Lalit Vistara

SR No.: 011126
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Rajendralala Mitra
Publisher: Asiatic Society
Publication Year: 1881
Total Pages: 292
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 18 MB

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CHAPTER XIII.
of varied and mellifluous sounds in barmony with the cadence of music. (27)
"From many millions of kalpas this was, O lamp of the universe, thy resolve, "I shall be born here for the redemption of the creation subject to disease and death." Do thou, lion among men, call to mind that former resolve. The time has come for thy renunciation, king of the bipeds. (28)
"As a mortal son on earth innumerable have been the benefac tions that have been given away by thee; thou hast given away wealth, gold, precious stones, rare vestments, beautiful jewels, thy own hands and feet and eyes; dear sous and thriving kingdoms have been given away by thee; and never hast thon, devoid of the defects of the dwellers of hell, ever denied a prayer. (29)
"O thou auspicious king, thou of the rabbit mark, (i. e., beautiful as the moon bearing the mark of the hare on its breast,) with a mouth set with handsome teeth, with mind 'embued with mercy and benevolence, crowned with jewels, refulgent as the moon; beginning with these, hero of the royal race, thou hast done many noble acts for the guidance of many royal personag. (0)
"Thon hast, O Sugata, for many kalpas practised good conduct-conduct flawless as the man jewel-conduct which has purified good conduct. Thou hast practised it with the same assiduity with which the yak preserves its hair.16 Thou hast practised good conduct for the good of this world. (31)
"By thy devotion to good conduct, O noble elephant, thou didst, when pierced by the arrow of thy enemy, covetousness, show him mercy and favour, and overshadow the heat of the day by such noble acts as giving up thy excellent tusks; but thou didst never abandon thy good gonduct. (32)
"In the exercise of thy good conduct thou hast suffered from numerous travails-a thousand paius, many injurious speeches, and imprisonment. By thy patience thou hast, O king, preserved all in ease. And those who sought to kill thee have been pardoned. (38)