The Monkey King’s Conduct

“When I was a monkeyin a cleft on the riverbank,harassed by a crocodileI could not get across.

“Yadā ahaṁ kapi āsiṁ, nadīkūle darīsaye; Pīḷito susumārena, gamanaṁ na labhāmahaṁ.

“When I was a monkey“Yadā ahaṁ kapi āsiṁ, in a cleft on the riverbank,nadīkūle darīsaye; harassed by a crocodilePīḷito susumārena, I could not get across.gamanaṁ na labhāmahaṁ.

Where I used to landwhen jumping from the near shore to the far,there crouched my deadly foe,the baleful gharial.

Yamhokāse ahaṁ ṭhatvā, orā pāraṁ patāmahaṁ; Tatthacchi sattu vadhako, kumbhīlo luddadassano.

Where I used to landYamhokāse ahaṁ ṭhatvā, when jumping from the near shore to the far,orā pāraṁ patāmahaṁ; there crouched my deadly foe,Tatthacchi sattu vadhako, the baleful gharial.kumbhīlo luddadassano.

Reassuring me, he said ‘Come!’‘I am coming,’ I said to him.Stepping on his headI made it to the far bank.

So maṁ asaṁsi ‘ehī’ti, ‘ahampemī’ti taṁ vatiṁ; Tassa matthakamakkamma, parakūle patiṭṭhahiṁ.

Reassuring me, he said ‘Come!’So maṁ asaṁsi ‘ehī’ti, ‘I am coming,’ I said to him.‘ahampemī’ti taṁ vatiṁ; Stepping on his headTassa matthakamakkamma, I made it to the far bank.parakūle patiṭṭhahiṁ.

I spoke no lie to him,but acted according to my word.There is no-one to equal my truthfulness:this is my perfection of truth.”

Na tassa alikaṁ bhaṇitaṁ, yathā vācaṁ akāsahaṁ; Saccena me samo natthi, esā me saccapāramī”ti.

I spoke no lie to him,Na tassa alikaṁ bhaṇitaṁ, but acted according to my word.yathā vācaṁ akāsahaṁ; There is no-one to equal my truthfulness:Saccena me samo natthi, this is my perfection of truth.”esā me saccapāramī”ti.