太子瑞應本起經 1.33

1.33

「車匿步牽馬還，宮都中外，莫不惆悵。瞿夷啼哭，自投殿下曰：『我望太子，如渴欲飲，汝今與馬返獨空歸？』前抱馬頸，問太子所在。車匿曰：『太子上白大王及謝舍妻，今求無為大道，勿以我為憂。』瞿夷啼哭曰：『一何薄命，生亡我所天。為在何許？當那求之？』撫馬背曰：『太子乘汝出，汝何獨來歸？』舉國人民，莫不歔欷。王悲噢咿，涕泣交流，謂瞿夷曰：『如吾子所覺，老病死苦，實為大患。此神人也，其生之日，上帝親下，万神侍衛，符瑞光相，非世所見。阿夷相言：「若不樂天下，而棄家為道者，必為自然佛，當度脫萬姓。」今辭學道，乃自然乎？』

"Chandaka walked, leading the horse back. Everyone in the palace, within and without, was disheartened and sorrowful. Gopikā wept aloud and threw herself down from the hall, saying: 'I longed for the Prince as one who is thirsty desires water. Why have you and the horse now returned alone and empty-handed?' She came forward, embraced the horse's neck, and asked where the Prince was. Chandaka said: 'The Prince reported to the Great King on high and took leave of his wife: "I now seek the Great Way of the unconditioned; do not worry about me."' Gopikā cried aloud, saying: 'How wretched is my fate, that while alive I have lost the one who is my heaven! Where is he now? Where shall I seek him?' Caressing the horse's back, she said: 'The Prince rode you forth; why have you returned alone?' The people of the entire kingdom all sobbed and wept. The King moaned in grief, tears streaming down. He said to Gopikā: 'Just as my son perceived, the suffering of old age, sickness, and death is truly a great affliction. He is a divine being. On the day he was born, the Lord on High descended in person, ten thousand gods stood guard, and auspicious signs and radiant marks appeared such as the world has never seen. The physiognomist Asita said: "If he takes no joy in the world and leaves home to practice the Way, he will certainly become a spontaneous Buddha and cross over all the people." Now that he has renounced [the world] to study the Way, is it not spontaneous?'"