The Buddha-Carita or The Life of Buddha by Ven. Aśvaghoṣa

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Buddha-carita, or The Life of Buddha - 101 imāśca vikṣiptaviṭakabāhavaḥ prasaktapārāvatadīrghanisvanāḥ | vināktāstena sahaiva rodhanairbhśa rudatīva vimānapaktayaḥ || 8.37 37. ‘And these lines of palaces seem to weep aloud, flinging up their dovecots for arms, with the long unbroken moan of their doves, — separated verily, with him, from all who could restrain them. anarthakāmo ’sya janasya sarvathā turagamo ’pi dhruvameṣa kathakaḥ | jahāra sarvasvamitastathā hi me jane prasupte niśi ratnacauravat || 8.38 38. ‘Even that horse Kathaka without doubt desired my utter ruin; for he bore away from hence my treasure when all were sound asleep in the night, — like one who steals jewels. yadā samarthaḥ khalu soḍhumāgatāniṣuprahārānapi ki punaḥ kaśāḥ | gataḥ kaśāpātabhayāt katha tvaya śriya ghītvā hdaya ca me samam || 8.39 39. ‘When he was able to bear even the onsets of arrows, and still more the strokes of whips, — how then for fear of the fall of a whip, could he go carrying with him my prosperity and my heart together? anāryakarmā bhśamadya heṣate naredradhiṣṇya pratipūrayanniva | yadā tu nirvāhayati sma me priya tadā hi mūkasturagādhamo ’bhavat || 8.40 40. ‘The base creature now neighs loudly, filling the king’s palace with the sound; but when he carried away my beloved, then this vilest of horses was dumb. yadi hyaheṣiṣyata bodhayañjana khuraiḥ kṣitau vāpyakariṣyata dhvanim | hanusvana vājanayiṣyaduttama na cābhaviṣyanmama duḥkhamīdśam || 8.41 41. ‘If he had neighed and so woke up the people, or had even made a noise with his hoofs on the ground, or had made the loudest sound he could with his jaws, my grief would not have been so great.’ itīha devyāḥ paridevitāśraya niśamya vāṣpagrathitākṣara vacaḥ | adhomukhaḥ sāśrukalaḥ ktājaliḥ śanairida chadaka uttara jagau || 8.42 42. Having thus heard the queen’s words, their syllables choked with tears and full of lament, slowly Chadaka uttered this answer, with his face bent down, his voice low with tears, and his hands clasped in supplication: vigarhitu nārhasi devi kathaka na cāpi roṣa mayi kartumarhasi | anāgasau svaḥ samavehi sarvaśo gato ndevaḥ sa hi devi devavat || 8.43 43. ‘Surely, O queen, thou wilt not blame Kathaka nor wilt thou show thy anger against me, know that we two are entirely guiltless, — that god amongst men, O queen, is gone away like a god.
Buddha-carita, or The Life of Buddha - 102 aha hi jānannapi rājaśāsana balātktaḥ kairapi daivatairiva | upānaya tūrṇamima turagama tathānvagaccha vigataśramo ’dhvani || 8.44 44. ‘I indeed, though I well knew the king’s command, as though dragged by force by some divine powers, brought quickly to him this swift steed, and followed him on the road unwearied. vrajannaya vājivaro ’pi nāspśanmahī khurāgrairvidhtairivātarā | tathaiva daivādiva sayatānano hanusvana nākta nāpyaheṣata || 8.45 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. yadā vahirgacchati pārthivātmajastadābhavaddvāramapāvta svayam | tamaśca naiśa raviṇeva pāṭita tato ’pi daivo vidhireṣa ghyatām || 8.46 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. yadāpramatto ’pi naredraśāsanādghe pure caiva sahasraśo janaḥ | tadā sa nābudhyata nidrayā htastato ’pi daivo vidhireṣa ghyatām || 8.47 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. yataśca vāso vanavāsasamata visṣṭamasmai samaye divaukasā | divi praviddha mukuṭa ca taddhta tato ’pi daivo vidhireṣa ghyatām || 8.48 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. tadevamāvā naradevi doṣato na tatprayāta pratigatumarhasi | na kāmakāro mama nāsya vājinaḥ ktānuyātraḥ sa hi daivatairgataḥ || 8.49 49. ‘Do not therefore assume 1 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.’ 1 Should we read pratipattum for pratigantum?
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