Jain Journal 1973 04

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

Page 17

APRIL, 1973
rance was emanating from the burning incense, the best of black aloe, Kundurukka and Turuska, and the whole place was filled up by the scented fumes. It (vímāna) shed continuous light, was white and of excellent lustre, delight for the highest of gods, and affording joy and pleasure. 44
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13. Then again, (she saw) a heap of jewels, as high as Mount Meru, and containing (in the heap) Pulaka, Vajra, Indranila, Sasyaka, Karketana, Lohitaksa, Marakata, Prabala, Saugandhika, Sphatika, Hamsagarbha, Anjana, Candrakanta and many others. Though placed on the ground, the light emanating from that heap shone till the farther end of the sky. 45
14. And a burning flame. She saw a flame, trembling and in vehement motion, exceedingly bright, poured with honey-like yellow ghee (clarified butter), smokeless, bright because of the burning glow, and extremely beautiful. Its inter-twined flames were jumbled up like limbs, piled one on the other, and their blaze brightened the firmament at many places. 46
On seeing these auspicious dreams, graceful, pleasant and lovely, (she), the lotus-eyed one, woke up in her bed, with her body bristling with joy.
These fourteen dreams are seen by mother of Tirthankara during the night when enters in her womb the great-famed Arhat. 46B
Then, she, Ksatriyani Trisala, having seen these fourteen great and noble dreams, woke up, became happy, glad, pleased, joyful, very much delighted, with her heart expanded, with her pore-holes thrilling like the Kadamba flower struck by rain-drops, and welcomed the dreams. Then she came out of her bed, and descended from the foot-stool. Then she moved at slow, steady, unoverwhelmed, even, swan-like pace in the direction of the couch where lay Ksatriya Siddhartha and awakened him by addressing him with kind, pleasing amiable, tender, noble, blissful, auspicious, blest, helpful, fortune-giving, heart-moving, heart-delighting, measured, sweet and soft words. 47
Then Ksatriyani Trisala, with the permission of king Siddhartha, sat down on a noble seat, inlaid with various gems, and decorated with sundry miniatures; then being composed and calm in her comfortable seat, she addressed him with kind ...till soft words, and said thus : 48