Читать книгу Garland of the Buddha's Past Lives (Volume 2) - Aryashura - Страница 49

I fear you still brood over the time

I refused to turn back, against your wishes.

Is this the goal of my desires,

dear to me but unpleasant to you?”

So the ascetic woman grieved: after all, weeping, wailing and pitiful laments were her only recourse. The servants, however, followed the king’s orders by placing her on a carriage under the Great Being’s very eyes and taking her away to the harem. The Bodhi·sattva, meanwhile, had suppressed any onslaught of anger through the force of his calm equanimity. With a tranquil mind, he continued to sew his ragged robes, as untroubled as before, whereupon the king addressed him with the following words:

“Earlier you uttered high and mighty boasts,

words pummeled by anger and fury!

But when you see this fair lady snatched away,

you remain sad and quiet with impotency!*

Show me the strength of your arms,

or the might of your ascetic power!

For, unaware of their measure,

false vow-makers have no glory at all!”

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“You should know that I have kept my vow, great king,” the Bodhi·sattva replied.

“I did not let him go,

though he struggled against me.

Forcefully calming him,

I have kept my vow.”