Verses on Dhamma 2.1.p17

2.1.p17

Athassa bhariyā katipāhaccayena puttaṃ vijāyi. Seṭṭhi ‘‘imasmiṃ asati mama puttova seṭṭhiṭṭhānaṃ labhissati, idāneva taṃ māretuṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti cintetvā kāḷiṃ āmantetvā, ‘‘gaccha, je, vajato gunnaṃ nikkhamanavelāya vajadvāramajjhe imaṃ tiriyaṃ nipajjāpehi, gāviyo naṃ madditvā māressanti, madditāmadditabhāvaṃ panassa ñatvā ehī’’ti āha. Sā gantvā gopālakena vajadvāre vivaṭamatteyeva taṃ tathā nipajjāpesi. Gogaṇajeṭṭhako usabho aññasmiṃ kāle sabbapacchā nikkhamantopi taṃ divasaṃ sabbapaṭhamaṃ nikkhamitvā dārakaṃ catunnaṃ pādānaṃ antare katvā aṭṭhāsi. Anekasatagāviyo usabhassa dve passāni ghaṃsantiyo nikkhamiṃsu. Gopālakopi ‘‘ayaṃ usabho pubbe sabbapacchā nikkhamati, ajja pana sabbapaṭhamaṃ nikkhamitvā vajadvāramajjhe niccalova ṭhito, kiṃ nu kho eta’’nti cintetvā gantvā tassa heṭṭhā nipannaṃ dārakaṃ disvā puttasinehaṃ paṭilabhitvā, ‘‘putto me laddho’’ti gehaṃ nesi.

She carried the child to the cattle-pen, and as soon as the door was opened, laid him across the doorway. Now at other times the leader of the herd, the bull, came out last of all; but on this particular day he came out first, inclosed the boy with his four feet, and stood stock still. Several hundred cows came out on either side of the bull, rubbing against his flanks as they passed. The herdsman thought to himself, "Hitherto this bull has always gone out last of all, but to-day he went out first and stood stock still in the doorway of the pen. What can this mean?" Going near, he saw the boy lying under the bull. Immediately taking a fancy to him, he said to himself, "I have gained a son," and picking him up, he carried him home.