Na tadā atthi mahiyā, guṇena mama sādiso.

‘‘Pavane disvā vanacaro, rañño maṃ paṭivedayi;

‘Tavānucchavo mahārāja, gajo vasati kānane.

‘‘‘Na tassa parikkhāyattho, napi āḷakakāsuyā;

Saha gahite [samaṃ gahite (sī.)] soṇḍāya, sayameva idhehi’ti.

‘‘Tassa taṃ vacanaṃ sutvā, rājāpi tuṭṭhamānaso;

Pesesi hatthidamakaṃ, chekācariyaṃ susikkhitaṃ.

‘‘Gantvā so hatthidamako, addasa padumassare;

Bhisamuḷālaṃ [bhisamūlaṃ (ka.)] uddharantaṃ, yāpanatthāya mātuyā.

‘‘Viññāya me sīlaguṇaṃ, lakkhaṇaṃ upadhārayi;

‘Ehi puttā’ti patvāna, mama soṇḍāya aggahi.

‘‘Yaṃ me tadā pākatikaṃ, sarīrānugataṃ balaṃ;

Ajja nāgasahassānaṃ, balena samasādisaṃ.

‘‘Yadihaṃ tesaṃ pakuppeyyaṃ, upetānaṃ gahaṇāya maṃ;

Paṭibalo bhave tesaṃ, yāva rajjampi mānusaṃ.

Na karomi citte aññathattaṃ, pakkhipantaṃ mamāḷake.

‘‘Yadi te maṃ tattha koṭṭeyyuṃ, pharasūhi tomarehi ca;

Neva tesaṃ pakuppeyyaṃ, sīlakhaṇḍabhayā mamā’’ti.

Mātuposakacariyaṃ paṭhamaṃ.

2. Bhūridattacariyā

Virūpakkhena mahāraññā, devalokamagañchahaṃ.

‘‘Tattha passitvāhaṃ deve, ekantaṃ sukhasamappite;

Taṃ saggagamanatthāya, sīlabbataṃ samādiyiṃ.

‘‘Sarīrakiccaṃ katvāna, bhutvā yāpanamattakaṃ;

Caturo aṅge adhiṭṭhāya, semi vammikamuddhani.

‘‘Chaviyā cammena maṃsena, nahāruaṭṭhikehi vā;

Yassa etena karaṇīyaṃ, dinnaṃyeva harātu so.

‘‘Saṃsito akataññunā, ālampāyano [ālambaṇo (sī.)] mamaggahi;

Peḷāya pakkhipitvāna, kīḷeti maṃ tahiṃ tahiṃ.

‘‘Peḷāya pakkhipantepi, sammaddantepi pāṇinā;

Ālampāyane [ālambaṇe (sī.)] na kuppāmi, sīlakhaṇḍabhayā mama.

Sīlavītikkamo mayhaṃ, pathavīuppatanaṃ viya.

‘‘Nirantaraṃ jātisataṃ, cajeyyaṃ mama jīvitaṃ;

Neva sīlaṃ pabhindeyyaṃ, catuddīpāna hetupi.

‘‘Api cāhaṃ sīlarakkhāya, sīlapāramipūriyā;

Na karomi citte aññathattaṃ, pakkhipantampi peḷake’’ti.

Bhūridattacariyaṃ dutiyaṃ.

3. Campeyyanāgacariyā

‘‘Punāparaṃ yadā homi, campeyyako mahiddhiko;

Tadāpi dhammiko āsiṃ, sīlabbatasamappito.

Ahituṇḍiko gahetvāna, rājadvāramhi kīḷati.

Tassa cittānuvattanto, homi cintitasannibho.

Yadihaṃ tassa pakuppeyyaṃ, khaṇena chārikaṃ kare.

‘‘Yadi cittavasī hessaṃ, parihāyissāmi sīlato;

Sīlena parihīnassa, uttamattho na sijjhati.

Neva sīlaṃ pabhindeyyaṃ, vikirante bhusaṃ viyā’’ti.

Campeyyanāgacariyaṃ tatiyaṃ.

4. Cūḷabodhicariyā

‘‘Punāparaṃ yadā homi, cūḷabodhi susīlavā;

Bhavaṃ disvāna bhayato, nekkhammaṃ abhinikkhamiṃ.

‘‘Yā me dutiyikā āsi, brāhmaṇī kanakasannibhā;

Sāpi vaṭṭe anapekkhā, nekkhammaṃ abhinikkhami.

‘‘Nirālayā chinnabandhū, anapekkhā kule gaṇe;

Carantā gāmanigamaṃ, bārāṇasimupāgamuṃ.

‘‘Tattha vasāma nipakā, asaṃsaṭṭhā kule gaṇe;

Nirākule appasadde, rājuyyāne vasāmubho.

‘‘Uyyānadassanaṃ gantvā, rājā addasa brāhmaṇiṃ;

Upagamma mamaṃ pucchi, ‘tuyhesā kā kassa bhariyā’.

‘‘Evaṃ vutte ahaṃ tassa, idaṃ vacanamabraviṃ;

‘Na mayhaṃ bhariyā esā, sahadhammā ekasāsanī’.

Nippīḷayanto balasā, antepuraṃ pavesayi.

Ākaḍḍhitvā nayantiyā, kopo me upapajjatha.

Tattheva kopaṃ niggaṇhiṃ, nādāsiṃ vaḍḍhitūpari.

‘‘Yadi naṃ brāhmaṇiṃ koci, koṭṭeyya tiṇhasattiyā;

Neva sīlaṃ pabhindeyyaṃ, bodhiyāyeva kāraṇā.

‘‘Na mesā brāhmaṇī dessā, napi me balaṃ na vijjati;

Sabbaññutaṃ piyaṃ mayhaṃ, tasmā sīlānurakkhisa’’nti.

Cūḷabodhicariyaṃ catutthaṃ.

5. Mahiṃsarājacariyā

Pavaḍḍhakāyo balavā, mahanto bhīmadassano.

‘‘Pabbhāre giridugge [vanadugge (sī.)] ca, rukkhamūle dakāsaye;

Hotettha ṭhānaṃ mahiṃsānaṃ, koci koci tahiṃ tahiṃ.

‘‘Vicaranto brahāraññe, ṭhānaṃ addasa bhaddakaṃ;

Taṃ ṭhānaṃ upagantvāna, tiṭṭhāmi ca sayāmi ca.

‘‘Athettha kapimāgantvā, pāpo anariyo lahu;

Khandhe nalāṭe bhamuke, mutteti ohanetitaṃ.

‘‘Sakimpi divasaṃ dutiyaṃ, tatiyaṃ catutthampi ca;

Dūseti maṃ sabbakālaṃ, tena homi upadduto.

‘Nāsehetaṃ chavaṃ pāpaṃ, siṅgehi ca khurehi ca’.

‘Kiṃ tvaṃ makkhesi kuṇapena, pāpena anariyena maṃ.

Sīlañca me pabhijjeyya, viññū ca garaheyyu maṃ.

‘‘‘Hīḷitā jīvitā vāpi, parisuddhena mataṃ varaṃ;

Kyāhaṃ jīvitahetūpi, kāhāmiṃ paraheṭhanaṃ’.

‘‘Mamevāyaṃ maññamāno, aññepevaṃ karissati;

Teva tassa vadhissanti, sā me mutti bhavissati.

‘‘Hīnamajjhimaukkaṭṭhe, sahanto avamānitaṃ;

Evaṃ labhati sappañño, manasā yathā patthita’’nti.

Mahiṃsarājacariyaṃ pañcamaṃ.

6. Rururājacariyā

‘‘Punāparaṃ yadā homi, sutattakanakasannibho;

Migarājā rurunāma, paramasīlasamāhito.

‘‘Ramme padese ramaṇīye, vivitte amanussake;

Tattha vāsaṃ upagañchiṃ, gaṅgākūle manorame.

Puriso gaṅgāya papati, ‘jīvāmi vā marāmi vā’.

Ravanto karuṇaṃ ravaṃ, majjhe gaṅgāya gacchati.

‘‘Tassāhaṃ saddaṃ sutvāna, karuṇaṃ paridevato;

Gaṅgāya tīre ṭhatvāna, apucchiṃ ‘kosi tvaṃ naro’.

‘‘So me puṭṭho ca byākāsi, attano karaṇaṃ tadā;

‘Dhanikehi bhīto tasito, pakkhandohaṃ mahānadiṃ’.

Pavisitvā nīhariṃ tassa, andhakāramhi rattiyā.

‘‘Assatthakālamaññāya, tassāhaṃ idamabraviṃ;

‘Ekaṃ taṃ varaṃ yācāmi, mā maṃ kassaci pāvada’.

Rājānaṃ so gahetvāna, upagañchi mamantikaṃ.

‘‘Yāvatā karaṇaṃ sabbaṃ, rañño ārocitaṃ mayā;

Rājā sutvāna vacanaṃ, usuṃ tassa pakappayi;

‘Idheva ghātayissāmi, mittadubbhiṃ [mittadūbhiṃ (sī.)] anāriyaṃ’.

‘‘Tamahaṃ anurakkhanto, nimminiṃ mama attanā;

‘Tiṭṭhateso mahārāja, kāmakāro bhavāmi te’.

‘‘Anurakkhiṃ mama sīlaṃ, nārakkhiṃ mama jīvitaṃ;

Sīlavā hi tadā āsiṃ, bodhiyāyeva kāraṇā’’ti.

Rururājacariyaṃ chaṭṭhaṃ.

7. Mātaṅgacariyā

Mātaṅgo nāma nāmena, sīlavā susamāhito.

‘‘Ahañca brāhmaṇo eko, gaṅgākūle vasāmubho;

Ahaṃ vasāmi upari, heṭṭhā vasati brāhmaṇo.

‘‘Vicaranto anukūlamhi, uddhaṃ me assamaddasa;

Tattha maṃ paribhāsetvā, abhisapi muddhaphālanaṃ.

‘‘Yadihaṃ tassa pakuppeyyaṃ, yadi sīlaṃ na gopaye;

Oloketvānahaṃ tassa, kareyyaṃ chārikaṃ viya.

Tasseva matthake nipati, yogena taṃ pamocayiṃ.

Sīlavā hi tadā āsiṃ, bodhiyāyeva kāraṇā’’ti.

Mātaṅgacariyaṃ sattamaṃ.

8. Dhammadevaputtacariyā

Dhammo nāma mahāyakkho, sabbalokānukampako.

Carāmi gāmanigamaṃ, samitto saparijjano.

‘‘Pāpo kadariyo yakkho, dīpento dasa pāpake;

Sopettha mahiyā carati, samitto saparijjano.

‘‘Dhammavādī adhammo ca, ubho paccanikā mayaṃ;

Dhure dhuraṃ ghaṭṭayantā, samimhā paṭipathe ubho.

‘‘Kalaho vattatī bhesmā, kalyāṇapāpakassa ca;

Maggā okkamanatthāya, mahāyuddho upaṭṭhito.

‘‘Yadihaṃ tassa kuppeyyaṃ, yadi bhinde tapoguṇaṃ;

Sahaparijanaṃ tassa, rajabhūtaṃ kareyyahaṃ.

‘‘Apicāhaṃ sīlarakkhāya, nibbāpetvāna mānasaṃ;

Saha janenokkamitvā, pathaṃ pāpassa dāsahaṃ.

‘‘Saha pathato okkante, katvā cittassa nibbutiṃ;

Vivaraṃ adāsi pathavī, pāpayakkhassa tāvade’’ti.

Dhammadevaputtacariyaṃ aṭṭhamaṃ.

9. Alīnasattucariyā

Rājā jayaddiso nāma, sīlaguṇamupāgato.

Alīnasatto guṇavā, anurakkhaparijano sadā.

‘‘Pitā me migavaṃ gantvā, porisādaṃ upāgami;

So me pitumaggahesi, ‘bhakkhosi mama mā cali’.

Ūrukkhambho ahu tassa, disvāna porisādakaṃ.

‘‘Migavaṃ gahetvā muñcassu, katvā āgamanaṃ puna;

Brāhmaṇassa dhanaṃ datvā, pitā āmantayī mamaṃ.

‘‘‘Rajjaṃ putta paṭipajja, mā pamajji puraṃ idaṃ;

Kataṃ me porisādena, mama āgamanaṃ puna’.

‘‘Mātāpitū ca vanditvā, nimminitvāna attanā;

Nikkhipitvā dhanuṃ khaggaṃ, porisādaṃ upāgamiṃ.

‘‘Sasatthahatthūpagataṃ, kadāci so tasissati;

Tena bhijjissati sīlaṃ, parittāsaṃ [paritāsaṃ (sī.)] kate mayi.

‘‘Sīlakhaṇḍabhayā mayhaṃ, tassa dessaṃ na byāhariṃ;

Mettacitto hitavādī, idaṃ vacanamabraviṃ.

‘‘‘Ujjālehi mahāaggiṃ, papatissāmi rukkhato;

Tvaṃ pakkakālamaññāya [supakkakālamaññāya (pī.)], bhakkhaya maṃ pitāmaha’.

‘‘Iti sīlavataṃ hetu, nārakkhiṃ mama jīvitaṃ;

Pabbājesiṃ cahaṃ tassa, sadā pāṇātipātika’’nti.

Alīnasattucariyaṃ navamaṃ.

10. Saṅkhapālacariyā

Dāṭhāvudho ghoraviso, dvijivho uragādhibhū.

‘‘Catuppathe mahāmagge, nānājanasamākule;

Caturo aṅge adhiṭṭhāya, tattha vāsamakappayiṃ.

‘‘Chaviyā cammena maṃsena, nahāruaṭṭhikehi vā;

Yassa etena karaṇīyaṃ, dinnaṃyeva harātu so.

Upagañchuṃ mamaṃ tattha, daṇḍamuggarapāṇino.

‘‘Nāsāya vinivijjhitvā, naṅguṭṭhe piṭṭhikaṇṭake;

Kāje āropayitvāna, bhojaputtā hariṃsu maṃ.

‘‘Sasāgarantaṃ pathaviṃ, sakānanaṃ sapabbataṃ;

Icchamāno cahaṃ tattha, nāsāvātena jhāpaye.

‘‘Sūlehi vinivijjhante, koṭṭayantepi sattibhi;

Bhojaputte na kuppāmi, esā me sīlapāramī’’ti.

Saṅkhapālacariyaṃ dasamaṃ.

Hatthināgavaggo dutiyo.

Tassuddānaṃ –

Ruru mātaṅgo dhammo ca, atrajo ca jayaddiso.

Ete nava sīlabalā, parikkhārā padesikā;

Jīvitaṃ parirakkhitvā, sīlāni anurakkhisaṃ.

Saṅkhapālassa me sato, sabbakālampi jīvitaṃ;

Yassa kassaci niyyattaṃ, tasmā sā sīlapāramīti.

Sīlapāraminiddeso niṭṭhito.