ad of all the crosseover, that flowers that they should e stones of every tices, bells should jewels, which as ound. Moreover, orated with every res of the other s, chamaras, etc., Sigures. - of Kapilavastu be swept and garmoreover, which s worn by men, with ornaments med throughout gong)—" All ye I the highways ease, or death; een anywhere; inywhere meet ariot, and har1, having done l Prince and 1 to the place cended it, he position, and Le city wall, decrepid man, his skin shrivelled up, and his body bent down with age an in his hand to support his tottering li he gasped with pain, and the breath i came, like the raspings of a saw. Thus he stood right across the way in the chariot. Seeing him, Siddârt "What human form is this, so mi behold, the like of which I have ne the Gâtha says "Illustrious coachman! listen to What man is this I see before n His body bent and crooked, his Is it his birth that made him th Then the coachman replied, influen the Devaputra T'so-Ping, "Great P called old."" The prince again inquired, "And wh 'old,' as it is used in the world ?" The coachman answered, "Old age power, the decay of the vital function tion of the mind and memory. This such an one! At any moment he ma from morning till night; for these rea and approaching his end." Just as th "This name of old age implies sorrow Gone all the pleasures of sense and t The senses blunted, the memory lost, The limbs and joints in tremor all, d Then the Prince Royal, having hea chariot driver again, "Is this man only or is this Law an universal one applyin To which he replied, "Reverend a that this man is not a solitary instan rich and the poor alike are destined for this! everything that must share in this common lot!" The prince replied, "If be so, and even I must soon become worn out and decayed as old man, I cannot think of proceeding further towards the lens whither we were going to sport and laugh. Turn your es homewards, let us return to the palace! it were better for to pass my time in thinking how to contrive to escape, or at t to palliate this evil of age'!" At this time the charioteer, ying to the prince, spake thus—“According to your command, rince! I desire to act;" and forthwith, turning the chariot, he eeded towards the city. Then the prince, having entered his ce, sat down upon his throne, and gave way to thoughts of character-" So then I too must become old!-the laws of age being universal, how may I escape and deliver my body soul from such calamity ?" -on en Suddhôdana inquired of the charioteer-"My worthy hman! tell me whether the objects observed by the prince, e went to the garden, were all agreeable and pleasant ?" To m he replied, "Mahârâja! be it known to you that the prince, n arrived halfway to the garden was unwilling to proceed fur, and commanded me to turn his chariot homewards ;”h the king at once inquired the cause of this, and the chaer added, "For scarcely had we got halfway, when there ared in the middle of the road an old man bent double with his personal appearance wretched in the extreme; and as as the prince beheld this form he did not wish to go further; desired me to return to the palace, where he now is lost in itation and serious thought;" on this the king exclaimed, onderful! wonderful, indeed! This is precisely what Asita soothsayer predicted, warning me not to let the prince leave home, lest he should behold that which would induce him to me a recluse !" en the King resolved to increase within the palace of the ce the means of indulgence and objects of desire, with a view. o! Holy Prince! ! everything that rince replied, "If it and decayed as e the charioteer, "My worthy y the prince, Pasant ?" To at the prince, proceed furwards;"-on nd the chawhen there double with e; and as go further; v is lost in exclaimed, what Asita ince leave ace him to ace of the ith a view. Returning within his palace grieve Alas! he cried, that I cannot escap The King, his father, having heard His heart fearing lest his son shoul More than doubled the sources of ■ Hoping thereby to induce him to b So the prince dwelt still in his palace, carnal pleasures-having as yet only t cause of distress. [This book contains 7,269 words CHAPTER X The Dreams of King S § 1. Now it came to pass that the desiring to cause the prince to arrive a religious recluse, by the exercise of his s night caused Suddhôdana Râja to dre And they were of this sort ;-as soon as his couch and fallen asleep, he dreamt t banner like that of Indra, around whi able crowds of people, who, lifting it ar to carry it through Kapilavastu, and fi the Eastern gate. The second dream was on this wise, a royal chariot drawn by great elephan through the Southern gate of the city. The third dream was that he saw t horsed chariot, very magnificent, and Western gate of the city. ge mace smote therewith a large drum. he sixth dream was that he saw in the midst of Kapilavastu gh tower, on the top of which the Royal Prince was seated, and e sat he scattered towards the four quarters of heaven countjewels of every kind, which were gathered by the innumerable ourse of living creatures who came together for the purpose. he seventh dream was that he beheld outside the city of Kapilau, not very far off, six men who raised their voices and wailed tly and wept, whilst with their hands they plucked out the of their heads, and flung it by handfuls on the ground.1 this time Suddhô dana, awaking from his sleep, and recalling visions he had seen was greatly troubled, so that the very hair is body stood erect, and his limbs trembled on account of the nge doubts that filled his mind. en he forthwith summoned to his side within his palace all great ministers of his Council, and exhorted them in these Is-" Most honourable Sirs! be it known to you that during present night I have seen in my dreams strange and portenvisions-there were seven distinct dreams which I will now e (he recites the dreams): I pray you, honourable Sirs! let these dreams escape your memories, but in the morning when. seated in my palace, and surrounded by my attendants, let be brought to my mind (that they may be interpreted)." e ministers of the council having heard this charge laid them, replied, "It shall be even as your majesty comds." morning light the King, seated in the midst of his attendhad the dreams again recited to him according to his direc. After which he issued his commands to all the Brahmans, preters of dreams, within his kingdom, in these terms "All en of wisdom explain for me by interpretation the meaning t will be noticed that according to the Lalita Vistara the king only one dream. own heart, what the meaning of these vi they addressed the King and said, “Mal that we never before have heard such dre not interpret their meaning!" On this Suddhôdana was very troub thought thus with himself-" If, after a not become a Chakravarti Râja, it car dignity of Chakravarti Râja comes to heart within me is exceedingly distresse these doubts of mine ?" At this time T'so-Ping, the Devapu inner palace of Suddhôdana Râja, and distress of the King, after observing hi appeared from the interior, and assumed man with his hair dressed in the usual r cap on his head, his appearance dignified in the skin of the black deer, and under gate of the King's palace and cried out "I am able fully to interpret the dream: with certainty to satisfy all his doubts." Then the gate warders, hearing thes hastened to the presence of the King, a before him addressed him in these wordsto you there stands at the palace gate mouth announces his ability to interpret Then Suddhôdana Râja immediately to his presence, and when he had arri him, "Is it true, oh wise Brahman! t dreams? if so, be it known that my dre was but yesternight, in the middle of the seven visions [here he recites his drea my heart is troubled exceedingly, not k pretation of these visions is good or e Brahman! tell me, one by one, the mea |