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Harivamsha Purana
"With the slow rise and fall of thousands of suns,
With the names and glories of the radiant ones,
Step by step, they bowed in reverence. ||24||
With millions of shining crowns, the gods touched the earth,
The ground before the Lord was adorned like a lotus-bed. ||25||
Those whose radiance filled the ends of the world,
Went before the Lord, like the light of the Lord of the World, embodied. ||26||
Padma and Saraswati, adorned with auspicious offerings,
With lotus hands, went before the Supreme Lord. ||27||
"Be pleased, O Lord, be pleased!"
With folded hands, Indra, along with the kings of the earth, went before the Lord. ||28||
Thus, the Lord, adorned with the families of the three worlds,
Bearing the prosperity of all the worlds, for the benefit of all beings,
With the lotus banner, with a pure soul,
Mounted the supreme lotus chariot. ||29||
Victorious Lord, victorious elder, victorious father of the world,
Victorious self-born, victorious Lord of the self, victorious God, victorious Achyuta,
Victorious bond of the entire world, victorious leader of the righteous path,
Victorious refuge of all, victorious holder of Lakshmi, victorious virtuous, victorious best. ||30-31||
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● The sound of the virtuous, rising and resounding, filled the sky and earth.
"Victory!" the high, deep, thunderous sound echoed. ||33||
The Lord was being honored. ||23||
At that time, the radiant crowns of the gods, who were bowing to the Lord, were shining brightly, rising and falling. It seemed as if thousands of suns were rising and setting together. When the millions of crowns of those gods touched the earth, the ground before the Lord was adorned as if millions of lotuses had been offered. ||24-25||
Those whose radiance filled the ends of the world, those who were the end of the world, were walking before the Lord, and they seemed as if the light of the Lord of the World, the Jina, was embodied and walking before them. ||26||
Padma and Saraswati, whose families were adorned with auspicious offerings, and whose hands held lotuses, were circumambulating the Lord and walking before him. ||27||
"O God! Be pleased here, be pleased here." Thus, Indra, who had folded his hands in reverence, was walking before the Lord, along with the kings of the earth. ||28||
Thus, the Lord, who was surrounded by the Indras of the three worlds and their families, who was bearing the prosperity of all the worlds for the benefit of all beings, who was adorned with the lotus banner, whose soul was pure, and who was like the best sun for the blossoming of the beautiful lotus-like beings, when he mounted the lotus chariot, the gods began to utter these words like thunder: "O Lord! Victory to you, O elder! Victory to you, O father of the world! Victory to you, O self-born! Victory to you, O Lord of the self! Victory to you, O God! Victory to you, O Achyuta! Victory to you, O bond of the entire world! Victory to you, O master of the righteous path! Victory to you, O refuge of all, holder of Lakshmi! Victory to you, O virtuous! Victory to you, O best! Victory to you." Thus, the loud, deep, thunderous sound of the virtuous, which was like the roar of thunder, filled the space between the sky and the earth, and was very beautiful. ||29-33||
1. The word "vilambita" is used to indicate the slowness of the movement. 2. The rise and fall of the suns. 3. The name and glory of the radiant one. 4. The warriors. 5. The end of the world. 6. The gods are pleased. 7. The sound of the virtuous. 8. The sound of victory.