purā bhāratadeśe kapilavastunagare śuddhodano nāma nṛpo'bhavat |
Long ago, in India in Kapilavastu town lived a king named Śuddhodana.
tasminnagare sarve janāḥ sukhenāvasan |
In this town all people lived with happiness.
janānāṃ sukhena nṛpo'pi sukhamalabhata |
By people's happiness even the king was happy.
sa nṛpaḥ sarvāṇi śāstrāṇyabodhat, sarvadā ca satyamevābhāṣata |
This king kew all sacred writings and always talked the truth only.
tasya bhāryā māyādevī |
His wife was Māyādevī.
tasyāḥ sarve guṇā avartanta |
She had all the qualities.
yadā yadā janāśśuddhodanaṃ māyādevīṃ caikṣanta, tadā tadā te'manyanta - ya etayoḥ putro bhavet so'pyasmākaṃ nṛpo bhavet | īśvaro'smākaṃ nṛpāya putraṃ yacchatviti |
Each time people saw Śuddhodana and Māyādevī, every time they thought: which son of them may be born that one may be our king;"Let god grant to our king a son!"
śuddhodanasya bhāryā sarvadeśvaramārthayata - mama putro jāyatām |tasya matiśśaktirguṇāśca vartantām |
Śuddhodana's wife was always aking god: "Let me give birth to a son! Let him have mind, power and qualities!
svairguṇaiḥ śaktyā matyā ca sarvāllokāñjayatu |
By his qualities, power and mind let he conquer all worlds!
sarve janā mama putraṃ sarvadā namantu pūjayantu ca |
Let all people always respect and worship my son!
mama putraḥ sarvebhyo janebhyaḥ sukhayyacchatu |
Let my son to bring the happiness of all people!
sa sarveṣāñjanānānduḥkhaṃ haratviti |
Let him to destroy the sorrow in all the people!
Madhav M. Deshpande saṃskṛtasubodhinī
Buddha kathā - part 2
Buddha kathā - part 3
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