{"id":"cp14","title":"Cūḷabodhi’s Conduct","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"cp14","title":"Cūḷabodhi’s Conduct","units":[{"id":"cp14:0","sourceIds":["cp14:0.1","cp14:0.2","cp14:0.3","cp14:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Cariyāpiṭaka\nHatthināgavagga\nSīlapāramī 4\nCūḷabodhicariya","en":"The Conduct Leading to Buddhahood\nThe Chapter on an Elephant\nThe Perfection of Ethics (4th)\nCūḷabodhi’s Conduct"}},{"id":"cp14:1","sourceIds":["cp14:1.1","cp14:1.2","cp14:1.3","cp14:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Punāparaṁ yadā homi,\ncūḷabodhi susīlavā;\nBhavaṁ disvāna bhayato,\nnekkhammaṁ abhinikkhamiṁ.","en":"“Then again when I was\nthe very virtuous Cūḷabodhi,\nseeing rebirth as fearful,\nI renounced worldly life."}},{"id":"cp14:2","sourceIds":["cp14:2.1","cp14:2.2","cp14:2.3","cp14:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yā me dutiyikā āsi,\nbrāhmaṇī kanakasannibhā;\nSāpi vaṭṭe anapekkhā,\nnekkhammaṁ abhinikkhami.","en":"She who had been my partner,\na brahmin lady with golden skin,\nunconcerned with the cycle of rebirths,\nalso renounced worldly life."}},{"id":"cp14:3","sourceIds":["cp14:3.1","cp14:3.2","cp14:3.3","cp14:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nirālayā chinnabandhū,\nanapekkhā kule gaṇe;\nCarantā gāmanigamaṁ,\nbārāṇasimupāgamuṁ.","en":"Without clinging, cutting off family,\nunconcerned with family or group,\nwe walked from village to town\nuntil we reached Varanasi."}},{"id":"cp14:4","sourceIds":["cp14:4.1","cp14:4.2","cp14:4.3","cp14:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tattha vasāma nipakā,\nasaṁsaṭṭhā kule gaṇe;\nNirākule appasadde,\nrājuyyāne vasāmubho.","en":"There we lived alert,\nmixing not with a family or group.\nQuiet and undisturbed,\nwe both stayed in the royal park."}},{"id":"cp14:5","sourceIds":["cp14:5.1","cp14:5.2","cp14:5.3","cp14:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Uyyānadassanaṁ gantvā,\nrājā addasa brāhmaṇiṁ;\nUpagamma mamaṁ pucchi,\n‘tuyhesā kā kassa bhariyā’.","en":"Visiting the park,\nthe king saw the brahmin lady.\nHe approached me and asked,\n‘Is she your wife? Or whose is she?’"}},{"id":"cp14:6","sourceIds":["cp14:6.1","cp14:6.2","cp14:6.3","cp14:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vutte, ahaṁ tassa,\nidaṁ vacanamabraviṁ;\n‘Na mayhaṁ bhariyā esā,\nsahadhammā ekasāsanī’.","en":"When he said this, to him\nI said the following.\n‘She is not my wife.\nWe share the same teaching and belief.’"}},{"id":"cp14:7","sourceIds":["cp14:7.1","cp14:7.2","cp14:7.3","cp14:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tissā sārattagadhito,\ngāhāpetvāna ceṭake;\nNippīḷayanto balasā,\nantepuraṁ pavesayi.","en":"Infatuated with her,\nhe had his men seize her.\nCompelling her by force\nhe brought her to the royal compound."}},{"id":"cp14:8","sourceIds":["cp14:8.1","cp14:8.2","cp14:8.3","cp14:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Odapattakiyā mayhaṁ,\nsahajā ekasāsanī;\nĀkaḍḍhitvā nayantiyā,\nkopo me upapajjatha.","en":"She who became mine by touching a water-jar,\nborn together, one in beliefs,\nwhen he dragged her away,\nI felt so angry."}},{"id":"cp14:9","sourceIds":["cp14:9.1","cp14:9.2","cp14:9.3","cp14:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saha kope samuppanne,\nsīlabbatamanussariṁ;\nTattheva kopaṁ niggaṇhiṁ,\nnādāsiṁ vaḍḍhitūpari.","en":"Together with the arising of anger,\nI remembered my precepts and vows,\nand right there controlled my anger,\nI did not allow it to grow."}},{"id":"cp14:10","sourceIds":["cp14:10.1","cp14:10.2","cp14:10.3","cp14:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yadi naṁ brāhmaṇiṁ koci,\nkoṭṭeyya tiṇhasattiyā;\nNeva sīlaṁ pabhindeyyaṁ,\nbodhiyāyeva kāraṇā.","en":"If anyone were to attack\nthat brahmin lady with a sharp knife,\nnot even for that would I violate my ethics,\nbecause it was solely for awakening."}},{"id":"cp14:11","sourceIds":["cp14:11.1","cp14:11.2","cp14:11.3","cp14:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na mesā brāhmaṇī dessā,\nnapi me balaṁ na vijjati;\nSabbaññutaṁ piyaṁ mayhaṁ,\ntasmā sīlānurakkhisan”ti.","en":"I did not dislike the brahmin lady,\nnor did I lack the strength.\nBut because omniscience is precious to me,\nthat’s why I guarded my ethics.”"}},{"id":"cp14:12","sourceIds":["cp14:12.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Cūḷabodhicariyaṁ catutthaṁ."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/cp14/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."}