{"id":"cp7","title":"Prince Candana’s Conduct","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"cp7","title":"Prince Candana’s Conduct","units":[{"id":"cp7:0","sourceIds":["cp7:0.1","cp7:0.2","cp7:0.3","cp7:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Cariyāpiṭaka\nAkittivagga\nDānapāramī 7\nCandakumāracariya","en":"The Conduct Leading to Buddhahood\nThe Chapter With Akitti\nThe Perfection of Giving (7th)\nPrince Candana’s Conduct"}},{"id":"cp7:1","sourceIds":["cp7:1.1","cp7:1.2","cp7:1.3","cp7:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Punāparaṁ yadā homi,\nekarājassa atrajo;\nNagare pupphavatiyā,\nkumāro candasavhayo.","en":"“Then again when I was\nthe true-born son of the One King\nin the city of flowers, Pupphavatī,\nI was called Prince Canda, the Moon."}},{"id":"cp7:2","sourceIds":["cp7:2.1","cp7:2.2","cp7:2.3","cp7:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tadāhaṁ yajanā mutto,\nnikkhanto yaññavāṭato;\nSaṁvegaṁ janayitvāna,\nmahādānaṁ pavattayiṁ.","en":"Then, released from being sacrificed,\nI fled the sacrificial enclosure.\nGiving rise to a sense of urgency,\nI performed a great offering."}},{"id":"cp7:3","sourceIds":["cp7:3.1","cp7:3.2","cp7:3.3","cp7:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nāhaṁ pivāmi khādāmi,\nnapi bhuñjāmi bhojanaṁ;\nDakkhiṇeyye adatvāna,\napi chappañcarattiyo.","en":"I did not drink, I did not eat,\nI did not enjoy any food\nfor five or six days\nwithout offering to a worthy recipient."}},{"id":"cp7:4","sourceIds":["cp7:4.1","cp7:4.2","cp7:4.3","cp7:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yathāpi vāṇijo nāma,\nKatvāna bhaṇḍasañcayaṁ;\nYattha lābho mahā hoti,\nTattha taṁ harati bhaṇḍakaṁ.","en":"Suppose there was a merchant\nwho had made a store of goods.\nThey would take those goods\nto where they could make a large profit."}},{"id":"cp7:5","sourceIds":["cp7:5.1","cp7:5.2","cp7:5.3","cp7:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatheva sakabhuttāpi,\npare dinnaṁ mahapphalaṁ;\nTasmā parassa dātabbaṁ,\nsatabhāgo bhavissati.","en":"So too, even giving what one has used oneself\nto others is very fruitful.\nThat is why what is to be given to others\nmultiplies a hundredfold."}},{"id":"cp7:6","sourceIds":["cp7:6.1","cp7:6.2","cp7:6.3","cp7:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Etamatthavasaṁ ñatvā,\ndemi dānaṁ bhavābhave;\nNa paṭikkamāmi dānato,\nsambodhimanupattiyā”ti.","en":"Knowing the reason for this,\nI gave gifts in life after life.\nAiming for awakening,\nI never backtracked from giving.”"}},{"id":"cp7:7","sourceIds":["cp7:7.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Candakumāracariyaṁ sattamaṁ."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/cp7/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."}