Jain Journal 1971 04

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

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And the other gods also having praised the best of the Jinas by (singing) his good qualities and having gone round him thrice, dispersed as they had come.
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And then Harinagamesi, having brought the lord of Jinas to his house and placing him on the lap of his mother returned to the abodes of gods.
Then Marudevi, seeing her son adorned with celestial ornaments, could not contain within herself, with her hair bristling (due to joy).
Seeing the son besmeared with plenty of divine saffron and adorned with excellent jewels, Nabhi carried (with him the pride of) the excecellence of the three worlds.
And the delighted Nabhi named (the child) as Vrsabha in that a bull as white as the moon and the Kunda flowers had entered (in dream) the belly of (its) mother.
He who was surrounded by the boys in heaven and would play with hundreds of sports, grew up day by day by the strength of the food of nectar on the thumb.
In a short time he attained physical growth and became exceedingly beautiful; with his chest marked by the sign of srivatsa, he was the abode of good marks and characteristics.
(He had) the height of fifty dhanus and possessed a body which had the vajra-nārāca shape, was endowed with thousands of good marks and was shining with lusture like the sun.
At that time, excellent and various food, drink, carriage, bed, seat and ornaments, etc., were given to him by the gods.
At the time when the various desire-yielding trees perished in course of time, the juice of sugar-cane was the food of men.
The earth was devoid of arts, sciences, religon and irreligon; nor there was any origin of things of welfare and of the heretics.
At that time, the god of wealth created a town having lofty ramparts of excellent gold, nine yojanas in extent, twelve yojanas in length and full of jewels.