{"id":"cp11","title":"The Conduct of One Who Provided for His Mother","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"cp11","title":"The Conduct of One Who Provided for His Mother","units":[{"id":"cp11:0","sourceIds":["cp11:0.1","cp11:0.2","cp11:0.3","cp11:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Cariyāpiṭaka\nHatthināgavagga\nSīlapāramī 1\nMātuposakacariya","en":"The Conduct Leading to Buddhahood\nThe Chapter on an Elephant\nThe Perfection of Ethics (1st)\nThe Conduct of One Who Provided for His Mother"}},{"id":"cp11:1","sourceIds":["cp11:1.1","cp11:1.2","cp11:1.3","cp11:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yadā ahosiṁ pavane,\nkuñjaro mātuposako;\nNa tadā atthi mahiyā,\nguṇena mama sādiso.","en":"“Once I lived in the forest\nas an elephant who provided for his mother.\nAt that time no one on earth\ncould equal my virtues."}},{"id":"cp11:2","sourceIds":["cp11:2.1","cp11:2.2","cp11:2.3","cp11:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pavane disvā vanacaro,\nrañño maṁ paṭivedayi;\n‘Tavānucchavo mahārāja,\ngajo vasati kānane.","en":"Seeing me in the forest, a forester\ninformed the king about me.\n‘Great King, an elephant that befits you\nis dwelling in the forest grove."}},{"id":"cp11:3","sourceIds":["cp11:3.1","cp11:3.2","cp11:3.3","cp11:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na tassa parikkhāyattho,\nnapi āḷakakāsuyā;\nSaha gahite soṇḍāya,\nsayameva idhehi’ti.","en":"No need to dig a moat around him,\nnor tether him to a post in a pit.\nTaken by the trunk,\nhe will come here by himself.’"}},{"id":"cp11:4","sourceIds":["cp11:4.1","cp11:4.2","cp11:4.3","cp11:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassa taṁ vacanaṁ sutvā,\nrājāpi tuṭṭhamānaso;\nPesesi hatthidamakaṁ,\nchekācariyaṁ susikkhitaṁ.","en":"When he heard these words,\nthe king, elated,\nsent an elephant-tamer,\na well-trained and expert tutor."}},{"id":"cp11:5","sourceIds":["cp11:5.1","cp11:5.2","cp11:5.3","cp11:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Gantvā so hatthidamako,\naddasa padumassare;\nBhisamuḷālaṁ uddharantaṁ,\nyāpanatthāya mātuyā.","en":"When the elephant-tamer reached there,\nhe saw me in a lotus pond,\npulling out lotus roots\nto feed my mother."}},{"id":"cp11:6","sourceIds":["cp11:6.1","cp11:6.2","cp11:6.3","cp11:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Viññāya me sīlaguṇaṁ,\nlakkhaṇaṁ upadhārayi;\n‘Ehi puttā’ti vatvāna,\nmama soṇḍāya aggahi.","en":"Discerning my moral virtue,\nhe checked me for marks.\nSaying, ‘Come, child’,\nhe took me by the trunk."}},{"id":"cp11:7","sourceIds":["cp11:7.1","cp11:7.2","cp11:7.3","cp11:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yaṁ me tadā pākatikaṁ,\nsarīrānugataṁ balaṁ;\nAjja nāgasahassānaṁ,\nbalena samasādisaṁ.","en":"What was at that time\nthe natural strength of my body,\nwould equal a thousand\nof the elephants of today."}},{"id":"cp11:8","sourceIds":["cp11:8.1","cp11:8.2","cp11:8.3","cp11:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yadihaṁ tesaṁ pakuppeyyaṁ,\nupetānaṁ gahaṇāya maṁ;\nPaṭibalo bhave tesaṁ,\nyāva rajjampi mānusaṁ.","en":"If I had been upset\nwith those who came to capture me,\nI would have had the power\nto defeat even a kingdom of men."}},{"id":"cp11:9","sourceIds":["cp11:9.1","cp11:9.2","cp11:9.3","cp11:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Api cāhaṁ sīlarakkhāya,\nSīlapāramipūriyā;\nNa karomi citte aññathattaṁ,\nPakkhipantaṁ mamāḷake.","en":"Nevertheless, for the sake of guarding my ethics,\nand fulfilling my perfection of ethics,\nI did not let my mind change,\neven as they caged me."}},{"id":"cp11:10","sourceIds":["cp11:10.1","cp11:10.2","cp11:10.3","cp11:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yadi te maṁ tattha koṭṭeyyuṁ,\npharasūhi tomarehi ca;\nNeva tesaṁ pakuppeyyaṁ,\nsīlakhaṇḍabhayā mamā”ti.","en":"And even were they to beat me\nwith hatchets and lances,\nI would never become upset,\nfor fear of violating my ethics.”"}},{"id":"cp11:11","sourceIds":["cp11:11.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mātuposakacariyaṁ paṭhamaṁ."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/cp11/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."}