{"id":"cp17","title":"Mātaṅga’s Conduct","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"cp17","title":"Mātaṅga’s Conduct","units":[{"id":"cp17:0","sourceIds":["cp17:0.1","cp17:0.2","cp17:0.3","cp17:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Cariyāpiṭaka\nHatthināgavagga\nSīlapāramī 7\nMātaṅgacariya","en":"The Conduct Leading to Buddhahood\nThe Chapter on an Elephant\nThe Perfection of Ethics (7th)\nMātaṅga’s Conduct"}},{"id":"cp17:1","sourceIds":["cp17:1.1","cp17:1.2","cp17:1.3","cp17:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Punāparaṁ yadā homi,\njaṭilo uggatāpano;\nMātaṅgo nāma nāmena,\nsīlavā susamāhito.","en":"“Then again when I was\na matted-hair ascetic of severe penance,\nMātaṅga was my name,\nI was virtuous and serene."}},{"id":"cp17:2","sourceIds":["cp17:2.1","cp17:2.2","cp17:2.3","cp17:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ahañca brāhmaṇo eko,\ngaṅgākūle vasāmubho;\nAhaṁ vasāmi upari,\nheṭṭhā vasati brāhmaṇo.","en":"A brahmin and I both lived\non a bank of the Ganges.\nI stayed upstream,\nthe brahmin downstream."}},{"id":"cp17:3","sourceIds":["cp17:3.1","cp17:3.2","cp17:3.3","cp17:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vicaranto anukūlamhi,\nuddhaṁ me assamaddasa;\nTattha maṁ paribhāsetvā,\nabhisapi muddhaphālanaṁ.","en":"Wandering along the riverbank,\nhe saw my hermitage upstream.\nThen he abused and cursed me,\nthat my head would split in seven."}},{"id":"cp17:4","sourceIds":["cp17:4.1","cp17:4.2","cp17:4.3","cp17:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yadihaṁ tassa pakuppeyyaṁ,\nyadi sīlaṁ na gopaye;\nOloketvānahaṁ tassa,\nkareyyaṁ chārikaṁ viya.","en":"If I were upset with him\nand if I were not taking care of my ethics,\nthen just with a glance\nI could have reduced him to ashes."}},{"id":"cp17:5","sourceIds":["cp17:5.1","cp17:5.2","cp17:5.3","cp17:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yaṁ so tadā maṁ abhisapi,\nkupito duṭṭhamānaso;\nTasseva matthake nipati,\nyogena taṁ pamocayiṁ.","en":"But when he cursed me then,\nso angry and bitter-hearted,\nit fell right back on his own head:\nI freed him from that yoke."}},{"id":"cp17:6","sourceIds":["cp17:6.1","cp17:6.2","cp17:6.3","cp17:6.4"],"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":"cp17:7","sourceIds":["cp17:7.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mātaṅgacariyaṁ sattamaṁ."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/cp17/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."}