Trishasti Shalaka Purusa Caritra Part 2

SR No.: 001002
Original Sutra Author: Hemchandracharya
Author: Helen M Johnson
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra
Publication Year: 1937
Total Pages: 438
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Mythology, & Story
File Size: 9 MB

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BIRTH OT AJITA AND SAGARA
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orpiment 66 like torches of unwithered knowledge; their bodies adorned with a few priceless shining ornaments, like trees at the beginning of Caitra 66 with a few fragrant flowers, came before the King, announced by the doorkeeper, like the secrets of the books of knowledge in person.
They recited to the King, separately and together, the prayers contained in the noble Vedas 67 which produce good fortune for every one. They threw dūrvā-grass, unhusked rice, etc., which conferred happiness, on the King's head, like garden-breezes throwing flowers. They sat down on lovely thrones indicated by the door-keeper, like harsas on lotus-leaves. After that, the King seated his wife and sister-in-law behind a curtain, like digits of the moon behind a cloud. Putting into their joined hands flowers and fruit like the fruit of the dreams visualized, the King told them the dreams of his wife and sister-in-law. After they had consulted with each other aside in the same place, they explained the meaning of the dreams in accordance with dream-science.
“Your Majesty, seventy-two dreams are described in dream-science. Of these, thirty are pre-eminent like planets among heavenly bodies. Among these thirty dreams fourteen are called 'great dreams' by the experts in dream-science. When a Tirthankara or a cakravartin is in the womb, his mother sees these in succession in the fourth watch of the night. The mother of a Hari (Vāsudeva) sees seven of them; the mother of a Sirin (Balabhadra) sees four; and the mother of a king one. There are never two Arhats nor two cakrins at the same time. So the son of one is a Tirthakrt and of the other a cakrabhrt. The teachings of the Arhats say, 'Bharata is cakrin in the time of Rşabha ; and Sagara, the son of Sumitra, in the
86 89. Gorocanā. See I, p. 137 and note. 00 90. I.e., at the beginning of spring.
2. I.e., the original Vedas before they were corrupted. See I, p. 345.