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LALITA-VISTARA,
"Since, Mahárája, the body of the Bodhisattva is adorned with the great marks and the subsidiary ones, and since the Prince bas, ly his colour, his vigour, and his prosperity, overpowered all celestial and human regions, therefore, king, he is sure to acqnire the sequenceless perfect Sambodhi knowledgo.”
Thus, Bhikslus, the Devaputra Mahes'vara and his companion Duvaputras of the class Suddhávása káyika, laving duly worshipped the Bodhisattva, and described him thus, repaired to their own lex,
On this subject thrse Gáthás :
“Jufornud ol' the birth of the ocean of merit, the god Suresvara verily became anxious, saying,' verily I minst proceed and worship that prerious naint whose worship is rarely w bo heard even is many millions of kalpris.'(1)
"Attended by full twelve thousand Devas, all adorned with jewelled tiara, and all of motion, quickly repaired to the woble city called kapila, and, halting at the gate of the king, (2)
told the warder, in plensing accents, inform the king that Wo wish to enter the house.' On hearing these words the warder entered the house, jomed his hands in supplication, and tons adressed the king : (3)
"Tory be to the Lord! May thon lo prolonged in life! May the king over the preple! There await at the gate being*
luulent with the ligbt of profuse virtue, adorned with jewelle cows, of quick motion, baviny l'aces like the full noon, and of stealy radiance like that of the moon. (4)
«Sire, the shadow of these beings cannot any where possibly De reun,", nor have I leard the sound of their footsteps. Nor, walking on the cartı, they raise any dust, and no one can be satiated by looking at them. (5)
“The light of their body spreads wido; their speech is so sweat that no luman being has the like of it. They are grave, amiable, well-Tichavel, and of noblo birth. I suspect they are gods, and not men. (0)
"They have in their hands oxcellent flowers, garlands, unguents,
