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

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Buddha-carita, or The Life of Buddha - 35 atho naredraḥ sutamāgatāśruḥ śirasyupāghrāya cira nirīkṣya | gaccheti cājñāpayati sma vācā snehānna caina manasā mumoca || 3.7 7. Then the king, with tears rising to his eyes, having smelt his son’s head 1 and long gazed upon him, gave him his permission, saying, ‘Go;’ but in his heart through affection he could not let him depart. tataḥ sa jābūnadabhāḍabhdbhiryukta caturbhirnibhtaisturagaiḥ | aklīvavidhyucchuciraśmidhārā hiraṇmaya syadanamāruroha || 3.8 8. He then mounted a golden chariot, adorned with reins bright like flashing lightning, 2 and yoked with four gentle horses, all wearing golden trappings. tataḥ prakīrṇojjvalapuṣpajāla viṣaktamālya pracalatpatākam | mārga prapede sadśānuyātraścadraḥ sanakṣatra ivāntarīkṣam || 3.9 9. With a worthy retinue he entered the road which was strewn with heaps of gleaming flowers, with garlands suspended and banners waving, like the moon with its asterism entering the sky. kautūhalātsphītataraiśca netrairnīlotpalābhairiva kīryamāṇaḥ | śanaiḥ śanai rājapatha jagāhe pauraiḥ samatādabhivīkṣyamāṇaḥ || 3.10 10. Slowly, slowly he passed along the highway, watched on every side by the citizens, and beshowered by their eyes opened wide with curiosity like blue lotuses. ta tuṣṭuvuḥ saumyaguṇena kecidvavadire dīptatayā tathānye | saumukhyatastu śriyamasya kecidvaipulyamāśasiṣurāyuṣaśca || 3.11 11. Some praised him for his gentle disposition, others hailed him for his glorious appearance, others eulogised his beauty from his fine countenance and desired for him length of days. niḥstya kubjāśca mahākulebhyo vyūhāśca kairātakavāmanānām | nāryaḥ kśebhyaśca niveśanebhyo devānuyānadhvajavat praṇemuḥ || 3.12 12. Hump-backed men coming out from the great families, and troops of foresters and dwarfs, 3 and women coming out from the meaner houses bowed down like the banners of some procession of the gods. 1 Cf. Wilson, Hindu Drama, vol. i, p. 45, note. 2 Raśmi may mean ‘rays’. For akliva cf. Soph. Philoct. 1455, arsen (Greek letters in original). 3 These are all mentioned in the Sāhitya-darpaṇa among the attendents in a seraglio (§ 81).
Buddha-carita, or The Life of Buddha - 36 tataḥ kumāraḥ khalu gacchatīti śrutvā striyaḥ preṣyajanātpravttim | didkṣayā harmyatalāni jagmurjanena mānyena ktābhyanujñāḥ || 3.13 13. 1 Hearing the news, ‘the prince is going out,’ from the attendants of the female apartments, the women hastened to the roofs of the different mansions, having obtained the leave of their lords. tāḥ srastakācīguṇavighnitāśca suptaprabuddhākulalocanāśca | vttātavinyastavibhūṣaṇāśca kautūhalenāpi bhtāḥ parīyuḥ || 3.14 14. Hindered by the strings of their girdles which had slipped down, with their eyes bewildered as just awakened from sleep, and with their ornaments hastily put on in the stir of the news, and filled with curiosity, they crowded round; prāsādasopānatalapraṇādaiḥ kācīravairnūpuranisvanaiśca | vibhrāmayatyo ghapakṣisaghānanyonyavegāśca samākṣipatyaḥ || 3.15 15. Frightening the flocks of birds which lived in the houses, with the noise of their girdles and the jingling of their anklets which resounded on the staircases and roofs of the mansions, and mutually reproaching one another for their hurry. kāsācidāsā tu varāganānā jātatvarāṇāmapi sotsukānām | gati gurutvājjaghurviśālāḥ śroṇīrathāḥ pīnapayodharāśca || 3.16 16. Some of these women, even in their haste as they rushed longing to see, were delayed in their going by the weight of their hips and full bosoms. śīghra samarthāpi tu gatumanyā gati nijagrāha yayau na tūrṇam | hriyā pragalbhāni nigūhamānā rahaḥ prayuktāni vibhūṣaṇāni || 3.17 17. Another, though well able to go herself, checked her pace and forbore to run, hiding with shame her ornaments hitherto worn only in seclusion, and now too boldly displayed. parasparotpīḍanapiḍitānā samardasaśobhitakuḍalānām | tāsā tadā sasvanabhūṣaṇānā vātāyaneṣvapraśamo babhūva || 3.18 18. There they were restlessly swaying about in the windows, crowded together in the mutual press, with their earrings polished by the continual collision and their ornaments all jingling. 1 With this description cf. Rabhuv. VII, 5-12; Kādambarī, p. 74.
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