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

Buddha-carita, or The Life of Buddha - 93
kaściddvijastatra tu bhasmaśāyī prāśuḥ śikhī dāravacīravāsāḥ |
āpigalākṣastanudīrghaghoṇaḥ kuḍodahasto giramityuvāca || 7.51
51. But a certain Brāhman who was lying there in the ashes, tall and wearing his hair
in a tuft, and clothed in the bark of trees, with reddish eyes and a thin long nose, and
carrying a pot with water 1 in his hand, thus lifted his voice:
dhīmannudāraḥ khalu niścayaste yastva yuvā janmani dṣṭadoṣaḥ |
svargāpavargau hi vicārya samyagyasyāpavarge matirasti so ’sti || 7.52
52. ‘O sage, brave indeed is thy purpose, who, young as thou art, hast seen the evils of
birth; he who, having pondered thoroughly heaven and liberation, makes up his mind
for liberation, — he is indeed brave!
yajñaistapobhirniyamaiśca taistaiḥ svarga yiyāsati hi rāgavataḥ |
rāgeṇa sārdha ripuṇeva yuddhvā mokṣa parīpsati tu sattvavataḥ || 7.53
53. ‘By all those various sacrifices, penances and vows the slaves of passion desire to
go to heaven; but the strong, having battled with passion as with an enemy, desire to
obtain liberation.
tadbuddhireṣā yadi niścitā te tūrṇa bhavān gacchatu vidhyakoṣṭham |
asau munistatra vasatyarāḍo yo naiṣṭhike śreyasi labdhacakṣuḥ || 7.54
54. ‘If this is thy settled purpose, go quickly to Vidhyakoṣṭha; the Muni Arāḍa lives
there who has gained an insight into absolute bliss.
tasmādbhavāñchroṣyati tattvamārga satyā rucau sapratipatsyate ca |
yathā tu paśyāmi matistavaiṣā tasyāpi yāsyatyavadhūya buddhim || 7.55
55. ‘From him thou wilt hear the path to truth, and if thou hast a desire for it, thou
wilt embrace it; but as I foresee, this purpose of thine will go on further, after having
rejected his theory.
puṣṭāśvaghoṇa vipulāyatākṣa tāmrādharoṣṭha sitatīkṣṇadaṣṭram |
ida hi vaktra tanuraktajihva jñeyārṇava pāsyati ktsnameva || 7.56
56. ‘With the nose of a well-fed horse, large long eyes, a red lower lip, white sharp
teeth, and a thin red tongue, — this face of thine will drink up the entire ocean of
what is to be known.
1 Conjectural. Dr. von Böhtlingk suggests kuḍāvahasto, ‘the back of whose hand was like a
kuṇḍa’.