60 WEBER 
angeführte Vers von den 16,000 Jahren, die Rama nach glücklicher Heim- 
kehr noch regiert habe, findet sich nahezu übereinstimmend (obschon 
auf 11,000 Jahre lautend) im Aamayana selbst, wie in mehreren der 
Räma-Legenden des Mahäbhaärata wieder. Wohl möglich, dafs ein 
Bekanntwerden des ganzen Pah-Textes, das schon darum dringend zu 
wünschen ist, auch noch andere dgl. Coineidenzen an die Hand giebt! 
„In aforetimes there was at Daranes a King named Dasaratha. 
He reigned righteously, free from the four causes of agatı (favor, anger, 
fear and ignorance). His Queen-consort, who was at the head of 16000 
wives, became the mother of two sons and a daughter. The eldest was 
called Räma pandit (Doctor), the second was named prince Lakkhana, 
and the daughter Sitd-devi. Sometime afterwards the Queen-consort 
died. Upon this event the King was afflıcted for some time; and being 
consoled by his ministers he performed ‘what was necessary „to be done 
and married another Queen. She bore him love and affeetion, and ın 
process of time conceived and bore him a son (laddhagabbhaparihära). 
He was named prince Bharata!). From the love, which he bore to the 
son, the King said to the Queen: „Dear (bhadda), I shall confer a boon; 
accept (it)“. Behaving as having accepted it?), or as if she were pleased 
at it, she (was sılent for a time) and went up to the king (one day), 
when the boy was 7 or 8 years of age, and said to the King: „Please 
your majesty, a boon was conferred by you upon my son; give it to him 
now“. „Dear, take it“ (replied the King). „Sire, give the kingdom to my 
son“. The King snapping his fingers wrathfully said: „Wretch (vasak), 
I have two sons as resplendent as two flames of fire, and doest thon 
wish me to kill them and give the kingdom to thy son?“ (Whereupon) 
terrified she quietly entered her bed-chamber. On subsequent days 
(nevertheless) she repeatedly asked the King to bestow the very kingdom 
!) d’Alwis hat durchweg Baratha. 
?) yahitan (gah°?) katvd thapetvä „behaving as if (she had) accepted; i. e. indueing 
bim by her manner to believe that she would accept the offer hereafter „(?das Gerundium 
thapeivd hat in der Regel die Bedeutung: praeter, eig. „unter Beiseitestellung von... *). 
