Vessantara-Jataka in Pali and English - MyWebSpace
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Translation 591 <strong>Vessantara</strong>-Jåtaka<br />
[Fausbøll, Jåtaka, vol. VI, p. 591]<br />
They brought a f<strong>in</strong>e young elephant, a mighty <strong>and</strong> a strong,<br />
Which neither spear nor battle d<strong>in</strong> could fright, whose tusks were long.<br />
She mounts upon the elephant, so mighty <strong>and</strong> so strong,<br />
Which neither spear nor battle d<strong>in</strong> could fright, whose tusks were long."<br />
So they two <strong>in</strong> great pomp proceeded to the camp. K<strong>in</strong>g Sañjaya <strong>and</strong> his <strong>in</strong>numerable<br />
host 1 amused themselves <strong>in</strong> hill sports <strong>and</strong> woodl<strong>and</strong> sports for a whole month. Dur<strong>in</strong>g<br />
that time, by the Great Be<strong>in</strong>g's glory, no hurt was done <strong>in</strong> all that great forest by wild<br />
beast or bird. The Master thus expla<strong>in</strong>ed it:<br />
"By glory of <strong>Vessantara</strong>, through all that mighty wood,<br />
No beast or bird did any harm to the others, all did good.<br />
And when he was to go away, they all with one consent,<br />
Birds, beasts, <strong>and</strong> all the creatures of the wood, together went:<br />
But silent were all pleasant sounds when he had left the wood."<br />
1<br />
akkhoh<strong>in</strong>ī, the proverbial word for an army complete <strong>in</strong> all po<strong>in</strong>ts <strong>and</strong> number<strong>in</strong>g<br />
10,000,000 6 .
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