1.1“Punāparaṁ yadā homi,“Then again when I was1.2saṅkhapālo mahiddhiko;Saṅkhapāla, a dragon of great psychic power,1.3Dāṭhāvudho ghoraviso,deadly-fanged, lethally venomous,1.4dvijivho uragādhibhū.two-tongued, lord of serpents.

2.1Catuppathe mahāmagge,At a crossroad on a highway2.2nānājanasamākule;crowded with many people,2.3Caturo aṅge adhiṭṭhāya,I resolved on the four factors,2.4tattha vāsamakappayiṁ.and made my home there.

3.1Chaviyā cammena maṁsena,∥‘My outer skin and inner, flesh,3.2Nahāruaṭṭhikehi vā;sinews and bones:3.3Yassa etena karaṇīyaṁ,whoever has use for these,3.4Dinnaṁyeva harātu so.they are already given, please take them.’

4.1Addasaṁsu bhojaputtā,Seeing me, the Bhojans,¹4.2kharā luddā akāruṇā;those violent and pitiless hunters,4.3Upagañchuṁ mamaṁ tattha,came to me there4.4daṇḍamuggarapāṇino.with sticks and hammers in their hands.²

5.1Nāsāya vinivijjhitvā,Having pierced my nose,5.2naṅguṭṭhe piṭṭhikaṇṭake;tail, and spine,5.3Kāje āropayitvāna,and fastened me to a pole,5.4bhojaputtā hariṁsu maṁ.the Bhojans carried me away.

6.1Sasāgarantaṁ pathaviṁ,The earth from sea to sea,6.2sakānanaṁ sapabbataṁ;with its forests and mountains—6.3Icchamāno cahaṁ tattha,had I wished, right there6.4nāsāvātena jhāpaye.I could have burnt it up with a blast from my nose.

7.1Sūlehi vinivijjhante,Though pierced with stakes,7.2Koṭṭayantepi sattibhi;and stabbed with knives,7.3Bhojaputte na kuppāmi,I did not get upset with the Bhojans:7.4Esā me sīlapāramī”ti.this is my perfection of ethics.”

8.1Saṅkhapālacariyaṁ dasamaṁ.

9.1Hatthināgavaggo dutiyo.

10.1Tassuddānaṁ

11.1Hatthināgo bhūridatto,11.2campeyyo bodhi mahiṁso;11.3Ruru mātaṅgo dhammo ca,11.4atrajo ca jayaddiso.

12.1Ete nava sīlabalā,12.2parikkhārā padesikā;12.3Jīvitaṁ parirakkhitvā,12.4sīlāni anurakkhisaṁ.

13.1Saṅkhapālassa me sato,13.2sabbakālampi jīvitaṁ;13.3Yassa kassaci niyyattaṁ,13.4tasmā sā sīlapāramīti.

14.1Sīlapāraminiddeso niṭṭhito.