{"id":"cp22","title":"Somanassa’s Conduct","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"cp22","title":"Somanassa’s Conduct","units":[{"id":"cp22:0","sourceIds":["cp22:0.1","cp22:0.2","cp22:0.3","cp22:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Cariyāpiṭaka\nYudhañjayavagga\nNekkhammapāramī 2\nSomanassacariya","en":"The Conduct Leading to Buddhahood\nThe Chapter With Yudhañjaya\nThe Perfection of Renunciation (2nd)\nSomanassa’s Conduct"}},{"id":"cp22:1","sourceIds":["cp22:1.1","cp22:1.2","cp22:1.3","cp22:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Punāparaṁ yadā homi,\nindapatthe puruttame;\nKāmito dayito putto,\nsomanassoti vissuto.","en":"“Then again when I was\nin Indapatta, the capital city,\nI was a loved and cherished child\nrenowned as Somanassa."}},{"id":"cp22:2","sourceIds":["cp22:2.1","cp22:2.2","cp22:2.3","cp22:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sīlavā guṇasampanno,\nkalyāṇapaṭibhānavā;\nVuḍḍhāpacāyī hirīmā,\nsaṅgahesu ca kovido.","en":"I was ethical, full of good qualities,\nof fine and eloquent speech,\nhonoring elders, conscientious,\nand expert in the methods of inclusiveness."}},{"id":"cp22:3","sourceIds":["cp22:3.1","cp22:3.2","cp22:3.3","cp22:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassa rañño patikaro,\nahosi kuhakatāpaso;\nĀrāmaṁ mālāvacchañca,\nropayitvāna jīvati.","en":"Now there was this charlatan renunciant\nwho was favored by the king.\nHe made a living by cultivating\nan orchard and flowering shrubs."}},{"id":"cp22:4","sourceIds":["cp22:4.1","cp22:4.2","cp22:4.3","cp22:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tamahaṁ disvāna kuhakaṁ,\nthusarāsiṁva ataṇḍulaṁ;\nDumaṁva anto susiraṁ,\nkadaliṁva asārakaṁ.","en":"Seeing he was a charlatan,\nlike a pile of chaff without grain,\nlike a hollow tree,\nlike a plantain tree with no core, I thought:"}},{"id":"cp22:5","sourceIds":["cp22:5.1","cp22:5.2","cp22:5.3","cp22:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Natthimassa sataṁ dhammo,\nsāmaññāpagato ayaṁ;\nHirīsukkadhammajahito,\njīvitavuttikāraṇā.","en":"‘There is no good in him,\nhe has strayed from asceticism.\nHe has left the bright qualities of conscience\nfor the sake of making a living.’"}},{"id":"cp22:6","sourceIds":["cp22:6.1","cp22:6.2","cp22:6.3","cp22:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kupito ahu paccanto,\naṭavīhi parantihi;\nTaṁ nisedhetuṁ gacchanto,\nanusāsi pitā mamaṁ.","en":"Then the borders were in turmoil\nby wild frontier savages.\nBefore going to put an end to it,\nmy father instructed me:"}},{"id":"cp22:7","sourceIds":["cp22:7.1","cp22:7.2","cp22:7.3","cp22:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Mā pamajji tuvaṁ tāta,\njaṭilaṁ uggatāpanaṁ;\nYadicchakaṁ pavattehi,\nsabbakāmadado hi so’.","en":"‘My dear, do not neglect\nthe matted-hair ascetic of severe penance.\nHe is the granter of our wishes,\ngive him all he desires.’"}},{"id":"cp22:8","sourceIds":["cp22:8.1","cp22:8.2","cp22:8.3","cp22:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tamahaṁ gantvānupaṭṭhānaṁ,\nIdaṁ vacanamabraviṁ;\n‘Kacci te gahapati kusalaṁ,\nKiṁ vā te āharīyatu’.","en":"I went then to serve him,\nand said the following.\n‘I hope you are well, householder.\nIs there anything I can bring for you?’"}},{"id":"cp22:9","sourceIds":["cp22:9.1","cp22:9.2","cp22:9.3","cp22:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tena so kupito āsi,\nkuhako mānanissito;\n‘Ghātāpemi tuvaṁ ajja,\nraṭṭhā pabbājayāmi vā’.","en":"At that he was upset with me,\nthat prideful charlatan.\n‘I’ll have you killed right now!\nOr banished from the realm!’"}},{"id":"cp22:10","sourceIds":["cp22:10.1","cp22:10.2","cp22:10.3","cp22:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nisedhayitvā paccantaṁ,\nrājā kuhakamabravi;\n‘Kacci te bhante khamanīyaṁ,\nsammāno te pavattito’.","en":"After putting an end to the border conflict,\nthe king said to the charlatan,\n‘I hope you’re keeping well, sir,\nand honors were served you?’"}},{"id":"cp22:11","sourceIds":["cp22:11.1","cp22:11.2","cp22:11.3","cp22:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassa ācikkhatī pāpo,\nkumāro yathā nāsiyo;\nTassa taṁ vacanaṁ sutvā,\nāṇāpesi mahīpati.","en":"That wicked one told him\nhow the prince deserved execution.\nWhen he heard these words,\nthe Lord of the Earth commanded:"}},{"id":"cp22:12","sourceIds":["cp22:12.1","cp22:12.2","cp22:12.3","cp22:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Sīsaṁ tattheva chinditvā,\nkatvāna catukhaṇḍikaṁ;\nRathiyā rathiyaṁ dassetha,\nsā gati jaṭilahīḷitā’.","en":"‘Cut off his head right there!\nSaw his corpse into four pieces!\nAnd then show them from street to street:\nthis is the fate of one who shames the ascetic.’"}},{"id":"cp22:13","sourceIds":["cp22:13.1","cp22:13.2","cp22:13.3","cp22:13.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tattha kāraṇikā gantvā,\ncaṇḍā luddā akāruṇā;\nMātu aṅke nisinnassa,\nākaḍḍhitvā nayanti maṁ.","en":"Right away left the punishers—\nfierce, violent and pitiless.\nThey dragged me from my mother’s lap\nand led me away."}},{"id":"cp22:14","sourceIds":["cp22:14.1","cp22:14.2","cp22:14.3","cp22:14.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tesāhaṁ evamavacaṁ,\nbandhataṁ gāḷhabandhanaṁ;\n‘Rañño dassetha maṁ khippaṁ,\nrājakiriyāni atthi me’.","en":"I said to them\nas they bound me with tight bonds:\n‘Present me to the king right now,\nI have an issue for the king!’"}},{"id":"cp22:15","sourceIds":["cp22:15.1","cp22:15.2","cp22:15.3","cp22:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Te maṁ rañño dassayiṁsu,\npāpassa pāpasevino;\nDisvāna taṁ saññāpesiṁ,\nmamañca vasamānayiṁ.","en":"They presented me to the king,\nfollower of the wicked one and his wicked ways.\nOn seeing me, I persuaded him\nand brought him under my influence."}},{"id":"cp22:16","sourceIds":["cp22:16.1","cp22:16.2","cp22:16.3","cp22:16.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So maṁ tattha khamāpesi,\nmahārajjamadāsi me;\nSohaṁ tamaṁ dālayitvā,\npabbajiṁ anagāriyaṁ.","en":"He asked for my forgiveness then,\nand offered me the kingdom.\nBut having burst the darkness asunder,\nI went forth to homelessness."}},{"id":"cp22:17","sourceIds":["cp22:17.1","cp22:17.2","cp22:17.3","cp22:17.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na me dessaṁ mahārajjaṁ,\nkāmabhogo na dessiyo;\nSabbaññutaṁ piyaṁ mayhaṁ,\ntasmā rajjaṁ pariccajin”ti.","en":"I did not dislike great kingship,\nnor did I dislike sensual enjoyment.\nBut because omniscience is precious to me,\nthat is why I forsook kingship.”"}},{"id":"cp22:18","sourceIds":["cp22:18.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Somanassacariyaṁ dutiyaṁ."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/cp22/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."}