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created by the creator having his mind centred on all the standards of comparison. In that city resides the lotus-aboded one I i. e. Laxmi ) and there the subjects possess treasures, and have tears arisen in their eyes on account of joy aud not on account of anything else. The residents of the city who are subservient to none other than him or her who over-lords her or his heart, are not distressed by any sort of disappointment other than that of arising from humiliation caused by the beloved ones, have no ties other than the one of hope for their union with the assemblage of their beloved ones, have no torments other than the one arising from the flower-arrowed one brought about by the union yet to be effected with their beloved ones [ or by the absence of their union with their beloved ones l. Not a single man indeed is found there begging, wretched and deprived of wealth owing to the existence of the nine treasures of Kubera fulfilling all desires and also there is no possibility of any separation except in cases of love-quarrels, as righteousness, having decorated her, the beautiful one, actually inhabits her [ i. e. the city ). For the city, possessing prosperities aspired after, Indra desires very much, the residents there immediately forget the city of Indra, nothing other than the fear of departure from the city provokes anxiety there and no age, indeed, other than youth exists there in case of the lords of wealth, the conquerors of death. As the trees, there, ever flowering, noisy owing to the intoxicated bees, beautiful by the sprouts, attained to prosperity, free from deterioration, give flowers blossoming in all the six seasons simultaneously, they { i. e. the trees 1, owing to their co-existence with the wish fulfilling trees, possess properties similar to those of the wishfulfilling trees. The forest-creepers, taught as if the duty of those wish-fulfilling trees owing to their being in the proximity of those trees, are able to offer various beautiful flowers, and the lotuscreepess, there, bearing lotuses always, having girdle-like circular figures formed by the rows of swans, eulogised by bees, are
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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 |