- 0.1CariyāpiṭakaThe Conduct Leading to Buddhahood
- 0.2HatthināgavaggaThe Chapter on an Elephant
- 0.3Sīlapāramī 2The Perfection of Ethics (2nd)
0.4BhūridattacariyaThe Dragon Bhūridatta’s Conduct
1.1“Punāparaṁ yadā homi,“Then again when I was1.2bhūridatto mahiddhiko;Bhūridatta, a dragon of great psychic power,11.3Virūpakkhena mahāraññā,together with Virūpakkha the Great King1.4devalokamagañchahaṁ.I went to a heavenly realm.
2.1Tattha passitvāhaṁ deve,There I saw gods2.2ekantaṁ sukhasamappite;wholly given over to pleasure.2.3Taṁ saggagamanatthāya,For the sake of going to that heaven,2.4sīlabbataṁ samādiyiṁ.I undertook the observance of ethics.
3.1Sarīrakiccaṁ katvāna,After tending to my physical needs,3.2bhutvā yāpanamattakaṁ;and eating enough to get by,3.3Caturo aṅge adhiṭṭhāya,I resolved on the four factors,3.4semi vammikamuddhani.and lay down atop a termite mound, thinking:
4.1‘Chaviyā cammena maṁsena,‘My outer skin and inner, flesh,4.2Nahāruaṭṭhikehi vā;sinews and bones:4.3Yassa etena karaṇīyaṁ,whoever has use for these,4.4Dinnaṁyeva harātu so’.they are already given, please take them.’
5.1Saṁsito akataññunā,While lying there the ingrate5.2ālampāyano mamaggahi;Ālampāyana grabbed me.5.3Peḷāya pakkhipitvāna,He threw me in a basket5.4kīḷeti maṁ tahiṁ tahiṁ.and made me perform in places all over.2
6.1Peḷāya pakkhipantepi,Though thrown in a basket6.2sammaddantepi pāṇinā;and crushed by his hands,6.3Ālampāyane na kuppāmi,I did not get upset with Ālampāyana,6.4sīlakhaṇḍabhayā mama.for fear of breaking my ethics.
7.1Sakajīvitapariccāgo,To give up my own life7.2tiṇato lahuko mama;was as light as a blade of grass.7.3Sīlavītikkamo mayhaṁ,To transgress my ethical principles7.4pathavīuppatanaṁ viya.was like overturning the earth.
8.1Nirantaraṁ jātisataṁ,In a hundred successive lives8.2cajeyyaṁ mama jīvitaṁ;I would give up my own life.8.3Neva sīlaṁ pabhindeyyaṁ,I would not even violate my ethics8.4catuddīpāna hetupi.for the sake of the four continents.
9.1Api cāhaṁ sīlarakkhāya,For the sake of protecting ethics,9.2Sīlapāramipūriyā;and fulfilling my perfection of ethics,9.3Na karomi citte aññathattaṁ,I did not let my mind change,9.4Pakkhipantampi peḷake”ti.even when thrown in a basket.”
10.1Bhūridattacariyaṁ dutiyaṁ.