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

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Buddha-carita, or The Life of Buddha - 113 19. “Liberation has been attained even by householders, Indras among men, who wore diadems, and carried strings of pearls suspended on their shoulders, whose garlands were entangled with bracelets, and who lay cradled in the lap of Fortune. dhruvānujau yau balivajrabāhū vaibhrājamāṣāḍhamathātidevam | videharāja janaka tathaiva pākadruma senajitaśca rājñaḥ || 9.20 20. “Bali and Vajrabāhu, the two younger brothers of Dhruva, Vaibhrāja, Āṣāḍha and Antideva, 1 and Janaka also, the king of the Videhas, and king Senajit’s son, his tree of ripe blessing; 2 etān ghasthān npatīnavehi naiḥśreyase dharmavidhau vinītān | ubhe ’pi tasmādyugapadbhajasva cittādhipatya ca npaśriya ca || 9.21 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 3 simultaneously — royal magnificence and the control over the mind. icchāmi hi tvāmupaguhya gāḍha ktābhiṣeka salilārdrameva | dhtātapatra samudīkṣamāṇastenaiva harṣeṇa vana praveṣṭum || 9.22 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." ityabravīdbhūmipatirbhavata vākyena vāṣpagrathitākṣareṇa | śrutvā bhavānarhati tatpriyārtha snehena tatsnehamanuprayātum || 9.23 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. 1 Cf. I,57; IX, 60. 2 My reading pākadrumam is conjectural, Pāradrumau as two old kings would be a possible reading. Senajit’s son is praised for his philosophical depth in Mahābh. XII, 6524, &c.; he is there called Medhāvin. [The Tibetan has brtan·pai (dhruva) nu vo, ‘the firm one’s younger brother (?)’; it also has o gro da da ljon·çin·can for pākadruma, ‘having a tree of—’? It takes senajitaṣka rājñaḥ as acc. plural. H.W.] 3 Ubhe ’pi, although with praghya e.
Buddha-carita, or The Life of Buddha - 114 śokābhasi tvatprabhave hyagādhe duḥkhārṇave majjati śākyarājaḥ | tasmāttamuttāraya nāthahīna nirāśraya magnamivārṇave gām || 9.24 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. bhīṣmeṇa gagodarasabhavena rāmeṇa rāmeṇa ca bhārgaveṇa | śrutvā kta karma pituḥ priyārtha pitustvamapyarhasi kartumiṣṭam || 9.25 25. ‘Having heard that Bhīṣma who sprang from Gagā’s womb, Rāma, and Rāma the son of Bhgu, — all did what would please their fathers; surely thou too wilt do thy father’s desire. savardhayitrī ca samehi devīmagastyajuṣṭā diśamaprayātām | pranaṣṭavatsāmiva vatsalā gāmajasramārttā kalitu na cārhasi || 9.26 26. ‘Consider also the queen, who brought thee up, who has not yet gone to the region inhabited by Agastya 1 — wilt thou not take some heed of her, who ceaselessly grieves like a fond cow that has lost her calf? hasena hasīmiva viprayuktā tyaktā gajeneva vane kareṇum | ārttā sanāthāmapi nāthahīnā trātu vadhūmarhasi darśanena || 9.27 27. ‘Surely thou wilt succour thy wife by the sight of thee, who now mourns widowed yet with her lord still alive, — like a swan separated from her mate or a female elephant deserted in the forest by her companion. eka suta bālamanarhaduḥkha satāpasatapta [.. .. .. .. ..] | ta rāhula mokṣaya badhuśokād rāhūpasargādiva pūrṇacadram || 9.28 28. ‘Thy only son, a child little deserving such woe, distressed with sorrow, and 2 [.. .. .. .. ..] — O deliver Rāhula from the grief of his kindred like the full moon from the contact of Rāhu! śokāgninā tvadvirahedhanena niḥśvāsadhūmena tamaḥśikhena | tvaddarśanāyarchati dahyamānaḥ so ’taḥpura caiva pura ca ktsnam || 9.29 29. ‘Burned with the fire of anguish within him, to which thy absence adds fresh fuel, — a fire whose smoke is sighs and its flame despair, — he wanders for a sight of thee through the women’s apartments and the whole city.’ 1 The south,— the region of the god of death. 2 Five syllables are here lost,—apakvasattvam? [Ed: Johnson reads satāpamantargatamudvahantam (which gives the line analysis −−−¦−¦−−−), and translates: ‘yet bearing the smart of sorrow in his heart’.]
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