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Tecently, looking beautiful on account of the surrounding regions [in the case of the moon-pleasing to the eyes owing to her halo), possessing banian trees, would be assuming beauty like that of the moon, resorted to by Rāhu desirous of eclipsing, when He, possessing colour like that of collyrium mixed with oil and wellcrushed, would be resorting to its slopes, śambara thought that there would be a display of the incarnation of the ten-mouthed one [i. e. Rāvana ) when He would have ascended the plateau round about the peak of the mountain and that the beauty, worthy of being looked at with steady eyes, of that mountain would be like that of the plough-bearer [ i. e. Balarāma] with his black garment placed on his shoulder when He would have ascended the uppermost part of its side. If, on arriving there, should the white-complexioned one ( i. e, the wife of the lord of the north-east direction ), supported with hand by the lord of the north-cast direction resembling Rudra, after throwing off his serpent serving as a bracelet [ or twisted into a circular form ], be moving about on foot on Him resembling a pleasure-mountain built up with emeralds high up in the sky, He should not give out a thundering sound so that she should not be distressed through fear of a black-serpent. If the wife of Indra, desirous of performing worship with devotion to god, happens to be there while visiting temple after temple dedicated to Jina, at that time, He, moving in front of the wife of the lord of the north-east direction, having His body shaped into a flight of steps with His water caused to be constrained inside, should serve as a staircase for her to ascend the jewelled slopes. The heavenly damsels, taking into consideration that future staie beautiful on account of the discharge of the internal water, would surely transform Him sitting very silently on the top of the peak discharging water owing to the strokes of the bracelets beset with diamonds, into a shower bath. The heavenly damsels, dragging Him here and there like a leathern bag [ meant for holding water ] filled up
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| SR No. | 001704 |
| Book Title | Parshvabhyuday |
| Original Sutra Author | Jinsenacharya |
| Author | M G Kothari |
| Publisher | Gulabchand Hirachand Doshi |
| Publication Year | |
| Total Pages | 844 |
| Language | Sanskrit, English |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari, Literature, & Mythology |
| File Size | 16 MB |