Kathasaritsagara 3.2.115
Kathāsaritsāgara 3.2.115
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3.2.115
ahamevāparādhyāmi yatkṛte sumahānayam /
soḍho devyāpi hi kleśa iti rājāpyabhāṣata //
And Vásavadattá frequently exclaimed with tears, " What profit is there in my life that causes only sorrow to my husband?" Then the calm Yaugandharáyana said to the king of Vatsa: " King, I have done all this in order to make you universal emperor, by marrying you to the daughter of the sovereign of Magadha. and the queen is not in the slightest degree to blame; moreover this, her rival wife, is witness to her good behaviour during her'absence from you." Thereupon Padmávatí, whose mind was free from jealousy, said, " I am ready to enter the fire on the spot to prove her innocence." And the king said, " I am in fault, as it was for my sake that the queen endured this great affliction." And Vásuvadattá having firmly resolved, said, "I must enter the fire to clear from suspicion the mind of the king." Then the wise Yaugandharáyana, best of right-acting men, rinsed his mouth, with his face towards the east, and spoke a blameless speech; " If I have been a benefactor to this king, and if the queen is free from stain, speak, ye guardians of the world; if it is not so, I will part from my body." Thus he spoke and ceased, and this heavenly utterance was heard: "Happy art thou, O king, that hast for minister Yaugandharáyana, and for wife Vásavadattá, who in a former birth was a goddess; not the slightest blame attaches to her." Having uttered this, the Voice ceased.
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And Vásavadattá frequently exclaimed with tears, " What profit is there in my life that causes only sorrow to my husband?" Then the calm Yaugandharáyana said to the king of Vatsa: " King, I have done all this in order to make you universal emperor, by marrying you to the daughter of the sovereign of Magadha. and the queen is not in the slightest degree to blame; moreover this, her rival wife, is witness to her good behaviour during her'absence from you." Thereupon Padmávatí, whose mind was free from jealousy, said, " I am ready to enter the fire on the spot to prove her innocence." And the king said, " I am in fault, as it was for my sake that the queen endured this great affliction." And Vásuvadattá having firmly resolved, said, "I must enter the fire to clear from suspicion the mind of the king." Then the wise Yaugandharáyana, best of right-acting men, rinsed his mouth, with his face towards the east, and spoke a blameless speech; " If I have been a benefactor to this king, and if the queen is free from stain, speak, ye guardians of the world; if it is not so, I will part from my body." Thus he spoke and ceased, and this heavenly utterance was heard: "Happy art thou, O king, that hast for minister Yaugandharáyana, and for wife Vásavadattá, who in a former birth was a goddess; not the slightest blame attaches to her." Having uttered this, the Voice ceased.
Translations (1)
- The Kathá Sarit Ságara, or Ocean of the Streams of Story — Charles Henry Tawney 1880, English