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the moon in the sky. Sweet-voiced, shining with two white wings in the form of garments, she dwelt always in the Mānasa 459 of her husband, like a rajahansi. Rati did not attain joy nor Prīti delight, completely overcome by her umparalleled beauty. Time passed for King Sugrīva and her, suitable for each other, sporting like Rohini and the
moon.
CHAPTER SEVEN
Birth (27-32)
And now, the jiva of King Mahāpadma, living in Vaijayanta, completed his life of thirty-three sāgaras. Falling, he descended into Queen Rāmā's womb on the ninth day of the black half of Phalguna, when the moon was in conjunction with Mula. Then the Queen saw the fourteen great dreams, elephant, etc., indicating the birth of a Tirthankara, enter her mouth. The Queen bore her embryo, the source of support to the world, like the river Himādrijā (Gangā) a young elephant playing in it. When the moon was in Mula, on the fifth day of the black half of Mārgaśīrṣa, she bore a jewel of a son, white, marked with a makara.
Birth-rites (33-39)
Then the fifty-six Dikkumārīs, Bhogankara and others, performed the birth-rites of the Lord and his mother. Then the Lord of Saudharma, like an Abhiyogya-god, took the Master with devotion and went to the top of Mt. Meru. Holding the Lord on his lap, Sakra seated himself on the lion-throne on Atipäṇḍukambala to the south of Meru's crest. Then the sixty-three Indras, Acyuta, etc., with unfailing devotion bathed the Master with water from the tirthas. Then the Lord of Saudharma handed the Lord to the Lord of Īśāna, like a guard handing an object to be guarded to (another) guard at the end of his watch. Sakra bathed the Master seated on Iśāna's lap with fragrant water from the bulls' horns. After Vasava had made
459 25. Lake Manasa, a resort of hansas.
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