{"id":"cp30","title":"The Fish King’s Conduct","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"cp30","title":"The Fish King’s Conduct","units":[{"id":"cp30:0","sourceIds":["cp30:0.1","cp30:0.2","cp30:0.3","cp30:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Cariyāpiṭaka\nYudhañjayavagga\nSaccapāramī 4\nMaccharājacariya","en":"The Conduct Leading to Buddhahood\nThe Chapter With Yudhañjaya\nThe Perfection of Truth (4th)\nThe Fish King’s Conduct"}},{"id":"cp30:1","sourceIds":["cp30:1.1","cp30:1.2","cp30:1.3","cp30:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Punāparaṁ yadā homi,\nmaccharājā mahāsare;\nUṇhe sūriyasantāpe,\nsare udaka khīyatha.","en":"“Then again when I was\na fish king in a great lake,\nin the heat of the sun\nthe water in the lake evaporated."}},{"id":"cp30:2","sourceIds":["cp30:2.1","cp30:2.2","cp30:2.3","cp30:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tato kākā ca gijjhā ca,\nkaṅkā kulalasenakā;\nBhakkhayanti divārattiṁ,\nmacche upanisīdiya.","en":"Then crows and vultures,\nherons, hawks, and falcons,\nperched near the fish\nand devoured them day and night."}},{"id":"cp30:3","sourceIds":["cp30:3.1","cp30:3.2","cp30:3.3","cp30:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ cintesahaṁ tattha,\nsaha ñātīhi pīḷito;\n‘Kena nu kho upāyena,\nñātī dukkhā pamocaye’.","en":"There I had the following thought,\nbeing harassed with my relatives:\n‘By what means\ncan I free my relatives from this suffering?’"}},{"id":"cp30:4","sourceIds":["cp30:4.1","cp30:4.2","cp30:4.3","cp30:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vicintayitvā dhammatthaṁ,\nsaccaṁ addasa passayaṁ;\nSacce ṭhatvā pamocesiṁ,\nñātīnaṁ taṁ atikkhayaṁ.","en":"Considering the value of the Dhamma,\nI saw the truth as a support.\nStanding in the truth,\nI freed my relatives from that holocaust."}},{"id":"cp30:5","sourceIds":["cp30:5.1","cp30:5.2","cp30:5.3","cp30:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Anussaritvā sataṁ dhammaṁ,\nparamatthaṁ vicintayaṁ;\nAkāsiṁ saccakiriyaṁ,\nyaṁ loke dhuvasassataṁ.","en":"Recollecting the true Dhamma,\nconsidered the ultimate goal,\nI made a declaration of truth\nthat would last eternally in the world."}},{"id":"cp30:6","sourceIds":["cp30:6.1","cp30:6.2","cp30:6.3","cp30:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Yato sarāmi attānaṁ,\nyato pattosmi viññutaṁ;\nNābhijānāmi sañcicca,\nekapāṇampi hiṁsitaṁ.","en":"‘So long as I can recall myself,\nsince I became aware,\nI do not recall deliberately\nharming even a single living creature."}},{"id":"cp30:7","sourceIds":["cp30:7.1","cp30:7.2","cp30:7.3","cp30:7.4","cp30:7.5","cp30:7.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Etena saccavajjena,\npajjunno abhivassatu;\nAbhitthanaya pajjunna,\nnidhiṁ kākassa nāsaya;\nKākaṁ sokāya randhehi,\nmacche sokā pamocaya’.","en":"By this declaration of truth,\nmay Pajjuna rain down!\nThunder forth, Pajjuna!\nDisperse the trove of the crow!\nSubject the crow to sorrow,\nand free the fish from sorrow!’"}},{"id":"cp30:8","sourceIds":["cp30:8.1","cp30:8.2","cp30:8.3","cp30:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saha kate saccavare,\npajjunno abhigajjiya;\nThalaṁ ninnañca pūrento,\nkhaṇena abhivassatha.","en":"As this excellent truth was declared,\nPajjuna thundered forth.\nIn an instant the rain poured down,\nsoaking the uplands and valleys."}},{"id":"cp30:9","sourceIds":["cp30:9.1","cp30:9.2","cp30:9.3","cp30:9.4","cp30:9.5","cp30:9.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evarūpaṁ saccavaraṁ,\nkatvā vīriyamuttamaṁ;\nVassāpesiṁ mahāmeghaṁ,\nsaccatejabalassito;\nSaccena me samo natthi,\nesā me saccapāramī”ti.","en":"Having made such supreme effort\nfor this excellent truth,\nI made the great cloud pour down,\nrelying on the force of the power of truth.\nThere is no one to equal my truthfulness:\nthis is my perfection of truth.”"}},{"id":"cp30:10","sourceIds":["cp30:10.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Maccharājacariyaṁ dasamaṁ."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/cp30/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."}