Trishasti Shalaka Purusa Caritra Part 2

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

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BIRTH OF AJITA AND SAGARA of the Arhats in the eternal temples. Sakra's four Lokapālas, delighted, held an eight-day festival on the four Dadhimukha mountains. On the northern Mt. Añjana the Indra of Îśāna held an eight-day festival to the eternal images of the Arhats in the eternal temples. His Lokapālas, like the preceding, held an eight-day festival to the statues of Rşabha, etc., 107 on the Dadhimukha mountains. The Indra Camara held an eight-day festival on the southern Mt. Añjana, and his Lokapas on the four Dadhimukha mountains. The Indra Bali held an eight-day festival on the western Mt. Añjana, and his Lokapālas on the Dadhimukha mountains. Then the gods and asuras, their duties discharged, went from the best of continents, like a meetingplace, to their respective abodes.
Birth of Sagara (529-530) Now, after the birth of the Arhat, in the same night Vaijayanti also bore a son easily, like the Gangā a golden lotus. The attendants of both his wife and sister-in-law, Vijayā and Vaijayanti, gladdened Jitaśatru by the announcement of the birth of a son.
Celebration by the people (531-579) Delighted by the news, the King gave such a reward that good fortune in his family was like a cow of plenty, Now the King increased in size like a river at the coming of clouds, like the ocean at full moon. The King shared expansion with the earth, graciousness with the sky, strength with the wind. The King released even enemies from prison, and captivity remained then only for elephants, etc. The King made wonderful pājās to the images of the Jinas in the shrines, like Sakra to the eternal images of the Arhats. Without any distinction between what was his own and others', beggars were satisfied with money. For rain from a cloud that has come up is common to all.
107 525. See I, p. 366 and n. 404.