Agam 35 Chhed 02 Bruhatkalpa Sutra

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

Page 87

Sramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvira
By treading on the straight path, As advised and chalked out by the best of Jinas. Bravo! You have beaten the battalion of obstructions, Victory to thee! A bull among the ksatriyas. By fearing not sundry omens and obstructions, For many days, fortnights, months and seasons, For many half-years and years full Are thee capable of fortitude and rest Even when in the midst of fear or danger. May thy path be harm-free.”
114 So saying, they shouted victory again and again.
तए णं समणे भगवं महावीरे णयण-माला-सहस्सेहिं पिच्छिज्जमाणे २ वयणमाला-सहस्सेहिं अभिथुव्वमाणे २ हिययमाला-सहस्सेहिं उण्णंदिज्जमाणे २ मणोरह-माला-सहस्सेहिं विच्छिप्पमाणे २ कंति-रूव-गुणेहिं पच्छिज्जमाणे २ अंगुलिमाला-सहस्सेहिं दाइज्जमाणे २ दाहिण-हथ्थेणं बहूणं णर-णारी सहस्साणं अंजलि-माला-सहस्साइं पडिच्छमाणे २ भवण-पंति-सहस्साहं समइच्छमाणे २ तंती-तल-ताल-तुडिय-घण-मुइंग-गीय-वाइय-रवेणं महुरेण य मणहरेणं जय-सद्द-घोस-मीसिएणं मंजु-मंजुणा घोसेण य पडिबुज्झमाणे २ सविडढीए सव्व-जूईए सव्व-बलेणं सव्व-वाहणेणं सव्वसमुदाएणं सव्वायरेणं सव्व-विभूईए सव्व-विभूसाए सव्व-संभमेणं सव्व-संगमेणं सव्व-पगईएहिं सव्व-नाडएणं सव्व-तालायरेहिं सब्बोरोहेणं सव्व-पुप्फ-मल्लालंकार-विभूसाए सव्व-तुडिय-सद्द-संणिणाएणं महया इड्ढीए महया जुईए महया बलेणं महया वाहणेणं महया वर-तुडिय-जमग-समग-प्पवाइएणं संख-प्रणव-पडहभेरि-भल्लरि-खरमुहि-दुंदुहि-णिग्घोष-णाइय-रवेणं कुंडपुरं णगरं मझंमज्झेणं णिगच्छइ । णिग्गच्छित्ता जेणेव णाय-संड-वणे उज्जाणे जेणेव असोग-वरपायवे तेणेव उवागच्छइ ।
Then śramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvira, gazed on by thousands of eyes, praised by thousands of mouths, extolled by thousands of hearts, being the object of thousands of wishes, coveted because of his splendour, beauty and virtues, pointed by thousands of fingers, responding with his right hand (to the greetings from) thousands of folded palms of several thousand men and women, moving on and on by leaving behind rows of thousands of dwellings;