Uttarajjhayana 128.1.1_8

128.1.1_8

U/9 namipavvajjā navamam adhyayanam /
caiūṇa devalogāo | uvavanno māṇusaṃmi logaṃmi /
uvasantamohaṇijjo | saraī porāṇiyaṃ jāiṃ ||1||

After (Nami) had descended from the world of the gods, and had been born as a man, he put an end to the influence of delusion, and remembered his former birth. (1)
Remembering his former birth, king Nami became a Svayamsambuddha in the true Law, and placing his son on the throne he retired from the world. (2)
After having enjoyed, in the company of the beautiful ladies of his seraglio, excellent pleasures which match those of the heavens, king Nami became enlightened and gave up his pleasures. (3)
Having given up the town and country of Mithilâ, his army, seraglio, and all his retinue, the venerable man retired from the world and resorted to a lonely place. (4)
When the royal Seer Nami retired from the world, at the occasion of his Pravragyâ there was an uproar in Mithilâ. (5)
To the royal Seer who had reached the excellent stage of Pravragyâ, Sakra in the guise of a Brâhmana addressed the following words: (6)
'Why is now Mithilâ full of uproar? Dreadful noises are heard from palaces and houses.' (7)
On hearing this, the royal Seer Nami, pursuing his reasons and arguments, answered the king of the gods thus: (8)
'In Mithilâ is the sacred tree Manôrama, full of leaves, flowers, and fruits, which sheds a cool shadow; this tree is always a favourite resort of many (birds). (9)
'Now, as this sacred tree Manôrama is shaken by the storm, the birds, suffering, destitute of refuge, and miserable, scream aloud.' (10)