The Tham Vessantara-jAtaka - Khamkoo

All birds there through out the jungle met sorrowfully together in one place on the
departure of Vessantara, who made the kingdom of the Sivis prosperous. SabbaMhi taM
araGGamhi : All animals there, through out the jungle about three leagues, sorrowfully
did not make sounds on the departure of Vessantara, who made the kingdom of the
Sivis prosperous. SabbamhitaM araGGaMhi : All birds there through out the jungle about
three leagues sorrowfully did not make sounds on the departure of Vessantara who
made the kingdom of the Sivis prosperous. They say: “From now on, the preyed birds,
which are quite brave, will look for their meats, and we dare not sing freely and loudly
as we had done. We will suffer a lot after the departure of Vessantara, who made the
kingdom of the Sivis prosperous.”
SaGjayya narindo : When king SaGjaya, the lord of men, had done one-month
sports in the jungle, he sent for his army commander to ask him whether the road his
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son would take had been decorated. When the commander informed him it had
completed and it was time to move, Vessantarassa ArocApetvA senA AdAyanikkhami : he
sent word to Vessantara and he departed with his army. MahA satto : Surrounding by a
great company, the Great Being journeyed the sixty leagues along the decorated road
from the heart of VaMka hill or Crooked Mountain to the city of Jetuttara.
TamatthaM pakAsento satthA Aha : Explaining this to the monks, the
Teacher spoke thus:
PaTiyatto rAjamaggo vicitto pupphasanthato vasi vessantaro rAja yattha yAva jetuttarA
purA : The royal road from where Vessantara lived to Jetuttara was ready with
decoration scattering flowers. King SaGjaya caused them arranged the road, which the
Great Being would take to return home, with various decorations and arrangements,
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such as water, kinds of drink, meals and food at both sides of the road, at the gates, at
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