Vessantara-Jataka in Pali and English - MyWebSpace

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