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

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Buddha-carita, or The Life of Buddha - 51 paśya bhartaścita cūta kusumairmadhugadhibhiḥ | hemapajararuddho vā kokilo yatra kūjati || 4.44 44. ‘See, my lord, this mango covered with its honey-scented flowers, where the kokila sings, as if imprisoned in a golden cage. aśoko dśyatāmeṣa kāmiśokavivardhanaḥ | ruvati bhramarā yatra dahyamānā ivāgninā || 4.45 45. ‘Come and see this aśoka tree, which augments lovers’ sorrows, — where the bees make a noise as if they were scorched by fire. cūtayaṣṭyā samāśliṣṭo dśyatā tilakadrumaḥ | śuklavāsā iva naraḥ striyā pītāgarāgayā || 4.46 46. ‘Come and see this tilaka tree, embraced by a slender mango-branch, like a man in a white garment by a woman decked with yellow unguents. phulla kuruvaka paśya nirmuktālaktakaprabham | yo nakhaprabhayā strīṇā nirbhartsita ivānataḥ || 4.47 47. ‘Behold this kuruvaka in flower, bright like fresh 1 resin-juice, which bends down as if it felt reproached by the colour of women’s nails. 2 bālāśokaśca nicito dśyatāmeṣa pallavaiḥ | yo ’smāka hastaśobhābhirlajjamāna iva sthitaḥ || 4.48 48. ‘Come and see this young aśoka, covered all over with new shoots, which stands as it were ashamed at the beauty of our hands. dīrghikā prāvtā paśya tīrajaiḥ siduvārakaiḥ | pāḍurāśukasavītā śayānā pramadāmiva || 4.49 49. ‘See this lake surrounded by the sinduvāra shrubs growing on its banks, 3 like a fair woman reclining, clad in fine white cloth. dśyatā strīṣu māhātmya cakravāko hyasau jale | pṣṭhataḥ preṣyavadbhāryāmanuvtyānugacchati || 4.50 50. ‘See the imperial power of females, — yonder ruddy-goose in the water goes behind his mate following her like a slave. 1 I read nirmuktam, which might mean ‘just exuded’, or the whole compound may mean (cf. Kum. Sambh. V, 34) ‘like a lip which has given up the use of pinguent’. 2 Cf. Vikramorvaśī, Act 11, strī-nakha-pāṭala kuruvakam. 3 I read tīrajaiḥ sinduvārakaiḥ.
Buddha-carita, or The Life of Buddha - 52 mattasya parapuṣṭasya ruvataḥ śrūyatā dhvaniḥ | aparaḥ kokilo ’nutkaḥ pratiśrutyeva kūjati || 4.51 51. ‘Come and listen to the notes of this intoxicated cuckoo as he sings, while another cuckoo sings as if consenting, wholly without care. api nāma vihagānā vasatenāhito madaḥ | na tu citayataścitta janasya prājñamāninaḥ || 4.52 52. ‘Would that thine was the intoxication of the birds which the spring produces, — and not the thought of a thinking man, ever pondering how wise he is!’ ityeva tā yuvatayo manmathoddāmacetasaḥ | kumāra vividhaistaistairupacakramire nayaiḥ || 4.53 53. Thus these young women, their souls carried away by love, assailed the prince with all kinds of stratagems. evamākṣipyamāṇo ’pi sa tu dhairyāvtedriyaḥ | martavyamiti sodvego na jaharṣa na sismiye || 4.54 54. But although thus attacked, he, having his senses guarded by self-control, neither rejoiced nor smiled, thinking anxiously, ‘One must die.’ tāsā tattvena vasthāna dṣṭvā sa puruṣottamaḥ | sasavignena dhīreṇa citayāmāsa cetasā || 4.55 55. Having seen them in their real condition, 1 that best of men pondered with an undisturbed, 2 and stedfast mind. ki vinā nāvagacchati capala yauvana striyaḥ | yato rūpeṇa sapanna jareya nāśayiṣyati || 4.56 56. ‘What is it that these women lack 3 that they perceive not that youth is fickle? for this old age will destroy whatever has beauty. nūnametā na paśyati kasyacid rogasaplavam | tathā hṣṭā bhaya tyaktvā jagati vyādhidharmiṇi || 4.57 57. ‘Verily they do not see any one’s plunge into disease, and so dismissing fear, they are joyous in a world which is all pain. 1 For vasthānam cf. Maitri Upan. (Comm.) VI, 1. 2 I would read asavignena. 3 Ki vinā.
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