Uttarajjhayana 19

19.1

suggīve nayare ramme kānanujjānasohie |
rāyā balabhaddo tti miyā tassaggamāhisī ||

In the charming city of Sugrīva, adorned with groves and gardens, / there was a king named Balabhadra, and Mṛgā was his chief queen.

19.2

tesiṃ putte balasirī miyāputte tti vissue |
ammāpiūṇa daie juvarāyā damīsare ||

Their son, Balaśrī, was known as Mṛgāputra; / dear to his parents, he was crown prince, a lord of self-control.

19.3

naṃdane so u pāsāe kīlae saha itthihiṃ |
devo doguṃdago ceva niccaṃ muiyamānaso ||

He disported with women in his palace [like in the] Nandana [grove], / like a Dogundaga god, his mind constantly delighted.

19.4

maṇirayaṇakuṭṭimatale pāsāyāloyaṇaṭṭhio |
āloei nagarassa caukkatiyacaccare ||

Standing at a palace window overlooking a paved floor of jewels and gems, / he observed the four-way crossings, three-way crossings, and squares of the city.

19.5

aha tattha aicchaṃtaṃ pāsaī samaṇasaṃjayaṃ |
tavaniyamasaṃjamadharaṃ sīlaḍḍhaṃ guṇaāgaraṃ ||

Then he saw a restrained śramaṇa passing by there, / maintaining austerities, vows, and self-restraint, rich in moral conduct, a mine of virtues.

19.6

taṃ dehaī miyāputte diṭṭhīe animisāe u |
kahiṃ mannerisaṃ rūvaṃ diṭṭhapuvvaṃ mae purā ||

Mṛgāputra gazed upon him with an unblinking gaze: / ‘Where, I wonder, have I seen such a form before in the past?’

19.7

sāhussa darisaṇe tassa ajjhavasāṇammi sohaṇe |
mohaṃgayassa saṃtassa jāīsaraṇaṃ samuppannaṃ ||

Upon seeing that virtuous mendicant, with good mental disposition, / and being calm and free from delusion, memory of former births arose in him.

19.8

devaloga cuo saṃto mānusaṃ bhavamāgao |
saṇṇināṇe samuppanne jāiṃ sarai purāṇayaṃ ||

Having fallen from the world of the gods, he had arrived in human existence; / when conscious knowledge arose, he remembered his past birth.

19.9

jāīsaraṇe samuppanne miyāputte mahiḍḍhie |
saraī porāṇiyaṃ jāiṃ sāmaṇṇaṃ ca purākayaṃ ||

When memory of former births arose, the illustrious Mṛgāputra / remembered his past life and the monkhood he had practiced previously.

19.10

visaehiṃ arajjaṃto rajjaṃto saṃjamammi ya |
ammāpiyaraṃ uvāgamma imaṃ vayaṇamabbavī ||

Taking no pleasure in sensual objects and delighting in self-restraint, / he approached his mother and father and spoke this word:

19.11

suyāṇi me paṃca mahavvayāṇi naraesu dukkhaṃ ca tirikkhajoṇisu |
nivviṇṇakāmo mi mahaṇṇavāo anujāṇaha pavvaissāmi ammo! ||

‘I have heard the five great vows, and the suffering in the hells and animal wombs; / I am disgusted with desires, out of the great ocean [of transmigration]. Grant permission, Mother, I will go forth!’

19.12

ammatāya! mae bhogā bhuttā visaphalovamā |
pacchā kaḍuyavivāgā aṇubaṃdhaduhāvahā ||

‘Mother and father! Pleasures have been enjoyed by me like poisonous fruits: / bitter in their ultimate outcome, bringing misery in their wake.

'He who starts on a long journey with provisions, will be happy on his way there, not suffering from hunger and thirst.

19.13

imaṃ sarīraṃ aniccaṃ asuiṃ asuisaṃbhavaṃ |
asāsayāvāsamiṇaṃ dukkhakesāṇa bhāyaṇaṃ ||

This body is impermanent, impure, born of impurity, / a transient lodging, a vessel of pains and afflictions.

19.14

asāsae sarīrammi raiṃ novalabhāmahaṃ |
pacchā purā va caiyavve pheṇabubbuyasannibhe ||

In a non-eternal body I find no delight, / which sooner or later must be abandoned, resembling foam and bubbles.

19.15

mānusatte asārammi vāhīrogāṇa ālae |
jarāmaraṇaghatthammi khaṇaṃ pi na ramāmahaṃ ||

In unsubstantial human state, an abode of sickness and disease, / seized by old age and death, I do not rejoice even for a moment.

19.16

jammaṃ dukkhaṃ jarā dukkhaṃ rogā ya maraṇāṇi ya |
aho! dukkho hu saṃsāro jattha kīsaṃti jaṃtavo ||

Birth is suffering, old age is suffering, and diseases and deaths; / ah, full of suffering indeed is the cycle of rebirth, where living beings waste away!

19.17

khettaṃ vatthuṃ hiraṇṇaṃ ca puttadāraṃ ca baṃdhavā |
caittāṇaṃ imaṃ dehaṃ gaṃtavvamavasassa me ||

Field, property, and gold, son, wife, and kinsmen: / abandoning this body, I must depart helpless.

19.18

jahā kiṃpāgaphalāṇaṃ pariṇāmo na suṃdaro |
evaṃ bhuttāṇa bhogāṇaṃ pariṇāmo na suṃdaro ||

Just as the consequence of kimpa-aka fruits is not good, / even so the consequence of enjoyed pleasures is not good.

19.19

addhāṇaṃ jo mahaṃtaṃ tu apāheo pavajjaī |
gacchaṃto so duhī hoi chuhātaṇhāe pīḍio ||

He who sets out upon a great journey without provisions / becomes miserable as he walks, afflicted by hunger and thirst.

19.20

evaṃ dhammaṃ akāūṇaṃ jo gacchai paraṃ bhavaṃ |
gacchaṃto so duhī hoi vāhīrogehiṃ pīḍio ||

Even so, he who goes to the next world without having practiced Dharma / becomes miserable as he goes, afflicted by sickness and disease.

19.21

addhāṇaṃ jo mahaṃtaṃ tu sapāheo pavajjaī |
gacchaṃto so suhī hoi chuhātaṇhāvivajjio ||

He who sets out upon a great journey equipped with provisions / becomes happy as he walks, free from hunger and thirst.

19.22

evaṃ dhammaṃ pi kāūṇaṃ jo gacchai paraṃ bhavaṃ |
gacchaṃto so suho hoi appakamme aveyaṇe ||

Even so, he who goes to the next world having practiced Dharma / goes happy, with little karma and without agony.

'Thus he who after having followed the Law, starts for the next world, will be happy on his journey there, being exempt from Karman and suffering.

19.23

jahā gehe palittammi tassa gehassa jo pahū |
sārabhaṃḍāṇi nīnei asāraṃ avaujjhai ||

Just as when a house is on fire, the master of that house / carries out valuable goods and abandons what is worthless,

19.24

evaṃ loe palittammi jarāe maraṇeṇa ya |
appāṇaṃ tāraissāmi tubbhehiṃ anumannio ||

so when the world is set on fire by old age and death, / I will rescue myself, if permitted by you.’

19.25

taṃ biṃtammāpiyaro sāmaṇṇaṃ putta! duccaraṃ |
guṇāṇaṃ tu sahassāiṃ dhāreyavvāiṃ bhikkhuṇo ||

His mother and father said to him: ‘O son, monkhood is hard to practice; / thousands of virtues must be maintained by a monk.

19.26

samayā savvabhūesu sattumittesu vā jage |
pāṇāivāyaviraī jāvajjīvāe dukkarā ||

Equanimity toward all beings, whether enemy or friend in the world, / and abstention from taking life for as long as one lives is hard to do.

19.27

niccakālappamatteṇaṃ musāvāyavivajjaṇaṃ |
bhāsiyavvaṃ hiyaṃ saccaṃ niccāutteṇa dukkaraṃ ||

Always being vigilant, avoiding untruthful speech, / speaking what is beneficial and true, always attentive, is hard to do.

19.28

daṃtasohaṇamāissa adattassa vivajjaṇaṃ |
anavajjesaṇijjassa geṇhaṇā avi dukkaraṃ ||

Abstaining from taking what is not given, beginning even with a tooth-pick, / and accepting only blameless, acceptable [food] is also hard to do.

19.29

viraī abaṃbhacerassa kāmabhogarasaṇṇuṇā |
uggaṃ mahavvayaṃ baṃbhaṃ dhāreyavvaṃ sudukkaraṃ ||

Abstinence from unchastity for one who knows the taste of sensual pleasures, / maintaining the rigorous, great vow of celibacy is exceedingly hard to do.

19.30

ghanadhannapesavaggesu pariggahavivajjaṇaṃ |
savvāraṃbhapariccāo nimmamattaṃ sudukkaraṃ ||

Abandoning possessions consisting of money, grain, and servants, / renunciation of all undertaking, and freedom from possessiveness is exceedingly hard to do.

19.31

cauvvihe vi āhāre rāībhoyaṇavajjaṇā |
sannihīsaṃcao ceva vajjeyavvo sudukkaro ||

Avoiding night-eating among all four kinds of food, / and avoiding hoarding or accumulation of provisions is exceedingly hard to do.

19.32

chuhā taṇhā ya sīuṇhaṃ daṃsamasagaveyaṇā |
akkosā dukkhasejjā ya taṇaphāsā jallameva ya ||

Hunger, thirst, cold and heat, the torment of biting flies and mosquitoes, / abuse, uncomfortable lodging, touch of grass, and dirt of the body,

"Hunger and thirst, heat and cold, molestation by flies and gnats, insults, miserable lodgings, pricking grass, and uncleanliness, blows and threats, corporal punishment and imprisonment, the mendicant's life and fruitless begging: all this is misery.

19.33

tālaṇā tajjaṇā ceva vahabaṃdhaparīsahā |
dukkhaṃ bhikkhāyariyā jāyaṇā ya alābhayā ||

beating and threatening, the hardships of slaughter and binding, / the misery of wandering for alms, begging, and getting nothing,

19.34

kāvoyā jā imā vittī kesaloo ya dāruṇo |
dukkhaṃ baṃbhavayaṃ ghoraṃ dhāreuṃ a mahappaṇo ||

this lifestyle like that of a pigeon, and dreadful pulling out of hair, / and maintaining the terrible, difficult vow of celibacy are hard for a great soul.

19.35

suhoio tumaṃ puttā! sukumālo sumajjio |
na hu sī pabhū tumaṃ puttā! sāmaṇṇamanupāliuṃ ||

You were raised in comfort, O son, tender and delicately tended; / you are truly not able, O son, to preserve monkhood.

19.36

jāvajjīvamavissāmo guṇāṇaṃ tu mahābharo |
guruo lohabhāro vva jo puttā! hoi duvvaho ||

Lifelong, unceasing is this great burden of virtues; / like a heavy load of iron, O son, it is hard to bear.

19.37

āgāse gaṃgasou vva paḍisoo vva duttaro |
bāhāhiṃ sāgaro ceva tarivvo guṇoyahī ||

Like the stream of the Ganges in the sky, or swimming upstream, it is hard to cross; / an ocean of virtues must be crossed with one's bare arms, like the sea.

19.38

vāluyākavale ceva nirassāe u saṃjame |
asidhārāgamaṇaṃ ceva dukkaraṃ cariuṃ tavo ||

Self-restraint is like a mouthful of sand, devoid of flavor; / and practicing austerity is like treading on the edge of a sword, hard to perform.

19.39

ahīvegaṃtadiṭṭhīe caritte putta! duccare |
javā lohamayā ceva cāveyavvā sudukkaraṃ ||

Conduct is hard to practice, O son, like walking with the single gaze of a serpent; / and it is exceedingly hard to chew grains of barley made of iron.

19.40

jahā aggisihā dittā pāuṃ hoi sudukkaraṃ |
taha dukkaraṃ kareuṃ je tārunne samaṇattaṇaṃ ||

Just as it is exceedingly hard to drink a blazing flame of fire, / so it is hard to practice śramaṇa-hood in one's youth.

19.41

jahā dukkhaṃ bhareuṃ je hoi vāyassa kotthalo |
tahā dukkhaṃ kareuṃ je kīveṇaṃ samaṇattaṇaṃ ||

Just as it is difficult to fill a bag with wind, / so it is difficult for a weak person to maintain śramaṇa-hood.

19.42

jahā tulāe toleuṃ dukkaraṃ maṃdaro girī |
tahā nihuyaṃ nīsaṃkaṃ dukkaraṃ samaṇattaṇaṃ ||

Just as it is hard to weigh Mount Mandara on a balance, / so it is hard to practice śramaṇa-hood silently and without doubt.

19.43

jahā bhuyāhiṃ tariuṃ dukkaraṃ rayaṇāgaro |
tahā aṇavasaṃteṇaṃ dukkaraṃ damasāgaro ||

Just as it is difficult to swim across the ocean with one's arms, / so it is difficult to cross the ocean of self-control without resting.

19.44

bhuṃja mānussae bhoge paṃcalakkhaṇae tumaṃ |
bhuttabhogī tao jāyā! pacchā dhammaṃ carissasi ||

Enjoy human pleasures endowed with five qualities; / having enjoyed pleasures, O child, you will practice Dharma afterward.’

19.45

taṃ biṃtammāpiyaro evameyaṃ jahā phuḍaṃ |
iha loe nippivāsassa natthi kiṃci vi dukkaraṃ ||

He said to his mother and father: ‘This is precisely so, clearly; / but in this world, to one who is without thirst, nothing at all is difficult.

19.46

sārīramānasā ceva veyaṇāo anaṃtaso |
mae soḍhāo bhīmāo asaiṃ dukkhabhayāṇi ya ||

Bodily and mental afflictions, endless and terrible, / have been endured by me, and repeatedly sufferings and fears.

19.47

jarāmaraṇakaṃtāre cāuraṃte bhayāgare |
mae soḍhāṇi bhīmāṇi jammāṇi maraṇāṇi ya ||

In the dreadful wilderness of old age and death, with its four corners, / terrible births and deaths have been endured by me.

19.48

jahā ihaṃ aganī uṇho ettonaṃtaguṇe tahiṃ |
naraesu veyaṇā uṇhā assāyā veiyā mae ||

Hot though fire may be here, infinitely more so there: / in the hells, burning, agonizing pain has been experienced by me.

19.49

jahā imaṃ ihaṃ sīyaṃ ettonaṃtaguṇaṃ tahiṃ |
naraesu veyaṇā sīyā assāyā veiyā mae ||

Cold though it may be here, infinitely more so there: / in the hells, freezing, agonizing pain has been experienced by me.’

19.50

kaṃdaṃto kaṃdukuṃbhīsu uḍḍhapāo ahosiro |
huyāsaṇe jalaṃtammi pakkapuvvo anaṃtaso ||

Screaming in iron cauldrons, feet turned upwards, head turned downwards, / I was cooked countlessly in the blazing fire before.

19.51

mahādavaggisaṃkāse marummi vairavālue |
kalaṃbavāluyāe ya daḍḍhapuvvo anaṃtaso ||

In a desert resembling a great forest fire, with scorching sand / and Kalambuvālukā sand, I was burned countlessly before.

19.52

rasaṃto kaṃdukuṃbhīsu uḍḍhaṃ baddho abaṃdhavo |
karavattakarakayāīhiṃ chinnapuvvo anaṃtaso ||

Roaring in cauldrons, tied high up without a friend, / I was cut countlessly before with saws and iron tools.

19.53

aitikkhakaṃṭagāinne tuṃge siṃbalipāyave |
kheviyaṃ pāsabaddheṇaṃ kaḍḍhokaḍḍhāhiṃ dukkaraṃ ||

Bound with nooses, dragged violently with dreadful difficulty, / I was thrown against tall silk-cotton trees bristling with extremely sharp thorns.

'I have suffered agonies when I was fastened with fetters on the huge Sâlmalî tree, bristling with very sharp thorns, and then pushed up and down.

19.54

mahājaṃtesu ucchū vā ārasaṃto subheravaṃ |
pīlio mi sakammehiṃ pāvakammo anaṃtaso ||

Crushed in great presses like sugarcane, wailing terribly, / I of evil deeds was oppressed countlessly by my own actions.

19.55

kūvaṃto kolasuṇaehiṃ sāmehiṃ sabalehi ya |
pāḍio phālio chinno vipphuraṃto anegaso ||

Howling, I was repeatedly brought down, ripped apart, and severed / while writhing in agony, by black and spotted hunting dogs.

19.56

asīhiṃ ayasivaṇṇāhiṃ bhallīhiṃ paṭṭisehi ya |
chinno bhinno vibhinno ya oiṇṇo pāvakammuṇā ||

Cut, broken, and split apart with swords colored like flax, / with spears and halberds, brought low by sinful deeds.

19.57

avaso loharahe jutto jalaṃte samilājue |
coio totajuttehiṃ rojjho vā jaha pāḍio ||

Helpless, yoked to a flaming iron cart fitted with pins, / driven by goads, I was brought down like a wild ox.

19.58

huyāsaṇe jalaṃtammi ciyāsu mahiso viva |
daḍḍho pakko ya avaso pāvakammehi pāvio ||

In the blazing fire upon funeral pyres, like a buffalo, / I was burned and cooked, helpless, brought to it by evil karma.

19.59

balā saṃḍāsatuṃḍehiṃ lohatuṃḍehiṃ pakkhihiṃ |
vilutto vilavaṃto haṃ ḍhaṃkagiddhehiṇaṃtaso ||

Forcefully torn apart by birds with beak-like tongs and beaks of iron, / wailing, I was stripped of flesh countlessly by crows and vultures.

19.60

taṇhākilaṃto dhāvaṃto patto veyaraṇiṃ nadiṃ |
jalaṃ pāhi tti ciṃtaṃto khuradhārāhiṃ vivāio ||

Exhausted by thirst, running, I reached the Vaitaraṇī river; / thinking, 'I shall drink water,' I was destroyed by its razor-sharp blades.

19.61

uṇhābhitatto saṃpatto asipattaṃ mahāvaṇaṃ |
asipattehiṃ paḍaṃtehiṃ chinnapuvvo anegaso ||

Tormented by the heat, I reached the great Sword-Leaved Forest; / countlessly before, I was cut to pieces by falling sword-leaves.

19.62

muggarehiṃ musaṃḍhīhiṃ sūlehiṃ musalehi ya |
gayāsaṃ bhaggagattehiṃ pattaṃ dukkhaṃ anaṃtaso ||

With maces, iron-tipped clubs, tridents, and pestles, / with broken limbs and all hope gone, I suffered pain countlessly.

19.63

khurehiṃ tikkhadhārehiṃ churiyāhiṃ kappaṇīhi ya |
kappio phālio chinno ukkatto ya anegaso ||

Cut, torn, sliced, and shredded repeatedly / with sharp-edged razors, knives, and shears.

19.64

pāsehiṃ kūḍajālehiṃ mio vā avaso ahaṃ |
vāhio baddharuddho a bahuso ceva vivāio ||

Like a helpless deer caught in snares and deceitful nets, / I was hunted, bound, trapped, and slaughtered numerous times.

19.65

galehiṃ magarajālehiṃ maccho vā avaso ahaṃ |
ullio phālio gahio mārio ya anaṃtaso ||

Like a helpless fish in hooks and crocodile-nets, / I was pulled out, torn apart, seized, and killed countlessly.

19.66

vīdaṃsaehi jālehiṃ leppāhiṃ sauṇo viva |
gahio laggo baddho ya mārio ya anaṃtaso ||

Like a bird caught with decoys, nets, and birdlime, / I was captured, entangled, bound, and killed countlessly.

19.67

kuhāḍapharasumāīhiṃ vaḍḍhaīhiṃ dumo viva |
kuṭṭio phālio chinno tacchio ya anaṃtaso ||

Like a tree felled by carpenters with axes and hatchets, / I was struck down, split, chopped, and planed countlessly.

19.68

caveḍamuṭṭhimāīhiṃ kumārehiṃ ayaṃ piva |
tāḍio kuṭṭio bhinno cuṇṇio ya anaṃtaso ||

Like iron hammered by youths with blows and fists, / I was struck, beaten, fractured, and pulverized countlessly.

19.69

tattāiṃ taṃbalohāiṃ tauyāiṃ sīsayāṇi ya |
pāio kalakalaṃtāiṃ ārasaṃto subheravaṃ ||

Molten copper, iron, tin, and lead, / boiling and bubbling, were poured down my throat as I wailed terribly.

19.70

tuhaṃ piyāiṃ maṃsāiṃ khaṃḍāiṃ sollagāṇi ya |
khāvio mi samaṃsāiṃ aggivaṇṇāiṃ negaso ||

'Flesh is dear to you, both steaks and roasted pieces!'— / saying so, they made me eat my own glowing, fire-colored flesh many times.

19.71

tuhaṃ piyā surā sīhū merao ya mahūṇi ya |
pāio mi jalaṃtīo vasāo ruhirāṇi ya ||

'Liquor, rum, wine, and sweet spirit are dear to you!'— / saying so, they made me drink flaming fat and blood.

19.72

niccaṃ bhīeṇa tattheṇa duhieṇa vahieṇa ya |
paramā duhasaṃbaddhā veyaṇā veiyā mae ||

Constantly terrified, frightened, afflicted, and assaulted, / supreme, uninterrupted suffering was experienced by me.

19.73

tivvacaṃḍappagāḍhāo ghorāo aidussahā |
mahabbhayāo bhīmāo naraesu veiyā mae ||

Intense, fierce, severe, terrible, and most unbearable, / frightful and dread pains were experienced by me in hells.

19.74

jārisā mānuse loe tāyā! dosaṃti veyaṇā |
etto anaṃtaguṇiyā naraesu dukkhaveyaṇā ||

Whatever pains are seen in the human world, O father, / the painful sensations in hells are infinitely greater than that.

19.75

savvabhavesu assāyā veyaṇā veiyā mae |
nimesaṃtaramittaṃ pi jaṃ sāyā natthi veyaṇā ||

In every rebirth, disagreeable sensations have been experienced by me; / for there is not even a twinkling of an eye that is pleasant.

19.76

taṃ biṃtammāpiyaro chaṃdeṇaṃ putta! pavvayā |
navaraṃ puna sāmanne dukkhaṃ nippaḍikammayā ||

Then his parents said: 'Renounce the world according to your desire, O son! / But there is suffering in the mendicant life because of the absence of care [in illness].'

19.77

so biṃtammāpiyaro! evameyaṃ jahāphuḍaṃ |
paḍikammaṃ ko kuṇaī aranne miyapakkhiṇaṃ? ||

He said: 'O parents! It is precisely as you have stated; / yet who provides medical care for the beasts and birds in the forest?

19.78

egabhūo aranne vā jahā u caraī migo |
evaṃ dhammaṃ carissāmi saṃjameṇa taveṇa ya ||

Just as a deer roams alone in the forest, / so shall I practice the Dharma with self-restraint and austerity.

19.79

jayā migassa āyaṃko mahāraṇṇaṃmi jāyaī |
acchaṃtaṃ rukkhamūlammi ko ṇaṃ tāhe tigicchaī? ||

When a disease arises in a deer in the great wilderness, / who treats it as it rests at the foot of a tree?

19.80

ko vā se osahaṃ deī? ko vā se pucchaī suhaṃ? |
ko se bhattaṃ ca pānaṃ ca āharittu paṇāmae? ||

Or who gives it medicine? Who asks after its well-being? / Who brings and offers it food and drink?

19.81

jayā ya se suhī hoi tayā gacchai goyaraṃ |
bhattapānassa aṭṭhāe vallarāṇi sarāṇi ya ||

And when it becomes well, it goes out to browse, / seeking food and drink in the thickets and lakes.

19.82

khāittā pāṇiyaṃ pāuṃ vallarehiṃ sarehi vā |
migacāriyaṃ carittāṇaṃ gacchaī migacāriyaṃ ||

Having grazed and drunk water from the thickets or lakes, / living the life of a deer, it wanders freely.

19.83

evaṃ samuṭṭhio bhikkhū evameva anegao |
migacāriyaṃ carittāṇaṃ uḍḍhaṃ pakkamaī disaṃ ||

Similarly, a monk who has exerted himself, roving from place to place in the very same way, / living the life of a deer, journeys toward the highest realm.

19.84

jahā mige ega anegacārī anegavāse dhuvagoyare ya |
evaṃ munī goyariyaṃ paviṭṭhe no hīlae no vi ya khiṃsaejjā ||

Just as a deer wanders solitary or in herds, staying in various places, fixed on pastures, / so a sage, having entered upon the alms-round, should neither despise nor insult anyone.

19.85

miyacāriyaṃ carissāmi evaṃ puttā! jahāsuhaṃ |
ammāpiūhiṃṇuṇṇāo jahāi uvahiṃ tao ||

'I shall live the life of a deer.' 'Act so, son, as you please.' / Permitted by his parents, he then renounced his possessions.

19.86

miyacāriyaṃ carissāmi savvadukkhavimokkhaṇiṃ |
tubbhehiṃ ammaṇunnāo gaccha putta! jahāsuhaṃ ||

'I shall live the life of a deer, which brings release from all suffering.' / 'Permitted by us, go, son, as you please!'

He prevented the influx of Karman (âsrava) through all bad channels; by meditating upon himself he obtained praiseworthy self-purification and sacred knowledge.

19.87

evaṃ so ammāpiyaro anumāṇittāṇa bahuvihaṃ |
mamattaṃ chiṃdaī tāhe mahānāgo vva kaṃcuyaṃ ||

Having thus gained the consent of his parents in many ways, / he cut off his attachment just as a great serpent sloughs its skin.

19.88

iḍḍhiṃ vittaṃ ca mitte ya puttadāraṃ ca nāyao |
reṇuyaṃ va paḍe laggaṃ niddhūṇittāṇa niggao ||

Having shaken off prosperity, wealth, friends, sons, wife, and kinsmen / like dust clinging to a cloth, he went forth.

19.89

paṃcamahavvayajutto paṃcasamio tiguttigutto ya |
sabbhiṃtarabāhirao tavokammaṃsi ujjuo ||

Endowed with the five great vows, observing the five rules of circumspection, guarded by the three controls, / he was upright in internal and external ascetic practice.

19.90

nimmamo nirahaṃkāro nissaṃgo cattagāravo |
samo ya savvabhūesu tasesu thāvaresu ya ||

Free from mineness, free from egoism, devoid of attachment, having abandoned pride, / he was impartial toward all beings, both mobile and immobile.

19.91

lābhālābhe suhe dukkhe jīvie maraṇe tahā |
samo niṃdāpasaṃsāsu tahā mānāvamānao ||

Indifferent to gain and loss, pleasure and pain, life and death, / he was equal toward praise and blame, as well as honor and dishonor.

19.92

gāravesu kasāesu daṃḍasallabhaesu ya |
niyatto hāsasogāo aniyāṇo abaṃdhano ||

Turned away from prides, passions, punishments, thorns, and fears, / free from mirth and sorrow, without worldly longing, free from fetters.

19.93

anissio ihaṃ loe paraloe anissio |
vāsīcaṃdanakappo ya asane anasane tahā ||

He was unattached to this world and unattached to the next world; / regarding an axe and sandalwood paste alike, eating and fasting alike.

19.94

appasatthehiṃ dārehiṃ savvao pihiyāsave |
ajjhappajjhāṇajogehiṃ pasatthadamasāsane ||

Having blocked the inflows of karma on all sides through unwholesome gates, / he engaged in internal meditation within the praised discipline of self-control.

19.95

evaṃ nāṇeṇa caraṇeṇa daṃsaṇeṇa taveṇa ya |
bhāvanāhi ya suddhāhiṃ sammaṃ bhāvettu appayaṃ ||

Having properly cultivated himself through knowledge, conduct, faith, and austerity, / and through pure reflections,

Thus he thoroughly purified himself by knowledge, right conduct, faith, penance, and pure meditations, and after having lived many years as a Sramana, he reached perfection after breaking his fast once only every month.

19.96

bahuyāṇi u vāsāṇi sāmaṇṇamanupāliyā |
māsieṇa u bhatteṇa siddhiṃ patto anuttaraṃ ||

having observed the mendicant life for many years, / he attained incomparable perfection by fasting for a month.

19.97

evaṃ karaṃti saṃbuddhā paṃḍiyā paviyakkhaṇā |
viniyaṭṭaṃti bhogesu miyāputte jahārisī ||

Thus act the fully enlightened, the learned, and the discerning; / they turn away from sensual pleasures, just as did the sage Mr̥gāputra.

19.98

mahāpabhāvassa mahājasassa miyāi puttassa nisamma bhāsiyaṃ |
tavappahāṇaṃ cariyaṃ ca uttamaṃ gaippahāṇaṃ ca tilogavissuyaṃ ||

Having heard the speech of the illustrious and celebrated Mr̥gāputra, / his supreme conduct distinguished by austerity, and his eminent state renowned across the three worlds,

19.99

viyāṇiyā dukkhavivaddhaṇaṃ dhanaṃ mamattabaṃdhaṃ ca mahabbhayāvahaṃ |
suhāvahaṃ dhammadhuraṃ anuttaraṃ dhāreha nivvāṇaguṇāvahaṃ mahaṃ || –tti bemi ||

and understanding that wealth increases sorrow and attachment is a bond bearing great terror, / bear the incomparable, happiness-bringing yoke of Dharma that confers the supreme quality of Nirvāṇa. Thus I speak.