{"id":"cp2","title":"Saṅkha’s Conduct","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"cp2","title":"Saṅkha’s Conduct","units":[{"id":"cp2:0","sourceIds":["cp2:0.1","cp2:0.2","cp2:0.3","cp2:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Cariyāpiṭaka\nAkittivagga\nDānapāramī 2\nSaṅkhacariya","en":"The Conduct Leading to Buddhahood\nThe Chapter With Akitti\nThe Perfection of Giving (2nd)\nSaṅkha’s Conduct"}},{"id":"cp2:1","sourceIds":["cp2:1.1","cp2:1.2","cp2:1.3","cp2:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Punāparaṁ yadā homi,\nBrāhmaṇo saṅkhasavhayo;\nMahāsamuddaṁ taritukāmo,\nUpagacchāmi paṭṭanaṁ.","en":"“Then again when I was\na brahmin named Saṅkha,\nwanting to cross the great ocean,\nI was on my way to the port."}},{"id":"cp2:2","sourceIds":["cp2:2.1","cp2:2.2","cp2:2.3","cp2:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatthaddasaṁ paṭipathe,\nSayambhuṁ aparājitaṁ;\nKantāraddhānaṁ paṭipannaṁ,\nTattāya kaṭhinabhūmiyā.","en":"There I saw across the way\none self-awakened, undefeated,\nwalking a desert road\nwhose ground was hot and rough."}},{"id":"cp2:3","sourceIds":["cp2:3.1","cp2:3.2","cp2:3.3","cp2:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tamahaṁ paṭipathe disvā,\nimamatthaṁ vicintayiṁ;\n‘Idaṁ khettaṁ anuppattaṁ,\npuññakāmassa jantuno.","en":"Seeing him across the way,\nI thought this:\n‘A field has appeared\nfor a personage desiring merit."}},{"id":"cp2:4","sourceIds":["cp2:4.1","cp2:4.2","cp2:4.3","cp2:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yathā kassako puriso,\nkhettaṁ disvā mahāgamaṁ;\nTattha bījaṁ na ropeti,\nna so dhaññena atthiko.","en":"Now suppose a farmer\nseeing a fertile field\ndoes not sow seed there,\nthen they are not in need of grain."}},{"id":"cp2:5","sourceIds":["cp2:5.1","cp2:5.2","cp2:5.3","cp2:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evamevāhaṁ puññakāmo,\nDisvā khettavaruttamaṁ;\nYadi tattha kāraṁ na karomi,\nNāhaṁ puññena atthiko.","en":"So too, if I, desiring merit,\nseeing a supreme excellent field,\ndo not render service there,\nthen I am not in need of merit."}},{"id":"cp2:6","sourceIds":["cp2:6.1","cp2:6.2","cp2:6.3","cp2:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yathā amacco muddikāmo,\nrañño antepure jane;\nNa deti tesaṁ dhanadhaññaṁ,\nmuddito parihāyati.","en":"Or suppose a minister seeking the royal seal\nof authority over the people of the court,\ndoes not give them money and grain,\ntheir authority dwindles."}},{"id":"cp2:7","sourceIds":["cp2:7.1","cp2:7.2","cp2:7.3","cp2:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evamevāhaṁ puññakāmo,\nVipulaṁ disvāna dakkhiṇaṁ;\nYadi tassa dānaṁ na dadāmi,\nParihāyissāmi puññato’.","en":"So too, if I, desiring merit,\nseeing an abundantly worthy recipient,\ndo not give gifts to them,\nI will dwindle in merit.’"}},{"id":"cp2:8","sourceIds":["cp2:8.1","cp2:8.2","cp2:8.3","cp2:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evāhaṁ cintayitvāna,\norohitvā upāhanā;\nTassa pādāni vanditvā,\nadāsiṁ chattupāhanaṁ.","en":"Reflecting in this way,\nI took off my sandals\nand bowed to his feet,\ngiving him an umbrella and sandals."}},{"id":"cp2:9","sourceIds":["cp2:9.1","cp2:9.2","cp2:9.3","cp2:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tenevāhaṁ sataguṇato,\nSukhumālo sukhedhito;\nApi ca dānaṁ paripūrento,\nEvaṁ tassa adāsahan”ti.","en":"Though I was a hundred times\nmore delicate and pampered than him,\nfulfilling my giving,\nI gave like this to him.”"}},{"id":"cp2:10","sourceIds":["cp2:10.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṅkhacariyaṁ dutiyaṁ."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/cp2/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."}