{"id":"cp34","title":"The One King’s Conduct","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"cp34","title":"The One King’s Conduct","units":[{"id":"cp34:0","sourceIds":["cp34:0.1","cp34:0.2","cp34:0.3","cp34:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Cariyāpiṭaka\nYudhañjayavagga\nMettāpāramī 2\nEkarājacariya","en":"The Conduct Leading to Buddhahood\nThe Chapter With Yudhañjaya\nThe Perfection of Love (2nd)\nThe One King’s Conduct"}},{"id":"cp34:1","sourceIds":["cp34:1.1","cp34:1.2","cp34:1.3","cp34:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Punāparaṁ yadā homi,\nekarājāti vissuto;\nParamaṁ sīlaṁ adhiṭṭhāya,\npasāsāmi mahāmahiṁ.","en":"“Then again when I was\nthe renowned One King,\nresolved on highest ethics,\nI ruled the great earth."}},{"id":"cp34:2","sourceIds":["cp34:2.1","cp34:2.2","cp34:2.3","cp34:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dasa kusalakammapathe,\nvattāmi anavasesato;\nCatūhi saṅgahavatthūhi,\nsaṅgaṇhāmi mahājanaṁ.","en":"Without exception I followed\nthe ten ways of skillful deeds.\nWith the four ways of being inclusive,\nI brought together the population."}},{"id":"cp34:3","sourceIds":["cp34:3.1","cp34:3.2","cp34:3.3","cp34:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me appamattassa,\nidha loke parattha ca;\nDabbaseno upagantvā,\nacchindanto puraṁ mama.","en":"As I was being diligent,\nfor the sake of this world and the next,\nDabbasena attacked\nand sacked my city."}},{"id":"cp34:4","sourceIds":["cp34:4.1","cp34:4.2","cp34:4.3","cp34:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Rājūpajīve nigame,\nsabalaṭṭhe saraṭṭhake;\nSabbaṁ hatthagataṁ katvā,\nkāsuyā nikhaṇī mamaṁ.","en":"The royal dependents in the city,\nwith the military and the citizens—\nhe captured them all,\nand buried me in a pit."}},{"id":"cp34:5","sourceIds":["cp34:5.1","cp34:5.2","cp34:5.3","cp34:5.4","cp34:5.5","cp34:5.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Amaccamaṇḍalaṁ rajjaṁ,\nphītaṁ antepuraṁ mama;\nAcchinditvāna gahitaṁ,\npiyaṁ puttaṁva passahaṁ;\nMettāya me samo natthi,\nesā me mettāpāramī”ti.","en":"The court ministers, the flourishing kingdom,\nand my royal court—\nwere captured and held,\nI even saw my beloved son.\nThere is no one to equal my love:\nthis is my perfection of love.”"}},{"id":"cp34:6","sourceIds":["cp34:6.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekarājacariyaṁ cuddasamaṁ."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/cp34/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."}