Trishasti Shalaka Purusa Caritra Part 1

Author(s): Hemchandracharya, Helen M Johnson
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra

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That you saw a lotus-pond, Mistress, means that your son will take away the pain of those who have fallen into the desert of samsara. That your Ladyship saw an ocean means that your son will be inaccessible and accessible. That you saw a heavenly palace, a marvel to the earth, O Lady, means that your son will be worshipped even by Vaimānika gods. That you saw a heap of jewels with flashing light means that your son will be a heap of jewels of all the virtues. That you saw a flaming fire enter your mouth means that your son will absorb the dignity of other dignitaries. O Mistress, it is indicated by these fourteen dreams that your son will be Master in the world extending for fourteen raijus. "140 Having related thus the interpretation of the dreams, and having bowed to Marudevi, the lords of the gods at once went to their own abodes.
Her body, sprinkled by the nectar of the Indras' interpretation of the dreams, expanded like the earth sprinkled with water by the clouds. She was beautified by the embryo, like a bank of clouds by the sun, like a pearloyster by a pearl as its fruit, like a mountain-cave by a lion. Marudev, who was naturally the dark color of a priyangu, became fair from the embryo, like a bank of autumn-clouds. Her breasts became very large and high, as if from joy at the thought: "The Master of the World will suck us.' Her eyes became very wide-open, as if extremely eager to see the face of the Blessed One. The wall-like surface of the Mistress's hips, though wide, became more so, like the sandbar of a river, after the
140 249. The height of the universe. A rajju is, in most of the texts, defined as the diameter of the Svayambhuramaņa ocean, but that is always given merely as a rajju. The Ratnasañcayapraka. rana 483, p. 189 defines rajju as follows: "A god can go 100,000 yojanas in the winking of an eye. The distance he can go in 6 months is a rajju." This verse is said by the commentator to be taken from the Bṛhat., but I have not been able to locate it. K. p. 210, gives a similar definition.