{"id":"cp4","title":"Mahāsudassana’s Conduct","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"cp4","title":"Mahāsudassana’s Conduct","units":[{"id":"cp4:0","sourceIds":["cp4:0.1","cp4:0.2","cp4:0.3","cp4:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Cariyāpiṭaka\nAkittivagga\nDānapāramī 4\nMahāsudassanacariya","en":"The Conduct Leading to Buddhahood\nThe Chapter With Akitti\nThe Perfection of Giving (4th)\nMahāsudassana’s Conduct"}},{"id":"cp4:1","sourceIds":["cp4:1.1","cp4:1.2","cp4:1.3","cp4:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kusāvatimhi nagare,\nyadā āsiṁ mahīpati;\nMahāsudassano nāma,\ncakkavattī mahabbalo.","en":"“In the city of Kusāvatī,\nwhen I was Lord of the Earth,\nmy name was Sudassana the Great,\na wheel-turning monarch of great power."}},{"id":"cp4:2","sourceIds":["cp4:2.1","cp4:2.2","cp4:2.3","cp4:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatthāhaṁ divase tikkhattuṁ,\nghosāpemi tahiṁ tahiṁ;\n‘Ko kiṁ icchati pattheti,\nkassa kiṁ dīyatū dhanaṁ.","en":"There, thrice a day,\nI declared in one place or another:\n‘Who needs what? Who wants what?\nTo whom ought riches be given?"}},{"id":"cp4:3","sourceIds":["cp4:3.1","cp4:3.2","cp4:3.3","cp4:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ko chātako ko tasito,\nko mālaṁ ko vilepanaṁ;\nNānārattāni vatthāni,\nko naggo paridahissati.","en":"Who needs an umbrella? Who is thirsty?\nWho a garland? Who some makeup?\nWhat person, being naked,\nand will put on colorful clothes?"}},{"id":"cp4:4","sourceIds":["cp4:4.1","cp4:4.2","cp4:4.3","cp4:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ko pathe chattamādeti,\nkopāhanā mudū subhā’;\nIti sāyañca pāto ca,\nghosāpemi tahiṁ tahiṁ.","en":"Who will take an umbrella on a highway,\nwho needs sandals, soft and pretty?’\nThus I had it proclaimed everywhere\nmorning and night."}},{"id":"cp4:5","sourceIds":["cp4:5.1","cp4:5.2","cp4:5.3","cp4:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na taṁ dasasu ṭhānesu,\nnapi ṭhānasatesu vā;\nAnekasataṭhānesu,\npaṭiyattaṁ yācake dhanaṁ.","en":"It was not just in ten places,\nor even a hundred,\nbut in many hundreds of places\nriches were prepared for supplicants."}},{"id":"cp4:6","sourceIds":["cp4:6.1","cp4:6.2","cp4:6.3","cp4:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Divā vā yadi vā rattiṁ,\nyadi eti vanibbako;\nLaddhā yadicchakaṁ bhogaṁ,\npūrahatthova gacchati.","en":"By day or by night\nif a supplicant comes,\nthen having gotten all he wants,\nhe leaves with full hands."}},{"id":"cp4:7","sourceIds":["cp4:7.1","cp4:7.2","cp4:7.3","cp4:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evarūpaṁ mahādānaṁ,\nAdāsiṁ yāvajīvikaṁ;\nNapāhaṁ dessaṁ dhanaṁ dammi,\nNapi natthi nicayo mayi.","en":"I gave great gifts like this\nfor my whole life.\nI did not give because I disliked riches,\nor because I had a store set aside."}},{"id":"cp4:8","sourceIds":["cp4:8.1","cp4:8.2","cp4:8.3","cp4:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yathāpi āturo nāma,\nrogato parimuttiyā;\nDhanena vejjaṁ tappetvā,\nrogato parimuccati.","en":"Suppose a person is sick.\nIn order to be free of sickness\nhaving compensated the doctor with money,\nthey become freed from sickness."}},{"id":"cp4:9","sourceIds":["cp4:9.1","cp4:9.2","cp4:9.3","cp4:9.4","cp4:9.5","cp4:9.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tathevāhaṁ jānamāno,\nparipūretumasesato;\nŪnamanaṁ pūrayituṁ,\ndemi dānaṁ vanibbake;\nNirālayo apaccāso,\nsambodhimanupattiyā”ti.","en":"Thus I, knowingly,\nin order to fulfill without remainder,\nto fulfill what is lacking,\ngave gifts to supplicants\nwithout clinging or reward,\nfor the attainment of awakening.”"}},{"id":"cp4:10","sourceIds":["cp4:10.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mahāsudassanacariyaṁ catutthaṁ."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/cp4/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."}