17a: Buddha’s Journey to Kapilavatthu – 595
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.
54. Pathañ-ca sabbaṁ paṭipajjanakkhamaṁ,
iddhañ-ca raṭṭhaṁ sadhanaṁ sabhogaṁ,
sabbatthutaṁ sabba-sukhappadānaṁ,
samayo Mahā-vīra Aṅgīrasānaṁ.
Lord and great benefactor, winter has gone and the summer has just set in,
it is the most opportune time to go on a journey. The countryside is rich
and prosperous and replete with the seven characteristics, it is worthy of
praise and capable of giving comfort to mind and body.
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.
55. Vanañ-ca sabbaṁ suvicitta-rūpaṁ,
sumāpitaṁ Nandana-kānanaṁ va,
yatī na pītiṁ satataṁ janeti,
samayo Mahā-vīra Aṅgīrasānaṁ.
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Lord and great benefactor, the stretch of road ahead is wonderfully
beautiful, resembling the enchanted Nandana garden which is created by
the virtue of Devas. To monks travelling through the woodland it is ever a
source of innocent delight in the beauty of wood and forest, in contrast to
those associated with the five objects of sensual pleasures.
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.
56. Alaṅkataṁ Deva-puraṁ va rammaṁ,
Kapīlavatthuṁ iti nāma-dheyyaṁ,
kula-nagaraṁ idha sassirikaṁ,
samayo Mahā-vīra Aṅgīrasānaṁ.
Lord and great benefactor, the residential capital of your royal parents,
relatives and their descents, Kapilavatthu, so named for being established
on the site of the hermitage of Kapila, who was a holy recluse, is as
delightful as Tāvatiṁsa, the beautiful abode of the celestials.
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.
57. Manuñña-aṭṭāla-vicitta-rūpaṁ,
suphulla-paṅkeruha-saṇḍa-maṇḍitaṁ,