འཕགས་པ་གསར་འད་དམ་པ་མད་སྡའ་དབང་པའ་རྒྱལ་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 5.22

5.22

His court and the ministers with piteous cries wept,
And though oppressed by misery,

“ ‘They sprinkled water on him, weeping with upraised arms.
A third minister said to the king,
“Today I saw that the two princes
Had fainted in that great forest.

“ ‘ “They were lying on the ground, unconscious,
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:

“ ‘ “My one beloved, beautiful son
Mahāsattva 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.