{"id":"cp19","title":"Alīnasattu’s Conduct","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"cp19","title":"Alīnasattu’s Conduct","units":[{"id":"cp19:0","sourceIds":["cp19:0.1","cp19:0.2","cp19:0.3","cp19:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Cariyāpiṭaka\nHatthināgavagga\nSīlapāramī 9\nAlīnasattucariya","en":"The Conduct Leading to Buddhahood\nThe Chapter on an Elephant\nThe Perfection of Ethics (9th)\nAlīnasattu’s Conduct"}},{"id":"cp19:1","sourceIds":["cp19:1.1","cp19:1.2","cp19:1.3","cp19:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Pañcālaraṭṭhe nagaravare,\nKapilāyaṁ puruttame;\nRājā jayaddiso nāma,\nSīlaguṇamupāgato.","en":"“In the kingdom of Pañcāla, in the eminent city,\nthe capital named Kapilā,\nthe king named Jayaddisa\nwas furnished with virtuous qualities."}},{"id":"cp19:2","sourceIds":["cp19:2.1","cp19:2.2","cp19:2.3","cp19:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassa rañño ahaṁ putto,\nSutadhammo susīlavā;\nAlīnasatto guṇavā,\nAnurakkhaparijano sadā.","en":"I was that king’s son,\nwell educated and virtuous;\nAlīnasattu of fine qualities,\nI always cared for the attendants."}},{"id":"cp19:3","sourceIds":["cp19:3.1","cp19:3.2","cp19:3.3","cp19:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pitā me migavaṁ gantvā,\nporisādaṁ upāgami;\nSo me pitumaggahesi,\n‘bhakkhosi mama mā cali’.","en":"My father had gone deer hunting\nwhen he came across a cannibal,\nwho seized my father, saying,\n‘You are my prey, don’t move!’"}},{"id":"cp19:4","sourceIds":["cp19:4.1","cp19:4.2","cp19:4.3","cp19:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassa taṁ vacanaṁ sutvā,\nbhīto tasitavedhito;\nŪrukkhambho ahu tassa,\ndisvāna porisādakaṁ.","en":"When he heard these words,\nhe was scared and trembled with fear,\nhis thighs became stiff\nwhen he saw the cannibal."}},{"id":"cp19:5","sourceIds":["cp19:5.1","cp19:5.2","cp19:5.3","cp19:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Migavaṁ gahetvā muñcassu,\nkatvā āgamanaṁ puna;\nBrāhmaṇassa dhanaṁ datvā,\npitā āmantayī mamaṁ.","en":"‘Let me go, take the deer meat!’ he said,\n‘I promise to return.’\nHaving paid the brahmin,\nmy father said to me:"}},{"id":"cp19:6","sourceIds":["cp19:6.1","cp19:6.2","cp19:6.3","cp19:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Rajjaṁ putta paṭipajja,\nmā pamajji puraṁ idaṁ;\nKataṁ me porisādena,\nmama āgamanaṁ puna’.","en":"‘Son, rule the realm.\nDo not neglect this city.\nI promised the cannibal\nthat I will return.’"}},{"id":"cp19:7","sourceIds":["cp19:7.1","cp19:7.2","cp19:7.3","cp19:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mātāpitū ca vanditvā,\nnimminitvāna attanā;\nNikkhipitvā dhanuṁ khaggaṁ,\nporisādaṁ upāgamiṁ.","en":"I bowed to my mother and father,\nand substituted myself.\nTossing my bow and sword,\nI approached the cannibal."}},{"id":"cp19:8","sourceIds":["cp19:8.1","cp19:8.2","cp19:8.3","cp19:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sasatthahatthūpagataṁ,\nkadāci so tasissati;\nTena bhijjissati sīlaṁ,\nparittāsaṁ kate mayi.","en":"Perhaps if I have weapons in hand\nthat might make him afraid.\nAnd that would violate my ethics,\nwere I to frighten him."}},{"id":"cp19:9","sourceIds":["cp19:9.1","cp19:9.2","cp19:9.3","cp19:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sīlakhaṇḍabhayā mayhaṁ,\ntassa dessaṁ na byāhariṁ;\nMettacitto hitavādī,\nidaṁ vacanamabraviṁ.","en":"For fear of violating my ethics,\nI said nothing hateful to him.\nLovingly and beneficially,\nI said the following."}},{"id":"cp19:10","sourceIds":["cp19:10.1","cp19:10.2","cp19:10.3","cp19:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Ujjālehi mahāaggiṁ,\npapatissāmi rukkhato;\nTvaṁ pakkakālamaññāya,\nbhakkhaya maṁ pitāmaha’.","en":"‘Kindle a great fire.\nI will drop into it from a tree.\nWhen you know I am cooked,\neat me, Grandfather.’"}},{"id":"cp19:11","sourceIds":["cp19:11.1","cp19:11.2","cp19:11.3","cp19:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Iti sīlavataṁ hetu,\nnārakkhiṁ mama jīvitaṁ;\nPabbājesiṁ cahaṁ tassa,\nsadā pāṇātipātikan”ti.","en":"And so for the sake of my ethical vows\nI did not protect my life.\nAnd I drove out forever\nhis attacks on living creatures.”"}},{"id":"cp19:12","sourceIds":["cp19:12.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Alīnasattucariyaṁ navamaṁ."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/cp19/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."}