Agam 35 Chhed 02 Bruhatkalpa Sutra

Author(s): K C Lalwani
Publisher: Motilal Banarasidas

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Sramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvira
27 of fragrant flowers of all seasons; splendid with the embellishment of multifarious colours in between, with the six-footers, bees and black drones swarming around, darkening, and filling with their noise, the entire neighbourhood.
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६. ससिं च । गोखीर-फेण-दग-रय-रयय-कलस-पंडुरं सुभं हियय-मयण-कंतं पडिपुण्णं तिमिर-णिकर-घण-गुहिर-वितिमिर-करं पमाण-पक्खंत-राय-लेहं कुमुयवण-णिबोहगं णिसा-सोभगं सुपरिमट्ठ-दप्पण-तलोवमं हंस-पडुवण्णं-जोइसा-मुहमंडगं तमरिपुं मयण-सरापूरं समुद्द-दग-पूरगं दुम्मणं जणं दइय-वज्जियं पायऐहिं सोसयंतं पुणे। सोम-चारु-रूवं पिच्छा सा गगण-मंडल-विसाल-सोमचंकम्म-माणतिलगं रोहिणि-मण-हियय-वल्लहं देवीपुण्ण-चंदं समुल्लसंतं ।। ३८
6. And the moon,-white as cow's milk, or foam, or a silver cup, full of white hue in all parts, auspicious; dispeller of thick darkness of deep and swarthy caves; with its silvery crescent shining at the end of the two halves of the month; delight of the blossoms of lotus group, adorning the night, pure as the surface of the well-polished mirror, with bright hue like a swan, decoration of the firmament, enemy of darkness, like the arrow-quiver of Cupid, the god of Love, sweller of the water of oceans, exploiter of the disconsolate, separated from the sweet-heart, placid and beautiful; shining like the head-mark of the vast lunar disc (soma-cakra) in the sky; full moon, the delight of the heart and mind of Rohiņi, dazzling in brilliance.
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७. तो पुणो तम-पडल-परिप्फुडं चेव तेयसा पज्जलंत-रूवं रत्तासोग-पगासकिंसुय-सुय-मूह-गुंजद्ध-राय-सरिसं कमल-वणालंकणं अंकणं जोइसस्स अंबरतल-पईवं हिम-पडल-गलग्गहं गह-गणोरु-णायगं रत्ति-विणासं उदयत्थमणेसु मुहुत्त-सुह-दसणं दुण्णिरिक्ख-रूवं रत्ति-मुद्धंत-दुप्पयारप्पमद्दणं सीय-वेगमहणं पिच्छइ मेरु-गिरि-सयय-परियट्टयं विसालं सूरं रस्सि-सहस्स-पयलियदित्त-सोहं ॥
7. And then the sun, the dispeller of the mass of darkness, burning radiant in its own self, like the red aśoka, or the blossomed kim suka, or the bill of a parrot, or the (red) half of guñja; the ornament of lotus groups; the measure mark of