Uttarajjhayana 197.1.1_5

197.1.1_5

U/20 mahāniyaṇṭhijjaṃ viṃśatitamam adhyayanam /
siddhāṇa namo kiccā | saṃjayāṇaṃ ca bhāvao /
atthadhammagaiṃ taccaṃ | aṇusaṭhiṃ suṇeha me ||1||

Piously adoring the perfected and the restrained saints, listen to my true instruction which (teaches the real) profit (of men), religion, and liberation. (1)
King Srênika, the ruler of Magadha, who possessed many precious things, once made a pleasure-excursion to the Mandikukshi Kaitya. (2)
It was a park like Nandana, with trees and creepers of many kinds, peopled by various birds, and full of various flowers. (3)
There he saw a restrained and concentrated saint sitting below a tree, who looked delicate and accustomed to comfort. (4)
When the king saw his figure, his astonishment at that ascetic's figure was very great and unequalled. (5)
'O his colour, O his figure, O the loveliness of the noble man, O his tranquillity, O his perfection, O his disregard for pleasures!' (6)
Adoring his feet and keeping him on his right side (he sat down), neither too far off nor too close by, and asked him with his hands clasped: (7)
'Though a young nobleman, you have entered the order; in an age fit for pleasure you exert yourself as a Sramana, O ascetic; I want to hear you explain this.' (8)
"I am without a protector, O great king; there is nobody to protect me, I know no friend nor any one to have sympathy with me." (9)
Then king Srênika, the ruler of Magadha, laughed: 'How should there be nobody to protect one so accomplished as you?' (to)