[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Mahāyāna sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra) › [Suvarṇaprabhāsottamasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa) › [འཕགས་པ་གསེར་འོད་དམ་པ་མདོ་སྡེའི་དབང་པོའི་རྒྱལ་པོ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa*bo-d556) › [The Sutra of the Sublime Golden Light (2)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa*bo-d556~en-84000) › 236 # འཕགས་པ་གསར་འད་དམ་པ་མད་སྡའ་དབང་པའ་རྒྱལ་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 236 The Sūtra of the Sublime Golden Light (2) 236 - **Language:** English ### [236](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa*bo-d556~en-84000.236) “ ‘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, - [Previous: 235](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa*bo-d556~en-84000.235) - [Next: 237](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa*bo-d556~en-84000.237) ## Linked texts (1) - [འཕགས་པ་གསེར་འོད་དམ་པ་མདོ་སྡེའི་དབང་པོའི་རྒྱལ་པོ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa*bo-d556.236) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa*bo-d556~en-84000.236](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa*bo-d556~en-84000.236) · Pramāṇa