法句譬喻經 28.p1.3

28.p1.3

in the midst of it he saw a beautiful city with palaces, and towers, and residences, like those in the Trāyastriñshas Heaven. Then coming before the gate, he began to burn incense, and recite his religious formularies (Mantras), with a view to gain admission and obtain sight of Yamarāja. At length he was admitted into the dread presence of the King, and, on being asked his wish, he related his case as before. To him the King thus replied—"What you ask, honourable sir, is pious and good of you. Your son is now in the Eastern garden disporting himself there; take him and go.” On this the Brahman forthwith hastened to the place, and there he saw his loved child playing with other children. He immediately ran to him, and embracing him, with the tears coursing down his cheeks, exclaimed— “How can I forget you, my child, over whom I have watched so long and lovingly! Remember you not me, my child, your father? Do you not recall our grief as we tended you in your sickness, my child?” But the boy repelled the embrace of the Brahman, and upbraided him for using such foolish terms as father and child, who perish as the grass. “In my present state,” he added, “I know no such words, and I am free from such delusive thoughts.” On this the Brahman, with many tears, departed; and as he went he bethought himself of the Shaman Gōtama, and he resolved to go to him and lay bare his grief, and seek for some consolation.