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at the Lord, some with fixed glance, some with restless glance, some going quickly, some going slowly.
Then the gods of the four classes assembled in the sky, making a single shadow on the earth's surface with their large cars. Some of the highest gods, who came flying with elephants raining ichor, made the sky appear filled with clouds. Others, who had whips as oars, flew to see the Lord by means of the best horsesboats in the ocean of the sky. Some approached Nābhi's son in chariots with remarkable speed like the winds personified. The gods did not wait for each other, not even for friends, as if they had made bets on a vehicle-race. Saying to each other, “There is the Master! There is the Master !" the gods stopped their vehicles, like travelers who had reached a village. Then there was a second Vinitā in the sky, as it were, with cars as palaces, elephants, horses, and chariots. The Lord of the World was surrounded by eminent gods and men, like the peak of Mānuşottara by suns and moons. Attended by Bharata and Bāhubali at his sides, Rşabha-bannered looked like the ocean with its banks. The Master of the World was followed by his other ninety-eight reverent sons, like the lord of the herd by elephants. His mother, wives, daughters, and other women followed the Lord in tears, resembling lotuses with dew-drops.
The Lord of the World halted in a garden, Siddhārtha by name, which resembled the heavenly palace Sarvārthasiddhi of a former birth. Completely indifferent, the son of Nābhi descended from the jewel of a litter, as if from samsāra, under an asaka-tree. At once the son of Nābhi abandoned all clothes, wreaths, ornaments, as well as the passions. The Lord of the gods placed on the Lord's shoulder a devadusya, 212 soft, white, fine, as if sewn with
912 64. Here devadūsya, is certainly an upper garment and would be made of wool; but as Hem. generally uses the word, it seems to refer to the material rather than a specific garment.
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