The Buddha-Carita or The Life of Buddha by Ven. Aśvaghoṣa
A Sanskrit and English line by line (interlinear) version of one of the most important and influential biographies of the Buddha (together with extensive annotation).
A Sanskrit and English line by line (interlinear) version of one of the most important and influential biographies of the Buddha (together with extensive annotation).
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<strong>Buddha</strong>-carita, <strong>or</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Life</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Buddha</strong> - 94<br />
gabhīratā yā bhavatastvagādhā yā dīptatā yāni ca lakṣaṇāni |<br />
ācāryaka prāpsyasi tatpthivyā yannarṣibhiḥ pūrvayuge ’pyavāptam || 7.57<br />
57. ‘That unfathomed depth which characterises thee, that majesty and all those signs<br />
<strong>of</strong> thine, — they shall win a teacher’s chair in the earth which was never won <strong>by</strong> sages<br />
even in a f<strong>or</strong>mer age.’<br />
paramamiti tato npātmajastamṣijana pratinadya niryayau |<br />
vidhivadanuvidhāya te ’pi ta praviviśurāśramiṇastapovanam || 7.58<br />
58. <strong>The</strong> prince replied, ‘Very well,’ and having saluted the company <strong>of</strong> sages he<br />
departed; the hermits also having duly perf<strong>or</strong>med to him all the rites <strong>of</strong> courtesy<br />
entered again into the ascetic grove.<br />
iti śrībuddhacarite mahākāvye tapovanapraveśo nāma saptamaḥ sargaḥ || 7 ||<br />
[Such is the seventh chapter in the great poem Śri <strong>Buddha</strong>carita,<br />
called Entry into the Penance Grove]
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