{"id":"cp9","title":"Vessantara’s Conduct","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"cp9","title":"Vessantara’s Conduct","units":[{"id":"cp9:0","sourceIds":["cp9:0.1","cp9:0.2","cp9:0.3","cp9:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Cariyāpiṭaka\nAkittivagga\nDānapāramī 9\nVessantaracariya","en":"The Conduct Leading to Buddhahood\nThe Chapter With Akitti\nThe Perfection of Giving (9th)\nVessantara’s Conduct"}},{"id":"cp9:1","sourceIds":["cp9:1.1","cp9:1.2","cp9:1.3","cp9:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yā me ahosi janikā,\nphussatī nāma khattiyā;\nSā atītāsu jātīsu,\nsakkassa mahesī piyā.","en":"“She who was my mother,\nthe aristocrat lady named Phussatī,\nwas Sakka’s beloved queen\nin past lives."}},{"id":"cp9:2","sourceIds":["cp9:2.1","cp9:2.2","cp9:2.3","cp9:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassā āyukkhayaṁ ñatvā,\ndevindo etadabravi;\n‘Dadāmi te dasa vare,\nvarabhadde yadicchasi’.","en":"Knowing that she was at the end of life,\nthe lord of gods said this:\n‘I grant you ten favors,\nmy dear, whatever favor you wish.’"}},{"id":"cp9:3","sourceIds":["cp9:3.1","cp9:3.2","cp9:3.3","cp9:3.4","cp9:3.5","cp9:3.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vuttā ca sā devī,\nsakkaṁ punidamabravi;\n‘Kiṁ nu me aparādhatthi,\nkiṁ nu dessā ahaṁ tava;\nRammā cāvesi maṁ ṭhānā,\nvātova dharaṇīruhaṁ’.","en":"When he said this the queen\nreplied to Sakka:\n‘In what way am I deficient?\nHow am I displeasing to you?\nYou send me from this lovely place,\nlike the wind a feeble tree.’"}},{"id":"cp9:4","sourceIds":["cp9:4.1","cp9:4.2","cp9:4.3","cp9:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vutto ca so sakko,\npuna tassidamabravi;\n‘Na ceva te kataṁ pāpaṁ,\nna ca me tvaṁsi appiyā.","en":"When she said this Sakka\nreplied to her:\n‘You have done nothing wrong,\nnor are you not beloved to me."}},{"id":"cp9:5","sourceIds":["cp9:5.1","cp9:5.2","cp9:5.3","cp9:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ettakaṁyeva te āyu,\ncavanakālo bhavissati;\nPaṭiggaṇha mayā dinne,\nvare dasa varuttame’.","en":"But your life lasts only so long,\nyour time of death will come.\nAccept the ten supreme favors\nI offer to you.’"}},{"id":"cp9:6","sourceIds":["cp9:6.1","cp9:6.2","cp9:6.3","cp9:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sakkena sā dinnavarā,\ntuṭṭhahaṭṭhā pamoditā;\nMamaṁ abbhantaraṁ katvā,\nphussatī dasa vare varī.","en":"She accepted the offerings of Sakka,\nfull of joy and happiness.\nHaving conceived me,\nPhussatī was blessed with the ten favors."}},{"id":"cp9:7","sourceIds":["cp9:7.1","cp9:7.2","cp9:7.3","cp9:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tato cutā sā phussatī,\nkhattiye upapajjatha;\nJetuttaramhi nagare,\nsañjayena samāgami.","en":"Then Phussatī, having passed from there,\nwas reborn as an aristocrat\nin the city of Jetuttara,\nwhere she married Sañjaya."}},{"id":"cp9:8","sourceIds":["cp9:8.1","cp9:8.2","cp9:8.3","cp9:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yadāhaṁ phussatiyā kucchiṁ,\nokkanto piyamātuyā;\nMama tejena me mātā,\nsadā dānaratā ahu.","en":"Once I was conceived in the womb\nof my dear mother Phussatī,\nbecause of my power,\nmy mother always delighted in giving."}},{"id":"cp9:9","sourceIds":["cp9:9.1","cp9:9.2","cp9:9.3","cp9:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Adhane āture jiṇṇe,\nyācake addhike jane;\nSamaṇe brāhmaṇe khīṇe,\ndeti dānaṁ akiñcane.","en":"She gave to the destitute, the ailing and aging,\nto beggars, travelers, and folk,\nto ascetics and brahmins, and the dispossessed,\nand to those who had nothing."}},{"id":"cp9:10","sourceIds":["cp9:10.1","cp9:10.2","cp9:10.3","cp9:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dasa māse dhārayitvāna,\nkaronte puraṁ padakkhiṇaṁ;\nVessānaṁ vīthiyā majjhe,\njanesi phussatī mamaṁ.","en":"Having carried me for ten months,\nshe was proceeding around the city\nwhen Phussatī gave birth to me\nin the middle of the peasant’s street."}},{"id":"cp9:11","sourceIds":["cp9:11.1","cp9:11.2","cp9:11.3","cp9:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na mayhaṁ mattikaṁ nāmaṁ,\nnapi pettikasambhavaṁ;\nJātettha vessavīthiyā,\ntasmā vessantaro ahu.","en":"My name was not from my mother’s side,\nnor from my father’s.\nI was born there in the peasant’s street,\nand that’s why I’m called Vessantara."}},{"id":"cp9:12","sourceIds":["cp9:12.1","cp9:12.2","cp9:12.3","cp9:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yadāhaṁ dārako homi,\njātiyā aṭṭhavassiko;\nTadā nisajja pāsāde,\ndānaṁ dātuṁ vicintayiṁ.","en":"When I was a boy\nof only eight years old,\nsitting in the stilt longhouse,\nI thought of giving gifts."}},{"id":"cp9:13","sourceIds":["cp9:13.1","cp9:13.2","cp9:13.3","cp9:13.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Hadayaṁ dadeyyaṁ cakkhuṁ,\nmaṁsampi rudhirampi ca;\nDadeyyaṁ kāyaṁ sāvetvā,\nyadi koci yācaye mamaṁ’.","en":"‘I would give my heart and my eyes,\nmy flesh and blood too.’\nI announced that I would give my body,\nif anyone asked me."}},{"id":"cp9:14","sourceIds":["cp9:14.1","cp9:14.2","cp9:14.3","cp9:14.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sabhāvaṁ cintayantassa,\nakampitamasaṇṭhitaṁ;\nAkampi tattha pathavī,\nsineruvanavaṭaṁsakā.","en":"Reflecting on my state of mind,\nso undisturbed and steadfast,\nthe earth quaked there,\nand Mount Sineru, wreathed in forests."}},{"id":"cp9:15","sourceIds":["cp9:15.1","cp9:15.2","cp9:15.3","cp9:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Anvaddhamāse pannarase,\npuṇṇamāse uposathe;\nPaccayaṁ nāgamāruyha,\ndānaṁ dātuṁ upāgamiṁ.","en":"Every fortnight, the fifteenth,\nand the sabbath when the moon was full,\nI mounted the tusker Paccaya\nand went to give gifts."}},{"id":"cp9:16","sourceIds":["cp9:16.1","cp9:16.2","cp9:16.3","cp9:16.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kaliṅgaraṭṭhavisayā,\nbrāhmaṇā upagañchu maṁ;\nAyācuṁ maṁ hatthināgaṁ,\ndhaññaṁ maṅgalasammataṁ.","en":"From the country of Kaliṅga,\nthe brahmins came to me,\nrequesting the royal elephant,\nthat was lucky and deemed as auspicious."}},{"id":"cp9:17","sourceIds":["cp9:17.1","cp9:17.2","cp9:17.3","cp9:17.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Avuṭṭhiko janapado,\ndubbhikkho chātako mahā;\nDadāhi pavaraṁ nāgaṁ,\nsabbasetaṁ gajuttamaṁ’.","en":"‘Our nation is suffering from drought,\nfood is scarce and famine abounds,\nplease give the noble elephant\nthe all-white supreme elephant.’"}},{"id":"cp9:18","sourceIds":["cp9:18.1","cp9:18.2","cp9:18.3","cp9:18.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dadāmi na vikampāmi,\nyaṁ maṁ yācanti brāhmaṇā;\nSantaṁ nappatigūhāmi,\ndāne me ramate mano.","en":"‘I give without hesitation\nwhat you ask of me, brahmins.\nI do not hide what I have,\nfor my heart is happy to give."}},{"id":"cp9:19","sourceIds":["cp9:19.1","cp9:19.2","cp9:19.3","cp9:19.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na me yācakamanuppatte,\npaṭikkhepo anucchavo;\nMā me bhijji samādānaṁ,\ndassāmi vipulaṁ gajaṁ.","en":"When supplicants come to me\nit is unbefitting to refuse.\nLet not my vow be broken,\nI shall give the mighty elephant.’"}},{"id":"cp9:20","sourceIds":["cp9:20.1","cp9:20.2","cp9:20.3","cp9:20.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nāgaṁ gahetvā soṇḍāya,\nbhiṅgāre ratanāmaye;\nJalaṁ hatthe ākiritvā,\nbrāhmaṇānaṁ adaṁ gajaṁ.","en":"Taking the elephant by the trunk,\nand a bejeweled ceremonial vessel,\nI sprinkled water on the hand,\nand gave the elephant to the brahmins."}},{"id":"cp9:21","sourceIds":["cp9:21.1","cp9:21.2","cp9:21.3","cp9:21.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Punāparaṁ dadantassa,\nsabbasetaṁ gajuttamaṁ;\nTadāpi pathavī kampi,\nsineruvanavaṭaṁsakā.","en":"Then again when I was giving\nthe all-white supreme elephant,\nthe earth quaked again,\nand Mount Sineru, wreathed in forests."}},{"id":"cp9:22","sourceIds":["cp9:22.1","cp9:22.2","cp9:22.3","cp9:22.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassa nāgassa dānena,\nsivayo kuddhā samāgatā;\nPabbājesuṁ sakā raṭṭhā,\n‘vaṅkaṁ gacchatu pabbataṁ’.","en":"At the gift of the tusker,\nangry Sivian folk gathered\nand banished me from my kingdom, saying:\n‘Go to Crooked Mountain.’"}},{"id":"cp9:23","sourceIds":["cp9:23.1","cp9:23.2","cp9:23.3","cp9:23.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tesaṁ nicchubhamānānaṁ,\nakampitamasaṇṭhitaṁ;\nMahādānaṁ pavattetuṁ,\nekaṁ varamayācisaṁ.","en":"While they were ejecting me,\nI was undisturbed and steadfast,\nI asked one favor:\nto perform a great offering."}},{"id":"cp9:24","sourceIds":["cp9:24.1","cp9:24.2","cp9:24.3","cp9:24.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yācitā sivayo sabbe,\nekaṁ varamadaṁsu me;\nSāvayitvā kaṇṇabheriṁ,\nmahādānaṁ dadāmahaṁ.","en":"When I asked, all the Sivian folk\ngranted me that one favor.\nSounding the drums,\nI gave a great offering."}},{"id":"cp9:25","sourceIds":["cp9:25.1","cp9:25.2","cp9:25.3","cp9:25.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Athettha vattatī saddo,\ntumulo bheravo mahā;\nDānenimaṁ nīharanti,\npuna dānaṁ dadātayaṁ.","en":"And as the sound went forth,\nthere was a great tumult and upset.\nThey drove me out because of giving,\nbut I just gave again."}},{"id":"cp9:26","sourceIds":["cp9:26.1","cp9:26.2","cp9:26.3","cp9:26.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Hatthiṁ asse rathe datvā,\ndāsiṁ dāsaṁ gavaṁ dhanaṁ;\nMahādānaṁ daditvāna,\nnagarā nikkhamiṁ tadā.","en":"Elephants, horses, chariots,\nmale and female slaves, cattle, and riches:\nafter giving this great gift\nI then left the city."}},{"id":"cp9:27","sourceIds":["cp9:27.1","cp9:27.2","cp9:27.3","cp9:27.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nikkhamitvāna nagarā,\nnivattitvā vilokite;\nTadāpi pathavī kampi,\nsineruvanavaṭaṁsakā.","en":"After leaving the city,\nI turned back to look,\nat which the earth quaked,\nand Mount Sineru, wreathed in forests."}},{"id":"cp9:28","sourceIds":["cp9:28.1","cp9:28.2","cp9:28.3","cp9:28.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Catuvāhiṁ rathaṁ datvā,\nṭhatvā cātummahāpathe;\nEkākiyo adutiyo,\nmaddideviṁ idamabraviṁ.","en":"Having given away my four-horse chariot,\nI was standing at the crossroads\nalone with no partner,\nand I said to Queen Maddī:"}},{"id":"cp9:29","sourceIds":["cp9:29.1","cp9:29.2","cp9:29.3","cp9:29.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Tvaṁ maddi kaṇhaṁ gaṇhāhi,\nlahukā esā kaniṭṭhikā;\nAhaṁ jāliṁ gahessāmi,\ngaruko bhātiko hi so’.","en":"‘Maddī, you take Kaṇhā,\nfor she, as the younger sister, is the lighter.\nI shall take Jāli,\nfor he, as the brother, is heavier.’"}},{"id":"cp9:30","sourceIds":["cp9:30.1","cp9:30.2","cp9:30.3","cp9:30.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Padumaṁ puṇḍarīkaṁva,\nmaddī kaṇhājinaggahī;\nAhaṁ suvaṇṇabimbaṁva,\njāliṁ khattiyamaggahiṁ.","en":"Like a pink or white lotus,\nMaddī picked up Kaṇhājinā.\nLike a golden statue,\nI picked up Jāli, the aristocrat."}},{"id":"cp9:31","sourceIds":["cp9:31.1","cp9:31.2","cp9:31.3","cp9:31.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Abhijātā sukhumālā,\nkhattiyā caturo janā;\nVisamaṁ samaṁ akkamantā,\nvaṅkaṁ gacchāma pabbataṁ.","en":"High-born and delicate,\nfour aristocrat folk\ntraveled ground even and uneven,\ngoing to Crooked Mountain."}},{"id":"cp9:32","sourceIds":["cp9:32.1","cp9:32.2","cp9:32.3","cp9:32.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ye keci manujā enti,\nanumagge paṭippathe;\nMaggante paṭipucchāma,\n‘kuhiṁ vaṅkantapabbato’.","en":"Whenever men would come along,\ncoming the other way along the road,\nwe asked them in the middle of the street,\n‘Where is Crooked Mountain?’"}},{"id":"cp9:33","sourceIds":["cp9:33.1","cp9:33.2","cp9:33.3","cp9:33.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Te tattha amhe passitvā,\nkaruṇaṁ giramudīrayuṁ;\nDukkhante paṭivedenti,\ndūre vaṅkantapabbato.","en":"Seeing us there,\nthey spoke to us kindly,\n‘It will be hard for you,’ they explained,\n‘for Crooked Mountain is far.’"}},{"id":"cp9:34","sourceIds":["cp9:34.1","cp9:34.2","cp9:34.3","cp9:34.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yadi passanti pavane,\ndārakā phaline dume;\nTesaṁ phalānaṁ hetumhi,\nuparodanti dārakā.","en":"If the children saw fruit\non a tree in the forest,\nthen for the sake of that fruit,\nthe children cried."}},{"id":"cp9:35","sourceIds":["cp9:35.1","cp9:35.2","cp9:35.3","cp9:35.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Rodante dārake disvā,\nubbiddhā vipulā dumā;\nSayamevoṇamitvāna,\nupagacchanti dārake.","en":"Seeing the children cry,\nthe tall, massive trees\nbent down of their own accord,\nwithin reach of the children."}},{"id":"cp9:36","sourceIds":["cp9:36.1","cp9:36.2","cp9:36.3","cp9:36.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idaṁ acchariyaṁ disvā,\nabbhutaṁ lomahaṁsanaṁ;\nSāhukāraṁ pavattesi,\nmaddī sabbaṅgasobhanā.","en":"Seeing this marvel,\nso astonishing and hair-raising,\nMaddī, beautiful in every limb,\nexclaimed in celebration:"}},{"id":"cp9:37","sourceIds":["cp9:37.1","cp9:37.2","cp9:37.3","cp9:37.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Accheraṁ vata lokasmiṁ,\nabbhutaṁ lomahaṁsanaṁ;\nVessantarassa tejena,\nsayamevoṇatā dumā.","en":"‘Such a marvel in the world,\nso astonishing and hair-raising,\ndue to the power of Vessantara,\nthe trees bent down of their own accord.’"}},{"id":"cp9:38","sourceIds":["cp9:38.1","cp9:38.2","cp9:38.3","cp9:38.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṅkhipiṁsu pathaṁ yakkhā,\nanukampāya dārake;\nNikkhantadivaseneva,\ncetaraṭṭhamupāgamuṁ.","en":"Native spirits, out of compassion,\nshortened the path,\nso that on the very day they set out,\nthey arrived at the kingdom of Ceta."}},{"id":"cp9:39","sourceIds":["cp9:39.1","cp9:39.2","cp9:39.3","cp9:39.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṭṭhirājasahassāni,\ntadā vasanti mātule;\nSabbe pañjalikā hutvā,\nrodamānā upāgamuṁ.","en":"Sixty thousand kings\nwere living at Mātula then.\nAll raised their cupped palms,\nand approached, weeping."}},{"id":"cp9:40","sourceIds":["cp9:40.1","cp9:40.2","cp9:40.3","cp9:40.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tattha vattetvā sallāpaṁ,\ncetehi cetaputtehi;\nTe tato nikkhamitvāna,\nvaṅkaṁ agamu pabbataṁ.","en":"There they held conversation\nwith the folks of Ceta and their children.\nThen, leaving that place,\nthey arrived at Crooked Mountain."}},{"id":"cp9:41","sourceIds":["cp9:41.1","cp9:41.2","cp9:41.3","cp9:41.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Āmantayitvā devindo,\nvissakammaṁ mahiddhikaṁ;\nAssamaṁ sukataṁ rammaṁ,\npaṇṇasālaṁ sumāpaya.","en":"The lord of gods addressed\nVissakamma of great psychic power:\n‘Build a hermitage, well-made and delightful,\nwith a hall of leaves.’"}},{"id":"cp9:42","sourceIds":["cp9:42.1","cp9:42.2","cp9:42.3","cp9:42.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sakkassa vacanaṁ sutvā,\nvissakammo mahiddhiko;\nAssamaṁ sukataṁ rammaṁ,\npaṇṇasālaṁ sumāpayi.","en":"After hearing Sakka’s words,\nVissakamma of great psychic power\nbuilt a hermitage, well-made and delightful,\nwith a hall of leaves."}},{"id":"cp9:43","sourceIds":["cp9:43.1","cp9:43.2","cp9:43.3","cp9:43.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ajjhogāhetvā pavanaṁ,\nappasaddaṁ nirākulaṁ;\nCaturo janā mayaṁ tattha,\nvasāma pabbatantare.","en":"Having plunged into the forest,\nquiet and undisturbed,\nwe four persons\nlived there in the mountains."}},{"id":"cp9:44","sourceIds":["cp9:44.1","cp9:44.2","cp9:44.3","cp9:44.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ahañca maddidevī ca,\njālī kaṇhājinā cubho;\nAññamaññaṁ sokanudā,\nvasāma assame tadā.","en":"Myself and Queen Maddī,\nwith both Jāli and Kaṇhājinā,\ndispelling each other’s sorrow\nlived then in that hermitage."}},{"id":"cp9:45","sourceIds":["cp9:45.1","cp9:45.2","cp9:45.3","cp9:45.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dārake anurakkhanto,\nasuñño homi assame;\nMaddī phalaṁ āharitvā,\nposeti sā tayo jane.","en":"While caring for the children,\nI was not idle in the hermitage.\nMaddī gathered fruit,\nand provided for three people."}},{"id":"cp9:46","sourceIds":["cp9:46.1","cp9:46.2","cp9:46.3","cp9:46.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pavane vasamānassa,\naddhiko maṁ upāgami;\nĀyāci puttake mayhaṁ,\njāliṁ kaṇhājinaṁ cubho.","en":"While I was living in the forest,\na traveler came to me\nand asked for my children,\nboth Jāli and Kaṇhājinā."}},{"id":"cp9:47","sourceIds":["cp9:47.1","cp9:47.2","cp9:47.3","cp9:47.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yācakaṁ upagataṁ disvā,\nhāso me upapajjatha;\nUbho putte gahetvāna,\nadāsiṁ brāhmaṇe tadā.","en":"When I saw the supplicant approaching,\nI felt so full of joy.\nTaking both my children,\nI gave them to the brahmin then."}},{"id":"cp9:48","sourceIds":["cp9:48.1","cp9:48.2","cp9:48.3","cp9:48.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sake putte cajantassa,\njūjake brāhmaṇe yadā;\nTadāpi pathavī kampi,\nsineruvanavaṭaṁsakā.","en":"When I gave away my own children,\nto the brahmin Jūjaka,\nthe earth quaked again,\nand Mount Sineru, wreathed in forests."}},{"id":"cp9:49","sourceIds":["cp9:49.1","cp9:49.2","cp9:49.3","cp9:49.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Punadeva sakko oruyha,\nhutvā brāhmaṇasannibho;\nĀyāci maṁ maddideviṁ,\nsīlavantiṁ patibbataṁ.","en":"And then Sakka descended\nin the guise of a brahmin.\nHe asked me for Queen Maddī,\nvirtuous, and devoted."}},{"id":"cp9:50","sourceIds":["cp9:50.1","cp9:50.2","cp9:50.3","cp9:50.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Maddiṁ hatthe gahetvāna,\nudakañjali pūriya;\nPasannamanasaṅkappo,\ntassa maddiṁ adāsahaṁ.","en":"Taking Maddī by the hand,\nfilling clasped hands with water,\nwith a confident heart,\nI gave Maddī to him."}},{"id":"cp9:51","sourceIds":["cp9:51.1","cp9:51.2","cp9:51.3","cp9:51.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Maddiyā dīyamānāya,\ngagane devā pamoditā;\nTadāpi pathavī kampi,\nsineruvanavaṭaṁsakā.","en":"As Maddī was being given,\ngods applauded in the welkin,\nand the earth quaked again,\nand Mount Sineru, wreathed in forests."}},{"id":"cp9:52","sourceIds":["cp9:52.1","cp9:52.2","cp9:52.3","cp9:52.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Jāliṁ kaṇhājinaṁ dhītaṁ,\nmaddideviṁ patibbataṁ;\nCajamāno na cintesiṁ,\nbodhiyāyeva kāraṇā.","en":"Jāli and Kaṇhājinā my daughter,\nand Queen Maddī my devoted wife:\nI gave them up without a second thought,\nbecause it was solely for awakening."}},{"id":"cp9:53","sourceIds":["cp9:53.1","cp9:53.2","cp9:53.3","cp9:53.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na me dessā ubho puttā,\nmaddidevī na dessiyā;\nSabbaññutaṁ piyaṁ mayhaṁ,\ntasmā piye adāsahaṁ.","en":"I had no dislike of my children,\nnor for Queen Maddī.\nBut because omniscience is precious to me,\nI gave my loved ones away."}},{"id":"cp9:54","sourceIds":["cp9:54.1","cp9:54.2","cp9:54.3","cp9:54.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Punāparaṁ brahāraññe,\nmātāpitusamāgame;\nKaruṇaṁ paridevante,\nsallapante sukhaṁ dukhaṁ.","en":"Later on in the mighty forest,\nwe were reunited by my mother and father.\nCrying pitifully,\nthey spoke of my happiness and sadness."}},{"id":"cp9:55","sourceIds":["cp9:55.1","cp9:55.2","cp9:55.3","cp9:55.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Hirottappena garunā,\nubhinnaṁ upasaṅkami;\nTadāpi pathavī kampi,\nsineruvanavaṭaṁsakā.","en":"With deep conscience and prudence,\nI approached them,\nat which the earth quaked,\nand Mount Sineru, wreathed in forests."}},{"id":"cp9:56","sourceIds":["cp9:56.1","cp9:56.2","cp9:56.3","cp9:56.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Punāparaṁ brahāraññā,\nnikkhamitvā sañātibhi;\nPavisāmi puraṁ rammaṁ,\njetuttaraṁ puruttamaṁ.","en":"Later on in the mighty forest,\nhaving left the forest with my family,\nI entered the delightful city\nJetuttara, the capital city."}},{"id":"cp9:57","sourceIds":["cp9:57.1","cp9:57.2","cp9:57.3","cp9:57.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ratanāni satta vassiṁsu,\nmahāmegho pavassatha;\nTadāpi pathavī kampi,\nsineruvanavaṭaṁsakā.","en":"The seven gems rained down,\nraining forth from a mighty cloud,\nand the earth quaked again,\nand Mount Sineru, wreathed in forests."}},{"id":"cp9:58","sourceIds":["cp9:58.1","cp9:58.2","cp9:58.3","cp9:58.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Acetanāyaṁ pathavī,\naviññāya sukhaṁ dukhaṁ;\nSāpi dānabalā mayhaṁ,\nsattakkhattuṁ pakampathā”ti.","en":"Even this insentient earth,\nwith no knowledge of happiness or sadness,\nquaked seven times\nat the power of my giving.”"}},{"id":"cp9:59","sourceIds":["cp9:59.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vessantaracariyaṁ navamaṁ."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/cp9/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."}