The Buddha-Carita or The Life of Buddha by Ven. Aśvaghoṣa
A Sanskrit and English line by line (interlinear) version of one of the most important and influential biographies of the Buddha (together with extensive annotation).
A Sanskrit and English line by line (interlinear) version of one of the most important and influential biographies of the Buddha (together with extensive annotation).
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<strong>Buddha</strong>-carita, <strong>or</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Life</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Buddha</strong> - 106<br />
68. ‘Alas! the mind <strong>of</strong> that wise hero is terribly stern, — gentle as his beauty seems, it<br />
is pitilessly cruel, — who can desert <strong>of</strong> his own acc<strong>or</strong>d such an infant son with his<br />
inarticulate talk, one who would charm even an enemy.<br />
mamāpi kāma hdaya sudāruṇa śilāmaya vāpyayasāpi vā ktam |<br />
anāthavacchrīrahite sukhocite vana gate bhartari yanna dīryate || 8.69<br />
69. ‘My heart too is certainly most stern, yea, made <strong>of</strong> rock <strong>or</strong> fashioned even <strong>of</strong> iron,<br />
which does not break when its l<strong>or</strong>d is gone to the f<strong>or</strong>est, deserted <strong>by</strong> his royal gl<strong>or</strong>y<br />
like an <strong>or</strong>phan, — he so well w<strong>or</strong>thy <strong>of</strong> happiness.’<br />
itīha devī patiśokamūrchitā ruroda dadhyau vilalāpa cāsakt |<br />
svabhāvadhīrāpi hi sā satī śucā dhti na sasmāra cakāra no hriyam || 8.70<br />
70. So the queen, fainting in her woe, wept and pondered and wailed aloud repeatedly,<br />
— self-possessed as she was <strong>by</strong> nature, yet in her distress she remembered not her<br />
f<strong>or</strong>titude and felt no shame.<br />
tatastathā śokavilāpaviklavā yaśodharā prekṣya vasudharāgatām |<br />
mahāravidairiva vṣṭitāḍitairmukhaiḥ savāṣpairvanitā vicukruśuḥ || 8.71<br />
71. Seeing Yaśodharā thus bewildered with her wild utterances <strong>of</strong> grief and fallen on<br />
the ground, all the women cried out with their faces streaming with tears like large<br />
lotuses beaten <strong>by</strong> the rain.<br />
samāptajāpyaḥ ktahomamagalo npastu devāyatanādviniryayau |<br />
janasya tenārttaraveṇa cāhataścacāla vajradhvanineva vāraṇaḥ || 8.72<br />
72. But the king, having ended his prayers, and perf<strong>or</strong>med the auspicious rites <strong>of</strong> the<br />
sacrifice, now came out <strong>of</strong> the temple; and being smitten <strong>by</strong> the wailing sound <strong>of</strong> the<br />
people, he tottered like an elephant at the crash <strong>of</strong> a thunderbolt.<br />
niśāmya ca cchadakakathakāvubhau sutasya saśrutya ca niścaya sthiram |<br />
papāta śokābhihato mahīpatiḥ śacīpatervtta ivotsave dhvajaḥ || 8.73<br />
73. Having heard (<strong>of</strong> the arrival) <strong>of</strong> both Chadaka and Kathaka, and having<br />
learned the fixed resolve <strong>of</strong> his son, the l<strong>or</strong>d <strong>of</strong> the earth fell struck down <strong>by</strong> s<strong>or</strong>row<br />
like the banner <strong>of</strong> Indra when the festival is over. 1<br />
1 Cf. I, 63.
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