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SUVIDHINĀTHACARITRA
327 anointment with new unguents and worship with ornaments, etc., and had waved the light, he praised the Lord.
Stuti (40-47) “Firm pillar of the house of dharma, pool of nectar of right belief, cloud for the delight of the world, hail ! Lord of Three Worlds. What other supernatural power of yours shall we tell, since the three worlds, bought by virtues and greatness, enter servitude (to you)? I do not shine in heaven as much as I shine in servitude to you. A jewel does not shine as much in a mountain, as it shines in an anklet. You, wishing to go to mokşa, came from Vaijayanta which terminates in mokşa, certainly to show the path to the world that had wandered from the path. After a long time you are the divinity of the house of Bharatakşetra ; now let dharma, like a householder, rejoice fearlessly in it. O Lord of the Universe, let all this throng of gods come to the incarnation of this supernatural form of yours. After a long time, O Lord, eyes have become cakoras by good fortune, clinging eagerly to you who have a stream of light that is like moonlight. May I, staying in the house or going to the council, recollect the charm of your name which gives Sarvārthasiddhi.”
After this hymn of praise to the Lord of Jinas, Sakra took him, carried him, and placed him at Lady Rāmā's side according to custom.
Life before initiation (48–55) Because his mother became expert in all religious rites, while he was in the womb, and because a tooth appeared from a pregnancy-whim for flowers, his parents gave the Lord two names, Suvidhi and Puşpadanta, at a great festival on any auspicious day. Showing great difference in characteristics) from birth, the Master grew gradually like the day increasing after the passage of the sun into Aries.480 The Lord of the World reached youth
400 51. This is the vernal equinox.
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