Jinacaritaṁ: The Life of the Victorious Buddha

Jinacaritaṁ - The Life of the Victorious Buddha - 25
kim-aññātakavesena klesanibbāpanena me
ayaṁ buddho vahaṁ buddho hutvā loke anuttaro [48]
janataṁ dhammanāvāya tāretvāna bhavaṇṇavā
nibbānapuram-ānetvā seyyaṁ me parinibbutaṁ [49]
Kiṁ me aññātaka-vesena klesa-nibbāpanena? Ahaṁ ayaṁ Buddho va loke anuttaro
Buddho hutvā, janataṁ Dhamma-nāvāya bhava-aṇṇavā tāretvāna, Nibbāna-Puramānetvā,
Parinibbutaṁ me seyyaṁ.”
But what is there for me in another dress, or in the destruction of the defilements? 49
Like this Buddha, Complete Emancipation is best for me (only) after becoming a
supreme Buddha myself and carrying the people across the ocean of existence with
the boat of the Dhamma, and bringing them to the City of Nibbāna.”
iccevaṁ cintayitvāna nipanno kaddame tahiṁ
suvaṇṇakadalikkhandhasannibho sotisobhati [50]
Iti-evaṁ cintayitvāna, tahiṁ kaddame nipanno su-vaṇṇa-kadali-kkhandha-sannibho,
so-atisobhati.
After reflecting thus, while lying there in the mud like a very lovely banana trunk,
he radiated beautifully.
chabbaṇṇaraṁsīhi virājamānaṁ
disvā manuññaṁ sugatattabhāvaṁ
sañjātapītīhi udaggacitto
sambodhiyā chandam-akāsi dhīro [51]
Dhīro chaḷ-vaṇṇa-raṁsīhi manuññaṁ virāja-mānaṁ Sugata-atta-bhāvaṁ disvā,
udagga-citto sañjāta-pītīhi, Sambodhiyā chandaṁ akāsi.
The Hero, after seeing the pleasing and Fortunate individual with his mind detached
and his six coloured rays, his heart uplifted with the joy that had arisen, made his
aspiration for Complete Awakening.
49 These lines are very awkward syntactically, they could also mean: what is there for me
with the private (aññātakavesena) destruction of the defilements? Maybe both meanings are
intended.