Trishasti Shalaka Purusa Caritra Part 4

SR No.: 001004
Original Sutra Author: Hemchandracharya
Author: Helen M Johnson
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra
Publication Year: 1954
Total Pages: 449
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Mythology, & Story
File Size: 9 MB

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ŚRI KUNTHUSVĀMICARITRA
beneath it (the tree). By his power the Vyantaras at once created such images of the Master in the other directions. The holy fourfold congregation stood in the proper places, and the animals within the middle wall, and the vehicles within the lowest one. When the scion of the Kurus knew that the Lord was in the samavasaraņa, he came, bowed, and sat down with folded hands behind Sakra. After bowing to the Master again, the Indra of Saudharma and the scion of the Kurus began a hymn of praise, carrying joy in their hearts.
Stuti (91-98) "We praise you, teacher of fourfold dharma, fourbodied, four-faced, lord of the fourth object of mankind (mokşa). You took off the fourteen jewels because of freedom from attachment; you put on the irreproachable three jewels, Lord of the World. You win the heart of everyone; yet you are free from affection. You, the color of heated gold, resembling the moon, are meditated on. Though free from interest, you are powerful. Though you are meditated on (by others), you are the abode of medita. tion. Though surrounded by crores of gods, you possess solitude.? You show love for everyone, yet you are free from love yourself. Though poor, you are for the supreme wealth of the world. Homage to you, protector, whose power is undiscernible, whose form is unknown, Blessed One, the seventeenth Arhat. Reverence to you, Lord, is an inconceivable wishing-gem of men; how much more meditation with the mind and praise with the voice. May I always continue reverence, praise, and meditation with you as an object, Lord. Enough of other wishes."
After this hymn of praise the Lord of the Gods and the King of the Kurus stopped, and the Blessed One, Srī Kunthunātha, delivered a sermon.
89. I.e., the King of Hastinapura. 94. Kaivalya, with reference also to its meaning omniscience,