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हे देवानुप्रियो ! शीघ्र ही महारानी पद्मावती के लिये दीक्षा महोत्सव की विशाल तैयारी करो, और तैयारी हो जाने की मुझे वापस सूचना दो ।
तब आज्ञाकारी पुरुषों ने वैसा ही किया और दीक्षा महोत्सव की तैयारी की सूचना उनको दी ।
Maxim 10:
After that riding on an excellent religious chariot Padmavati Devi came in Dwārakā city and to her palace. Riding off from chariot she came before Sri Krsna Väsudeva and folding her both hands spoke thus unto himO beloved as gods! Having heard and listened to the sermon (religious discourse) of Arhat Aristanemi my mind became disinclined from world and worldly pleasures. Hence, if you permit me, I intend to tonsure my head and accept consecration in presence of Arhat Aristanemi.
Krsna said-Do, as you feel happy.
Then Vasudeva Kṛṣṇa called his chamberlains and ordered them
O beloved as gods! Quickly make the enormous preparations of consecration queen Padmavati and report to me.
ceremony of
Chamberlains obeyed the order of Vasudeva, made preparations according to his wishes and reported him. सूत्र ११ :
तणं से कहे वासुदेवे पउमावई देविं पट्टयं दुरूहइ, दुरूहित्ता असणं सोवण्णकलसेणं जाव णिक्खमणाभिसेणं अभिसिंचाइ, अभिसिंचित्ता, सव्वालंकारविभूसियं करेइ; करित्ता पुरिससहस्सवाहिणीं सिवियं दुरूहावेइ; दुरूहावित्ता बारवईए णयरीए मज्झं मज्झेणं णिगच्छइ, णिगच्छित्ता जेणेव रेवयए पव्ययए जेणेव सहस्संबवणे उज्जाणे तेणेव
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