^87:5 He was the son of king Brahmaraga of Dvarakavati, and eldest brother of the Vasudeva Dviprishta or Dvipushti.

^87:6 To render anatthakati, of which the commentators offer several explanations, rendering it anarttakirti and anashtakirti. A various reading anatthakitti is mentioned, and explained agna-artha-akriti.

^88:1 Mahabala was the son of king Bala of Hastinapura. He lived at the time of Vimala, the thirteenth Tirthakara.

NINETEENTH LECTURE.

THE SON OF MRIGA.

In the pleasant town of Sugriva, which is adorned with parks and gardens, there was the king Balabhadra and Mriga, the principal queen. (1)

Their son Balasri, also known as Mrigaputra (i.e. son of Mriga), the darling of his father and mother, was crown-prince, a (future) lord of ascetics. (2)

In his palace Nandana he dallied with his wives, like the god Dogundaga , always happy in his mind. (3)

Standing at a window of his palace , the floor of which was inlaid with precious stones and jewels, he looked down on the squares, places, and roads of the town. (4)

Once he saw pass there a restrained Sramana, who practised penance, self-restraint, and self-control, who was full of virtues, and a very mine of good qualities. (5)

Mrigaputra regarded him with fixed eyes, trying to remember where he had seen the same man before. (6)

While he looked at the saint, and his mind became pure, the remembrance of his former birth carne upon him as he was plunged in doubt. (7)

When the remembrance of his former birth came upon the illustrious Mrigaputra, he remembered his previous birth and his having been then a Sramana. (8)

Being not delighted with pleasures, but devoted to self-control, he went to his father and mother, and spoke as follows: (9)

'I have learned the five great vows; (I know) the suffering (that awaits the sinner) in hell or in an existence as a brute; I have ceased to take delight in the large ocean (of the Samsara); therefore, O mother, allow me to enter the order. (to)

'O mother, O father, I have enjoyed pleasures which are like poisonous fruit: their consequences are painful, as they entail continuous suffering. (11)

'This body is not permanent, it is impure and of

impure origin; it is but a transitory residence (of the soul) and a miserable vessel of suffering. (12)

'I take no delight in this transitory body which one must leave sooner or later, and which is like foam or a bubble. (13)

'And this vain human life, an abode of illness and disease, which is swallowed up by old age and death, does not please me even for a moment. (14)

'Birth is misery, old age is misery, and so are disease and death, and ah, nothing but misery is the Samsara, in which men suffer distress. (15)