འཕགས་པ་གསར་འད་དམ་པ་མད་སྡའ་དབང་པའ་རྒྱལ་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 236

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“ ‘They saw blood on the mouths
Of the tigress and the tiger cubs,
And some bones and hair were
Scattered there upon the ground.

“ ‘There were a few drops of blood
That had fallen onto the ground.
Those two princes saw that
The earth was bloodstained.⁵³³

“ ‘They completely fainted away
And lay on the ground unconscious,
Their bodies covered with dirt,⁵³⁴
Without awareness, their minds in a swoon.

“ ‘All of their entourage
Wept piteously, overcome with misery.
They sprinkled water upon them
And with arms outstretched, wept.

“ ‘The moment that they had fainted,
Their mother, the beloved principal queen,
Was happily dwelling in the palace
With five hundred other women.

“ ‘From the nipples of both breasts,
Her milk came forth as dripping blood.
Her entire body and all her limbs
Were in pain as if pierced by needles.

“ ‘Her heart became filled with misery,
Hit by the arrow of the grief of losing a child.
She came before the king,
Deeply tormented by misery and in distress.

“ ‘With piteous cries she wept
And said to King Mahāratha,
“King, lord of men, listen to me.
My body is burned by the fire of misery.

“ ‘ “From the nipples of both my breasts
The milk has emerged as blood.
My body is in pain as if pierced by needles,
And my heart feels about to break.

“ ‘ “This seems to be a sign that I will
Never again see my beloved sons.
Therefore, regard me with compassion—
Find my sons and give me my life!

“ ‘ “In a dream that I had today,
I found three dove chicks.
One of the dove chicks was,
To me, the loveliest and prettiest.

“ ‘ “A hawk came, and that hawk
Took my dove chick away.
A grief like that in the dream
Has entered here into my heart.

“ ‘ “My mind is so tormented by sadness
It will not be long before I die.
Therefore, you who are compassionate,
Find my sons and give me my life!”

“ ‘After she had spoken, the principal queen
Fainted and lay there on the floor,
The faculty of awareness lost,