Uttarajjhayana 26

26.1

sāmāyāriṃ pavakkhāmi savvadukkhavimokkhaṇiṃ |
jaṃ carittāṇa niggaṃthā tinnā saṃsārasāgaraṃ ||

I shall explain correct conduct, which frees from all suffering, / by practicing which the Nirgranthas have crossed the ocean of the cycle of rebirth.

26.2

paḍhamā āvassiyā nāma biiyā ya nisīhiyā |
āpucchaṇā ya taiyā cautthī paḍipucchaṇā ||

The first is called 'necessary activity', and the second is 'disavowal of worldly activity', / the third is 'asking permission', and the fourth is 'asking again'.

26.3

paṃcamā chaṃdaṇā nāma icchākāro ya chaṭṭhao |
sattamo micchakāro ya tahakkāro ya aṭṭhamo ||

The fifth is offering (chandaṇā), the sixth is voluntary request (icchākāra), / the seventh is acknowledging error (micchākāra), and the eighth is acceptance (tahakkāra).

26.4

abbhuṭṭhāṇaṃ navamaṃ, dasamā uvasaṃpadā |
esā dasaṃgā sāhūṇaṃ sāmāyārī paveiyā ||

Rising to greet is the ninth (abbhuṭṭhāṇa), and the tenth is taking instruction (uvasaṃpadā); / this ten-limbed daily conduct has been proclaimed for virtuous mendicants.

26.5

gamane āvassiyaṃ kujjā ṭhāṇe kujjā nisīhiyaṃ |
āpucchaṇā sayaṃkaraṇe parakaraṇe paḍipucchaṇā ||

On going out one should say 'āvassiyā', on entering one should say 'nisīhiyā'; / permission is asked in one's own action, and inquiry in another's action.

26.6

chaṃdaṇā davvajāeṇaṃ icchākāro ya sāraṇe |
micchākāro ya niṃdāe tahakkāro ya paḍissue ||

Offering is [made] with things; voluntary request in reminding; / acknowledging error in self-censure; and acceptance in assenting [to an instruction].

26.7

abbhuṭṭhāṇaṃ gurupūyā acchaṇe uvasaṃpadā |
evaṃ dupaṃcasaṃjuttā sāmāyārī paveiyā ||

Rising to greet is honoring the preceptor; taking instruction is in staying [under guidance]; / thus is the daily conduct endowed with twice five [rules] proclaimed.

26.8

puvvillaṃmi caubbhāe āiccaṃmi samuṭṭhie |
bhaṃḍayaṃ paḍilehittā vaṃdittā ya tao guru ||

In the first quarter [of the day], when the sun has risen, / having inspected one's equipment and then paid homage to the preceptor,

26.9

pucchejjā paṃjaliuḍo kiṃ kāyavvaṃ mae ihaṃ? |
icchaṃ nioiuṃ bhaṃte! veyāvacce ya sajjhāe ||

With folded hands one should ask: 'What should be done by me here? / I wish to be assigned, reverend sir, to service or to study.'

26.10

veyāvacce niutteṇaṃ kāyavvaṃ agilāyao |
sajjhāe vā niutteṇaṃ savvadukkhavimokkhaṇe ||

When appointed to service, it must be performed unweariedly; / or when appointed to study, which frees [the soul] from all suffering.

26.11

divasassa cauro bhāge kujjā bhikkhū viyakkhaṇo |
tao uttaraguṇe kujjā dinabhāgesu causu vi ||

A discerning monk should divide the day into four parts; / then he should practice the higher virtues in all four parts of the day.

26.12

paḍhamaṃ porisiṃ sajjhāyaṃ bīyaṃ jjhāṇaṃ jjhiyāyaī |
taiyāe bhikkhāyariyaṃ puṇo cautthīe sajjhāyaṃ ||

In the first watch he studies, in the second he practices meditation, / in the third [he goes on] the begging tour, and again in the fourth [he engages in] study.

26.13

āsāḍhe māse dupayā pose māse cauppayā |
cittāsoesu māsesu tipayā havai porisī ||

In the month of Āṣāḍha [the watch shadow is] two paces, in the month of Pauṣa four paces; / in the months of Caitra and Āśvina a watch is three paces.

26.14

aṃgulaṃ sattaratteṇaṃ pakkheṇa ya duaṃgulaṃ |
vaḍḍhae hāyae vāvi māseṇaṃ cauraṃgulaṃ ||

By one digit (aṅgula) in seven nights, and by two digits in a fortnight, / or by four digits in a month, it increases or decreases.

26.15

āsāḍhabahulapakkhe bhaddavae kattie ya pose ya |
phagguṇavaisāhesu ya nāyavvā omarattāo ||

In the dark fortnight of Āṣāḍha, in Bhādrapada, Kārttika, and Pauṣa, / and in Phālguna and Vaiśākha, the short-night [periods] are to be known.

26.16

jeṭṭhāmūle āsāḍhasāvaṇe chahiṃ aṃgulehiṃ paḍilehā |
aṭṭhahiṃ bīyatiyaṃmī taie dasa aṭṭhahiṃ cautthe ||

In Jyeṣṭhāmūla, Āṣāḍha, and Śrāvaṇa, the inspection [shadow] is six digits, / in the second triad eight, in the third ten, and in the fourth eight.

26.17

rattiṃ pi cauro bhāge bhikkhū kujjā viyakkhaṇo |
tao uttaraguṇe kujjā rāibhāesu causu vi ||

A discerning monk should also divide the night into four parts; / then he should practice the higher virtues in all four parts of the night.

26.18

paḍhamaṃ porisiṃ sajjhāyaṃ bīyaṃ jjhāṇaṃ jjhiyāyaī |
taiyāe niddamokkhaṃ tu cautthī bhujjo vi sajjhāyaṃ ||

In the first watch he studies, in the second he practices meditation, / in the third he rests in sleep, and in the fourth [he engages] once again in study.

26.19

jaṃ nei jayā rattiṃ nakkhattaṃ taṃmi nahacaubbhāe |
saṃpatte viramejjā sajjhāyaṃ paosakālammi ||

When the constellation that brings the night reaches that quarter of the sky, / at the evening hour he should desist from study.

26.20

tammeva ya nakkhatte gayaṇacaubbhāgasāvasesaṃmi |
verattiyaṃ pi kālaṃ paḍilehittā munī kujjā ||

When that same constellation leaves one quarter of the sky remaining, / having inspected the time before dawn, a sage should act.

When a small part of the quarter is left, in which the (leading) nakshatra stands, during that space of time, being considered intermediate (between two) days, a monk should watch.

26.21

puvvallaṃmi caubbhāe paḍilehittāṇaṃ bhaṃḍaya |
guruṃ vaṃdittu sajjhāyaṃ kujjā dukkhavimokkhaṇaṃ ||

In the first quarter [of the day], having inspected one's equipment, / having paid homage to the preceptor, one should study, which brings release from suffering.

26.22

porisīe caubbhāe vaṃdittāṇa tao guruṃ |
apaḍikkamittā kālassa bhāyaṇaṃ paḍilehae ||

In the fourth part of the watch, having then paid homage to the preceptor, / not letting the time pass by, he inspects the begging bowl.

26.23

muhapottiyaṃ paḍilehittā paḍilehijja gocchagaṃ |
gocchagalaiyaṃgulio vatthāiṃ paḍilehae ||

Having inspected the mouth-cloth, he should inspect the broom; / with fingers clasping the broom, he inspects his garments.

26.24

uḍḍhaṃ thiraṃ aturiyaṃ puvvaṃ tā vatthameva paḍilehe |
to biiyaṃ papphoḍe taiyaṃ ca puṇo pamajjejjā ||

Upright, steady, unhurried, he first inspects the garment; / then, second, shakes it out, and third, wipes it clean.

26.25

anaccāviyaṃ avaliyaṃ anānubaṃdhiṃ amosaliṃ ceva |
chappurimā nava khoḍā pāṇīpāṇavisohaṇaṃ ||

Not dragging, not twisted, not clinging, not [sweeping like a] pestle— / the first six, the nine defects, the purification of living beings by hand.

26.26

ārabhaḍā sammaddā vajjeyavvā ya mosalī taiyā |
papphoḍaṇā cautthī vikkhittā veiyā chaṭṭhā ||

Hurried handling, crushing, and the third, using like a pestle, must be avoided; / shaking too roughly is the fourth, scattered the fifth, and tossing the sixth.

26.27

pasiḍhilapalaṃbalolā egāmosā anegarūvadhuṇā |
kuṇai pamāṇi pamāyaṃ saṃkie gaṇaṇovagaṃ kujjā ||

Slack, dangling, unsteady, touching in one place, flapping in various forms; / if one acts carelessly in measurement, being doubtful, one should count [the strokes].

(One must further avoid) to hold the cloth loosely, or at one corner, or so as to let it flap, or so as to subject it to friction, or so as to shake it in different ways, or if one has made a mistake in the number of foldings (see verse 25) to count (aloud or with the help of the fingers, &c.)

26.28

anūnāirittapaḍilehā avivaccāsā taheva ya |
paḍhamaṃ payaṃ pasatthaṃ sesāṇi u appasatthāiṃ ||

An inspection neither deficient nor excessive, and likewise without reversal— / the first manner is praised, but the others are blameworthy.

26.29

paḍilehaṇaṃ kuṇaṃto mihokahaṃ kuṇai janavayakahaṃ vā |
dei va paccakkhāṇaṃ vāei sayaṃ paḍicchai vā ||

While performing inspection, if one chats mutually or talks about worldly affairs, / or gives a vow of abstinence, recites [a text], or receives [instruction] oneself,

26.30

puḍhavīāukkāe teūvāūvaṇassaitasāṇaṃ |
paḍilehaṇāpamatto chaṇhaṃ pi virāhao hoi ||

Careless in inspection, he becomes an injurer of all six [classes of beings]: / earth-bodies, water-bodies, fire, wind, vegetation, and mobile souls.

26.31

taiyāe porisīe bhattaṃ pānaṃ gavesae |
chaṇhaṃ annayarāgammi kāraṇaṃmi samuṭṭhie ||

In the third watch he seeks food and drink / for any one of six reasons that has arisen:

26.32

veyaṇaveyāvacce iriyaṭṭhāe ya saṃjamaṭṭhāe |
taha pāṇavattiyāe chaṭṭhaṃ puna dhammaciṃtāe ||

Affliction, service, for the sake of movement, for the sake of self-restraint, / likewise for the maintenance of life, and sixth, for meditation on Dharma.

26.33

niggaṃtho dhiimaṃto niggaṃthī vi na karejja chahiṃ ceva |
ṭhāṇehiṃ u imehiṃ anaikkamaṇā ya se hoi ||

A steadfast homeless mendicant, male or female, should not eat, except for these six / reasons, and then there is no transgression for them:

26.34

āyaṃke uvasagge titikkhayā baṃbhaceraguttīsu |
pāṇidayā tavaheuṃ sarīravoccheyaṇaṭṭhāe ||

In sickness, calamity, endurance in the protection of celibacy, / compassion for living beings, for the sake of austerity, and to end the body.

In case of illness; 2. in case of a disaster; 3. to preserve one's chastity and the Guptis; 4. out of compassion for living beings; 5. in the interest of penance; 6. to make an end of one's life.

26.35

avasesaṃ bhaṃḍagaṃ gijjhā cakkhusā paḍilehae |
paramaddhajoyaṇāo vihāraṃ viharae munī ||

Taking the remaining equipment, he inspects it with his eyes; / a sage travels on his journey not beyond half a yojana.

26.36

cautthīe porisīe nikkhivittāṇa bhāyaṇaṃ |
sajjhāyaṃ tao kujjā savvabhāvavibhāvaṇaṃ ||

In the fourth watch, having set down the bowl, / he should then engage in study, which clarifies all realities.

26.37

porisīe caubbhāe vaṃdittāṇa tao guruṃ |
paḍikkamittā kālassa sejjaṃ tu paḍilehae ||

In the fourth part of the watch, having then paid homage to the preceptor, / performing pratikramaṇa at the proper time, he inspects the bed.

26.38

pāsavaṇuccārabhūmiṃ ca paḍilehijja jayaṃ jaī |
kāussaggaṃ tao kujjā savvadukkhavimokkhaṇaṃ ||

And the restrained ascetic should carefully inspect the place for urine and feces; / then he should perform kāyotsarga, which frees from all suffering.

26.39

desiyaṃ ca aīyāraṃ ciṃtijja anupuvvaso |
nāṇe daṃsaṇe ceva carittaṃmi taheva ya ||

And he should reflect in order on the transgressions of the day / regarding knowledge, faith, and likewise conduct.

26.40

pāriyakāussaggo vaṃdittāṇa tao guruṃ |
desiyaṃ tu aīyāraṃ āloejja jahakkamaṃ ||

Having concluded kāyotsarga, having then paid homage to the preceptor, / he should confess the transgressions of the day in proper order.

26.41

paḍikkamittu nissallo vaṃdittāṇa tao guruṃ |
kāussaggaṃ tao kujjā savvadukkhavimokkhaṇaṃ ||

Having performed pratikramaṇa, freed from spiritual thorns, having then paid homage to the preceptor, / he should perform kāyotsarga, which frees from all suffering.

26.42

pāriyakāussaggo vaṃdittāṇa tao guruṃ |
thuimaṃgalaṃ ca kāūṇa kālaṃ saṃpaḍilehae ||

Having concluded kāyotsarga, having then paid homage to the preceptor, / and having recited praise and auspicious verses, he examines the time.

26.43

paḍhamaṃ porisiṃ sajjhāyaṃ bīyaṃ jjhāṇaṃ jjhiyāyaī |
taiyāe niddamokkhaṃ tu sajjhāyaṃ tu cautthie ||

In the first watch he studies, in the second he practices meditation, / in the third he rests in sleep, and in the fourth he studies.

26.44

porisīe cautthīe kālaṃ tu paḍilehiyā |
sajjhāyaṃ tao kujjā aboheṃto asaṃjae ||

In the fourth watch, having inspected the time, / he should then engage in study without waking the unrestrained.

26.45

porisīe caubbhāe vaṃdiūṇa tao guruṃ |
paḍikkamittu kālassa kālaṃ tu paḍilehae ||

In the fourth part of the watch, having then paid homage to the preceptor, / performing pratikramaṇa at the proper time, he inspects the time.

26.46

āgae kāyavossagge savvadukkhavimokkhaṇe |
kāussaggaṃ tao kujjā savvadukkhavimokkhaṇaṃ ||

When the hour for kāyotsarga has arrived, which frees from all suffering, / he should then perform kāyotsarga, which frees from all suffering.

26.47

rāiyaṃ ca aīyāraṃ ciṃtijja anupuvvaso |
nāṇaṃmi daṃsaṇaṃmī carittaṃmi tavaṃmi ya ||

And he should reflect in order on the transgressions of the night / regarding knowledge, faith, conduct, and austerity.

26.48

pāriyakāussaggo vaṃdittāṇa tao guruṃ |
rāiyaṃ tu aīyāraṃ āloejja jahakkamaṃ ||

Having concluded kāyotsarga, having then paid homage to the preceptor, / he should confess the transgressions of the night in proper order.

26.49

paḍikkamittu nissallo vaṃdittāṇa tao guruṃ |
kāussaggaṃ tao kujjā savvadukkhavimokkhaṇaṃ ||

Having performed pratikramaṇa, freed from spiritual thorns, having then paid homage to the preceptor, / he should perform kāyotsarga, which frees from all suffering.

26.50

kiṃ tavaṃ paḍivajjāmi evaṃ tattha viciṃtae |
kāussaggaṃ tu pārittā vaṃdaī ya tao guruṃ ||

'What austerity shall I undertake?'—thus he should reflect there; / having concluded kāyotsarga, he then pays homage to the preceptor.

26.51

pāriyakāussaggo vaṃdittāṇa tao guruṃ |
tavaṃ saṃpaḍivajjettā karejja siddhāṇa saṃthavaṃ ||

Having concluded kāyotsarga, having then paid homage to the preceptor, / having undertaken the austerity, he should praise the perfected souls.

26.52

esā sāmāyārī samāseṇa viyāhiyā |
jaṃ carittā bahū jīvā tiṇṇā saṃsārasāgaraṃ || –tti bemi ||

This daily conduct has been expounded in brief; / practicing it, many souls have crossed the ocean of the cycle of rebirth. — Thus I say.