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> - 162<br />
109. By partaking that food having made her obtain the full reward <strong>of</strong> her birth, he<br />
himself became capable <strong>of</strong> gaining the highest knowledge, all his six senses being now<br />
satisfied,<br />
paryāptāpyānamūrtaśca sārdha suyaśasā muniḥ |<br />
kātidhairyaikabhāraikaḥ śaśākārṇavavalbabhau || 12.110 (12.113)<br />
110. <strong>The</strong> seer, having his body now fully robust, together with his gl<strong>or</strong>ious fame, one<br />
beauty and one majesty being equally spread in both, shone like the ocean and the<br />
moon. 1<br />
āvtta iti vijñāya ta jahuḥ pacabhikṣavaḥ |<br />
manīṣiṇamivātmāna nirmukta pacadhātavaḥ || 12.111 (12.114)<br />
111. Thinking that he had returned to the w<strong>or</strong>ld the five mendicants left him, as the<br />
five elements leave the wise soul when it is liberated.<br />
vyavasāyadvitīyo ’tha śādvalāstīrṇabhūtalam |<br />
so ’śvatthamūla prayayau bodhāya ktaniścayaḥ || 12.112 (12.115)<br />
112. Accompanied only <strong>by</strong> his own resolve, having fixed his mind on the attainment<br />
<strong>of</strong> perfect knowledge, he went to the root <strong>of</strong> an Aśvattha tree, 2 where the surface <strong>of</strong><br />
the ground was covered with young grass.<br />
tatastadānī gajarājavikramaḥ padasvanenānupamena bodhitaḥ |<br />
mahāmunerāgatabodhiniścayo jagāda kālo bhujagottamaḥ stutim || 12.113<br />
(12.116)<br />
113. <strong>The</strong>n Kāla, 3 the best <strong>of</strong> serpents, whose majesty was like the l<strong>or</strong>d <strong>of</strong> elephants,<br />
having been awakened <strong>by</strong> the unparalleled sound <strong>of</strong> his feet, uttered this praise <strong>of</strong> the<br />
great sage, being sure that he was on the point <strong>of</strong> attaining perfect knowledge:<br />
yathā mune tvaccaraṇāvapīḍitā muhurmuhurniṣṭanatīva medinī |<br />
yathā ca te rājati sūryavatprabhā dhruva tvamiṣṭa phalamadya bhokṣyase ||<br />
12.114 (12.117)<br />
114. ‘Inasmuch as the earth, pressed down <strong>by</strong> thy feet, O sage, resounds repeatedly,<br />
and inasmuch as thy splendour shines f<strong>or</strong>th like the sun, thou shalt assuredly to-day<br />
enjoy the desired fruit.<br />
yathā bhramatyo divi vāyapaktayaḥ pradakṣiṇa tvā kamalākṣa kurvate |<br />
yathā ca saumyā divi vāti vāyavastvamadya buddho niyata bhaviṣyasi || 12.115<br />
(12.118)<br />
1 Fame is <strong>of</strong>ten compared f<strong>or</strong> its brightness to the moon.<br />
2 Ficus religiosa <strong>or</strong> pipul tree.<br />
3 He is the Nāga king, Jātaka I, 72.
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