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

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Buddha-carita, or The Life of Buddha - 111 tasmāttatastāvupalabhya tattva ta vipramāmattya tadaiva sadyaḥ | khinnāvakhinnāviva rājaputraḥ prasasratustena yataḥ sa yātaḥ || 9.7 7. Then they two, having understood the true state of things, bade that Brāhman at once farewell, and wearied though they were, went on as if they were unwearied, thither whither the prince was gone. yātau tatastau sjayā vihīnamapaśyatā ta vapuṣā jvalatam | npopaviṣṭa pathi vkṣamūle sūrya ghanābhogamiva praviṣṭam || 9.8 8. As they were going, they saw him bereft of all ornaments, 1 but still radiant with his beauty, sitting like a king in the road at the foot of a tree, like the sun under the canopy of a cloud. yāna vihāyopayayau tatasta purohito matradhareṇa sārdham | yathā vanastha sahavāmadevo rāma didkṣurmuniraurvaśeyaḥ || 9.9 9. Leaving his chariot, the family priest then went up to the prince with the counsellor, as the saint Aurvaśeya 2 went with Vāmadeva, wishing to see Rāma when he dwelt in the forest. tāvarcayāmāsaturarhatasta divīva śukrāgirasau mahedram | pratyarcayāmāsa sa cārhatastau divīva śukrāgirasau mahedraḥ || 9.10 10. They paid him honour as was fitting, as Śukra and Agiras honoured Indra in heaven; and he in return paid due honour to them, as Indra in heaven to Śukra and Agiras. ktābhyanujñāvabhitastatastau niṣīdatuḥ śākyakuladhvajasya | virejatustasya ca sanikarṣe punarvasū yogagatāvivedoḥ || 9.11 11. Then they, having obtained his permission, sat down near him who was the banner of the Śākya race; and they shone in his proximity like the two stars of the asterism Punarvasū in conjunction with the moon. ta vkṣamūlasthamabhijvalata purohito rājasuta babhāṣe | yathopaviṣṭa divi pārijāte vhaspatiḥ śakrasuta jayatam || 9.12 12. The family priest addressed the prince who shone brightly as he sat at the foot of the tree, as Vhaspati addressed Indra’s son Jayanta, seated in heaven under the heavenly tree pārijāta: 1 Is sjayā for srajā? 2 Agastya, the son of Urvaśī. Vāmadeva was Daśaratha’s counsellor.
Buddha-carita, or The Life of Buddha - 112 tvacchokaśalye hdayāvagāḍhe moha gato bhūmitale muhūrtam | kumāra rājā nayanābuvarṣo yattvāmavocattadida nibodha || 9.13 13. ‘O prince, consider for a moment what the king with his eyes raining tears said to thee, as he lay fainting on the ground with the arrow of thy sorrow plunged into his heart. jānāmi dharma prati niścaya te paraimi te ’cyāvinametamartham | aha tvakāle vanasaśrayātte śokāgnināgnipratimena dahye || 9.14 14. “I know that thy resolve is fixed upon religion, and I am convinced that this purpose of thine is unchanging; 1 but I am consumed with a flame of anguish like fire at thy flying to the woods at an inopportune time. tadehi dharmapriya matpriyārtha dharmārthameva tyaja buddhimetām | aya hi mā śokarayaḥ pravddho nadīrayaḥ kūlamivābhihati || 9.15 15. “Come, thou who lovest duty, for the sake of what is my heart’s desire, — abandon this purpose for the sake of duty; this huge swollen stream of sorrow sweeps me away as a river’s torrent its bank. meghābukakṣādriṣu yā hi vttiḥ samīraṇārkāgnimahāśanīnām | tā vttimasmāsu karoti śoko vikarṣaṇocchoṣaṇadāhabhedaiḥ || 9.16 16. “That effect 2 which is wrought in the clouds, water, the dry grass, and the mountains by the wind, the sun, the fire, and the thunderbolt, — that same effect this grief produces in us by its tearing in pieces, its drying up, its burning, and its cleaving. tadbhukṣva tāvadvasudhādhipatya kāle vana yāsyasi śāstradṣṭe | aniṣṭabadhau kuru māpyupekṣā sarveṣu bhūteṣu dayā hi dharmaḥ || 9.17 17. “Enjoy therefore for a while the sovereignty of the earth, — thou shalt go to the forest at the time provided by the śāstras, — do not show disregard for thy unhappy kindred, — compassion for all creatures is the true religion. na caiṣa dharmo vana eva siddhaḥ pure ’pi siddhirniyatā yatīnām | buddhiśca yatnaśca nimittamatra vana ca liga ca hi bhīrucihnam || 9.18 18. “Religion is not wrought out only in the forests, the salvation of ascetics can be accomplished even in a city; thought and effort are the true means; the forest and the badge are only a coward’s signs. maulīdharairasaviṣaktahāraiḥ keyūraviṣṭabdhasrajairnaredraiḥ | lakṣmyakamadhye parivartamānaiḥ prāpto ghasthairapi mokṣadharmaḥ || 9.19 1 Conjectural. [The Tibetan reads the second line, khyod·kyi o byu·var o gyur·var don·ni çes·pao, ‘I know thy purpose which is about to arise (or has arisen) in thy mind’. Can they have read bhāvinam or bhāvitam? H.W.] 2 I read vttiḥ.
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