Jinacaritaṁ: The Life of the Victorious Buddha

Jinacaritaṁ - The Life of the Victorious Buddha - 17
saṁvegam-upayāto va cintesī ti guṇākaro
dhanasāraṁ imaṁ gayha gantuṁ yuttan-ti me pana [15]
Guṇa-Ākaro saṁvegaṁ upayāto va, iti cintesi: “Me pana imaṁ dhana-sāraṁ gayha,
gantuṁ yuttaṁ” ti.
That Mine of Virtue became really anxious 27 , and thought thus: “Although I have
received this valuable wealth, I am bound to go.” 28
rahogato nisīditvā sundare nijamandire
dehe dose udikkhanto ovadanto pi attano [16]
Sundare nija-mandire raho-gato nisīditvā, dehe dose udikkhanto, attano ovadanto pi:
Having sat down in seclusion in his own beautiful house, while surveying the faults
in the body, and advising himself (he thought thus):
bhedanaṁ tanuno dukkhaṁ dukkho tassodayo pi ca
jātidhammo jarādhammo vyādhidhammo ahaṁ iti [17]
“Tanuno bhedanaṁ dukkhaṁ, tassa-udayo pi ca dukkho - ahaṁ jāti-dhammo jarādhammo
vyādhi-dhammo.” iti
“Painful is the break-up of the body, painful also is its arising again - I am subject to
death, subject to old age, subject to sickness.”
evam-ādīhi dehasmiṁ disvā dose anekadhā
pure bheriñ-carāpetvā ārocetvāna rājino [18]
Evaṁ dehasmiṁ ādīhi dose anekadhā disvā, rājino ārocetvāna, pure bheriṁ
carāpetvā,
Having thus seen the countless faults in the body and so on, after informing the king,
and having the drums beaten in the city,
bherinādasugandhena yācakālisamāgate
dānakiñjakkha-oghena sattāhaṁ pīṇayī tato [19]
bheri-nāda-su-gandhena yācaka-ali samāgate, tato dāna-kiñjakkha-oghena satta-ahaṁ
pīṇayī.
for seven days thereafter he satisfied the beggars who gathered at the sound of the
drum with a flood of gifts, just as bees gather and are satisfied with the sweet scent
of a multitude of blossoms. 29
27 Saṁvega, a particularly difficult word to translate, as there seems to be no equivalent in
English, it means a kind of stirring anxiety, that makes one undertake spiritual practice.
28 Bound to die.