17a: Buddha’s Journey to Kapilavatthu – 583
smooth and gentle sense of touch. The air is charged with sweet scents
from lovely flowers. The whole spectacle is beautiful, all is clean and
pleasant, making travelling most enjoyable and appropriate.
Lord of mighty diligence, Great Hero, of the lineage of Aṅgīrasa, the time
is opportune to pay a visit to Kapilavatthu, the city of your birth.
14. Susajjitaṁ nandana-kānanaṁ va,
vicitta-nānā-duma-saṇḍa-maṇḍitaṁ,
sugandha-bhūtaṁ pavanaṁ surammaṁ,
samayo Mahā-vīra Aṅgīrasānaṁ.
Lord and great benefactor, beautified by the presence of fascinating trees
and an atmosphere laden with sweet and exotic scents of flowers, the
woodland passage between Rājagaha and Kapilavatthu has the appearance
of Nandana garden as if Devas have transformed it into a stage for a
tumultuous celebration of the festival of the Devas.
Lord of mighty diligence, Great Hero, of the lineage of Aṅgīrasa, the time
is opportune to pay a visit to Kapilavatthu, the city of your birth.
15. Sarā vicittā vividhā manoramā,
susajjitā paṅkaja-puṇḍarīkā,
pasanna-sītodaka-cāru-puṇṇā,
samayo Mahā-vīra Aṅgīrasānaṁ.
Lord and great benefactor, the ponds along the route are full of clear,
clean and cool water, and decorated with the five varieties of lotus
thriving from the silt, they are wonderfully beautiful to the view and fill
the heart with delight.
Lord of mighty diligence, Great Hero, of the lineage of Aṅgīrasa, the time
is opportune to pay a visit to Kapilavatthu, the city of your birth.
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16. Suphulla-nānā-vidha-paṅkajehi,
virājamānā suci-gandha-gandhā,
pamodayan-teva narāmarānaṁ,
samayo Mahā-vīra Aṅgīrasānaṁ.
Lord and great benefactor, fully bloomed lilies, dancing on the surface of
the ponds, afford scenes of beauty, they are fragrant with the clean sweet
smell of the flowers. The lovely ponds greatly delight the approaching
Devas and humans.