Buddhacarita by Ven Asvaghosa - Ancient Buddhist Texts

Buddha-carita, or Life of Buddha - 101
45. ‘And this best of horses as he went along touched not the ground
with the tips of his hoofs as if they were kept aloft from it; and so
too, having his mouth restrained as by fate, he made no sound with
his jaws and neighed not.
46. ‘When the prince went out, then the gate was thrown open of its
own accord; and the darkness of the night was, as it were, pierced by
the sun, – we may learn from hence too that this was the ordering of
fate.
47. ‘When also by the king’s command, in palace and city, diligent
guards had been placed by thousands, and at that time they were all
overcome by sleep and woke not, – we may learn from hence too that
this was the ordering of fate.
48. ‘When also the garment, approved for a hermit’s dwelling in the
forest, was offered to him at the moment by some denizen of heaven,
and the tiara which he threw into the sky was carried off, – we may
learn from hence too that this was the ordering of fate.
49. ‘Do not therefore assume that his departure arises from the fault
of either of us, O queen; neither I nor this horse acted by our own
choice; he went on his way with the gods as his retinue.’
50. Having thus heard the history of the prince’s departure, so
marvellous in many ways, those women, as though losing their grief,
were filled with wonder, but they again took up their distress at the
thought of his becoming an ascetic.