{"id":"cp10","title":"The Wise Hare’s Conduct","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"cp10","title":"The Wise Hare’s Conduct","units":[{"id":"cp10:0","sourceIds":["cp10:0.1","cp10:0.2","cp10:0.3","cp10:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Cariyāpiṭaka\nAkittivagga\nDānapāramī 10\nSasapaṇḍitacariya","en":"The Conduct Leading to Buddhahood\nThe Chapter With Akitti\nThe Perfection of Giving (10th)\nThe Wise Hare’s Conduct"}},{"id":"cp10:1","sourceIds":["cp10:1.1","cp10:1.2","cp10:1.3","cp10:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Punāparaṁ yadā homi,\nSasako pavanacārako;\nTiṇapaṇṇasākaphalabhakkho,\nParaheṭhanavivajjito.","en":"“Then again when I was\na hare who roamed the forest,\neating grass, leaves, vegetables, and fruit,\nrefraining from harming others,"}},{"id":"cp10:2","sourceIds":["cp10:2.1","cp10:2.2","cp10:2.3","cp10:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Makkaṭo ca siṅgālo ca,\nsuttapoto cahaṁ tadā;\nVasāma ekasāmantā,\nsāyaṁ pāto ca dissare.","en":"a monkey, a jackal,\na young otter and I\nlived in the same neighborhood\nand were seen together morning and evening."}},{"id":"cp10:3","sourceIds":["cp10:3.1","cp10:3.2","cp10:3.3","cp10:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ahaṁ te anusāsāmi,\nkiriye kalyāṇapāpake;\n‘Pāpāni parivajjetha,\nkalyāṇe abhinivissatha’.","en":"I advised them\nregarding good and bad deeds:\n‘Shun bad deeds,\nand cling to the good.’"}},{"id":"cp10:4","sourceIds":["cp10:4.1","cp10:4.2","cp10:4.3","cp10:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Uposathamhi divase,\ncandaṁ disvāna pūritaṁ;\nEtesaṁ tattha ācikkhiṁ,\n‘divaso ajjuposatho.","en":"Seeing the full moon\non the sabbath day,\nI pointed it out to them, saying,\n‘Today is the sabbath."}},{"id":"cp10:5","sourceIds":["cp10:5.1","cp10:5.2","cp10:5.3","cp10:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dānāni paṭiyādetha,\ndakkhiṇeyyassa dātave;\nDatvā dānaṁ dakkhiṇeyye,\nupavassathuposathaṁ’.","en":"Prepare gifts\nfor one worthy of offerings.\nHaving given to one worthy of offerings,\nobserve the sabbath day.’"}},{"id":"cp10:6","sourceIds":["cp10:6.1","cp10:6.2","cp10:6.3","cp10:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Te me sādhūti vatvāna,\nyathāsatti yathābalaṁ;\nDānāni paṭiyādetvā,\ndakkhiṇeyyaṁ gavesisuṁ.","en":"Saying ‘good!’ to me,\nthey prepared gifts\naccording to their capacity and means,\nand sought out one worthy of offerings."}},{"id":"cp10:7","sourceIds":["cp10:7.1","cp10:7.2","cp10:7.3","cp10:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ahaṁ nisajja cintesiṁ,\ndānaṁ dakkhiṇanucchavaṁ;\n‘Yadihaṁ labhe dakkhiṇeyyaṁ,\nkiṁ me dānaṁ bhavissati.","en":"As I was sitting I thought about\nwhat sort of gift would suit one worthy of offerings:\n‘If I were to find a worthy recipient,\nwhat gift would i give?"}},{"id":"cp10:8","sourceIds":["cp10:8.1","cp10:8.2","cp10:8.3","cp10:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na me atthi tilā muggā,\nmāsā vā taṇḍulā ghataṁ;\nAhaṁ tiṇena yāpemi,\nna sakkā tiṇa dātave.","en":"I have no sesame or mung beans,\nno beans or rice or ghee.\nI feed only on grass,\nbut that’s not something I can give."}},{"id":"cp10:9","sourceIds":["cp10:9.1","cp10:9.2","cp10:9.3","cp10:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yadi koci eti dakkhiṇeyyo,\nBhikkhāya mama santike;\nDajjāhaṁ sakamattānaṁ,\nNa so tuccho gamissati’.","en":"If someone worthy of gifts comes,\nseeking alms near me,\nI shall give my own self:\nthey shall not leave empty-handed.’"}},{"id":"cp10:10","sourceIds":["cp10:10.1","cp10:10.2","cp10:10.3","cp10:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mama saṅkappamaññāya,\nsakko brāhmaṇavaṇṇinā;\nĀsayaṁ me upāgacchi,\ndānavīmaṁsanāya me.","en":"Knowing my thoughts,\nSakka in the guise of a brahmin\napproached my lair\nin order to test my giving."}},{"id":"cp10:11","sourceIds":["cp10:11.1","cp10:11.2","cp10:11.3","cp10:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tamahaṁ disvāna santuṭṭho,\nidaṁ vacanamabraviṁ;\n‘Sādhu khosi anuppatto,\nghāsahetu mamantike.","en":"Seeing him I was elated,\nand said the following.\n‘It is so good that you have come\nto me looking for food."}},{"id":"cp10:12","sourceIds":["cp10:12.1","cp10:12.2","cp10:12.3","cp10:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Adinnapubbaṁ dānavaraṁ,\najja dassāmi te ahaṁ;\nTuvaṁ sīlaguṇūpeto,\nayuttaṁ te paraheṭhanaṁ.","en":"Today I shall give to you\na fine gift never before given.\nYou are furnished with virtue,\nunattached to harming others."}},{"id":"cp10:13","sourceIds":["cp10:13.1","cp10:13.2","cp10:13.3","cp10:13.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ehi aggiṁ padīpehi,\nnānākaṭṭhe samānaya;\nAhaṁ pacissamattānaṁ,\npakkaṁ tvaṁ bhakkhayissasi’.","en":"Come, light a fire,\nhaving gathered different sticks.\nI shall cook myself,\nyou shall eat me roasted.’"}},{"id":"cp10:14","sourceIds":["cp10:14.1","cp10:14.2","cp10:14.3","cp10:14.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Sādhū’ti so haṭṭhamano,\nnānākaṭṭhe samānayi;\nMahantaṁ akāsi citakaṁ,\nkatvā aṅgāragabbhakaṁ.","en":"‘Good!’ he said happily,\nand gathered different sticks.\nBuilding a great pyre,\nhe placed an ember in the recess."}},{"id":"cp10:15","sourceIds":["cp10:15.1","cp10:15.2","cp10:15.3","cp10:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aggiṁ tattha padīpesi,\nyathā so khippaṁ mahā bhave;\nPhoṭetvā rajagate gatte,\nekamantaṁ upāvisiṁ.","en":"He lit such a fire there\nthat would quickly grow big.\nShaking my dusty limbs,\nI withdrew to one side."}},{"id":"cp10:16","sourceIds":["cp10:16.1","cp10:16.2","cp10:16.3","cp10:16.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yadā mahākaṭṭhapuñjo,\nāditto dhamadhamāyati;\nTaduppatitvā papatiṁ,\nmajjhe jālasikhantare.","en":"When the great pile of sticks\nwas burning and blazing,\nI leapt up and fell on it,\nin the midst of the fiery flames."}},{"id":"cp10:17","sourceIds":["cp10:17.1","cp10:17.2","cp10:17.3","cp10:17.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yathā sītodakaṁ nāma,\nPaviṭṭhaṁ yassa kassaci;\nSameti darathapariḷāhaṁ,\nAssādaṁ deti pīti ca.","en":"Like diving\ninto cool water,\nallaying distress and fever,\nbringing satisfaction and joy."}},{"id":"cp10:18","sourceIds":["cp10:18.1","cp10:18.2","cp10:18.3","cp10:18.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatheva jalitaṁ aggiṁ,\npaviṭṭhassa mamaṁ tadā;\nSabbaṁ sameti darathaṁ,\nyathā sītodakaṁ viya.","en":"That’s how it was\nwhen I entered the burning flame.\nIt allayed distress and fever,\njust like cool water."}},{"id":"cp10:19","sourceIds":["cp10:19.1","cp10:19.2","cp10:19.3","cp10:19.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Chaviṁ cammaṁ maṁsaṁ nhāruṁ,\nAṭṭhiṁ hadayabandhanaṁ;\nKevalaṁ sakalaṁ kāyaṁ,\nBrāhmaṇassa adāsahan”ti.","en":"Outer skin and inner, flesh and sinews,\nbones, and heart with cords:\nmy whole entire body\nI gave to the brahmin.”"}},{"id":"cp10:20","sourceIds":["cp10:20.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sasapaṇḍitacariyaṁ dasamaṁ."}},{"id":"cp10:21","sourceIds":["cp10:21.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Akittivaggo paṭhamo."}},{"id":"cp10:22","sourceIds":["cp10:22.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassuddānaṁ"}},{"id":"cp10:23","sourceIds":["cp10:23.1","cp10:23.2","cp10:23.3","cp10:23.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Akittibrāhmaṇo saṅkho,\nkururājā dhanañcayo;\nMahāsudassano rājā,\nmahāgovindabrāhmaṇo."}},{"id":"cp10:24","sourceIds":["cp10:24.1","cp10:24.2","cp10:24.3","cp10:24.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nimi candakumāro ca,\nsivi vessantaro saso;\nAhameva tadā āsiṁ,\nyo te dānavare adā."}},{"id":"cp10:25","sourceIds":["cp10:25.1","cp10:25.2","cp10:25.3","cp10:25.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ete dānaparikkhārā,\nete dānassa pāramī;\nJīvitaṁ yācake datvā,\nimaṁ pārami pūrayiṁ."}},{"id":"cp10:26","sourceIds":["cp10:26.1","cp10:26.2","cp10:26.3","cp10:26.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Bhikkhāya upagataṁ disvā,\nsakattānaṁ pariccajiṁ;\nDānena me samo natthi,\nesā me dānapāramīti."}},{"id":"cp10:27","sourceIds":["cp10:27.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dānapāraminiddeso niṭṭhito."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/cp10/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."}