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will not die. Suddhodana realizes that his son is determined on his course, and gives orders for the vigilance over him to be redoubled and that the prince be entertained by a concert performed by the ladies of the courc most practised in the art of music.
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The concert. The prince is sad and pensive. Of a sudden the young players are overcome by sleep and abandon themselves to slumber in the most wanton postures. Siddhattha's' disgust. He resolves to leave.
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The courtyard of the palace with a great gate in the back-ground. Siddhattha gives orders to his groom Channa to saddle his horse for him. Channa reluctantly obeys and leads his horse up to him ; the prince caresses it.
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The nuptial chamber. Yasodhara and Rahula are sleeping. Without awakening them, Siddhattha salutes them and exclaims : « I shall return when I have become the Buddha and not before ». He places a rich necklet in Yasodhara 's hand, in remembrance.
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His departure. The door of the palace and the gates of the city fly open of themselves. Kanthaka, followed at a distance by Channa, is seen galloping through the streets and the fields.
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A hermit in the background. Siddhattha descends from his horse. Channa comes up to him. The Prince and the groom talk together, the groom entreating him to desist from his intentions. The prince shears his long locks with his sword, and the locks and the diadem are gathered up by the gods. Siddhattha proceeds to divest himself of all regal apparel. A hunter roughly clad in a tawny coloured mantle comes up to him and the prince changes his clothes with him. He bids farewell to Channa. His horse weeps on leaving him and licks his foot. The prince sets out towards the hermitage, while Channa watches him from afar with tearful eyes.
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In the hermitage. Various sacrifices ; penitents crowd round the prince. His disappointment at the vanity of their asceticism, and the admiration of the old penitants for the young hero of renunciation. Departure from the hermitage.
34th PICTURE.
The Royal Palace. The grief of the women when they learn from Channa of the Prince's irremovable determination to give himself up to an ascetic life. Suddhodana's despair.