Buddhacarita by Ven Asvaghosa - Ancient Buddhist Texts

Buddha-carita, or Life of Buddha - 112
20. “Bali and Vajrabāhu, the two younger brothers of Dhruva,
Vaibhrāja, Āṣāḍha and Antideva, and Janaka also, the king of the
Videhas, and king Senajit’s son, his tree of ripe blessing;
21. “Know that all these great kings who were householders were well
skilled in attaining the merit which leads to final bliss, – do thou also
therefore obtain both simultaneously – royal magnificence and the
control over the mind.
22. “I desire, – when I have once closely embraced thee after thy
kingly consecration is once performed, and while thou art still wet
with the sacred water, – when I behold thee with the pomp of the
royal umbrella, – in the fulness of that joy to enter the forest."
23. ‘Thus did the king say to thee in a speech whose words were
stopped by tears, – surely having heard it, for the sake of what is so
dear to him, thou wilt with all affection follow his affection.
24. ‘The king of the Śākyas is drowned in a deep sea of sorrow, full
of waves of trouble, springing from thee; do thou therefore deliver
him helpless and protectorless like an ox drowning in the sea.
25. ‘Having heard that Bhīṣma who sprang from Gaṅgā’s womb,
– all did what would please their
fathers; surely thou too wilt do thy father’s desire.
26. ‘Consider also the queen, who brought thee up, who has not yet
gone to the region inhabited by Agastya – wilt thou not take some