The Tham Vessantara-jAtaka - Khamkoo

arocesi : Then MaddI saw them approaching and cried, “Beggars my lord!” MahAstto :
The Great Being stopped the chariot, and they came up to him and asked for the horses.
TamatthaM pakAsento satthA Aha : Explaining the Teacher spoke thus: TaM
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brAmaBA anvagamum tenam asse ayAcisum yAcito paTipAdesi catunaM caturo haye ti :
“Then four Brahmins caught him up and asked for the horses, and at the right spot, he
gave the four horses to the four of them.” After he had given the horses away, the yoke
of the chariot remained in mid air. And no sooner the Brahmins had gone, then four
gods in the guise of red deer came and drew the chariot to move on. Bodhisatto :
Knowing that they were gods, the Great Being spoke this stanza to MaddI, Ingha maddi
nisAmehi cittarUpamva dissati migaro hiccavaBBena dakkhiBassA vahanti maM : “Look,
MaddI; see this wonderful thing, how these clever horses in the shape of red deer, draw
me on!” Ime devaputtA : But as he went on, there came another Brahmin and asked for
the chariot. So, the Great Being took down his wife and children and gave him the
chariot. And when he gave the chariot, the gods disappeared.
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SatthA : To explain the gift of the chariot, the Teacher spoke to monks thus:
Athettha paGcamo AgA so taM ratha yAcatha tassa taM yAcito dAsi na cassu pahato
mano: “A fifth Brahmin came up to him and asked for the chariot. So he gave it to him,
and he was in high spirit in giving without clinging.” Then King Vessantara took down
his family and gave the chariot to the Brahmin who came on that account. Tato pathAya
: From that time they all went on foot. MahAsatto : Then the Great Being spoke to
MaddI: “MaddI, you carry KaBhAjinA, for she is young and light, but I will carry JAli,
her brother, as he is heavier.” EvaGca : Then they went on their journey each carrying a
child on their hips.
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