Simhasanadvatrimshika 20.p7

20.p7

tad rājavacanaṃ śrutvā tair uktam: bho mahāsattva, tarhi kiṃ kāryaṃ kathaya. rājño 'ktam: asmān nagarād dvādaśayojanaparyantaṃ yadi gamyate, tatra mahāraṇyamadhye viṣamaḥ kaścit parvato 'sti. tatparvatopari trikālanātho nāma yogīśvaro vidyate. tasya darśanaṃ kriyate cet, tarhi vāñchitam arthaṃ dāsyati. ahaṃ tatra gacchāmi. tair uktam: vayam apy āgamiṣyāmaḥ. rājño 'ktam: sukhenā 'gamyatām. tatas te rājñā saha nirgatā mahad araṇyaṃ mārgam ativiṣamaṃ dṛṣṭvā rājānaṃ procuḥ: bho mahāsattva, kiyaddūre parvato 'sti? rājño 'ktam: ito 'ṣṭau yojanāni vidyante. tair uktam: tarhi vayaṃ gamiṣyāmaḥ; mahad dūram asti, mārgo 'py ativiṣamaḥ. rājño 'ktam: bho vaideśikāḥ, vyavasāyināṃ kiṃ dūram? uktam ca: ko 'tibhāraḥ samarthānāṃ? kiṃ dūraṃ vyavasāyinām?

Hearing those words of the king, they said: "O great-souled one, tell us then, what should be done?" The king said: "If one travels twelve yojanas from this city, there is an uneven mountain in the midst of a great forest. Upon that mountain resides a master of yoga named Trikālanātha. If one gains sight of him, he will grant whatever object is desired. I am going there." They said: "We too will come along." The king said: "Come with pleasure." Then they set out with the king, but seeing the great forest and the exceedingly rugged path, they said to the king: "O great-souled one, how far away is the mountain?" The king said: "From here it is eight yojanas." They said: "Then we shall depart; it is very far, and the path is also exceedingly rugged." The king said: "O travelers, what is distant to the determined? And it is said: What is too heavy for the capable? What is distant to the determined?