(7) 太子完婚　耶輸相伴
太子時常沉思，默想四姓（註2）不平等，淨飯王怕仙人預言成實，十七歲即為娶妻，耶輸陀羅美貌賢淑，欲斷太子出家念頭，嬌妻朝夕相伴，暫時忘卻出家之念。

Wedding of the Prince; Princess Yasodhara with the Prince.
The prince often thought about the injustice of the caste system (2). King Suddhodana worried that Asita’s prophecy might come true and so he arranged a wedding for the prince even though the Prince was only seventeen years old. The king hoped that the beautiful and gentle Princess Yasodhara would help the prince forget about his yearning to leave home and become a wandering mendicant.

註二
　　四姓乃指四姓階級婆羅門、剎帝利、吠舍、首陀羅。婆羅門是古印度的宗教徒，具有最高的權威；剎帝利是和婆羅門同樣被人尊敬的王族；吠舍是指一般工農商階級；首陀羅是被人使役的奴隸。參考《佛學常見辭匯》
　　(2)The four castes refer to Brahmana, of pure life or mind; the highest of the four castes, those who serve Brahma, his offspring, the keepers of the Vedas. Ksatriya, the warrior and ruling class; Vaisya, the third of the four Indian castes, that of agriculture and trade; Udra, the fourth of the four castes, were slaves. (Excerpted from The Seeker’s Glossary of Buddhism.)