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105 The Victor's Penance
6. avi săhie duve mase, chappi mase aduva apivittha; rayovarāyam apaḍinne, annagilāyam egaya bhunje.
(6) And for more than two months,
Or six months, He did not drink;
Day and night awake, unaffected, Stale food sometimes, He took.
7. chatthenam egayā bhunje, aduvă aṭṭhamena dasameṇam; duvalasameṇa egaya bhunje, pehamāne samāhim apaḍinne. (7) The sixth (meal), sometimes He took,
Or the eighth or the tenth;
The twelfth, sometimes, He took, Engrossed in meditation, unaffected.
8. naccāņa se mahāvīre, no vi ya pāvagam sayam akāsī; annehim vi na kāritthā, kīrantam pi nāṇujāṇitthā.
(8) Knowing (the truth), the Hero Great,
Never did commit any sin Himself;
Nor induced others do,
To sins of others, nor did he consent.
9. gāmam pavise nayaram vā, ghasam ese kaḍam paraṭṭhāe; suvisuddham esiya bhagavam, āyata-jogayāe sevitthā.
(9) Village or town he entered,
Begging food for others made;
Food perfectly immune, the Lord begged, And used, with impulses restrained in full.
10-12. adu vayasa diginchantā, je anne rasesino sattā; ghase sanaě ciṭṭhante, sayayam nivaie ya pehae. (10) adu māhaņam vā, samaņam vā, gāmapindolagam ca aihim vā; sovāgam mūsiyāram vā kukkuram va viviham thiyam purao. (11) vitticcheyam vajjanto, tes'appattiyam pariharanto; mandam parakkame bhagavam, ahimsamāņo ghasam esittha. (12) (10-12) And the hungry crows,
Or the creatures thirsty; Waiting there, intent on food,
Seeing them, assembling oft; (10)
Or a mahana or a samana,
A village-beggar or a guest; A caṇḍāla, or a cat,
Or a dog, standing on the way; (11) Obstructing not their livelihood,
And frightening them not;
Slowly moved the Lord,
And begged His food, injuring none. (12)
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