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

Buddha-carita, or The Life of Buddha - 27
tataḥ kumāra suragarbhakalpa snehena bhāvena ca nirviśeṣam |
mātṣvasā mātsamaprabhāvā savardhayāmātmajavadbabhūva || 2.19
19. Then the queen’s sister, with an influence like a mother’s, undistinguished from the
real mother in her affection or tenderness, brought up as her own son the young
prince who was like the offspring of the gods.
tataḥ sa bālārka ivodayasthaḥ samīrito vahnirivānilena |
krameṇa samyagvavdhe kumārastārādhipaḥ pakṣa ivātamaske || 2.20
20. Then like the young sun on the eastern mountain or the fire when fanned by the
wind, the prince gradually grew in all due perfection, like the moon in the fortnight of
brightness.
tato mahārhāṇi ca candanāni ratnāvalīścauṣadhibhiḥ sagarbhāḥ |
mgaprayuktānrathakāśca haimānācakrire ’smai suhdālayebhyaḥ || 2.21
21. Then they brought him as presents from the houses of his friends costly unguents
of sandalwood, and strings of gems exactly like wreaths of plants, and little golden
carriages yoked with deer;
vayo ’nurūpāṇi ca bhūṣaṇāni hiraṇmayā hastimgāśvakāśca |
rathāśca gāvo vasanaprayuktā gatrīśca cāmīkararūpyacitrāḥ || 2.22
22. Ornaments also suitable to his age, and elephants, deer, and horses made of gold, 1
carriages and oxen decked with rich garments, and carts 2 gay with silver and gold.
eva sa taistairviṣayopacārairvayo ’nurūpairupacaryamāṇaḥ |
bālo ’pyabālapratimo babhūva dhtyā ca śaucena dhiyā śriyā ca || 2.23
23. Thus indulged with all sorts of such objects to please the senses as were suitable to
his years, child as he was, he behaved not like a child in gravity, purity, wisdom, and
dignity.
vayaśca kaumāramatītya madhya saprāpya bālaḥ sa hi rājasūnuḥ |
alpairahobhirbahuvarṣagamyā jagrāha vidyāḥ svakulānurūpāḥ || 2.24
24. When he had passed the period of childhood and reached that of middle youth, the
young prince learned in a few days the various sciences suitable to his race, which
generally took many years to master.
1 Cf. Satyavat’s toy horses in Mahābn. III, 16670.
2 Gatrī has this meaning in the Amarakoṣa and Hemacandra.