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

Buddha-carita, or The Life of Buddha - 85
Book VII: [Tapovanapraveśo]
[Entry into the Penance Grove]
tato visjyāśrumukha rudata chada vanacchadatayā nirāsthaḥ |
sarvārthasiddho vapuṣābhibhūya tamāśrama siddhamiva prapede || 7.1
1. Then having left the weeping tear-faced Chada, — indifferent to all things in his
longing for the forest, he by whom all objects are accomplished, overpowering the
place by his beauty, entered that hermitage as if it were fully blessed.
sa rājasūnurmgarājagāmī mgājira tanmgavat praviṣṭaḥ |
lakṣmīviyukto ’pi śarīralakṣmyā cakṣūṣi sarvāśramiṇā jahāra || 7.2
2. He the prince with a gait like the lion’s, having entered that arena of deer, himself
like a deer, — by the beauty of his person, even though bereft of his magnificence,
attracted the eyes of all the dwellers in the hermitage.
sthitā hi hastasthayugāstathaiva kautūhalāccakradharāḥ sadārāḥ |
tamidrakalpa dadśurna jagmurdhuryā ivārdhāvanataiḥ śirobhiḥ || 7.3
3. The drivers of wheeled carriages also, with their wives, stood still in curiosity,
holding the yokes in their hands, — they gazed on him who was like Indra, and moved
not, standing like their beasts of burden with their heads half bent down.
viprāśca gatvā bahiridhmahetoḥ prāptāḥ samitpuṣpapavitrahastāḥ |
tapaḥpradhānāḥ ktabuddhayo ’pi ta draṣṭumīyurna maṭhānabhīyuḥ || 7.4
4. And the Brāhmans who had gone outside for the sake of fuel, having come with
their hands full of fuel, flowers, and kusa grass, — pre-eminent as they were in
penances, and proficients in wisdom, went to see him, and went not to their cells.
hṣṭāśca kekā mumucurmayūrā dṣṭvābuda nīlamivonnamatam |
śaṣpāṇi hitvābhimukhāśca tasthurmgāścalākṣā mgacāriṇaśca || 7.5
5. Delighted the peacocks uttered their cries, as if they had seen a dark-blue cloud
rising up; and leaving the young grass and coming forward, the deer with restless eyes
and the ascetics who grazed like deer 1 stood still.
dṣṭvā tamikṣvākukulapradīpa jvalatamudyatamivāśumatam |
kte ’pi dohe janitapramodāḥ prasusruvurhomaduhaśca gāvaḥ || 7.6
6. Beholding him, the lamp of the race of Ikṣvāku, shining like the rising sun, — even
though their milking was over, being filled with joy, the oblation-giving cows poured
forth their milk.
1 A form of ascetic observance, see Mahābh. I, 3644; V, 4072. Cf. infra, śloka (verse) 15.