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

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Buddha-carita, or The Life of Buddha - 141 yadā ca jitvāpi mahī samagrā vāsāya dṣṭa puramekameva | tatrāpi caika bhavana niṣevya śramaḥ parārthe nanu rājabhāvaḥ || 11.47 47. ‘And since after even conquering the whole earth, one city only can serve as a dwelling-place, and even there only one house can be inhabited, is not royalty mere labour for others? rājyo ’pi vāse yugamekameva kṣutsanirodhāya tathānnamātrā | śayyā tathaikāsanamekameva śeṣā viśeṣā npatermadāya || 11.48 48. ‘And even in royal clothing one pair of garments is all he needs, and just enough food to keep off hunger; so only one bed, and only one seat; all a king’s other distinctions are only for pride. tuṣṭyarthametacca phala yadīṣṭamte ’pi rājyānmama tuṣṭirasti | tuṣṭau ca satyā puruṣasya loke sarve viśeṣā nanu nirviśeṣāḥ || 11.49 49. ‘And if all these fruits are desired for the sake of satisfaction, I can be satisfied without a kingdom; and if a man is once satisfied in this world, are not all distinctions indistinguishable? tannāsti kāmān prati sapratāryaḥ kṣeme śiva mārgamanuprapannaḥ | smtvā suhttva tu punaḥ punarmā brūhi pratijñā khalu pālayati || 11.50 50. ‘He then who has attained the auspicious road to happiness is not to be deceived in regard to pleasures; remembering thy professed friendship, tell me again and again, do they keep their promise? na hyasmyamarṣeṇa vanapraviṣṭo na śatrubāṇairavadhūtamauliḥ | ktaspho nāpi phalādhikebhyo ghṇāmi naitadvacana yataste || 11.51 51. ‘I have not repaired to the forest through anger, nor because my diadem has been dashed down by an enemy’s arrows; nor have I set my desires on loftier objects, 1 that I thus refuse thy proposal. yo dadaśūka kupita bhujaga muktvā vyavasyeddhi punargrahītum | dāhātmikā vā jvalitā tṇaulkā satyajya kāmānsa punarbhajeta || 11.52 52. ‘Only he who, having once let go a malignant incensed serpent, or a blazing haytorch all on fire, would strive again to seize it, would ever seek pleasures again after having once abandoned them. 1 Sc. as rule in heaven, &c.
Buddha-carita, or The Life of Buddha - 142 adhāya yaśca sphayedanadho baddhāya mukto vidhanāya vāḍhyaḥ | unmattacittāya ca kalyacittaḥ sphā sa kuryādviṣayātmakāya || 11.53 53. ‘Only he who, though seeing, would envy the blind, though free the bound, though wealthy the destitute, though sound in his reason the maniac, — only he, I say, would envy one who is devoted to worldly objects. bhikṣopabhogī vara nānukapyaḥ ktī jarāmtyubhaya titīrṣuḥ | ihottama śātisukha ca yasya paratra duḥkhāni ca savtāni || 11.54 54. ‘He who lives on alms, my good friend, is not to be pitied, having gained his end and being set on escaping the fear of old age and death; he has here the best happiness, perfect calm, and hereafter all pains are for him abolished. lakṣmyā mahatyāmapi vartamānastṣṇābhibhūtastvanukapitavyaḥ | prāpnoti yaḥ śātisukha na ceha paratra duḥkha pratighyate ca || 11.55 55. ‘But he is to be pitied who is overpowered by thirst though set in the midst of great wealth, — who attains not the happiness of calm here, while pain has to be experienced hereafter. eva tu vaktu bhavato ’nurūpa sattvasya vttasya kulasya caiva | mamāpi voḍhu sadśa pratijñā sattvasya vttasya kulasya caiva || 11.56 56. ‘Thus to speak to me is well worthy of thy character, thy mode of life, and thy family; and to carry out my resolve is also befitting my character, my mode of life, and my family. aha hi sasārarasena viddho viniḥstaḥ śātamavāptukāmaḥ | neccheyamāptu tridive ’pi rājya nirāmaya ki vata mānuṣeṣu || 11.57 57. ‘I have been wounded by the enjoyment of the world, and I have come out longing to obtain peace; I would not accept an empire free from all ill even in the third heaven, how much less amongst men? trivargasevā npa yattu ktsnataḥ paro manuṣyārtha iti tvamāttha mām | anartha ityāttha mamārthadarśana kṣayī trivargo hi na cāpi tarpakaḥ || 11.58 58. ‘But as for what thou saidst to me, O king, that the universal pursuit of the three objects is the supreme end of man, — and 1 thou saidst that what I regard as the desirable is misery, — thy three objects are perishable and also unsatisfying. 1 I would read anartha ity āttha (for ity artha).
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