Jinacaritaṁ: The Life of the Victorious Buddha

Jinacaritaṁ - The Life of the Victorious Buddha - 45
sutvā taṁ tattato tamhā pītiyodaggamānaso
tāvad-evopagantvāna suddhodananivesanaṁ [122]
pavisitvā supaññatte nisinno āsane isi
jāto kira mahārāja putto tenuttaro sudhī [123]
Taṁ tattato sutvā, pītiya-udagga-mānaso, tamhā tāvad-eva upagantvāna,
Suddhodana-nivesanaṁ pavisitvā, su-paññatte āsane nisinno, isi: “Kira, Mahā-Rāja, te
anuttaro sudhī putto jāto,
After hearing about the situation, with his mind joyful and elated, after instantly
departing from there, and entering Suddhodana’s dwelling, while sitting on his wellprepared
seat, the seer said: “It seems, Great King, an unsurpassed and sagacious son
has been born to you,
daṭṭhum-icchāmahaṁ tan-ti āha rājā alaṅkataṁ
ānāpetvā kumāraṁ taṁ vandāpetum-upāgami [124]
daṭṭhuṁ icchāmi-ahaṁ taṁ” ti āha; Rājā alaṅkataṁ taṁ Kumāraṁ ānāpetvā,
vandāpetuṁ upāgami.
I long to see him;” the King, after summoning the finely-dressed Prince, approached
to make him pay respect (to Kāladevala).
kumārabhūtassa pi tāvadeva
guṇānubhāvena manoramāni
pādāravindā parivattiyaggā
patiṭṭhitā muddhani tāpasassa [125]
Kumāra-bhūtassa pi guṇa-anubhāvena tāvad-eva, mano-ramāni aggā pādā-aravindā
parivattiya tāpasassa muddhani patiṭṭhitā.
Instantly, by the power of the Prince’s virtues, his delightful, supreme, lotus-feet
turned about and were placed on the ascetic’s head.
tenattabhāvena naruttamassa
na vanditabbo tibhave pi koci
tilokanāthassa sace hi sīsaṁ
tapassino pādatale ṭhapeyyuṁ [126]
Tena-atta-bhāvena na koci ti-bhave pi vanditabbo Nara-Uttamassa, sace Ti-Loka-
Nāthassa sīsaṁ hi tapassino pāda-tale ṭhapeyyuṁ
The Supreme Man, having that individuality, there was no one in the three (realms
of) existence whom he should pay respect to; if the head of the Protector of the
Three Worlds had been placed at the ascetic’s feet