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> - 97<br />
ida pura tena vivarjita vana vana ca tattena samanvita puram |<br />
na śobhate tena hi no vinā pura marutvatā vtravadhe yathā divam || 8.13<br />
13. ‘This city bereft <strong>of</strong> him is a f<strong>or</strong>est, and that f<strong>or</strong>est which possesses him is a city; the<br />
city without him has no charms f<strong>or</strong> us, like heaven without the l<strong>or</strong>d <strong>of</strong> the Maruts,<br />
when Vtra was slain.’ 1<br />
punaḥ kumāro vinivtta ityathau gavākṣamālāḥ pratipedire ’ganāḥ |<br />
viviktapṣṭha ca niśamya vājina punargavākṣāṇi pidhāya cukruśuḥ || 8.14<br />
14. Next the women crowded to the rows <strong>of</strong> windows, crying to one another, ‘<strong>The</strong><br />
prince has returned;’ but having heard that his h<strong>or</strong>se had an empty back, they closed<br />
the windows again and wailed aloud.<br />
praviṣṭadīkṣastu sutopalabdhaye vratena śokena ca khinnamānasaḥ |<br />
jajāpa devāyatane narādhipaścakāra tāstāśca yathāśrayāḥ kriyāḥ || 8.15<br />
15. But the king, having undertaken religious observances f<strong>or</strong> the recovery <strong>of</strong> his son,<br />
with his mind distressed <strong>by</strong> the vow and the s<strong>or</strong>row, was muttering prayers in the<br />
temple, and perf<strong>or</strong>ming such rites as suited the occasion.<br />
tataḥ sa vāṣpapratipūrṇalocanasturagamādāya turagamānasaḥ | 8.16<br />
viveśa śokābhihato npālaya kṣaya vinīte ripuṇeva bhartari ||<br />
16. <strong>The</strong>n with his eyes filled with tears, — taking the h<strong>or</strong>se, his whole soul fixed on<br />
the h<strong>or</strong>se, — overcome with grief he 2 entered the palace as if his master had been<br />
killed <strong>by</strong> an enemy.<br />
vigāhamānaśca naredramadira vilokayannaśruvahena cakṣuṣā |<br />
svareṇa puṣṭena rurāva kathako janāya duḥkha prativedayanniva || 8.17<br />
17. And entering the royal stable, looking about with his eyes full <strong>of</strong> tears, Kathaka<br />
uttered a loud sound, as if he were uttering his woe to the people.<br />
tataḥ khagāśca kṣayamadhyagocarāḥ samīpabaddhāsturagāśca satktāḥ |<br />
hayasya tasya pratisasvanuḥ svana naredrasūn<strong>or</strong>upayānaśakitāḥ || 8.18<br />
18. <strong>The</strong>n the birds that fed in the middle <strong>of</strong> the house, and the carefully cherished<br />
h<strong>or</strong>ses that were tied near <strong>by</strong>, re-echoed the sound <strong>of</strong> that h<strong>or</strong>se, thinking that it might<br />
be the return <strong>of</strong> the prince.<br />
1 Quoted <strong>by</strong> Ujjvaladatta, on Uṇādi-sūtras I, 156.<br />
2 Sc. Chadaka.
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