{"id":"cp3","title":"Kururāja’s Conduct","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"cp3","title":"Kururāja’s Conduct","units":[{"id":"cp3:0","sourceIds":["cp3:0.1","cp3:0.2","cp3:0.3","cp3:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Cariyāpiṭaka\nAkittivagga\nDānapāramī 3\nKururājacariya","en":"The Conduct Leading to Buddhahood\nThe Chapter With Akitti\nThe Perfection of Giving (3rd)\nKururāja’s Conduct"}},{"id":"cp3:1","sourceIds":["cp3:1.1","cp3:1.2","cp3:1.3","cp3:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Punāparaṁ yadā homi,\nindapatthe puruttame;\nRājā dhanañcayo nāma,\nkusale dasahupāgato.","en":"“Then again when I reigned\nin Indapatta, the capital city,\nas the king named Dhanañjaya\nI was blessed with the ten skillful deeds."}},{"id":"cp3:2","sourceIds":["cp3:2.1","cp3:2.2","cp3:2.3","cp3:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kaliṅgaraṭṭhavisayā,\nbrāhmaṇā upagañchu maṁ;\nĀyācuṁ maṁ hatthināgaṁ,\ndhaññaṁ maṅgalasammataṁ.","en":"From the realm of Kaliṅga\nbrahmins came to me\nrequesting the royal elephant\nthat was lucky and deemed auspicious."}},{"id":"cp3:3","sourceIds":["cp3:3.1","cp3:3.2","cp3:3.3","cp3:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Avuṭṭhiko janapado,\ndubbhikkho chātako mahā;\nDadāhi pavaraṁ nāgaṁ,\nnīlaṁ añjanasavhayaṁ’.","en":"‘Our nation is suffering from drought,\nfood is scarce and famine abounds,\nplease give the noble elephant\nof midnight hue named Añjana.’"}},{"id":"cp3:4","sourceIds":["cp3:4.1","cp3:4.2","cp3:4.3","cp3:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Na me yācakamanuppatte,\npaṭikkhepo anucchavo;\nMā me bhijji samādānaṁ,\ndassāmi vipulaṁ gajaṁ’.","en":"‘When supplicants come to me\nit is unbefitting to refuse.\nLet not my vow be broken,\nI shall give the mighty elephant.’"}},{"id":"cp3:5","sourceIds":["cp3:5.1","cp3:5.2","cp3:5.3","cp3:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nāgaṁ gahetvā soṇḍāya,\nbhiṅgāre ratanāmaye;\nJalaṁ hatthe ākiritvā,\nbrāhmaṇānaṁ adaṁ gajaṁ.","en":"Taking the elephant by the trunk,\nand a bejeweled ceremonial vessel,\nI sprinkled water on the hand,\nand gave the elephant to the brahmins."}},{"id":"cp3:6","sourceIds":["cp3:6.1","cp3:6.2","cp3:6.3","cp3:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassa nāge padinnamhi,\namaccā etadabravuṁ;\n‘Kiṁ nu tuyhaṁ varaṁ nāgaṁ,\nyācakānaṁ padassasi.","en":"When I had given the elephant,\nmy ministers said,\n‘Why did you give the noble elephant\nto the supplicants?"}},{"id":"cp3:7","sourceIds":["cp3:7.1","cp3:7.2","cp3:7.3","cp3:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dhaññaṁ maṅgalasampannaṁ,\nsaṅgāmavijayuttamaṁ;\nTasmiṁ nāge padinnamhi,\nkiṁ te rajjaṁ karissati’.","en":"He was lucky and endowed with the auspicious,\nsupreme victor in battle.\nNow you have given the elephant,\nhow shall you govern the realm?’"}},{"id":"cp3:8","sourceIds":["cp3:8.1","cp3:8.2","cp3:8.3","cp3:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Rajjampi me dade sabbaṁ,\nsarīraṁ dajjamattano;\nSabbaññutaṁ piyaṁ mayhaṁ,\ntasmā nāgaṁ adāsahan’”ti.","en":"‘I would give the entire realm\nand my physical body as well.\nOmniscience is precious to me,\nwhich is why I gave away the elephant.’”"}},{"id":"cp3:9","sourceIds":["cp3:9.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kururājacariyaṁ tatiyaṁ."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/cp3/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."}