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Seventh Study: Sakadalputra]
- [167 Mangal-) Having bathed (performed daily and occasional duties, adorned the body, performed auspicious rituals to ward off bad dreams and other defects), wearing pure, assembly-worthy (auspicious, excellent) clothes, adorned the body with a few precious ornaments, surrounded by a group of maids, she mounted a religious, excellent chariot, having mounted, she passed through the middle of the city of Polaspur, having passed, she reached the Sahasramravan garden, having reached, she descended from the religious, excellent chariot, surrounded by a group of maids, she went to where the Lord Mahavira was seated, having gone, she (performed three clockwise and counterclockwise circumambulations), paid homage and prostrated, having paid homage and prostrated, she stood with folded hands, not too close nor too far from the Lord Mahavira, facing him, listening attentively, with humility, she began to worship.
_Then the wife of Sakadalputra, Agni Mitra, bathed, (performed daily and occasional duties, adorned the body, performed auspicious rituals to ward off bad dreams and other defects), wore pure, assembly-worthy (auspicious, excellent) clothes, adorned the body with a few precious ornaments. Surrounded by a group of maids, she mounted a religious, excellent chariot, having mounted, she passed through the middle of the city of Polaspur, having passed, she reached the Sahasramravan garden, having reached, she descended from the religious, excellent chariot, surrounded by a group of maids, she went to where the Lord Mahavira was seated, having gone, she (performed three clockwise and counterclockwise circumambulations), paid homage and prostrated, having paid homage and prostrated, she stood with folded hands, not too close nor too far from the Lord Mahavira, facing him, listening attentively, with humility, she began to worship.
209. Then the Lord Mahavira, the Ascetic, preached the Dharma to Agni Mitra and the assembly present. The Ascetic Lord Mahavira preached the Dharma to Agni Mitra and the assembly present.
210. Then that wife, Agni Mitra, having listened to the Dharma from the Ascetic Lord Mahavira, with joy and without hesitation, paid homage and prostrated to the Ascetic Lord Mahavira, having paid homage and prostrated, she said, "I will become a Niggantha, Lord! I will become a Niggantha, Lord! I will become a Niggantha, Lord! Thus, Lord!" As you have said. Just as there are many who, in the presence of the Devānupāpiyās, (kings, Kshatriyas, Mahājanas, Bhāḍas, Jōhas, Pasathāras, Mallās, Lecchās, and other many kings, sword-wielders, club-wielders, codas, and other envious, wealthy, army-commanders, and ministers) become monks, leaving their homes, I will not do so in the presence of the Devānupāpiyās, becoming a monk, leaving my home. I will renounce the five vows, the seven trainings, and the twelve householder-dharmas in the presence of the Devānupāpiyās.
Alas, Devānupāpiyās! Do not kill me.
The wife of Sakadalputra, Agni Mitra, having listened to the Dharma from the Ascetic Lord Mahavira, with joy and without hesitation, paid homage and prostrated to the Ascetic Lord Mahavira, having paid homage and prostrated, she said, "I will become a Niggantha, Lord! I will become a Niggantha, Lord! I will become a Niggantha, Lord! Thus, Lord!" As you have said. Just as there are many who, in the presence of the Devānupāpiyās, (kings, Kshatriyas, Mahājanas, Bhāḍas, Jōhas, Pasathāras, Mallās, Lecchās, and other many kings, sword-wielders, club-wielders, codas, and other envious, wealthy, army-commanders, and ministers) become monks, leaving their homes, I will not do so in the presence of the Devānupāpiyās, becoming a monk, leaving my home. I will renounce the five vows, the seven trainings, and the twelve householder-dharmas in the presence of the Devānupāpiyās.
Alas, Devānupāpiyās! Do not kill me.
1. See Sutra number 11.