No. 6.— 1853.] BUDDHISM.— -CHAR IY A PITAKA. 13 



Having departed from the city, when I turned round to look 

 at it, the earth, mount Meru, and the trees of the forest shook. 



Arriving at the junction of the four great roads, I gave 

 away the carriage in which we four persons came, and taking 

 Maddidewi aside, I privately said to her : 



" Maddi, do you take Kanhajina, she is the younger and 

 light; I will carry Jali, her brother, who is older and heavy." 



Then Maddi took Kanhajina, who was like the flower of the 

 lotus, and I took the royal child Jali, who was like a heap of 

 gold. 



Thus we four high-born and delicate princes, travelling through 

 difficult paths, proceeded towards the mountain Wanka. 



When we met any person, or any one overtook us, we en- 

 quired, " Which is the road to the mountain Wanka ? " 



They, beholding us with compassion, said " You have much 

 suffering to endure : distant is the mountain Wanka." 



When in the forest the children saw a tree laden with fruits^ 

 they cried to obtain some. 



The lofty and wide-spreading tree, perceiving the weeping- 

 children, of itself bowed down its branches for the children to 

 approach. 



The exquisitely beautiful Maddi, seeing this wonderful and 

 miraculous event, thus joyfully expressed her admiration : 



"Assuredly this is the most wonderful event ever seen in the 

 world : by the splendid virtue of Wessantara the tree of itself 

 bows down." 



The Yakkha, out of compassion to the children, shortened the 

 path, so that the day after our departure we arrived at the 

 country called Chetiya. 



Here 60,000 princes resided, our maternal uncles, who with 

 clasped hands on their foreheads met us weeping. 



Here remaining, we conversed with the inhabitants of Chetiya 

 and with their families, and departing thence we arrived at the 

 mountain WarjLka. 



