Uttarajjhayana 22

22.1

soriyapuraṃmi nayare āsi rāyā mahiḍḍhie |
vasudeve tti nāmeṇaṃ rāyalakkhaṇasaṃjue ||

In the city of Śauryapura there was a king of great power, / Vasudeva by name, endowed with royal marks.

22.2

tassa bhajjā duve āsī rohiṇī devaī tahā |
tāsiṃ doṇhaṃ pi do puttā iṭṭhā rāmakesavā ||

He had two wives, Rohiṇī and Devakī; / and to both of them were born two dear sons, Rāma and Keśava.

22.3

soriyapuraṃmi nayare āsi rāyā mahiḍḍhie |
samuddavijae nāmaṃ rāyalakkhaṇasaṃjue ||

In the city of Śauryapura there was a king of great power, / Samudravijaya by name, endowed with royal marks.

22.4

tassa bhajjā sivā nāma tīse putto mahāyaso |
bhagavaṃ ariṭṭhanemi tti loganāhe damīsare ||

His wife was named Śivā; her son was of great renown, / the Blessed Ariṣṭanemi, the lord of the world, master of the subdued.

22.5

soriṭṭhanemināmo u lakkhaṇassarasaṃjuo |
aṭṭhasahassalakkhaṇadharo goyamo kālagacchavī ||

Named Śauri-Ariṣṭanemi, endowed with marks and a pleasant voice, / bearing the eight thousand auspicious marks, of Gautama lineage, with dark complexion,

22.6

vajjarisahasaṃghayaṇo samacauraṃso jjhasoyaro |
tassa rāīmaiṃ kannaṃ bhajjaṃ jāyai kesavo ||

Having the adamantine-ribbed body-structure, symmetrical, with fish-marked belly; / for him Keśava asked the maiden Rājīmatī as wife.

22.7

aha sā rāyavarakannā susīlā cārupehiṇo |
savvalakkhaṇasaṃpunnā vijjusoyāmaṇippabhā ||

Then she, an excellent royal maiden, of virtuous conduct, beautiful to behold, / endowed with all auspicious marks, had the brilliance of a streak of lightning.

22.8

ahāha jaṇao tīse vāsudevaṃ mahiḍḍhiyaṃ |
ihāgacchaū kumāro jā se kannaṃ dalāma haṃ ||

Then her father said to the mighty Vāsudeva: / "Let the prince come here, so that I may give him the maiden."

22.9

savvosahīhi ṇhavio kayakouyamaṃgalo |
divvajuyalaparihio ābharaṇehiṃ vibhūsio ||

Bathed with all [medicinal] herbs, the auspicious wedding rite performed, / clad in a divine pair of garments, adorned with ornaments,

22.10

mattaṃ ca gaṃdhahatthiṃ vāsudevassa jeṭṭhagaṃ |
ārūḍho sohae ahiyaṃ sire cūḍāmaṇī jahā ||

and mounted upon an elephant in rut, fragrant and supreme among Vāsudeva's, / he shone exceedingly, like a crest-jewel on the head.

22.11

aha ūsieṇa chatteṇa cāmarāhi ya sohie |
dasāracakkeṇa ya so savvao parivārio ||

Then, brilliant with an upraised parasol and fly-whisks, / he was surrounded on all sides by the circle of Daśārhas.

He sat under a raised umbrella, fanned by two chowries, and he was surrounded on all sides by a host of Dasârhas and by a complete army drawn up in rank and file, while the heavenly sound of musical instruments reached the sky.

22.12

cauraṃgiṇīe senāe raiyāe jahakkamaṃ |
turiyāṇa sannināeṇa divveṇa gaganaṃ phuse ||

With the fourfold army arranged in proper order, / [and] with the divine music of drums, he seemed to touch the sky.

22.13

eyārisīe iḍḍhīe juīe uttimāe ya |
niyagāo bhavaṇāo nijjāo vaṇhipuṃgavo ||

With such splendor and supreme radiance, / that bull among the Vṛṣṇis set forth from his own palace.

22.14

aha so tattha nijjaṃto dissa pāṇe bhayaddue |
vāḍehiṃ paṃjarehiṃ ca sanniruddhe sudukkhie ||

Then, as he was proceeding there, he saw living beings overcome with fear, / confined within pens and cages, sorely afflicted,

22.15

jīviyaṃtaṃ tu saṃpatte maṃsaṭṭhā bhakkhiyavvae |
pāsettā se mahāpanne sārahiṃ iṇamabbavī ||

brought to the end of their lives, destined to be eaten for their meat. / Seeing them, the highly wise one said this to the charioteer:

22.16

kassa aṭṭhā ime pāṇā ee savve suhesiṇo |
vāḍehiṃ paṃjarehiṃ ca sanniruddhā ya acchahiṃ? ||

"For what purpose do all these living beings, who seek happiness, / stay confined within pens and cages?"

22.17

aha sārahī tao bhaṇai ee bhaddā u pāṇiṇo |
tujjhaṃ vivāhakajjaṃmi bhoyāveuṃ bahuṃ janaṃ ||

Then the charioteer said: "These beings, O blessed one, / are to feed many people on your wedding occasion."

22.18

soūṇa tassa vayaṇaṃ bahupāṇivināsanaṃ |
ciṃtei se mahāpanne sānukkose jiehi u ||

Hearing his words, which meant the slaughter of many beings, / the highly wise one, filled with compassion for living beings, reflected:

22.19

jai majjha kāraṇā ee hammihiṃti bahū jiyā |
na me eyaṃ tu nissesaṃ paraloge bhavissaī ||

"If for my sake these many living beings are to be killed, / it will not lead to my highest good in the next world."

22.20

so kuṃḍalāṇa juyalaṃ suttagaṃ ca mahāyaso |
ābharaṇāṇi ya savvāṇi sārahissa paṇāmae ||

He, of great renown, handed over his pair of earrings, his thread, / and all his ornaments to the charioteer.

22.21

manapariṇāme ya kae devā ya jahoiyaṃ samoiṇṇā |
savvaḍḍhīe saparisā nikkhamaṇaṃ tassa kāuṃ je ||

When his mind's resolution was formed, the gods descended as is fitting / to carry out his going forth, with all their splendor and retinue.

22.22

devamanussaparivuḍo sīyārayaṇaṃ tao samārūḍho |
nikkhamiya bāragāo revayayaṃmi ṭṭhio bhagavaṃ ||

Surrounded by gods and humans, he then mounted the jewel of a palanquin; / departing from Dvārakā, the Blessed One stood on Mount Raivataka.

22.23

ujjāṇaṃ saṃpatto oinno uttimāo sīyāo |
sāhassīe parivuḍo aha nikkhamaī u cittāhi ||

Having reached the park, he descended from the excellent palanquin; / surrounded by a thousand [kings], under the constellation Citrā, he went forth.

22.24

aha se sugaṃdhagaṃdhie turiyaṃ mauyakuṃcie |
sayameva luṃcaī kese paṃcamuṭṭhīhiṃ samāhio ||

Then, fragrant with sweet perfume, swift, soft, and curly, / he himself plucked out his hair in five handfuls, fully concentrated.

22.25

vāsudevo ya ṇaṃ bhaṇai luttakesaṃ jiiṃdiyaṃ |
icchiyamanorahe turiyaṃ pāvesū taṃ damīsarā! ||

And Vāsudeva said to him, whose hair was plucked, who had conquered his senses: / "Swiftly achieve your cherished desire, O lord of the restrained!

22.26

nāṇeṇaṃ daṃsaṇeṇaṃ ca caritteṇa taheva ya |
khaṃtīe muttīe vaḍḍhamāṇo bhavāhi ya ||

Through knowledge, faith, and conduct likewise, / through forbearance and liberation, keep on growing!"

22.27

evaṃ te rāmakesavā dasārā ya bahū janā |
ariṭṭhaṇemiṃ vaṃdittā aigayā bāragāpuriṃ ||

Thus Rāma and Keśava, the Daśārhas, and many people, / having paid homage to Ariṣṭanemi, returned to the city of Dvārakā.

22.28

soūṇa rāyakannā pavvajjaṃ sā jinassa u |
nīhāsā ya nirānaṃdā sogeṇa u samutthayā ||

Hearing of the going forth of the Jina, that princess / became joyless and without mirth, overwhelmed with sorrow.

22.29

rāīmaī viciṃtei dhiratthu mama jīviyaṃ |
jā haṃ teṇa pariccattā seyaṃ pavvaiuṃ mama ||

Rāīmaī reflected: "Cursed be my life, / since I have been abandoned by him! It is better for me to go forth."

22.30

aha sā bhamarasannibhe kuccaphaṇagapasāhie |
sayameva luṃcaī kese dhiimaṃtā vavassiyā ||

Then, black as bees, arranged with brush and comb, / she herself plucked out her hair, resolute and steadfast.

22.31

vāsudevo ya ṇaṃ bhaṇai luttakesaṃ jiiṃdiyaṃ |
saṃsārasāgaraṃ ghoraṃ tara kanne! lahuṃ lahuṃ ||

And Vāsudeva said to her, whose hair was plucked, who had conquered her senses: / "O maiden, cross the dreadful ocean of the cycle of rebirth swiftly, swiftly!"

22.32

sā pavvaiyā saṃtī pavvāvesī tahiṃ bahuṃ |
sayaṇaṃ pariyaṇaṃ ceva sīlavaṃtā bahussuyā ||

Having gone forth, being virtuous and learned, / she caused many of her own kinsfolk and retinue to go forth there.

22.33

giriṃ revayayaṃ jaṃtī vāseṇullā u aṃtarā |
vāsaṃte aṃdhayārammi aṃto layaṇassa sā ṭhiyā ||

Ascending Mount Raivataka, drenched by rain along the way, / as it rained in the darkness, she halted inside a cave.

22.34

cīvarāiṃ visāraṃtī jahā jāya tti pāsiyā |
rahanemī bhaggacitto pacchā diṭṭho ya tīi vi ||

Spreading out her robes to dry, she was seen just as she was born [naked] / by Rahanemi, whose resolve was shattered; and afterwards she saw him too.

22.35

bhīyā ya sā tahiṃ daṭṭhuṃ egaṃte saṃjayaṃ tayaṃ |
bāhāhiṃ kāuṃ saṃgophaṃ vevamāṇī nisīyaī ||

Terrified at seeing him, self-restrained in solitude, / covering herself with her arms, she sat down trembling.

22.36

aha so vi rāyaputto samuddavijayaṃgao |
bhīyaṃ paveviyaṃ daṭṭhuṃ imaṃ vakkaṃ udāhare ||

Then that prince too, the son of Samudravijaya, / seeing her frightened and trembling, spoke these words:

22.37

rahanemī ahaṃ bhadde! surūve! cārubhāsiṇi! |
mamaṃ bhayāhi suyaṇū! na te pīlā bhavissaī ||

"I am Rahanemi, O fair one, beautiful one, sweet-speaking one! / Turn to me, O slender one; no harm shall come to you.

22.38

ehi tā bhuṃjimo bhoe mānussaṃ khu sudullahaṃ |
bhuttabhogā tao pacchā jinamaggaṃ carissimo ||

Come then, let us enjoy pleasures; human birth is indeed hard to obtain! / Having enjoyed pleasures, we shall practice the path of the Jinas later."

22.39

daṭṭhūṇa rahanemiṃ taṃ bhaggujjoyaparāiyaṃ |
rāīmaī asaṃbhaṃtā appāṇaṃ saṃvare tahiṃ ||

Seeing that Rahanemi, whose moral resolve was broken and who was vanquished, / Rāīmaī, without bewilderment, controlled herself then.

22.40

aha sā rāyavarakannā suṭṭhiyā niyamavvae |
jāī kulaṃ ca sīlaṃ ca rakkhamāṇī tayaṃ vae ||

Then that noble royal maiden, well established in rules and vows, / protecting her birth, lineage, and moral conduct, spoke to him:

22.41

jai si rūveṇa vesamaṇo lalieṇa nalakūbaro |
tahā vi te na icchāmi jai si sakkhaṃ puraṃdaro ||

"Though you were Vaiśramaṇa in beauty and Nalakūbara in charm, / even then I would not desire you, even if you were Purandara himself!

22.42

dhiratthu te jasokāmī! jo taṃ jīviyakāraṇā |
vaṃtaṃ icchasi āveuṃ seyaṃ te maraṇaṃ bhave ||

Cursed be you, who seek fame, that for the sake of life / you wish to drink vomit! Better for you would be death!

22.43

ahaṃ ca bhoyarāyassa taṃ ca si aṃdhagavaṇhiṇo |
mā kule gaṃdhaṇā homo saṃjamaṃ nihuo cara ||

I belong to the Bhoja king, and you are of the Andhaka-Vṛṣṇis; / let us not be like the Gandhana snakes in our family; practice self-restraint quietly!

22.44

jai taṃ kāhisi bhāvaṃ jā jā dicchasi nārio |
vāyāviddho vva haḍho aṭṭhiappā bhavissasi ||

If you direct your passion toward every woman you see, / you will become like a wind-tossed reed, unsteady in self.

22.45

govālo bhaṃḍavālo vā jahā taddavva'nissaro |
evaṃ anissaro taṃ pi sāmaṇṇassa bhavissasi ||

As a cowherd or a storekeeper does not own that wealth, / just so, you too will have no mastership over asceticism.

22.46

kohaṃ mānaṃ nigiṇhittā māyaṃ lobhaṃ ca savvaso |
iṃdiyāiṃ vase kāuṃ appāṇaṃ uvasaṃhare ||

Restraining anger and pride, and deceit and greed completely, / having subdued the sense organs, withdraw yourself."

22.47

tīse so vayaṇaṃ soccā saṃjayāe subhāsiyaṃ |
aṃkuseṇa jahā nāgo dhamme saṃpaḍivāio ||

Hearing her words, well spoken by the self-restrained woman, / he was restored to Dharma, like an elephant by a goad.

22.48

managutto vayagutto kāyagutto jiiṃdio |
sāmaṇṇaṃ niccalaṃ phāse jāvajjīvaṃ daḍhavvao ||

Guarded in mind, guarded in speech, guarded in body, having conquered his senses, / he observed asceticism steadfastly for as long as he lived, firm in his vows.

22.49

uggaṃ tavaṃ carittāṇaṃ jāyā donni vi kevalī |
savvaṃ kammaṃ khavittāṇaṃ siddhiṃ pattā anuttaraṃ ||

Having practiced fierce austerity, both became omniscient ones; / having destroyed all karma, they attained unsurpassed perfection.

22.50

evaṃ kareṃti saṃbaddhā paṃḍiyā paviyakkhaṇā |
viniyaṭṭaṃti bhogesu jahā so purisottamo || –tti bemi ||

Thus do the learned and wise act when united; / they turn away from pleasures, just as that best of men did." — Thus I say.