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II. Progress of the Sāsana - 81<br />
[Yasassa Pitu]<br />
[13: Yasa’s Father]<br />
Atha kho Yasassa kulaputtassa Mātā pāsādaṁ ārūhitvā,<br />
<strong>The</strong>n the young man Yasa’s mother, having ascended the palace,<br />
Yasaṁ kulaputtaṁ apassantī yena seṭṭhī gahapati tenupasaṅkami,<br />
and not finding 139 the young man Yasa approached the merchant householder,<br />
upasaṅkamitvā seṭṭhiṁ gahapatiṁ etad-avoca:<br />
and after approaching the merchant householder, she said this:<br />
“Putto te gahapati Yaso na dissatī.” ti<br />
“Your son Yasa, householder, cannot be found.”<br />
Atha kho seṭṭhī gahapati, catuddisā assadūte uyyojetvā,<br />
<strong>The</strong>n the merchant householder, after sending scouts on horses to the four directions,<br />
sāmaṁ yeva yena Isipatanaṁ Migadāyo tenupasaṅkami.<br />
himself approached the Deer Park at Isipatana.<br />
Addasā kho seṭṭhī gahapati suvaṇṇapādukānaṁ nikkhepaṁ,<br />
<strong>The</strong> merchant householder saw the cast-off golden sandals,<br />
disvāna taṁ yeva anugamāsi.<br />
and after seeing (them) he went after him.<br />
Addasā kho Bhagavā seṭṭhiṁ gahapatiṁ dūrato va āgacchantaṁ.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Gracious One saw the merchant householder, coming while still far away,<br />
disvāna Bhagavato etad-ahosi:<br />
and after seeing (him), this occurred to the Gracious One:<br />
“Yan-nūnāhaṁ tathārūpaṁ iddhābhisaṅkhāraṁ abhisaṅkhāreyyaṁ<br />
“Now what if I were to so arrange it with my psychic powers<br />
yathā seṭṭhī gahapati idha nisinno<br />
that while the merchant householder is sitting here<br />
idha nisinnaṁ Yasaṁ kulaputtaṁ na passeyyā.” ti<br />
he could not see the young man Yasa sitting here?”<br />
Atha kho Bhagavā tathārūpaṁ iddhābhisaṅkhāraṁ abhisaṅkhāresi.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n the Gracious One so arranged it with his psychic powers.<br />
139 Lit: not seeing.