12 PROF. SATIS CHANDRA VIDYABHUSANA 



IV. 



4. Original.— Iff y J* f (W SZ' SJgpq" q| 



Transcription. — Kun-tu-rgyu ne-hgro dan mjal-wa. 



Translation. — Meeting with the wandering ascetic Upaka. 



Explanation. — While Buddha wasigoing to Benares from Gaya. he met on the road a 

 wandering ascetic {parivrajaka) called Upaga or Upaka of the Ajivaka sect. The latter said 

 to the Blessed One : "Your countenance, friend, is serene; your complexion is pure and 

 bright. In whose name, friend, have you retired from the world? Who is your teacher? 

 Whose doctrine do you profess.'" The Blessed One replied: "I have overcome all 

 foes ; I am all- wise ; I am free from stains in every way ; I have left everything ; and 

 have obtained emancipation by the destruction of desire. Having myself gained know- 

 ledge, I whom should I call my master ? I have no teacher ; no one is equal to me ; in 

 the world of men and of gods no being is like me. I am the Holy One in this world, I 

 am the highest teacher, I alone am the absolute Sambuddha ; I have gained coolness by 

 the extinction of all passion and have obtained Nirvana. To found the Kingdom of 

 Truth, I go to the city of Benares ; I will beat the drum of the Immortal in the dark- 

 ness of this world." 1 



V. 



5. Original.— <^pV g" ff Of 3Sr §' °^ ^ %^ *M 



Transcription. — Hkhor-lna sde-la chos-kyi hkhor-lo-skor-wa. 



Translation. — Turning the Wheel of Law (or founding the Kingdom of Righteous ■ 

 ness) before the five disciples. 



Explanation. — The Blessed One first preached his 'religion at Benares in the Deer 

 Park. Thus the Kingdom of Righteousness was first founded there. Besides the five 

 Brahmans, a rich treasurer) named Yasa was converted to Buddhism at Benares. 

 Afterwards the friends of Yasa followed. In the course of a few days fifty lay disciples 

 became followers of Buddha there. 



VI. 



6. Original— J^" W *|^C SJWgST Of ^3^' §f SjW Sfj 



Transcription. — Rgyal-pas gtsan sahs-rgyas-la gzigs-su phebs-pa. 



Translation. — King S'uddhodana comes to see Buddha. 



Explanation. — S'uddhodana was King of Kapilavastu (round Nigliva in the Nepal 

 Terai), and father of Buddha. At the request of his father Buddha arrives at Kapilavastu 

 and stops on the banks of the Rohita near the city. S'uddhodana with a large retinue goes 

 to meet with him there. He sends at first several messengers to him at Raj agrha begging him 

 to come to Kapilavastu. But listening to the discourse of Buddha they entered the order, 



1 Vide Mahaiiaggcii Khandhaka I, sect. 6 (S.B.E.S.). 



