- 0.1CariyāpiṭakaThe Conduct Leading to Buddhahood
- 0.2YudhañjayavaggaThe Chapter With Yudhañjaya
- 0.3Saccapāramī 3The Perfection of Truth (3rd)
0.4VaṭṭapotakacariyaThe Baby Quail’s Conduct
1.1“Punāparaṁ yadā homi,“Then again when I was1.2magadhe vaṭṭapotako;a baby quail in Magadha,1.3Ajātapakkho taruṇo,I was young, with wings unsprouted,1.4maṁsapesi kulāvake.just a scrap of meat in the nest.
2.1Mukhatuṇḍakenāharitvā,With food she brought in her beak2.2mātā posayatī mamaṁ;my mother nurtured me.2.3Tassā phassena jīvāmi,I survived through her touch,2.4natthi me kāyikaṁ balaṁ.for I had no physical strength.
3.1Saṁvacchare gimhasamaye,One year, in the hot season,3.2davaḍāho padippati;the forest caught fire.3.3Upagacchati amhākaṁ,It came toward us,3.4pāvako kaṇhavattanī.a conflagration with a blackened trail.
4.1Dhamadhamāiti evaṁ,The fire roared and rumbled4.2saddāyanto mahāsikhī;with great crests of flame,4.3Anupubbena jhāpento,gradually burning4.4aggi mamamupāgami.closer to me.
5.1Aggivegabhayātītā,Alarmed and terrified at the fierce fire,5.2tasitā mātāpitā mama;my mother and father5.3Kulāvake maṁ chaḍḍetvā,abandoned me in the nest,5.4attānaṁ parimocayuṁ.saving themselves.
6.1Pāde pakkhe pajahāmi,I beat my feet and wings,16.2natthi me kāyikaṁ balaṁ;but I had no physical strength.6.3Sohaṁ agatiko tattha,When unable to leave,6.4evaṁ cintesahaṁ tadā.I thought this there:
7.1‘Yesāhaṁ upadhāveyyaṁ,‘Those to whom I ought to run,7.2bhīto tasitavedhito;scared and trembling with fear,7.3Te maṁ ohāya pakkantā,have escaped, leaving me behind.7.4kathaṁ me ajja kātave.How should I act today?
8.1Atthi loke sīlaguṇo,There is the quality of virtue in the world,8.2saccaṁ soceyyanuddayā;truth, purity, and mercy.8.3Tena saccena kāhāmi,By this truth I will make8.4saccakiriyamuttamaṁ.a supreme declaration of truth.’
9.1Āvejjetvā dhammabalaṁ,Inspired by the power of Dhamma,9.2saritvā pubbake jine;recollecting the former Victors,9.3Saccabalamavassāya,relying on the power of truth,9.4saccakiriyamakāsahaṁ.I made a declaration of truth.
10.1Santi pakkhā apatanā,‘I have wings that do not fly!210.2santi pādā avañcanā;I have feet that do not walk!10.3Mātāpitā ca nikkhantā,Mother and father have fled!10.4jātaveda paṭikkama’.Jātaveda the fire: go back!’
11.1Sahasacce kate mayhaṁ,As I declared this truth11.2Mahāpajjalito sikhī;the great crested flames11.3Vajjesi soḷasakarīsāni,withdrew sixteen leagues,11.4Udakaṁ patvā yathā sikhī;as if they had come to water.11.5Saccena me samo natthi,There is no one to equal my truthfulness:11.6Esā me saccapāramī”ti.this is my perfection of truth.”
12.1Vaṭṭapotakacariyaṁ navamaṁ.