Uttarajjhayana 197.1.1_3

197.1.1_3

U/18 saṃjaijjaṃ aṣādaśam adhyayanam /
kampille nayare rāyā | udiṇṇabalavāhaṇe /
nāmeṇaṃ saṃjae nāmaṃ | migavvaṃ uvaṇiggae ||1||

In the town of Kâmpilya there was a king, named Sañgaya, who possessed numerous troops and war-chariots; once he went a-hunting. (1)
He was surrounded on all sides by a large host of horses, elephants, chariots, and footmen. (2)
He chased the deer on horseback in the Kêsara-park of Kâmpilya; and intent on his sport he killed there the frightened deer. (3)
Now in the Kêsara-park there was a houseless ascetic intent on sacred study and meditating on the Law. (4)
Annihilating sinful inclinations, he meditated in the Asphôta-bower. But the king killed the deer that fled to him. (5)
Now the king on horseback came quickly there; he saw the killed deer and saw the monk there. (6)
The king in his consternation (thought) 'I had nearly hurt the monk; ill-fated and cruel me that is mad for the sport.' (7)
Having dismissed his horse, the king bowed respectfully to the monk's feet (saying), 'Forgive me this, Reverend sir.' (8)
But the venerable monk, being plunged in silent meditation, made no reply to the king, who, therefore, was seized with fear. (9)
'I am Sañgaya; answer me, Reverend sir; a monk might by the fire of his wrath reduce millions of men to ashes.' (10)
'Be without fear, O king; but grant safety to others also; in this transient world of living beings, why are you addicted to cruelty? (11)
'As you must, of necessity, one day part with everything, in this transient world of living beings, why do you cling to kingly power? (12)