Jinacaritaṁ: The Life of the Victorious Buddha

Jinacaritaṁ - The Life of the Victorious Buddha - 53
mam-ajja bandhanaṁ jātaṁ iti vatvāna tāvade
samiddhaṁ sabbakāmehi agamā sundaraṁ puraṁ [151]
“Mama-ajja bandhanaṁ jātaṁ!” iti vatvāna, tāvade sabba-kāmehi samiddhaṁ
sundaraṁ puraṁ agamā.
and exclaiming: “Today a bond 93 has been born to me!” at once went to the beautiful
city (of Kapilavatthu), which was furnished with all sensual pleasures.
ṭhitā uparipāsāde kisāgotami taṁ tadā
rājentaṁ sataraṁsīva rājaṁ disvā kathesidaṁ [152]
Tadā upari-pāsāde ṭhitā Kisāgotami sata-raṁsi-iva rājentaṁ taṁ Rājaṁ disvā, idaṁ
kathesi:
Then Kisāgotami, standing on the top floor of the palace, having seen the Prince
shining like the sun, 94 said this:
yesaṁ sūnu ayaṁ dhīro yā ca jāyā imassa tu
te sabbe nibbutā nūna sadānūnaguṇassa ve [153]
“Ayaṁ Dhīro yesaṁ sūnu, anūna-guṇassa imassa tu yā jāyā ca, ve te sabbe sadā nūna
nibbutā.”
“Those to whom this Hero is a son, she who is the wife of this one complete in
virtue, all of them are truly satisfied forever.” 95
itīdisaṁ giraṁ sutvā manuññaṁ tāya bhāsitaṁ
sañjātapītiyā pīno gacchamāno sakālayaṁ [154]
Iti tāya bhāsitaṁ īdisaṁ manuññaṁ giraṁ sutvā, sañjāta-pītiyā pīno, saka-ālayaṁ
gacchamāno,
After hearing such a pleasant utterance spoken thus by her, full of the joy that had
arisen, while he was proceeding to his house,
93 Here the word is bandhana, but the actual word the Bodhisatta used was rāhula (meaning
an impediment), which is how the boy received his name.
94 There is a play on the root rāj here, which means to reign and to shine. One of the names
of the sun is the hundred-rayed one.
95 The exclamation as reported in Jā Nid is: Nibbutā nūna sā mātā, nibbuto nūna so pitā,
nibbutā nūna sā nārī, yassāyaṁ īdiso patī. Truly satisfied is his mother, truly satisfied is his
father, truly satisfied is that woman who has such a one for husband.