Bibliotheca Polyglotta

418. And now the night was in a moment gone, and sight restored to all created things, (when the royal prince) looked thro’ the wood, and saw the abode of Po-ka, the Rishi; [the hermitage of the Bhârgavides, see Burnouf, Introduction to Ind. Bud. p. 385];
419. The purling streams so exquisitely pure and sparkling, and the wild beasts all unalarmed at man, caused the royal prince’s heart to exult.

1. Then when the sun, the eye of the world, was just risen, he, the noblest of men, beheld the hermitage of the son of Bhrigu,

suptaviśvastahariṇaṃ svasthasthitavihaṃgamam |
viśrānta iva yad dṛṣṭvā² kṛtārtha iva cābhavat || 6.2 ||

2. EBC: dṛṣṭā [sic]

(17)太子見心喜形勞自然息
(18)此則爲祥瑞必獲未曾利

Tired, the horse stopped of his own will, to breathe.
420. ’This, then,’ he thought, ’is a good sign and fortunate, and doubtless indicates divine approval.’

2. Its deer all asleep in quiet trust, its birds tranquilly resting,--seeing it he too became restful, and he felt as if his end was attained.

sa vismayanivṛttyarthaṃ tapaḥpūjārtham eva ca |
svāṃ cānuvartitāṃ rakṣaṇn aśvapṛṣṭhād avātarat || 6.3 ||

(19)又見彼仙人 ² 是所應供養
(20)并自護³ 其儀滅除⁴ 高慢迹

2. 是所應供養＝所應供養者＜三＞ 3. 其＝威＜三＞ 4. 高＝憍＜三＞

And now he saw belonging to the Rishi, the various vessels used for (asking) charity;
421. And (other things) arranged by him in order, without the slightest trace of negligence.

3. For the sake of ending his wonder and to show reverence for the penances observed, and as expressing his own conformity therewith, he alighted from the back of his horse.

avatīrya ca pasparśa nistīrṇam iti vājinam |
chandakaṃ cābravīt prītaḥ snāpayann iva cakṣuṣā || 6.4 ||

(21)下馬手摩頭汝今已度我
(22)慈目視車匿猶清涼水⁵ 洗

5. 洗＝池＜明＞

Dismounting then he stroked his horse’s head, and cried, ’You now have borne me (well)!’
422. With loving eyes he looked at Kandaka, (eyes) like the pure cool surface of a placid lake (and said),

4. Having alighted, he stroked the horse, exclaiming, ‘All is saved,’ and he spoke well-pleased to Chandaka, bedewing him as it were with tears from his eyes :

imaṃ tārkṣyopamajavaṃ turaṃgam anugacchatā |
darśitā saumya madbhaktir vikramaś cāyam ātmanaḥ || 6.5 ||

(23)駿足⁶ 馳若飛汝常係馬後
(24)感汝深敬勤 ⁷ 精勤無懈惓

6. 馳若飛＝馬馳駛＋（猶若鳥迅飛）＜三＞ 7. 〔精勤無懈惓〕-＜三＞

’Swift-footed! like a horse in pace, yea! swift as any light-winged bird,
423. ’Ever have you followed after me when riding, and deeply have I felt my debt of thanks,

5. ‘Good friend, thy devotion to me and thy courage of soul have been proved by thy thus following this steed whose speed is like that of Târkshya.

sarvathāsmy anyakāryo ’pi gṛhīto bhavatā hṛdi |
bhartṛsnehaś ca yasyāyam īdṛśaḥ śaktir³ eva ca || 6.6 ||

3. EBC: śakta.

(25)餘事不足計 ⁸ 唯取汝眞心
(26)心敬形⁹ 堪勤此二今始見

8. 唯＝惟＜三＞ 9. 堪＝甚＜三＞

but not yet had you been tried in other ways; I only knew you as a man true-hearted,
424. ’My mind now wonders at your active powers of body;

6. ‘Bent even though I am on other business, I am wholly won in heart by thee,--one who has such a love for his master, and at the same time is able to carry out his wish.

asnigdho ’pi samartho ’sti niḥsāmarthyo ’pi bhaktimān |
bhaktimāṃs caiva śaktaś ca durlabhas tvadvidho bhuvi || 6.7 ||

(27)人有心至誠身力無所堪
(28)力堪心不至汝今二倶備

these two I now begin to see (are yours); a man may have a heart most true and faithful, but strength of body may not too be his;
425. ’Bodily strength and perfect honesty of heart, I now have proof enough are yours.

7. ‘One can be able without affection, and affectionate though unable; but one like thee, at once affectionate and able, is hard to find in the world.

tat prīto ’smi tavānena mahābhāgena karmaṇā |
yasya te⁴ mayi bhāvo ’yaṃ phalebhyo ’pi parāṅmukhaḥ⁵ || 6.8 ||

4. EBC: dṛśyate. 5. EBC: mukhe.

8. ‘I am pleased with this noble action of thine; this feeling is seen towards me, even though I am regardless of conferring rewards.

ko janasya phalasthasya na syād abhimukho janaḥ |
janībhavati bhūyiṣṭhaṃ svajano ’pi viparyaye || 6.9 ||

(29)捐棄世榮¹⁰ 利進歩隨我來
(11a1)何人不向利無利親戚離
(2)汝今空隨我不求現世報

10. 利＝禄＜三＞

(To be content) to leave the tinselled world, and with swift foot to follow me,
426. ’Who would do this but for some profit, if without profit to his kin, who would not shun it? but you, with no private aim, have followed me, not seeking any present recompense;

9. ‘Who would not be favourably disposed to one who stands to him as bringing him reward? but even one’s own people commonly become mere strangers in a reverse of fortune.

kulārthaṃ dhāryate putraḥ poṣārthaṃ sevyate pitā |
āśayāc chliṣyati⁶ jagan nāsti niṣkāraṇā svatā⁷ || 6.10 ||

6. EBC: āśayāśliṣyati. 7. EBC: kāraṇāsvatā.

(3)¹¹ 夫人生育子爲¹² 以紹宗嗣
(4)所以奉敬¹³ 王爲¹⁴ 以報恩養
(5)一切皆求利汝獨背利遊

11. 夫人生育子＝何以育養子＜三＞ 12. 以紹宗嗣＝紹嗣宗族＜三＞ 13. 王＝父＜三＞ 14. 以報恩養＝其育子故＜三＞

427. ’As we nourish and bring up a child, to bind together and bring honour to a family; so we also reverence and obey a father, to gain (obedience and attention) from a begotten son;
428. ’In this way all think of their own advantage; but you have come with me disdaining profit;

10. ‘The son is maintained for the sake of the family, the father is honoured for the sake of our own (future) support; the world shows kindness for the sake of hope; there is no such a thing as unselfishness without a motive.

kim uktvā bahu saṃkṣepāt kṛtaṃ me sumahat priyam |
nivartasvāśvam ādāya saṃprāpto ’smīpsitaṃ padam⁸ || 6.11 ||

8. EBC: vanam.

(6)¹⁵ 至言不煩多今當略告汝
(7)汝事我已畢今且乘馬還
(8)自我長夜來所求處今得

15. 至言不煩多＝多言何所解＜三＞

with many words I cannot hold you here, so let me say in brief to you,
429. ’We have now ended our relationship; take, then, my horse and ride back again; for me, during the long night past, that place I sought to reach now I have obtained.’

11. ‘Why speak many words? in short, thou hast done me a very great kindness; take now my horse and return, I have attained the desired wood.’

ity uktvā sa mahābāhur anuśaṃsacikīrṣayā |
bhūṣaṇāny avamucyāsmai saṃtaptamanase dadau || 6.12 ||

(9)即脱寶瓔珞以授於車匿
(10)¹⁶ 具持是賜汝以慰汝憂悲

16. 具持是＝持是以＜三＞

430. Then taking off his precious neck-chain, he handed it to Kandaka, ’Take this,’ he said, ’I give it you, let it console you in your sorrow;’

12. Thus having spoken, the mighty hero in his desire to show perfect gentleness unloosed his ornaments and gave them to the other, who was deeply grieved.

mukuṭād dīpa⁹ karmāṇaṃ maṇim ādāya bhāsvaram |
bruvan vākyam idaṃ tasthau sāditya iva mandaraḥ || 6.13 ||

9. EBC: mukuṭoddīpta.

(11)寶冠頂摩尼光明照其身
(12)即脱置掌中如日曜須彌

431. The precious jewel in the tire (sic--JBH) that bound his head, bright-shining, lighting up his person, taking off and placing in his extended palm, like the sun which lights up Sumeru,

13. Having taken a brilliant jewel whose effect illumined his diadem, he stood, uttering these words, like the mountain Mandara with the sun resting on it:

anena maṇinā chanda praṇamya bahuśo nṛpaḥ |
vijñāpyo ’muktaviśrambhaṃ saṃtāpavinivṛttaye || 6.14 ||

(13)車匿持此珠還歸父王所
(14)持珠禮王足以表我虔心
(15)爲我啓請王願捨愛戀情

432. He said, ’O Kandaka! take this gem, and going back to where my father is, take the jewel and lay it reverently before him, to signify my heart’s relation to him;
433. ’And then, for me, request the king to stifle every fickle feeling of affection,

14. ‘By thee with this jewel, O Chanda, having offered him repeated obeisance, the king, with his loving confidence still unshaken, must be enjoined to stay his grief.

jarāmaraṇanāśārthaṃ praviṣṭo ’smi tapovanam |
na khalu svargatarṣeṇa nāsnehena na manyunā || 6.15 ||

(16)爲脱生老死故入¹⁷ 苦行林
(17)亦不求生天非無仰戀心
(18)亦不懷結恨唯欲捨憂悲

17. Tapovana.

and say that I, to escape from birth and age and death, have entered on the wild (forest) of painful discipline,
434. ’Not that I may get a heavenly birth, much less because I have no tenderness of heart, or that I cherish any cause of bitterness, but only that I may escape this weight of sorrow;

15. ‘"I have entered the ascetic-wood to destroy old age and death,--with no thirst for heaven, with no lack of love nor feeling of anger.

tad evam abhiniṣkrāntaṃ na māṃ śocitum arhasi |
bhūtvāpi hi ciraṃ śleṣaḥ kālena na bhaviṣyati || 6.16 ||

(19)長夜集恩愛要當有別離
(20)以有¹⁸ 當離故故求解脱因
(21)若得解脱者永無離親期

18. 當＝常＜三＞

435. ’The accumulated long-night weight of covetous desire (love), I now desire to ease the load (cause a break), so that it may be overthrown for ever; therefore I seek the way (cause) of ultimate escape;
436. ’If I should obtain emancipation, then shall I never need to put away my kindred,

16. ‘"Do not think of mourning for me who am thus gone forth from my home; union, however long it may last, in time will come to an end.

dhruvo yasmāc ca viśleṣas tasmān mokṣāya me matiḥ |
viprayogaḥ kathaṃ na syād bhūyo ’pi svajanād iti¹⁰ || 6.17 ||

10. EBC: janādibhiḥ.

(22)爲斷¹⁹ 憂出家勿爲子生憂
(23)五欲爲憂根應憂著欲者

19. 憂＝愛＜三＞

to leave my home, to sever ties of love. O! grieve not for your son!
437. ’The five desires of sense beget the sorrow; those held by lust themselves induce the sorrow;

17. ‘"Since separation is certain, therefore is my mind fixed on liberation; how shall there not be repeated severings from one’s kindred?

śokatyāgāya niṣkrāntaṃ na māṃ śocitum arhasi |
śokahetuṣu kāmeṣu saktāḥ śocyās tu rāgiṇaḥ || 6.18 ||

(24)乃祖諸勝王 ²⁰ 堅固志不移
(25)今我襲餘財唯法捨非宜

20. 堅固志＝志堅固＜三＞

my very ancestors, victorious kings, thinking (their throne) established and immovable,
438. ’Have handed down to me their kingly wealth;

18. ‘"Do not think of mourning for me who am gone forth to leave sorrow behind; it is the thralls of passion, who are attached to desires, the causes of sorrow, for whom thou shouldst mourn.

ayaṃ ca kila pūrveṣām asmākaṃ niścayaḥ sthiraḥ |
iti dāyādya¹¹ bhūtena na śocyo ’smi pathā vrajan || 6.19 ||

11. EBC: dāyāda.

19. ‘"This was the firm persuasion of our predecessors,--I as one departing by a common road am not to be mourned for by my heir.

bhavanti hy arthadāyādāḥ puruṣasya viparyaye |
pṛthivyāṃ dharmadāyādāḥ durlabhās tu na santi vā || 6.20 ||

(26)夫人命終時 ²¹ 財産悉遺子
(27)子多貪俗利而我樂法財

21. 財産＝産財＜三＞

I, thinking only on religion, put it all away; the royal mothers at the end of life their cherished treasures leave for their sons,
439. ’Those sons who covet much such worldly profit;

20. ‘"At a man’s death there are doubtless heirs to his wealth; but heirs to his merit are hard to find on the earth or exist not at all.

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