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Tena kho pana samayena Bārāṇasiyaṁ<br />
<strong>The</strong>n at that time at Bārāṇasī<br />
77<br />
[II: Progress of the Sāsana]<br />
Yasassa Pabbajjā<br />
12: Yasa’s Going Forth<br />
Yaso nāma kulaputto seṭṭhiputto sukhumālo hoti.<br />
there was a delicate young man of good family, Yasa by name, 134 a merchant’s son.<br />
Tassa tayo pāsādā honti: eko hemantiko eko gimhiko eko vassiko.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re were three palaces for him: one for the winter time, one for the summer time,<br />
and one for the rainy season. 135<br />
So vassike pāsāde cattāro māse nippurisehi turiyehi paricārayamāno,<br />
During the four months in the rainy season palace, while a female 136 musical<br />
ensemble was entertaining him,<br />
na heṭṭhāpāsādaṁ orohati.<br />
he did not descend to the bottom of the palace.<br />
Atha kho Yasassa kulaputtassa,<br />
<strong>The</strong>n while the young man Yasa,<br />
pañcahi kāmaguṇehi samappitassa samaṅgibhūtassa paricārayamānassa<br />
possessed of and endowed with the five strands of sensual pleasure, was being<br />
entertained<br />
paṭikacceva niddā okkami parijanassa pi pacchā niddā okkami,<br />
he fell asleep first, and his retinue fell asleep afterwards,<br />
sabbarattiyo ca telappadīpo jhāyati.<br />
and all night an oil-lamp burned.<br />
Atha kho Yaso kulaputto paṭikacceva pabujjhitvā,<br />
<strong>The</strong>n the young man Yasa, after waking first,<br />
addasa sakaṁ parijanaṁ supantaṁ, aññissā kacche vīṇaṁ,<br />
saw his retinue sleeping, one with a lute in her armpit,<br />
134 Called Yaśoda in Mahāvastu (see e.g. 3.405).<br />
135 This story of the palaces and the reason for Yasa leaving home seems to have been later<br />
applied to the Bodhisatta’s own story.<br />
136 Lit: non-male, nippurisa.