Buddhacarita by Ven Asvaghosa - Ancient Buddhist Texts

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Buddha-carita, or Life of Buddha - 8 want) I have necessarily been left to my own resources, and I cannot fail to have sometimes missed my author’s meaning. Prāṁśulabhye phale mohād udbāhur iva vāmanaḥ; but I have tried to do my best, and no one will welcome more cordially any light which others may throw on the passages I have misunderstood. The edition of the original text was dedicated to my old friend Professor F. Max Müller, and it is sincere gratification to me that this translation will appear in the same volume with similar translations from his pen. E. B. C. Cambridge: Feb 1, 1894.
Buddha-carita, or Life of Buddha - 9 Book I [The Birth of the Holy One] 1. That Arhat is here saluted, who has no counterpart, – who, as bestowing the supreme happiness, surpasses (Brahman) the Creator, – who, as driving away darkness, vanquishes the sun, – and, as dispelling all burning heat, surpasses the beautiful moon. 2. There was a city, the dwelling-place of the great saint Kapila, having its sides surrounded <strong>by</strong> the beauty of a lofty broad table-land as <strong>by</strong> a line of clouds, and itself, with its high-soaring palaces, immersed in the sky. 3. By its pure and lofty system of government it, as it were, stole the splendour of the clouds of Mount Kailāsa, and while it bore the clouds which came to it through a mistake, it fulfilled the imagination which had led them thither. 4. In that city, shining with the splendour of gems, darkness like poverty could find no place; prosperity shone resplendently, as with a smile, from the joy of dwelling with such surpassingly excellent citizens. 5. With its festive arbours, its arched gateways and pinnacles, it was radiant with jewels in every dwelling; and unable to find any other rival in the world, it could only feel emulation with its own houses. 6. There the sun, even although he had retired, was unable to scorn the moon-like faces of its women which put the lotuses to shame, and
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