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Maccharājacariya

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

    युधञ्जयवग्गyu·dhañ·ja·ya·vag·ga

    Yudhañjayavagga

    The Chapter With Yudhañjaya

  3. 3

    सच्चपारमीsac·ca·pā·ra·mī 4

    Saccapāramī 4

    The Perfection of Truth (4th)

  4. 4

    मच्छराजचरियmac·cha·rā·ja·ca·ri·ya

    Maccharājacariya

    The Fish King’s Conduct

  5. 5

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

    “Punāparaṁ yadā homi,

    “Then again when I was

  6. 6

    मच्छराजाmac·cha·rā·jā महासरे;ma·hā·sa·re

    maccharājā mahāsare;

    a fish king in a great lake,

  7. 7

    उण्हेuṇ·he सूरियसन्तापे,sū·ri·ya·san·tā·pe

    Uṇhe sūriyasantāpe,

    in the heat of the sun

  8. 8

    सरेsa·re उदकu·da·ka खीयथ।khī·ya·tha

    sare udaka khīyatha.

    the water in the lake evaporated.

  9. 9

    ततोta·to काकाkā·kā चca गिज्झाgij·jhā च,ca

    Tato kākā ca gijjhā ca,

    Then crows and vultures,

  10. 10

    कङ्काkaṅ·kā कुललसेनका;ku·la·la·se·na·kā

    kaṅkā kulalasenakā;

    herons, hawks, and falcons,

  11. 11

    भक्खयन्तिbhak·kha·yan·ti दिवारत्तिं,di·vā·rat·tiṃ

    Bhakkhayanti divārattiṁ,

    perched near the fish

  12. 12

    मच्छेmac·che उपनिसीदिय।u·pa·ni·sī·di·ya

    macche upanisīdiya.

    and devoured them day and night.

  13. 13

    एवंe·vaṃ चिन्तेसहंcin·te·sa·haṃ तत्थ,tat·tha

    Evaṁ cintesahaṁ tattha,

    There I had the following thought,

  14. 14

    सहsa·ha ञातीहिñā·tī·hi पीळितो;pī·ḷi·to

    saha ñātīhi pīḷito;

    being harassed with my relatives:

  15. 15

    ‘केनke·na नुnu खोkho उपायेन,u·pā·ye·na

    ‘Kena nu kho upāyena,

    ‘By what means

  16. 16

    ञातीñā·tī दुक्खाduk·khā पमोचये’।pa·mo·ca·ye

    ñātī dukkhā pamocaye’.

    can I free my relatives from this suffering?’

  17. 17

    विचिन्तयित्वाvi·cin·ta·yit·vā धम्मत्थं,dham·mat·thaṃ

    Vicintayitvā dhammatthaṁ,

    Considering the value of the Dhamma,

  18. 18

    सच्चंsac·caṃ अद्दसad·da·sa पस्सयं;pas·sa·yaṃ

    saccaṁ addasa passayaṁ;

    I saw the truth as a support.

  19. 19

    सच्चेsac·ce ठत्वाṭhat·vā पमोचेसिं,pa·mo·ce·siṃ

    Sacce ṭhatvā pamocesiṁ,

    Standing in the truth,

  20. 20

    ञातीनंñā·tī·naṃ तंtaṃ अतिक्खयं।a·tik·kha·yaṃ

    ñātīnaṁ taṁ atikkhayaṁ.

    I freed my relatives from that holocaust.

  21. 21

    अनुस्सरित्वाa·nus·sa·rit·vā सतंsa·taṃ धम्मं,dham·maṃ

    Anussaritvā sataṁ dhammaṁ,

    Recollecting the true Dhamma,

  22. 22

    परमत्थंpa·ra·mat·thaṃ विचिन्तयं;vi·cin·ta·yaṃ

    paramatthaṁ vicintayaṁ;

    considered the ultimate goal,

  23. 23

    अकासिंa·kā·siṃ सच्चकिरियं,sac·ca·ki·ri·yaṃ

    Akāsiṁ saccakiriyaṁ,

    I made a declaration of truth

  24. 24

    यंyaṃ लोकेlo·ke धुवसस्सतं।dhu·va·sas·sa·taṃ

    yaṁ loke dhuvasassataṁ.

    that would last eternally in the world.

  25. 25

    ‘यतोya·to सरामिsa·rā·mi अत्तानं,at·tā·naṃ

    ‘Yato sarāmi attānaṁ,

    ‘So long as I can recall myself,

  26. 26

    यतोya·to पत्तोस्मिpat·tos·mi विञ्ञुतं;viñ·ñu·taṃ

    yato pattosmi viññutaṁ;

    since I became aware,

  27. 27

    नाभिजानामिnā·bhi·jā·nā·mi सञ्चिच्च,sañ·cic·ca

    Nābhijānāmi sañcicca,

    I do not recall deliberately

  28. 28

    एकपाणम्पिe·ka·pā·ṇam·pi हिंसितं।hiṃ·si·taṃ

    ekapāṇampi hiṁsitaṁ.

    harming even a single living creature.

  29. 29

    एतेनe·te·na सच्चवज्जेन,sac·ca·vaj·je·na

    Etena saccavajjena,

    By this declaration of truth,

  30. 30

    पज्जुन्नोpaj·jun·no अभिवस्सतु;a·bhi·vas·sa·tu

    pajjunno abhivassatu;

    may Pajjuna rain down!

  31. 31

    अभित्थनयa·bhit·tha·na·ya पज्जुन्न,paj·jun·na

    Abhitthanaya pajjunna,

    Thunder forth, Pajjuna!

  32. 32

    निधिंni·dhiṃ काकस्सkā·kas·sa नासय;nā·sa·ya

    nidhiṁ kākassa nāsaya;

    Disperse the trove of the crow!

  33. 33

    काकंkā·kaṃ सोकायso·kā·ya रन्धेहि,ran·dhe·hi

    Kākaṁ sokāya randhehi,

    Subject the crow to sorrow,

  34. 34

    मच्छेmac·che सोकाso·kā पमोचय’।pa·mo·ca·ya

    macche sokā pamocaya’.

    and free the fish from sorrow!’

  35. 35

    सहsa·ha कतेka·te सच्चवरे,sac·ca·va·re

    Saha kate saccavare,

    As this excellent truth was declared,

  36. 36

    पज्जुन्नोpaj·jun·no अभिगज्जिय;a·bhi·gaj·ji·ya

    pajjunno abhigajjiya;

    Pajjuna thundered forth.

  37. 37

    थलंtha·laṃ निन्नञ्चnin·nañ·ca पूरेन्तो,pū·ren·to

    Thalaṁ ninnañca pūrento,

    In an instant the rain poured down,

  38. 38

    खणेनkha·ṇe·na अभिवस्सथ।a·bhi·vas·sa·tha

    khaṇena abhivassatha.

    soaking the uplands and valleys.

  39. 39

    एवरूपंe·va·rū·paṃ सच्चवरं,sac·ca·va·raṃ

    Evarūpaṁ saccavaraṁ,

    Having made such supreme effort

  40. 40

    कत्वाkat·vā वीरियमुत्तमं;vī·ri·ya·mut·ta·maṃ

    katvā vīriyamuttamaṁ;

    for this excellent truth,

  41. 41

    वस्सापेसिंvas·sā·pe·siṃ महामेघं,ma·hā·me·ghaṃ

    Vassāpesiṁ mahāmeghaṁ,

    I made the great cloud pour down,

  42. 42

    सच्चतेजबलस्सितो;sac·ca·te·ja·ba·las·si·to

    saccatejabalassito;

    relying on the force of the power of truth.

  43. 43

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

    Saccena me samo natthi,

    There is no one to equal my truthfulness:

  44. 44

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

    esā me saccapāramī”ti.

    this is my perfection of truth.”

  45. 45

    मच्छराजचरियंmac·cha·rā·ja·ca·ri·yaṃ दसमं।da·sa·maṃ

    Maccharājacariyaṁ dasamaṁ.

    (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.