{"id":"cp15","title":"The Buffalo King’s Conduct","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"cp15","title":"The Buffalo King’s Conduct","units":[{"id":"cp15:0","sourceIds":["cp15:0.1","cp15:0.2","cp15:0.3","cp15:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Cariyāpiṭaka\nHatthināgavagga\nSīlapāramī 5\nMahiṁsarājacariya","en":"The Conduct Leading to Buddhahood\nThe Chapter on an Elephant\nThe Perfection of Ethics (5th)\nThe Buffalo King’s Conduct"}},{"id":"cp15:1","sourceIds":["cp15:1.1","cp15:1.2","cp15:1.3","cp15:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Punāparaṁ yadā homi,\nmahiṁso pavanacārako;\nPavaḍḍhakāyo balavā,\nmahanto bhīmadassano.","en":"“Then again when I was\na buffalo who roamed the forest,\nlarge in body and strong,\nbig and scary to see."}},{"id":"cp15:2","sourceIds":["cp15:2.1","cp15:2.2","cp15:2.3","cp15:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pabbhāre giridugge ca,\nrukkhamūle dakāsaye;\nHotettha ṭhānaṁ mahiṁsānaṁ,\nkoci koci tahiṁ tahiṁ.","en":"In a cave, a craggy hillside,\nat a tree root or a waterhole,\nthere’d be somewhere for buffalos,\nin one place or another."}},{"id":"cp15:3","sourceIds":["cp15:3.1","cp15:3.2","cp15:3.3","cp15:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vicaranto brahāraññe,\nṭhānaṁ addasa bhaddakaṁ;\nTaṁ ṭhānaṁ upagantvāna,\ntiṭṭhāmi ca sayāmi ca.","en":"Wandering the mighty forest,\nI saw a fine spot.\nHaving gone there,\nI stood and lay to rest."}},{"id":"cp15:4","sourceIds":["cp15:4.1","cp15:4.2","cp15:4.3","cp15:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Athettha kapimāgantvā,\npāpo anariyo lahu;\nKhandhe nalāṭe bhamuke,\nmutteti ohadeti taṁ.","en":"Then a monkey came along,\nwicked, ignoble, and nimble.\nOn my shoulder, forehead, and eyebrows,\nhe peed and pooed."}},{"id":"cp15:5","sourceIds":["cp15:5.1","cp15:5.2","cp15:5.3","cp15:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sakimpi divasaṁ dutiyaṁ,\ntatiyaṁ catutthampi ca;\nDūseti maṁ sabbakālaṁ,\ntena homi upadduto.","en":"Not just that day, but a second,\na third, and a fourth;\nhe soiled me all the time,\nhe was harrying me."}},{"id":"cp15:6","sourceIds":["cp15:6.1","cp15:6.2","cp15:6.3","cp15:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mamaṁ upaddutaṁ disvā,\nyakkho maṁ idamabravi;\n‘Nāsehetaṁ chavaṁ pāpaṁ,\nsiṅgehi ca khurehi ca’.","en":"Seeing me being harried,\na spirit said to me:\n‘Kill that vile, wicked thing\nwith your horns and hooves.’"}},{"id":"cp15:7","sourceIds":["cp15:7.1","cp15:7.2","cp15:7.3","cp15:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vutte, tadā yakkhe,\nahaṁ taṁ idamabraviṁ;\n‘Kiṁ tvaṁ makkhesi kuṇapena,\npāpena anariyena maṁ.","en":"When he spoke, I said\nthis to that spirit:\n‘Why would you smear me\nwith a wicked, ignoble carcass?"}},{"id":"cp15:8","sourceIds":["cp15:8.1","cp15:8.2","cp15:8.3","cp15:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yadihaṁ tassa pakuppeyyaṁ,\ntato hīnataro bhave;\nSīlañca me pabhijjeyya,\nviññū ca garaheyyu maṁ.","en":"If I were upset with him\nI would degrade myself,\nviolating my ethics,\nand being criticized by sensible people."}},{"id":"cp15:9","sourceIds":["cp15:9.1","cp15:9.2","cp15:9.3","cp15:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Hīḷitā jīvitā vāpi,\nparisuddhena mataṁ varaṁ;\nKyāhaṁ jīvitahetūpi,\nkāhāmi paraheṭhanaṁ’.","en":"Better to die from purity\nthan live in shame.\nHow could I, for the sake of life,\nharm another?’"}},{"id":"cp15:10","sourceIds":["cp15:10.1","cp15:10.2","cp15:10.3","cp15:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mamevāyaṁ maññamāno,\naññepevaṁ karissati;\nTeva tassa vadhissanti,\nsā me mutti bhavissati.","en":"Thinking of me, this one\nwill do the same to others,\nand for that they will kill him.\nThen I shall be free."}},{"id":"cp15:11","sourceIds":["cp15:11.1","cp15:11.2","cp15:11.3","cp15:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Hīnamajjhimaukkaṭṭhe,\nsahanto avamānitaṁ;\nEvaṁ labhati sappañño,\nmanasā yathāpatthitan”ti.","en":"Forgiving disrespect\nfrom the low, middle and high,\nthe wise one gains\ntheir heart’s desire.”"}},{"id":"cp15:12","sourceIds":["cp15:12.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mahiṁsarājacariyaṁ pañcamaṁ."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/cp15/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."}