Akitticariya

Namo tassa Bhagavato Arahato Sammāsambuddhassa.

Homage to him, the blessed one, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha!

“Kappe ca satasahasse, caturo ca asaṅkhiye; Etthantare yaṁ caritaṁ, sabbaṁ taṁ bodhipācanaṁ.

“For a hundred thousand eons and four incalculable ages, all my conduct in that period ripens in awakening.

Atītakappe caritaṁ, ṭhapayitvā bhavābhave; Imamhi kappe caritaṁ, pavakkhissaṁ suṇohi me.

Setting aside my conduct in past eons through different lives, I shall speak of my conduct in this eon, hear me.

Yadā ahaṁ brahāraññe, suññe vipinakānane; Ajjhogāhetvā viharāmi, akitti nāma tāpaso.

When I lived having plunged into the formidable jungle of empty thickets and glades, my name was Akitti the mortifier.

Tadā maṁ tapatejena, santatto tidivābhibhū; Dhārento brāhmaṇavaṇṇaṁ, bhikkhāya maṁ upāgami.

Then, burned by the fires of my mortification, the sovereign of the Third Heaven, came to me for alms in the form of a brahmin.

Pavanā ābhataṁ paṇṇaṁ, atelañca aloṇikaṁ; Mama dvāre ṭhitaṁ disvā, sakaṭāhena ākiriṁ.

I had gathered leaves from the forest without oil or salt, and seeing him standing at my door, I placed them in his pot.

Tassa datvānahaṁ paṇṇaṁ, nikkujjitvāna bhājanaṁ; Punesanaṁ jahitvāna, pāvisiṁ paṇṇasālakaṁ.

After giving him the leaves I turned over my plate, and having given up on seeking more food, I entered my hut of leaves.

Dutiyampi tatiyampi, upagañchi mamantikaṁ; Akampito anolaggo, evamevamadāsahaṁ.

A second and a third time he came to me. Undisturbed, ungrasping, I gave in just the same way.

Na me tappaccayā atthi, sarīrasmiṁ vivaṇṇiyaṁ; Pītisukhena ratiyā, vītināmemi taṁ divaṁ.

That is the reason why my body is not discolored. In rapture and bliss free of relishing I spend the day.

Yadi māsampi dvemāsaṁ, dakkhiṇeyyaṁ varaṁ labhe; Akampito anolīno, dadeyyaṁ dānamuttamaṁ.

If even for a month or two I were to find a worthy recipient, undisturbed, unattached, I would give the supreme gift.

Na tassa dānaṁ dadamāno, yasaṁ lābhañca patthayiṁ; Sabbaññutaṁ patthayāno, tāni kammāni ācarin”ti.

While giving him that gift I did not wish for fame or profit. Wishing for omniscience I performed those deeds.”

Akitticariyaṁ paṭhamaṁ.