[1060] Let the country cease to be, if it must; let even the kingdom perish:
I would not, at the word of the Sivis, banish the guiltless prince
from my own kingdom; for he is my own breast-born son.
Let the country cease to be, if it must; let even the kingdom perish:
I would not, at the word of the Sivis, banish the guiltless prince
from my own kingdom; for he is my son, born of my very self.
And I could not act treacherously toward him, for he is of noble virtue;
ill fame would come upon me, and I should beget much evil —
how could we have our son Vessantara slain with a weapon?
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.