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And she, set free from the man-eater, came back to the hermitage,
as a hen-bird whose brood is lost comes to her nest,
as [a cow] to the byre whose calf is gone.
There she lamented, the glorious princess
Sambulā, her eyes dimmed by the heat,
not seeing her protector in the forest:
"I venerate the ascetics and brahmins, the seers accomplished in conduct (caraṇa);
not seeing the prince, I have gone to you for refuge.
I venerate the lions and the tigers, and whatever other beasts there are in the forest;
not seeing the prince, I have gone to you for refuge.
I venerate the grasses and creepers, the herbs, the mountains and the woods;
not seeing the prince, I have gone to you for refuge.
I venerate [the Night], dark as the blue lotus (indīvara), garlanded with the stars of night;
not seeing the prince, I have gone to you for refuge.
I venerate the Gaṅgā, the Bhāgīrathī, the receiver of the flowing streams;
not seeing the prince, I have gone to you for refuge.
I venerate the (supreme) king of mountains, Himavant, that mass of rock;
not seeing the prince, I have gone to you for refuge."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.