁ agatiko tattha,

    When unable to leave,

  28. 28

    एवंe·vaṃ चिन्तेसहंcin·te·sa·haṃ तदा।ta·dā

    evaṁ cintesahaṁ tadā.

    I thought this there:

  29. 29

    ‘येसाहंye·sā·haṃ उपधावेय्यं,u·pa·dhā·vey·yaṃ

    ‘Yesāhaṁ upadhāveyyaṁ,

    ‘Those to whom I ought to run,

  30. 30

    भीतोbhī·to तसितवेधितो;ta·si·ta·ve·dhi·to

    bhīto tasitavedhito;

    scared and trembling with fear,

  31. 31

    तेte मंmaṃ ओहायo·hā·ya पक्कन्ता,pak·kan·tā

    Te maṁ ohāya pakkantā,

    have escaped, leaving me behind.

  32. 32

    कथंka·thaṃ मेme अज्जaj·ja कातवे।kā·ta·ve

    kathaṁ me ajja kātave.

    How should I act today?

  33. 33

    अत्थिat·thi लोकेlo·ke सीलगुणो,sī·la·gu·ṇo

    Atthi loke sīlaguṇo,

    There is the quality of virtue in the world,

  34. 34

    सच्चंsac·caṃ सोचेय्यनुद्दया;so·cey·ya·nud·da·yā

    saccaṁ soceyyanuddayā;

    truth, purity, and mercy.

  35. 35

    तेनte·na सच्चेनsac·ce·na काहामि,kā·hā·mi

    Tena saccena kāhāmi,

    By this truth I will make

  36. 36

    सच्चकिरियमुत्तमं।sac·ca·ki·ri·ya·mut·ta·maṃ

    saccakiriyamuttamaṁ.

    a supreme declaration of truth.’

  37. 37

    आवेज्जेत्वाā·vej·jet·vā धम्मबलं,dham·ma·ba·laṃ

    Āvejjetvā dhammabalaṁ,

    Inspired by the power of Dhamma,

  38. 38

    सरित्वाsa·rit·vā पुब्बकेpub·ba·ke जिने;ji·ne

    saritvā pubbake jine;

    recollecting the former Victors,

  39. 39

    सच्चबलमवस्साय,sac·ca·ba·la·ma·vas·sā·ya

    Saccabalamavassāya,

    relying on the power of truth,

  40. 40

    सच्चकिरियमकासहं।sac·ca·ki·ri·ya·ma·kā·sa·haṃ

    saccakiriyamakāsahaṁ.

    I made a declaration of truth.

  41. 41

    सन्तिsan·ti पक्खाpak·khā अपतना,a·pa·ta·nā

    Santi pakkhā apatanā,

    ‘I have wings that do not fly!

  42. 42

    सन्तिsan·ti पादाpā·dā अवञ्चना;a·vañ·ca·nā

    santi pādā avañcanā;

    I have feet that do not walk!

  43. 43

    मातापिताmā·tā·pi·tā चca निक्खन्ता,nik·khan·tā

    Mātāpitā ca nikkhantā,

    Mother and father have fled!

  44. 44

    जातवेदjā·ta·ve·da पटिक्कम’।pa·ṭik·ka·ma

    jātaveda paṭikkama’.

    Jātaveda the fire: go back!’

  45. 45

    सहसच्चेsa·ha·sac·ce कतेka·te मय्हं,may·haṃ

    Sahasacce kate mayhaṁ,

    As I declared this truth

  46. 46

    महापज्जलितोma·hā·paj·ja·li·to सिखी;si·khī

    Mahāpajjalito sikhī;

    the great crested flames

  47. 47

    वज्जेसिvaj·je·si सोळसकरीसानि,so·ḷa·sa·ka·rī·sā·ni

    Vajjesi soḷasakarīsāni,

    withdrew sixteen leagues,

  48. 48

    उदकंu·da·kaṃ पत्वाpat·vā यथाya·thā सिखी;si·khī

    Udakaṁ patvā yathā sikhī;

    as if they had come to water.

  49. 49

    सच्चेनsac·ce·na मेme समोsa·mo नत्थि,nat·thi

    Saccena me samo natthi,

    There is no one to equal my truthfulness:

  50. 50

    एसाe·sā मेme सच्चपारमी”ति।sac·ca·pā·ra·mī

    Esā me saccapāramī”ti.

    this is my perfection of truth.”

  51. 51

    वट्टपोतकचरियंvaṭ·ṭa·po·ta·ka·ca·ri·yaṃ नवमं।na·va·maṃ

    Vaṭṭapotakacariyaṁ navamaṁ.

    (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.