Vessantara-Jataka in Pali and English - MyWebSpace
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Translation 583 <strong>Vessantara</strong>-Jåtaka<br />
[Fausbøll, Jåtaka, vol. VI, p. 583]<br />
"All will be well: thy enemies can do no hurt to thee,<br />
No more than any flame of fire could overcome the sea."<br />
So the Great Be<strong>in</strong>g was reassured, <strong>and</strong> with Maddī came down from the hill <strong>and</strong> sat<br />
before his hut. This the Master expla<strong>in</strong>ed:<br />
"Then K<strong>in</strong>g <strong>Vessantara</strong> hereat descended from the hill,<br />
And sat before his leafy hut <strong>and</strong> bad his heart be still."<br />
At that moment, Sañjaya sent for his queen, <strong>and</strong> said to her: "My dear Phusatī, if we all<br />
go together it will be a great shock, so I will first go alone. When you feel that they must<br />
be quiet <strong>and</strong> reassured, you may come with a company." After a little time he told Jāli<br />
<strong>and</strong> Kaṇhāj<strong>in</strong>ā to come. He turned his chariot to face the road by which he had come, <strong>and</strong><br />
set a guard <strong>in</strong> this place <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong> that, mounted upon his caparisoned elephant, <strong>and</strong> went to<br />
seek his son. The Master expla<strong>in</strong>ed it thus:<br />
"He set his army <strong>in</strong> array, his car turned to the road,<br />
And sought the forest where his son <strong>in</strong> lonel<strong>in</strong>ess abode.<br />
Upon his elephant, his robe over one shoulder thrown,<br />
Clasp<strong>in</strong>g his upraised h<strong>and</strong>s, he went to give his son the throne.<br />
Then he beheld the beauteous pr<strong>in</strong>ce, fearless, composed <strong>in</strong> will,<br />
Seated before his hut of leaves <strong>and</strong> meditat<strong>in</strong>g still.