{"id":"cp23","title":"Ayoghara’s Conduct","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"cp23","title":"Ayoghara’s Conduct","units":[{"id":"cp23:0","sourceIds":["cp23:0.1","cp23:0.2","cp23:0.3","cp23:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Cariyāpiṭaka\nYudhañjayavagga\nNekkhammapāramī 3\nAyogharacariya","en":"The Conduct Leading to Buddhahood\nThe Chapter With Yudhañjaya\nThe Perfection of Renunciation (3rd)\nAyoghara’s Conduct"}},{"id":"cp23:1","sourceIds":["cp23:1.1","cp23:1.2","cp23:1.3","cp23:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Punāparaṁ yadā homi,\nkāsirājassa atrajo;\nAyogharamhi saṁvaḍḍho,\nnāmenāsi ayogharo.","en":"“Then again when I was\nthe true-born son of the king of Kāsi,\nI grew up in an iron house,\nso I was named Ayoghara."}},{"id":"cp23:2","sourceIds":["cp23:2.1","cp23:2.2","cp23:2.3","cp23:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Dukkhena jīvito laddho,\nsaṁpīḷe patiposito;\nAjjeva putta paṭipajja,\nkevalaṁ vasudhaṁ imaṁ’.","en":"‘Your life has been a painful one,\nas you’ve been raised in confinement.\nToday, my son, rule\nthe entirety of this land.’"}},{"id":"cp23:3","sourceIds":["cp23:3.1","cp23:3.2","cp23:3.3","cp23:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saraṭṭhakaṁ sanigamaṁ,\nsajanaṁ vanditva khattiyaṁ;\nAñjaliṁ paggahetvāna,\nidaṁ vacanamabraviṁ.","en":"Having bowed to the citizens of country and town,\nthe king and his people,\nI raised my cupped palms\nand said the following."}},{"id":"cp23:4","sourceIds":["cp23:4.1","cp23:4.2","cp23:4.3","cp23:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Ye keci mahiyā sattā,\nhīnamukkaṭṭhamajjhimā;\nNirārakkhā sake gehe,\nvaḍḍhanti sakañātibhi.","en":"‘All the creatures of this earth—\nlow, middle, or high—\nare unprotected in their own home,\nin which they grew up with their families."}},{"id":"cp23:5","sourceIds":["cp23:5.1","cp23:5.2","cp23:5.3","cp23:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idaṁ loke uttariyaṁ,\nsaṁpīḷe mama posanaṁ;\nAyogharamhi saṁvaḍḍho,\nappabhe candasūriye.","en":"It was unique in the world\nto be raised in confinement.\nI grew up in an iron house,\nscarcely lit by sun or moon."}},{"id":"cp23:6","sourceIds":["cp23:6.1","cp23:6.2","cp23:6.3","cp23:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pūtikuṇapasampuṇṇā,\nmuccitvā mātukucchito;\nTato ghoratare dukkhe,\npuna pakkhittayoghare.","en":"Filled with rotting carcass,\nI escaped my mother’s womb.\nThen to a viler suffering\nI was tossed in an iron house."}},{"id":"cp23:7","sourceIds":["cp23:7.1","cp23:7.2","cp23:7.3","cp23:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yadihaṁ tādisaṁ patvā,\ndukkhaṁ paramadāruṇaṁ;\nRajjesu yadi rajjāmi,\npāpānaṁ uttamo siyaṁ.","en":"Having fallen into such\nappallingly dreadful suffering,\nif I desired kingships,\nI’d be the worst of the worst."}},{"id":"cp23:8","sourceIds":["cp23:8.1","cp23:8.2","cp23:8.3","cp23:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ukkaṇṭhitomhi kāyena,\nrajjenamhi anatthiko;\nNibbutiṁ pariyesissaṁ,\nyattha maṁ maccu na maddiye’.","en":"I’m fed up with the body,\nI have no need for kingship.\nI shall seek quenching\nwhere Death will not crush me.’"}},{"id":"cp23:9","sourceIds":["cp23:9.1","cp23:9.2","cp23:9.3","cp23:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evāhaṁ cintayitvāna,\nviravante mahājane;\nNāgova bandhanaṁ chetvā,\npāvisiṁ kānanaṁ vanaṁ.","en":"Reflecting in this way,\nas the great crowd wailed,\nlike a bull elephant bursting his ropes,\nI entered the forest grove."}},{"id":"cp23:10","sourceIds":["cp23:10.1","cp23:10.2","cp23:10.3","cp23:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mātāpitā na me dessā,\nnapi me dessaṁ mahāyasaṁ;\nSabbaññutaṁ piyaṁ mayhaṁ,\ntasmā rajjaṁ pariccajin”ti.","en":"I had no dislike of my parents,\nnor did I dislike the great fame.\nBut because omniscience is precious to me,\nthat is why I forsook kingship.”"}},{"id":"cp23:11","sourceIds":["cp23:11.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ayogharacariyaṁ tatiyaṁ."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/cp23/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."}