- 0.1CariyāpiṭakaThe Conduct Leading to Buddhahood
- 0.2YudhañjayavaggaThe Chapter With Yudhañjaya
- 0.3Nekkhammapāramī 5The Perfection of Renunciation (5th)
0.4SoṇapaṇḍitacariyaSoṇa the Astute’s Conduct
1.1“Punāparaṁ yadā homi,“Then again when I was1.2nagare brahmavaḍḍhane;in the city of Brahmavaḍḍhana,11.3Tattha kulavare seṭṭhe,I was reborn there1.4mahāsāle ajāyahaṁ.in a fine, wealthy, and eminent family.
2.1Tadāpi lokaṁ disvāna,Even so, I saw that the world2.2Andhībhūtaṁ tamotthaṭaṁ;had become blind, smothered in darkness.2.3Cittaṁ bhavato patikuṭati,My mind recoiled from rebirth,2.4Tuttavegahataṁ viya.as if harshly pricked by a goad.
3.1Disvāna vividhaṁ pāpaṁ,Seeing the many forms of wickedness,3.2evaṁ cintesahaṁ tadā;I thought to myself:3.3‘Kadāhaṁ gehā nikkhamma,‘When shall I leave the house3.4pavisissāmi kānanaṁ’.and enter the forest?’
4.1Tadāpi maṁ nimantesuṁ,Then too my relatives invited me4.2kāmabhogehi ñātayo;to enjoy the pleasures of the senses.4.3Tesampi chandamācikkhiṁ,I told them of my desire, saying,4.4‘mā nimantetha tehi maṁ’.‘Do not invite me to such things!’
5.1Yo me kaniṭṭhako bhātā,My younger brother,5.2nando nāmāsi paṇḍito;who was named Nanda the astute,5.3Sopi maṁ anusikkhanto,followed my ethical practices,5.4pabbajjaṁ samarocayi.and chose to go forth.2
6.1Ahaṁ soṇo ca nando ca,I, Soṇa, and Nanda,6.2ubho mātāpitā mama;and both my mother and father,6.3Tadāpi bhoge chaḍḍetvā,then discarded our riches6.4pāvisimhā mahāvanan”ti.and entered the great forest.”
7.1Soṇapaṇḍitacariyaṁ pañcamaṁ.