釋迦譜 1.416

1.416

爾時王師及以大臣。至跋伽仙人苦行林中。除去從人及諸儀飾。便前仙人所住之處。仙人請坐互相問訊。於是王師語仙人言。我是白淨王師。今所以來至於此者。彼白淨王足相太子。厭惡生老病死之苦。出家學道路由此林。大仙見不。跋伽仙人答王師言。我近於此見一童子。顏容端正相好具足。來入此林共我議論。遂經一宿不知乃是王之太子。鄙薄我等所修之道。從此北行詣彼仙人阿羅邏迦蘭。爾時王師大臣聞此言已。即便疾往彼仙人所。而於中路遙見太子在於樹下端坐思惟。相好光明踰於日月。即便下馬除却侍衛。脫諸儀服前太子所。坐於一面互相問訊。於是王師白太子言。大王見使尋求太子。欲有所說。太子答曰。父王勅汝欲何所道。王師答言。大王久知太子深樂出家。此意難迴。然王於太子恩愛情深。憂愁盛火常自熾然。須太子歸以滅之耳。願便迴駕還返宮城。雖有物務不令太子令棄道業。靜心之處不必山林。摩訶波闍波提耶輸陀羅內外眷屬。皆悉沒於憂惱大海。思太子還而拯救之。

At that time, the royal preceptor and the great minister arrived in the ascetic grove of the ṛṣi Bhārgava. Leaving behind their attendants and ceremonial regalia, they went forward to the dwelling place of the ṛṣi. The ṛṣi invited them to sit, and they exchanged greetings. Thereupon the royal preceptor said to the ṛṣi: "I am the preceptor of King Śuddhodana. The reason we have come here now is that King Śuddhodana's prince, fully endowed with the auspicious marks, grew weary and disgusted with the sufferings of birth, old age, sickness, and death, and left home to study the Way, his path leading through this grove. Did the great ṛṣi see him?" The ṛṣi Bhārgava answered the royal preceptor: "Recently, I saw a youth here, handsome in countenance, endowed with the marks and signs. He came into this grove and conversed with me. He stayed for one night, and I did not know that he was the king's prince. Depreciating the way we practice, he went north from here to visit the ṛṣi Ārāḍa Kālāma." Then the royal preceptor and the great minister, having heard these words, immediately went swiftly to that ṛṣi's place. On the way, they saw the prince from afar, sitting upright under a tree in meditation, his marks and brilliance surpassing the sun and moon. They dismounted from their horses, dismissed their guards, removed their ceremonial robes, and went before the prince. Sitting to one side, they exchanged greetings. Thereupon the royal preceptor said to the prince: "The Great King has sent us to seek out the prince, wishing to have something said." The prince replied: "What does my royal father instruct you to say?" The royal preceptor answered: "The Great King has long known that the prince takes deep delight in leaving home, and that this resolve is difficult to turn back. However, the king's affection for the prince is deep; the blazing fire of sorrow constantly burns within him, and it requires the prince's return to extinguish it. We pray you turn your carriage around and return to the palace city. Though there are worldly affairs, we will not cause the prince to abandon his pursuit of the Way. A place of quietude of mind does not necessarily have to be in the mountain forests. Mahāprajāpatī, Yaśodharā, and your kin inside and out are all submerged in the great ocean of grief and distress, longing for the prince to return and rescue them."