{"id":"cp26","title":"Temiya’s Conduct","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"cp26","title":"Temiya’s Conduct","units":[{"id":"cp26:0","sourceIds":["cp26:0.1","cp26:0.2","cp26:0.3","cp26:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Cariyāpiṭaka\nYudhañjayavagga\nAdiṭṭhānapāramī 1\nTemiyacariya","en":"The Conduct Leading to Buddhahood\nThe Chapter With Yudhañjaya\nThe Perfection of Resolve\nTemiya’s Conduct"}},{"id":"cp26:1","sourceIds":["cp26:1.1","cp26:1.2","cp26:1.3","cp26:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Punāparaṁ yadā homi,\nkāsirājassa atrajo;\nMūgapakkhoti nāmena,\ntemiyoti vadanti maṁ.","en":"“Then again when I was\nthe true-born son of the king of Kāsi,\nMūgapakkha was my name,\nthey called me Temiya."}},{"id":"cp26:2","sourceIds":["cp26:2.1","cp26:2.2","cp26:2.3","cp26:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Soḷasitthisahassānaṁ,\nna vijjati pumo tadā;\nAhorattānaṁ accayena,\nnibbatto ahamekako.","en":"None of the sixteen thousand court women\nhad given birth to a male.\nAfter many days and nights\nI was born, the only one."}},{"id":"cp26:3","sourceIds":["cp26:3.1","cp26:3.2","cp26:3.3","cp26:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kicchā laddhaṁ piyaṁ puttaṁ,\nabhijātaṁ jutindharaṁ;\nSetacchattaṁ dhārayitvāna,\nsayane poseti maṁ pitā.","en":"To my father I was a dear son born with difficulty,\na light-bringer of impeccable lineage.\nHolding a white parasol over my bed,\nmy father provided for me."}},{"id":"cp26:4","sourceIds":["cp26:4.1","cp26:4.2","cp26:4.3","cp26:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Niddāyamāno sayanavare,\nPabujjhitvānahaṁ tadā;\nAddasaṁ paṇḍaraṁ chattaṁ,\nYenāhaṁ nirayaṁ gato.","en":"Sleeping on the fine bed,\nthen having awoken,\nI saw the pale umbrella,\nby which I had gone to hell."}},{"id":"cp26:5","sourceIds":["cp26:5.1","cp26:5.2","cp26:5.3","cp26:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saha diṭṭhassa me chattaṁ,\ntāso uppajji bheravo;\nVinicchayaṁ samāpanno,\n‘kathāhaṁ imaṁ muñcissaṁ’.","en":"At the sight of the umbrella\na terrible dread arose in me.\nI reached the decision,\n‘How can I be free of this?’"}},{"id":"cp26:6","sourceIds":["cp26:6.1","cp26:6.2","cp26:6.3","cp26:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pubbasālohitā mayhaṁ,\ndevatā atthakāminī;\nSā maṁ disvāna dukkhitaṁ,\ntīsu ṭhānesu yojayi.","en":"A former blood-relation of mine,\na goddess wishing to help,\nsaw my suffering\nand enjoined me to three states."}},{"id":"cp26:7","sourceIds":["cp26:7.1","cp26:7.2","cp26:7.3","cp26:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Mā paṇḍiccayaṁ vibhāvaya,\nBālamato bhava sabbapāṇinaṁ;\nSabbo taṁ jano ocināyatu,\nEvaṁ tava attho bhavissati’.","en":"‘Don’t show intelligence,\nbe as a fool to all creatures,\nlet all folk scorn you,\nthus you will achieve your goal.’"}},{"id":"cp26:8","sourceIds":["cp26:8.1","cp26:8.2","cp26:8.3","cp26:8.4","cp26:8.5","cp26:8.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vuttāyahaṁ tassā,\nidaṁ vacanamabraviṁ;\n‘Karomi te taṁ vacanaṁ,\nyaṁ tvaṁ bhaṇasi devate;\nAtthakāmāsi me amma,\nhitakāmāsi devate’.","en":"When she had spoken,\nI said the following.\n‘I shall do your bidding,\njust as you say, goddess.\nYou want what’s best for me, mom,\nyou desire my welfare, goddess.’"}},{"id":"cp26:9","sourceIds":["cp26:9.1","cp26:9.2","cp26:9.3","cp26:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassāhaṁ vacanaṁ sutvā,\nsāgareva thalaṁ labhiṁ;\nHaṭṭho saṁviggamānaso,\ntayo aṅge adhiṭṭhahiṁ.","en":"After hearing her words,\nI was like one lost at sea reaching the shore.\nI was thrilled, my mind elated,\nand I resolved on three factors."}},{"id":"cp26:10","sourceIds":["cp26:10.1","cp26:10.2","cp26:10.3","cp26:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mūgo ahosiṁ badhiro,\npakkho gativivajjito;\nEte aṅge adhiṭṭhāya,\nvassāni soḷasaṁ vasiṁ.","en":"I became deaf, and dumb,\nand crippled, unable to walk.\nResolving on these factors,\nI lived for sixteen years."}},{"id":"cp26:11","sourceIds":["cp26:11.1","cp26:11.2","cp26:11.3","cp26:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tato me hatthapāde ca,\njivhaṁ sotañca maddiya;\nAnūnataṁ me passitvā,\n‘kāḷakaṇṇī’ti nindisuṁ.","en":"Then they rubbed my hands and feet,\nmy tongue and ears as well,\nand seeing no defect in me,\ndenounced me as ‘black-ear’."}},{"id":"cp26:12","sourceIds":["cp26:12.1","cp26:12.2","cp26:12.3","cp26:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tato jānapadā sabbe,\nsenāpatipurohitā;\nSabbe ekamanā hutvā,\nchaḍḍanaṁ anumodisuṁ.","en":"Due to that, the entire country,\nincluding the generals and priests,\nwith one mind\ncheered as I was discarded."}},{"id":"cp26:13","sourceIds":["cp26:13.1","cp26:13.2","cp26:13.3","cp26:13.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sohaṁ tesaṁ matiṁ sutvā,\nhaṭṭho saṁviggamānaso;\n‘Yassatthāya tapociṇṇo,\nso me attho samijjhatha’.","en":"When I heard of their decision\nI was thrilled, my mind elated,\n‘The goal for which I lived fervently\nI have achieved.’"}},{"id":"cp26:14","sourceIds":["cp26:14.1","cp26:14.2","cp26:14.3","cp26:14.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nhāpetvā anulimpitvā,\nveṭhetvā rājaveṭhanaṁ;\nChattena abhisiñcitvā,\nkāresuṁ puraṁ padakkhiṇaṁ.","en":"Bathed and oiled,\nwith my turban wrapped,\nanointed, they held the umbrella\nas they paraded me around the city."}},{"id":"cp26:15","sourceIds":["cp26:15.1","cp26:15.2","cp26:15.3","cp26:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sattāhaṁ dhārayitvāna,\nuggate ravimaṇḍale;\nRathena maṁ nīharitvā,\nsārathī vanamupāgami.","en":"After the seventh day holding the umbrella,\nwhen the sun’s orb had risen,\nI was taken out by chariot,\nuntil the charioteer came to a wood."}},{"id":"cp26:16","sourceIds":["cp26:16.1","cp26:16.2","cp26:16.3","cp26:16.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekokāse rathaṁ katvā,\nsajjassaṁ hatthamuccito;\nSārathī khaṇatī kāsuṁ,\nnikhātuṁ pathaviyā mamaṁ.","en":"Leaving the chariot in the open,\nthe bridled horse released from his hand,\nthe charioteer dug a pit\nto bury me in the ground."}},{"id":"cp26:17","sourceIds":["cp26:17.1","cp26:17.2","cp26:17.3","cp26:17.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Adhiṭṭhitamadhiṭṭhānaṁ,\ntajjento vividhakāraṇā;\nNa bhindiṁ tamadhiṭṭhānaṁ,\nbodhiyāyeva kāraṇā.","en":"I was afraid for the many different\nresolves that I had undertaken,\nso I did not break that resolve,\nbecause it was solely for awakening."}},{"id":"cp26:18","sourceIds":["cp26:18.1","cp26:18.2","cp26:18.3","cp26:18.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mātāpitā na me dessā,\nattā me na ca dessiyo;\nSabbaññutaṁ piyaṁ mayhaṁ,\ntasmā vatamadhiṭṭhahiṁ.","en":"I had no dislike of my parents,\nnor did I dislike myself.\nBut because omniscience is precious to me,\nthat is why I resolved on my vow."}},{"id":"cp26:19","sourceIds":["cp26:19.1","cp26:19.2","cp26:19.3","cp26:19.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ete aṅge adhiṭṭhāya,\nVassāni soḷasaṁ vasiṁ;\nAdhiṭṭhānena me samo natthi,\nEsā me adhiṭṭhānapāramī”ti.","en":"Having resolved the three factors,\nI lived for sixteen years.\nThere is no one to equal my resolve:\nthis is my perfection of resolve.”"}},{"id":"cp26:20","sourceIds":["cp26:20.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Temiyacariyaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/cp26/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."}