Book Title: Lalit Vistara
Author(s): Rajendralala Mitra
Publisher: Asiatic Society

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________________ 142 LALITA VISTIRA.. travelling in wicked ways. He will untie the bonds of those px rsons who lie fettered in the cage of worldliness and pain. Ile will create the eye of kuosicdge for those whose eyes are enveloped by the deuse darkuese of utter ignorance. He will pluck on the dart of afliction from the sides of those who have leon pierced by it, for example, Mahárája, even as the fiy blossomn marely and at some places, so on rare occasions, and at certain plares, in course of millions of years, avorable Buddhas are produced on this carth This Prince is one of them. He will for certain understand the sequenceless, perfect Bodhi knowlerige. llaving understood it, he will rescue hundreds of i lousands of millions of persons from the occan of worldliness, and stablish them in inmortality. But I cannot bebold that Budulit jewel, and hence it is, Mah írája, that I am crying, and am depli grieved, and heaving deep sighs. I shall not be able to adore line. It is laid down in the Mantras, the Veclas, and the S'hstras, that it is not proper that the Prince Sarvárthasiddha shouki abide at home." "Why so?" " Boralse, Miriraja, the Prince Sarvárthasiddha is endowed with the thirty-two siyosif a great personage." "And what are the thirty two signs?” "They are: (1) the Prince Sarvárthasid ha has a coil of curly hair on his lead;" this, great king, is the first sign of a great personage with whirl: the Prince is endowed. (2) His hair is of a blackish deep blue oslour like the neck of the peacock, and curling on tim uglt side ) llis forehead is large and even. (4) Boiween the eyebr.rs of Sarvárthasiddha there is a circle of hair of the colour of snow or silver. (5) IIis eyes are black liko the relashes of the cow. (6) Ile has Corty uniform, (7) closely set, (S) white teeth. (9) The voice of Prince Sarvárthasiddha is like that of a Brahmana. (10) His tongue is full of moisture; (11) is large and slender. (12) His lower jaw is like that of a lun. (13) llis neck is well raised. (14) The ends of his shoulders are raised like the soptuchuada flower (Alastonia

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