{"id":"cp16","title":"Ruru the Deer King’s Conduct","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"cp16","title":"Ruru the Deer King’s Conduct","units":[{"id":"cp16:0","sourceIds":["cp16:0.1","cp16:0.2","cp16:0.3","cp16:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Cariyāpiṭaka\nHatthināgavagga\nSīlapāramī 6\nRurumigarājacariya","en":"The Conduct Leading to Buddhahood\nThe Chapter on an Elephant\nThe Perfection of Ethics (6th)\nRuru the Deer King’s Conduct"}},{"id":"cp16:1","sourceIds":["cp16:1.1","cp16:1.2","cp16:1.3","cp16:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Punāparaṁ yadā homi,\nsutattakanakasannibho;\nMigarājā ruru nāma,\nparamasīlasamāhito.","en":"“Then again when I was\nthe king of deer named Ruru,\nin appearance I was like burnished gold,\nfocused on the highest ethics."}},{"id":"cp16:2","sourceIds":["cp16:2.1","cp16:2.2","cp16:2.3","cp16:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ramme padese ramaṇīye,\nvivitte amanussake;\nTattha vāsaṁ upagañchiṁ,\ngaṅgākūle manorame.","en":"There was a pleasant, delightful region,\nfree of humans,\nso I went there and stayed\non a lovely bank of the Ganges."}},{"id":"cp16:3","sourceIds":["cp16:3.1","cp16:3.2","cp16:3.3","cp16:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha upari gaṅgāya,\ndhanikehi paripīḷito;\nPuriso gaṅgāya papati,\n‘jīvāmi vā marāmi vā’.","en":"Then a man upstream,\nharassed by creditors,\nfell into the Ganges, thinking,\n‘I live or I die!’"}},{"id":"cp16:4","sourceIds":["cp16:4.1","cp16:4.2","cp16:4.3","cp16:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Rattindivaṁ so gaṅgāya,\nvuyhamāno mahodake;\nRavanto karuṇaṁ ravaṁ,\nmajjhe gaṅgāya gacchati.","en":"Day and night in the Ganges\nhe was swept along the stream,\ncrying out pitifully,\nalong the middle of the Ganges."}},{"id":"cp16:5","sourceIds":["cp16:5.1","cp16:5.2","cp16:5.3","cp16:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassāhaṁ saddaṁ sutvāna,\nkaruṇaṁ paridevato;\nGaṅgāya tīre ṭhatvāna,\napucchiṁ ‘kosi tvaṁ naro’.","en":"When I heard the sound\nof his pitiful crying,\nI stood on the Ganges bank\nand asked, ‘What man are you?’"}},{"id":"cp16:6","sourceIds":["cp16:6.1","cp16:6.2","cp16:6.3","cp16:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So me puṭṭho ca byākāsi,\nattano karaṇaṁ tadā;\n‘Dhanikehi bhīto tasito,\npakkhandohaṁ mahānadiṁ’.","en":"When asked he explained\nto me his own deed:\n‘I was so scared of my creditors,\nI jumped in the great river!’"}},{"id":"cp16:7","sourceIds":["cp16:7.1","cp16:7.2","cp16:7.3","cp16:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassa katvāna kāruññaṁ,\ncajitvā mama jīvitaṁ;\nPavisitvā nīhariṁ tassa,\nandhakāramhi rattiyā.","en":"Taking pity on him,\nsurrendering my own life,\nI entered and dragged him out\nin the darkness of the night."}},{"id":"cp16:8","sourceIds":["cp16:8.1","cp16:8.2","cp16:8.3","cp16:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Assatthakālamaññāya,\ntassāhaṁ idamabraviṁ;\n‘Ekaṁ taṁ varaṁ yācāmi,\nmā maṁ kassaci pāvada’.","en":"When I knew he had recovered,\nI said to him,\n‘I ask of you one favor:\ntell no one about me.’"}},{"id":"cp16:9","sourceIds":["cp16:9.1","cp16:9.2","cp16:9.3","cp16:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nagaraṁ gantvāna ācikkhi,\npucchito dhanahetuko;\nRājānaṁ so gahetvāna,\nupagañchi mamantikaṁ.","en":"But once he had returned to the city,\nfor the sake of money he told when asked.\nTaking the king,\nhe drew close to me."}},{"id":"cp16:10","sourceIds":["cp16:10.1","cp16:10.2","cp16:10.3","cp16:10.4","cp16:10.5","cp16:10.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yāvatā karaṇaṁ sabbaṁ,\nrañño ārocitaṁ mayā;\nRājā sutvāna vacanaṁ,\nusuṁ tassa pakappayi;\n‘Idheva ghātayissāmi,\nmittadubbhiṁ anāriyaṁ’.","en":"All that I had done\nwas related to the king.\nWhen the king heard this,\nhe fitted his arrow, thinking,\n‘Right here I shall kill\nthis ignoble betrayer of a friend.’"}},{"id":"cp16:11","sourceIds":["cp16:11.1","cp16:11.2","cp16:11.3","cp16:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tamahaṁ anurakkhanto,\nnimminiṁ mama attanā;\n‘Tiṭṭhateso mahārāja,\nkāmakāro bhavāmi te’.","en":"I protected him,\nsubstituting myself:\n‘Let him be, Great King.\nI shall carry out your pleasure.’"}},{"id":"cp16:12","sourceIds":["cp16:12.1","cp16:12.2","cp16:12.3","cp16:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Anurakkhiṁ mama sīlaṁ,\nnārakkhiṁ mama jīvitaṁ;\nSīlavā hi tadā āsiṁ,\nbodhiyāyeva kāraṇā”ti.","en":"I guarded my ethics,\nnot my life.\nFor then I was ethical,\nbecause it was solely for awakening.”"}},{"id":"cp16:13","sourceIds":["cp16:13.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Rurumigarājacariyaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/cp16/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}