Uttarajjhayana 197.1.1_4

197.1.1_4

U/19 miyāputtīyaṃ ekonaviṃśatitamam adhyayanam /
suggīve nayare ramme | kāṇaṇujjāṇasohie /
rāyā balabhaddi tti | miyā tassaggamāhisī ||1||

In the pleasant town of Sugrîva, which is adorned with parks and gardens, there was the king Balabhadra and Mrigâ, the principal queen. (1)
Their son Balasrî, also known as Mrigâputra (i.e. son of Mrigâ), the darling of his father and mother, was crown-prince, a (future) lord of ascetics. (2)
In his palace Nandana he dallied with his wives, like the god Dôgundaga, always happy in his mind. (3)
Standing at a window of his palace, the floor of which was inlaid with precious stones and jewels, he looked down on the squares, places, and roads of the town. (4)
Once he saw pass there a restrained Sramana, who practised penance, self-restraint, and self-control, who was full of virtues, and a very mine of good qualities. (5)
Mrigâputra regarded him with fixed eyes, trying to remember where he had seen the same man before. (6)
While he looked at the saint, and his mind became pure, the remembrance of his former birth carne upon him as he was plunged in doubt. (7)
When the remembrance of his former birth came upon the illustrious Mrigâputra, he remembered his previous birth and his having been then a Sramana. (8)
Being not delighted with pleasures, but devoted to self-control, he went to his father and mother, and spoke as follows: (9)
'I have learned the five great vows; (I know) the suffering (that awaits the sinner) in hell or in an existence as a brute; I have ceased to take delight in the large ocean (of the Samsâra); therefore, O mother, allow me to enter the order. (to)