འཕགས་པ་གསར་འད་དམ་པ་མད་སྡའ་དབང་པའ་རྒྱལ་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 239

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And we sprinkled water upon them
Until they recovered and stood up.
Ablaze, they looked into the four directions,

“ ‘ “And after briefly standing they again fell to the ground.
With piteous cries they emitted wails,
Their arms constantly upraised and in despair,
And spoke in praise of their younger brother.”

“ ‘The king was in complete despair;
In grief from the loss of his son, his mind was in disarray.
Tormented by his grief he emitted wails,
And in his mind the king had this thought:

“ ‘ “I have one beloved, beautiful son,
Mahāsattva, who has been seized by impermanence,
And the other two sons of mine
Will lose their lives to the fire of grief.

“ ‘ “Therefore, I must quickly go there
To see my two beloved sons.
Then I will quickly bring the princes
To the royal capital and into the royal palace.

“ ‘ “The heart of their mother, who gave them birth,
May break because of the fire of her grief.
She will attain peace from seeing her two sons
And then she will not lose her life.”

“ ‘The king, accompanied by his ministers,
Riding an elephant, went to see that place.
He saw his two sons coming along the road, weeping,
With pitiful cries calling the name of their younger brother.

“ ‘The king collected those two sons;
Weeping, they went to their home.
In that way he was able to quickly, speedily
Show the queen her own two sons.

“ ‘In the past, I, Śākyamuni, the Tathāgata,
Was that excellent Mahāsattva,
Who was the son of King Mahāratha
That brought happiness to the tigress.

“ ‘The excellent lord of kings, Śuddhodana,
Was the king who was named Mahāratha.
The queen was the excellent Queen Māyā.
Mahāpraṇāda was Maitreya.

“ ‘Similarly, Prince Mahādeva
Was Mañjuśrī Kumārabhūta.
The tigress was Mahāprajāpatī,
And the tiger cubs were the five bhikṣus.⁵³⁷