Lord Mahavira Vol 01

Author(s): S C Rampuria
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati Institute

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lands. They took delight in games flaming up sex, in quarrels, in swimming with girls, and in simply making noise. They were talking and laughing much. They wore diverse marks which were decked with gems and precious stones. They had immense grace, immense fortune, still were worshipping him.
In that period, at that time, the Jyotsika gods descended to wait upon Bhagavan Mahâvîra. They were : Jupiter, Moon, Sun, Venus, Saturn, Râhu, Comets, Mars and Mangala which were as red as a drop of molten gold. These heavenly bodies which usually move on their orbit came down to Bagavâna Mahâvîra. There came down the mobile Ketu, twentyeight types of Naksatras of diverse shape and stars of five hues. There came down some heavenly bodies which shine from a fixed position and others which shine as they move. Each one wore a crown with the distinguishing emblem of his own vimana and its name printed on it. They had immense grace, immense fortune, still were worshipping him.
In that period, at time, many vaimanika gods descended to wait upon Bhagavan Mahâvîra. They came down from their heavenly abodes, viz., Saudharma, Isana, Sanatkumara, Mahendra, Brahmana, Lantaka, Mahasukra, Sahasrana, Anata, Pranata, Arana and Acyuta. They appeared to be immensely happy.
They were full of joy because they were keen to pay their homage to the Jina and they had been able to come. They descended on this earth from various vimanas, such as, Palaka, Puspaka, Somanasa, Srivatsa. Nandyavarta, Kamagama. Pritigama, Manogama, Vimala and Sarvatobhadra. They wore on their crown their respective emblems, such as, deer, buffalo, pig, goat, frog, horse, pedigree elephant, snake, rhino and ox. The crowns were loosely placed. Their faces were beaming in the glitter of their ear-rings. So did their crest in the glitter of their crown. They were red in their pigmentation, or yellow like the central piece of lotus, or simply white. They had great power to transform themselves. They had put on diverse robes and dresses, fragrant cosmetics and garlands, had grace and fortune till worshipped him with folded palms.
In that period, at that time, there was a huge uproar of a large gossip in triangular parks, at places where three roads met,