17a: Buddha’s Journey to Kapilavatthu – 589
stretches, fresh and green, resembling a covered passage of emerald, like
the garden of Nandana in the celestial abode of Sakka. The weather is fair
and temperate at all seasons, and groves of various flowers
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emit
sweet scents.
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.
34. Subhañjasaṁ yojana-yojanesu,
subhikkha-gāmā sulabhā manuññā,
janābhikiṇṇā sulabhanna-pānā,
samayo Mahā-vīra Aṅgīrasānaṁ.
Lord and great benefactor, every league of the route is beautiful and
delightful. To please the heart are affluent alms offering villages which
are easy of access. These villages, at each stop, are dense with villagers
having abundant alms food and drink, ungrudgingly offered, which is
available without much effort.
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.
35. Pahūta-chāyūdaka-ramma-bhūtā,
nivāsinaṁ sabba-sukhappadātā,
visāla-sālā ca sabhā ca bahū,
samayo Mahā-vīra Aṅgīrasānaṁ.
Lord and great benefactor, all along the route, there are spacious rest
houses and assembly halls providing ample shade and water for the
travelling monastics and laity who shelter to take refreshments, gain
delight, and give every comfort to body and mind.
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.
36. Vicitta-nānā-duma-saṇḍa-maṇḍitā,
manuñña-uyyāna-supokkha-rañño,
sumāpitā sādhu-sugandha-gandhā,
samayo Mahā-vīra Aṅgīrasānaṁ.
Lord and great benefactor, all along the route between Rājagaha and
Kapilavatthu, virtuous and pious people have constructed ponds and
gardens and planted it with trees of exotic varieties and the whole region
is filled with sweet scents.