--- title: Opening, part 17 — The grateful elephant · full text with trees description: Opening, part 17, «The grateful elephant» by Eugene Watson Burlingame: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: Then said the youth: “O thou of great and noble heart! --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/17/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The grateful elephant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/) / Opening, part 17 # Opening, part 17 Opening, part 17 of «The grateful elephant» by Eugene Watson Burlingame: the whole text, 137 sentences and 1174 words. The small number after every sentence leads to its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. Then said the youth: “O thou of great and noble heart\![1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") I cannot consent to save my own body at the cost of thine.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") Should a common stone be saved by the sacrifice of a precious stone?[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") The world is full of those who, like myself, pity only themselves.[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics") But few in number are those who entertain sentiments of compassion for the whole world and for all the living beings that are therein.”[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") At that moment the trees began to sway with the wind of the wings of the griffin, and seemed to utter a cry of dissuasion.[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") And the sea, churned by the wind, seemed with the eyes of its bright-flashing jewels to be gazing in wonder and astonishment at the greatness of his courage and the depth of his compassion.[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") Then came the griffin, hiding the heavens with his outspread wings.[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics") And swooping down, he smote the valiant hero Jīmūta-vāhana with his beak, and gripping him with his talons, carried him off from that slab of rock; and soaring aloft, flew quickly with him to a peak of the Malaya mountain, to eat him there.[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics") And Jīmūta-vāhana’s crest-jewel was torn from his head, and drops of blood fell from his body, as the griffin carried him through the air.[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics") And while the griffin was devouring his body and blood, he uttered the following Earnest Wish: “May my body and blood be offered thus in every state of my existence, and may I not obtain rebirth in heaven or deliverance from the round of existences if thereby I shall be deprived of the opportunity of doing good to my neighbor!”[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics") But afterwards, through the finding of his crest-jewel, his kinsfolk and friends effected his deliverance from the power of the griffin, and a goddess sprinkled him with a potion, whereupon he arose more glorious than before, with all his limbs made whole again.[12](12/ "tree and pragmatics") And the goddess said to him: “My son, I am pleased with this sacrifice of thy body and blood.[13](13/ "tree and pragmatics") Therefore I sprinkle thee king of the fairies, and thy reign shall endure for a cycle of time.”[14](14/ "tree and pragmatics") Thereupon a rain of flowers fell from the sky, and the drums of the gods resounded with approbation.[15](15/ "tree and pragmatics") And the griffin repented of his evil deeds, and said: “From this day henceforth I will not again eat snakes.[16](16/ "tree and pragmatics") As for those which I have already eaten, let them return to life again!”[17](17/ "tree and pragmatics") Then--wonderful to relate!--all the snakes that he had previously eaten returned to life again.[18](18/ "tree and pragmatics") Then Jīmūta-vāhana was escorted to the Himālaya, and was sprinkled king over all the kings of the fairies, and his reign endured for a cycle of time.[19](19/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Glossary.[20](20/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Ace.[21](21/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ The losing throw at dice.[22](22/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Ascetic.[23](23/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ A man who has taken a vow to remain single, and to devote himself to fasting, bodily torture, and meditation as a means of escape from the horrors of repeated existences.[24](24/ "tree and pragmatics") Specifically, a monk belonging to some religious order other than the order of monks founded by Gotama Buddha.[25](25/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Benāres.[26](26/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ A sacred city of North India, situated on the Ganges.[27](27/ "tree and pragmatics") It was the capital of Kāsi.[28](28/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Brahmā.[29](29/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ The Supreme Being, the Invincible, the All-seeing, the Subduer, the Lord, the Maker, the Creator, the Ancient of Days, the Conqueror, the Ruler, the Father of all that are and are to be.[30](30/ "tree and pragmatics") Gotama ignored the question whether such a being exists.[31](31/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Brahman.[32](32/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ A man belonging to the priestly caste.[33](33/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Buddha.[34](34/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ See Introduction.[35](35/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Casts no shadow.[36](36/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ One of the marks of a demon.[37](37/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Chatty.[38](38/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ An earthenware vessel.[39](39/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Crore.[40](40/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ 10,000,000.[41](41/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Devadatta.[42](42/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ Cousin and enemy of Gotama.[43](43/ "tree and pragmatics") The Judas of Buddhism.[44](44/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Enlightenment.[45](45/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ See Introduction.[46](46/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Exalted One.[47](47/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ Title of Buddha.[48](48/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Exalted States.[49](49/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ Friendliness, Compassion, Sympathy, and Indifference.[50](50/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Five Precepts.[51](51/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ (1) Thou shalt not take the life of any living being.[52](52/ "tree and pragmatics") (2) Thou shalt not take that which is not given.[53](53/ "tree and pragmatics") (3) Thou shalt not give way to the sins of the flesh.[54](54/ "tree and pragmatics") (4) Thou shalt not speak falsehood.[55](55/ "tree and pragmatics") (5) Thou shalt avoid occasions of heedlessness through the use of liquor or spirits or other intoxicants.[56](56/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Four Requisites.[57](57/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ Robes, food, lodging, and medicine.[58](58/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Fourfold Army.[59](59/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ Infantry, cavalry, chariots, and elephants.[60](60/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Future Buddha.[61](61/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ See Introduction.[62](62/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Ganges.[63](63/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ A sacred river of North India, in the valley of which Buddhism took its rise.[64](64/ "tree and pragmatics") The Heavenly Ganges is the Milky Way.[65](65/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Great Being.[66](66/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ Title of a Future Buddha.[67](67/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Heretic.[68](68/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ A man who refuses to accept the teachings of Buddha.[69](69/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Hermitage.[70](70/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ Dwelling-place of a hermit or ascetic.[71](71/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Heron’s Call.[72](72/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ Triumphant cry of an elephant.[73](73/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Himālaya, Himavat.[74](74/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ Literally, Abode of Snow.[75](75/ "tree and pragmatics") A range of mountains, the loftiest in the world, forming the northeastern border of India.[76](76/ "tree and pragmatics") The foothills of the Himālaya range were a favorite resort for monks and ascetics.[77](77/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Inconceivable.[78](78/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ 1 followed by 28 ciphers.[79](79/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Jaws of Rāhu.[80](80/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ Eclipses of the sun and moon were supposed to be due to the fact that they were swallowed from time to time by a demon named Rāhu, the Seizer.[81](81/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Jetavana.[82](82/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ Conqueror’s Grove.[83](83/ "tree and pragmatics") Name of a monastery near Sāvatthi.[84](84/ "tree and pragmatics") The favorite residence of the Buddha.[85](85/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Kāsi.[86](86/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ A country of North India of which Benāres was the capital.[87](87/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Kelāsa.[88](88/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ One of the principal peaks of the Himālaya range.[89](89/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Kosala.[90](90/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ A country lying north of Kāsi, of which Sāvatthi was the capital.[91](91/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Lac.[92](92/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ A scarlet dye.[93](93/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Land of the Rose-apple.[94](94/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ India.[95](95/ "tree and pragmatics") A Rose-apple (Jambu) tree is represented in the illustration to Story 15, lower right.[96](96/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Marks of the spread hand.[97](97/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ For good luck.[98](98/ "tree and pragmatics") The fingers were supposed to “point off” evil spirits.[99](99/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Meru.[100](100/ "tree and pragmatics") Sineru.[101](101/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ A vast mountain occupying the centre of each of an infinite number of worlds.[102](102/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Monk.[103](103/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ A man who has taken a vow to remain single, and to devote himself to meditation and good works in accordance with the teachings of the Buddha.[104](104/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Nit.[105](105/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ A fly’s egg.[106](106/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Play-ring.[107](107/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ Before beginning play, dicers would draw a circle on the ground or floor.[108](108/ "tree and pragmatics") So long as the play continued, a dicer was bound to remain within the circle.[109](109/ "tree and pragmatics") By stepping outside of the circle, a dicer “broke” the play-ring and stopped the play.[110](110/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Omniscience.[111](111/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ Knowledge of all things.[112](112/ "tree and pragmatics") Enlightenment.[113](113/ "tree and pragmatics") By performing a work of merit and making an Earnest Wish thereby to attain Enlightenment in some future state of existence, a Future Buddha, as it were, sows the Seed of Omniscience.[114](114/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Sāvatthi.[115](115/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ A city of North India, the capital of Kosala.[116](116/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Seven Buddhas.[117](117/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ The oldest texts mention only seven Buddhas.[118](118/ "tree and pragmatics") The Jātaka Book mentions twenty-four.[119](119/ "tree and pragmatics") Later, the number is increased indefinitely.[120](120/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Sineru.[121](121/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ See Meru.[122](122/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Sprinkling.[123](123/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ In ancient India kings were not anointed, but sprinkled.[124](124/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Takkasilā.[125](125/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ A city of Northwest India, the capital of Gandhāra.[126](126/ "tree and pragmatics") A famous seat of learning in ancient times.[127](127/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Teacher.[128](128/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ Title of Buddha.[129](129/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Ten Perfections.[130](130/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ Generosity, Morality, Renunciation, Wisdom, Energy, Patience, Truth, Resolution, Friendliness, Indifference.[131](131/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Three Jewels.[132](132/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ The Buddha, the Doctrine, and the Order of Monks.[133](133/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Warrior.[134](134/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ A man belonging to the military caste.[135](135/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Yugandhara.[136](136/ "tree and pragmatics") \_ One of seven vast circles of rock which surround Mount Meru.[137](137/ "tree and pragmatics") - ← previous: [Opening, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/16/) - next →: [Transcriber’s Notes:](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/18/) - ↑ back to [The grateful elephant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/)