Uttarajjhayana 13

13.1

jāīparājio khalu kāsi niyāṇaṃ tu hatthiṇapurammi |
culaṇīe baṃbhadatto uvavanno paumagummāo ||

Defeated by [high] caste, indeed, he made a worldly longing in Hastināpura; / Brahmadatta was born to Culanī, descending from the Padmagulma [heaven].

Being contemptuously treated for the sake of his birth (as a Kândâla) Sambhûta took, in Hastinâpura, the sinful resolution (to become a universal monarch in some later birth); descending from the heavenly region Padmagulma, he was born of Kulanî in Kâmpilya as Brahmadatta; Kitra, however, was born in the town Purimatâla in the great family of a merchant; when he had heard the Law, he entered the order.

13.2

kaṃpille saṃbhūo citto puṇa jāo purimatālammi |
seṭṭhikulammi visāle dhammaṃ soūṇa pavvaio ||

Sambhūta was born in Kāmpilya, but Citta was born in Purimatāla / in an extensive merchant family; having heard the Dharma, he went forth as an ascetic.

13.3

kaṃpillammi ya nayare samāgayā do vi citta-saṃbhūyā |
suhadukkhaphalavivāgaṃ kaheṃti te ekkamekkassa ||

And in the city of Kāmpilya, both Citta and Sambhūta met together; / they related to one another the ripening of the fruits of pleasure and pain.

13.4

cakkavaṭṭī mahiḍḍhīo baṃbhadatto mahāyaso |
bhāyaraṃ bahumānenaṃ imaṃ vayaṇamabbavī ||

The universal monarch Brahmadatta, of great supernormal power and great renown, / spoke this word to his brother with deep respect:

13.5

āsimo bhāyarā do vi annamannavasāṇugā |
annamannamanurattā annamannahiesiṇo ||

"We two were brothers, mutually devoted, / affectionate toward each other, wishing for each other's welfare.

13.6

dāsā dasanne āsī miyā kāliṃjare nage |
haṃsā mayaṃgatīre sovāgā kāsibhūmie ||

We were slaves in Daśārṇa, deer on Mount Kāliñjara, / swans on the bank of the Mataṅga, and Śvapākas in the land of Kāśī.

13.7

devā ya devalogammi āsi amhe mahiḍḍhiyā |
imā no chaṭṭhiyā jāī annamanneṇa jā vinā ||

And we were gods of great supernormal power in the world of gods; / this is our sixth birth, which is without each other."

13.8

kammā niyāṇappagaḍā tume rāya! viciṃtiyā |
tesiṃ phalavivāgeṇa vippaogamuvāgayā ||

"O king, karmas tied to a worldly longing were conceived by you; / by the ripening of their fruit, we have arrived at separation.

13.9

saccasoyappagaḍā kammā mae purā kaḍā |
te ajja paribhuṃjāmo kiṃ nu citte vi se tahā? ||

Karmas connected with truth and purity were performed by me previously; / those we enjoy today; is it perhaps so with Citta as well?

13.10

savvaṃ suciṇṇaṃ saphalaṃ narāṇaṃ kaḍāṇa kammāṇa na mokkha atthi |
atthehi kāmehi ya uttamehiṃ āyā mamaṃ puṇṇaphalovavee ||

Everything well practiced is fruitful for men; there is no release from performed karmas. / Through supreme wealth and desires, my soul has arrived at the fruit of merit.

"Every good deed will bear its fruit to men; there is no escape from the effect of one's actions. Through riches and the highest pleasures my soul has got the reward for its virtues.

13.11

jāṇāsi saṃbhūya! mahānubhāgaṃ mahiḍḍhiyaṃ puṇṇaphalovaveyaṃ |
cittaṃ pi jāṇāhi taheva rāyaṃ! iḍḍhī juī tassa vi ya ppabhūyā ||

Know, O Sambhūta, of great majesty, of great supernormal power, endowed with the fruit of merit— / know Citta likewise, O king! His supernormal power and splendor are abundant as well.

13.12

mahattharūvā vayaṇa'ppabhūyā gāhā'nugīyā narasaṃghamajjhe |
jaṃ bhikkhuṇo solaguṇovaveyā ihajjayaṃte samaṇo mhi jāo ||

Verses of great significance, rich in meaning, are sung in the midst of the assembly of men, / endowed with the sixteen virtues of monks, because of studying which in this life I have become a śramaṇa."

13.13

uccoyae mahu kakke ya baṃbhe paveiyā āvasahā ya rammā |
imaṃ gihaṃ cittadhanappabhūyaṃ pasāhi paṃcālaguṇovaveyaṃ ||

"Tents of fine cloth, sweet drinks, clean and declared dwellings that are delightful— / rule this palace rich in varied wealth, endowed with the qualities of Pañcāla.

13.14

naṭṭehi gīehi ya vāiehiṃ nārījaṇāiṃ parivārayaṃto |
bhuṃjāhi bhogāi imāi bhikkhū! mama royaī pavvajjā hu dukkhaṃ ||

Surrounded by groups of women with dances, songs, and instrumental music, / enjoy these pleasures, O monk! Renunciation indeed seems painful to me."

13.15

taṃ puvvaneheṇa kayānurāgaṃ narāhivaṃ kāmaguṇesu giddhaṃ |
dhammassio tassa hiyānupehī citto imaṃ vayaṇamudāharitthā ||

To that king who, through previous affection, displayed fondness and was greedy for sense pleasures, / Citta, resting upon the Dharma and looking to his welfare, uttered this speech:

13.16

savvaṃ vilaviyaṃ gīyaṃ savvaṃ naṭṭaṃ viḍaṃbiyaṃ |
savve ābharaṇā bhārā savve kāmā duhāvahā ||

"All singing is lamentation; all dancing is mockery; / all ornaments are burdens; all sensual pleasures bring misery.

13.17

bālābhirāmesu duhāvahesu na taṃ suhaṃ kāmaguṇesu rāyaṃ! |
virattakāmāṇa tavodhanāṇaṃ jaṃ bhikkhuṇaṃ sīlaguṇe rayāṇaṃ ||

That pleasure is not found in sense pleasures, O king, which delight the foolish and bring misery, / which belongs to monks who are free from desires, rich in austerity, and devoted to moral conduct and virtue.

13.18

nariṃda! jāī ahamā narāṇaṃ sovāgajāī duhao gayāṇaṃ |
jahiṃ vayaṃ savvajaṇassa vessā vasīya sovāganivesanesu ||

O king, the lowest caste among men who are born to both sides is the caste of Śvapākas, / in which we lived in the dwellings of Śvapākas, detested by all people.

"Excellent king, the lowest caste of men is that of the Svapâkas, to which we twice belonged; as such we were loathed by all people, and we lived in the hamlets of Svapâkas.

13.19

tīse ya jāīi u pāviyāe vucchāsu sovāganivesanesu |
savvassa logassa dugaṃchaṇijjā ihaṃ tu kammāiṃ purekaḍāiṃ ||

And in that wretched birth, we lived in the dwellings of Śvapākas, / despicable to all the world; but these [present conditions] are karmas previously performed.

13.20

so dāni siṃ rāya! mahānubhāgo mahiḍḍhio puṇṇaphalovaveo |
caittu bhogāiṃ asāsayāiṃ āyāṇaheuṃ abhinikkhamāhi ||

You are now, O king, of great majesty, of great supernormal power, endowed with the fruit of merit; / having abandoned impermanent pleasures, go forth from home for the sake of the soul!

13.21

iha jīvie rāya! asāsayammi dhaniyaṃ tu puṇṇāiṃ akuvvamāṇo |
se soyaī maccumuhovanīe dhammaṃ akāūṇa paraṃsi loe ||

In this impermanent life, O king, not performing abundant meritorious deeds, / one grieves when brought to the mouth of death, not having practiced Dharma for the other world.

13.22

jaheha sīho va miyaṃ gahāya maccū naraṃ nei hu aṃtakāle |
na tassa māyā va piyā va bhāyā kālaṃmi taṃmisaharā bhavaṃti ||

Just as a lion seizes a deer, death indeed leads away a man at the final hour; / neither his mother, nor father, nor brother can be a refuge for him at that time.

13.23

na tassa dukkhaṃ vibhayaṃti nāio na mittavaggā na suyā na baṃdhavā |
ekko sayaṃ paccaṇuhoi dukkhaṃ kattāramevaṃ anujāi kammaṃ ||

Neither kinsmen, nor groups of friends, nor sons, nor relatives share his pain; / he experiences the suffering alone by himself; karma follows the doer alone.

13.24

ceccā dupayaṃ ca cauppayaṃ ca khettaṃ gihaṃ dhanadhannaṃ ca savvaṃ |
kammappabīo avaso payāi paraṃ bhavaṃ suṃdara pāvagaṃ vā ||

Leaving two-footed and four-footed creatures, fields, houses, and all wealth and grain, / with karma as his seed, helpless, he proceeds to the next existence, whether good or evil.

13.25

taṃ ikkagaṃ tucchasarīragaṃ se ciīgayaṃ ḍahiya u pāvageṇaṃ |
bhajjā ya puttā vi ya nāyao ya dāyāramannaṃ anusaṃkamaṃti ||

When that solitary, miserable body of his has gone to the funeral pyre and is burnt by fire, / his wives, sons, and kinsmen pass on to another benefactor.

13.26

uvanijjaī jīviyamappamāyaṃ vaṇṇaṃ jarā harai narassa rāyaṃ! |
paṃcālarāyā! vayaṇaṃ suṇāhi mā kāsi kammāiṃ mahālayāiṃ ||

Life is carried away without cessation; old age robs a man of his beauty, O king! / O king of Pañcāla, listen to my word: do not commit heavy karmas!"

"Life drags on (towards death) continuously; old age carries off the vigour of man. King of the Pañkâlas, mark my words: do no fearful actions."

13.27

ahaṃ pi jāṇāmi jaheha sāhū! jaṃ me tumaṃ sāhasi vakkameyaṃ |
bhogā ime saṃgakarā havaṃti je dujjayā ajjo! amhārisehiṃ ||

"I too know, O virtuous mendicant, as you relate this speech to me; / but these pleasures are source of attachment, which are difficult to conquer, O noble one, by people like me.

13.28

hatthiṇapurammi cittā daṭṭhūṇaṃ naravaiṃ mahiḍḍhiyaṃ |
kāmabhogesu giddheṇaṃ niyāṇamasuhaṃ kaḍaṃ ||

O Citta, seeing the king of great supernormal power in Hastināpura, / greedy for sensual pleasures, an evil worldly longing was formed by me.

13.29

tassa me apaḍikaṃtassa imaṃ eyārisaṃ phalaṃ |
jāṇamāṇo vi jaṃ dhammaṃ kāmabhogesu mucchio ||

Because I have not repented of it, this is the fruit for me such as it is; / though knowing the Dharma, yet I am infatuated with sensual pleasures."

13.30

nāgo jahā paṃkajalāvasanno daṭṭhuṃ thalaṃ nābhisamei tīraṃ |
evaṃ vayaṃ kāmaguṇesu giddhā na bhikkhuṇo maggamaṇavvayāmo ||

Just as an elephant stuck in mud and water, seeing the dry ground, cannot reach the bank, / so we, greedy for the pleasures of the senses, do not follow the monk's path.

13.31

accei kālo tūraṃti rāio na yāvi bhogā purisāṇa niccā |
uvicca bhogā purisaṃ cayaṃti dumaṃ jahā khīṇaphalaṃ va pakkhī ||

Time passes, the nights hasten on, and pleasures are not eternal for men; / pleasures soon abandon a man, just as birds abandon a tree stripped of fruit.

13.32

jai tā si bhoge caiuṃ asatto ajjāiṃ kammāiṃ karehi rāyaṃ! |
dhamme ṭhio savvapayānukaṃpī to hohisi devo io viuvvī ||

If you are thus unable to renounce pleasures, perform noble deeds, O King! / Abiding in Dharma, compassionate to all beings, you will from here become a god endowed with magical power.

13.33

na tujjha bhoge caiūṇa buddhī giddho si āraṃbhapariggahesu |
mohaṃ kao ettiu vippalāvo gacchāmi rāyaṃ! āmaṃtio si ||

You have no resolve to renounce pleasures; you are greedy for undertakings and possessions. / In vain has so much talk been made. I am going, O King! I bid you farewell.

13.34

paṃcālarāyā vi ya baṃbhadatto sāhussa tassa vayaṇaṃ akāuṃ |
anuttare bhuṃjiya kāmabhoge anuttare so narae paviṭṭho ||

And King Brahmadatta of Pañcāla, having failed to heed the word of that virtuous mendicant, / having enjoyed incomparable sensual pleasures, entered the lowest hell.

13.35

citto vi kāmehi virattakāmo udaggacārittatavo mahesī |
anuttaraṃ saṃjama pālaittā anuttaraṃ siddhigaiṃ gao || –tti bemi ||

Citta too, his desire averted from sensual pleasures, a great sage of supreme conduct and austerity, / having observed incomparable self-restraint, attained the incomparable state of perfection. — Thus I say.

But Kitra the great sage, of excellent conduct and penance, was indifferent to pleasure; after he had practised the highest self-control, he reached the highest place of perfection.
Thus I say.