[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-d557) › [The Sutra of the Sublime Golden Light (3)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa*bo-d557~en-84000) › 5.21 # འཕགས་པ་གསར་འད་དམ་པ་མད་སྡའ་དབང་པའ་རྒྱལ་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 5.21 The Sūtra of the Sublime Golden Light (3) 5.21 - **Language:** English ### [5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa*bo-d557~en-84000.5.21) “ ‘When they saw the king departing, They all followed after the king. When King Mahāratha came out Of the city, he immediately “ ‘Looked around with wild eyes Seeking for his beloved sons. He saw a man approaching With head shaved⁴⁰³ and bloody hands, “ ‘His body stained with dirt, weeping, With tears streaming down his face. Then there was an unendurable misery Within the heart of Mahāratha. “ ‘He wept, tears running down his face. Standing with arms outstretched, he wept. Then another minister came quickly, Hurriedly, from the far distance. “ ‘When he arrived, he said to the king, The lord of men, Mahāratha, “My lord, do not be sad, Your beloved sons are alive. “ ‘ “Before long they will be here with you, And you will see your beloved, excellent sons!” The king in a moment set out on the road, And then two prime ministers came. “ ‘Their clothes were dirty and stained And with tears on their faces they said to the king, “Great King, two of your sons are alive But burning from the fire of misery. “ ‘ “King, one of your excellent sons is missing; Mahāsattva has been seized by impermanence. He saw a tigress that had recently given birth And she was craving to eat her own cubs. “ ‘ “The youth Mahāsattva had for them A motivation of great compassion. He made a great prayer for enlightenment, Saying, ‘I am going to liberate all beings! “ ‘ “ ‘May I in the future reach that vast, Profound enlightenment that I long for!’ Mahāsattva leapt from a mountain cliff And was taken by the tigress tormented by hunger. “ ‘ “In a brief time his body had no flesh; Soon only the bones of the prince remained.” King Mahāratha fell into a faint When he heard these dreadful words. “ ‘He fell to the ground and lost consciousness, Burned by the unendurable fire of grief. - [Previous: 5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa*bo-d557~en-84000.5.20) - [Next: 5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa*bo-d557~en-84000.5.22) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa*bo-d557~en-84000.5) ## 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-d557.5.21) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa*bo-d557~en-84000.5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa*bo-d557~en-84000.5.21) · Pramāṇa