________________
II, 6.
THE RETURN OF KANDAKA.
59
KIOUEN II. VARGA 6. THE RETURN OF KANDAKA?. And now the night was in a moment gone, and sight restored to all created things, (when the royal prince) looked thro' the wood, and saw the abode of Po-ka, the Rishi ; [the hermitage of the Bhârgavides, see Burnouf, Introduction to Ind. Bud. p. 385); 418
The purling streams so exquisitely pure and sparkling, and the wild beasts all unalarmed at man, caused the royal prince's heart to exult. Tired, the horse 2 stopped of his own will, to breathe. 419
“This, then,' he thought, 'is a good sign and fortunate, and doubtless indicates divine approvals' And now he saw belonging to the Rishi, the various vessels * used for (asking) charity; 420
And (other things) arranged by him in order, without the slightest trace of negligence. Dismounting then he stroked his horse's head, and cried, 'You now have borne me (well)!' 421
1 There was a tower erected on the spot where Bodhisattva dismissed his coachman. See Fah-hien, p. 92. The distance given by Asvaghosha, viz. three yoganas, or about twenty miles, is much more probable than the eight hundred lis, given in later accounts as the length of Bodhisattva's journey. Compare Fahhien p. 92, note 2.
The name 'Kanna' may perhaps be more properly restored to Kandaka.'
The text here seems to require the alteration of • Mi-tsang-li, not-yet-advantage; or, unheard of, or miraculous, profit.
• Ying' is often used for a proper measure vessel,' i. e. an alms dish.
Digitized by Google
