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Chapter:-2 Collection of Examples
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The earth-goddess, with a smile, sprinkled the water of the auspicious pot. The crowd of gods, yakshas, and gandharvas, all stirred. ||73||
She bowed her head, like a lotus, to the great sage's lotus feet.
She said, "My Lord! Great Sage! I have done a great service." ||74||
She opened the gates of the city, and the auspicious one, too. The king, following the eastern gate, entered. ||75||
In the meantime, the great sage, seeing the crowd of people,
The assembly of gods, yakshas, gandharvas, and asuras, all came. ||76||
After that, the auspicious one, with three pitchers of water,
Opened the gates, and bowed down to the Jina. ||77||
She opened the gates, and the sound of the conch shell echoed. The sound of victory, the sound of the celestial drums, rose. ||78||
A shower of flowers, fragrant with the scent of the gods, fell. The auspicious one, with a smile, jumped on the head of the god. ||79||
He said, "O, protector of the world, you are blessed! You are the great sage's disciple!
By your virtue, even the gods are filled with joy." ||80||
He said, "Victory to the virtue, whose power makes the moon shine!
It rains, at the appointed time, with the water of the celestial river." ||81||
After that, the auspicious one, going around the city, from the earth to the sky,
Opened the southern and western gates. ||82||
Then, she sprinkled water on the northern gate, and said, "Open this gate, which leads to the great sage's abode." ||83||
Even today, in the city of Champanagara, that gate stands. The auspicious one, reaching the Jina's temple, stood there. ||84||
The gods, the gandharvas, praised her. The celestial women, bowing down, sang her praises. ||85||
The people, bowing down, experienced the power of the Jina's virtue. Reaching the Jina's temple, they bowed down to the Jina. ||86||
Then, going to the house of the virtuous one, she bowed down with devotion.
She moved, according to the rules, on the earth, with her eyes fixed on the ground. ||87||
She moved, with a graceful gait, in the deep, narrow lanes. She moved, with a graceful gait, in the house of the virtuous one. ||88||
He bowed down, and the king, filled with joy, went with his retinue. The auspicious one, by her virtue, was also very pleased. ||89||
This is the power of virtue, which is praised by all the worlds. By enjoying the pleasures of the senses, one is reborn in the hell. ||90||
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