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joy and eagerness, went and told the king about the birth of a son and the actions of the Dikkumāris, et cetera. Then, delighted, the king gave them a gratuity and held his son's birth-festival with great magnificence. Because unfavorable conditions had subsided while he was in the womb, the king, delighted, gave the name Santi to his son. Sucking his own thumb which had nectar injected by Sakra, when hungry, the Lord gradually grew up, tended by nurses.
Although mature in knowledge from birth, he engaged in various childish amusements. Everything suitable to the time is proper. Gods, very much afraid of disrespect, made the Lord play, wishing to make themselves important by means of mudpies with the Master. The Lord did not defeat them too easily in games, foot-races, et cetera. For the noble are followers of compassion, even when another emotion is strong. So the Lord, playing in various games, the playhouse of Sri, forty bows tall, attained youth.
The king married princesses to śānti. For the very powerful are not satiated with wedding-festivals of their sons. At the end of twenty-five thousand years the king installed Sānti on the throne, but he himself attended to religious duties. The son of Visvasena protected the earth properly. For the incarnation of the great is for the sake of the protection of all. The son of Acirā enjoyed himself with his wives. For the to-be-enjoyed-karma, even of Arhats, which has pleasure as its fruit must be experienced. Queen Yašomati was at the head of all his female household. She saw in a dream a cakra entering her mouth, like a sun entering a cloud.
Birth of Cakrāyudha (115–124) Then, after it had completed its life, Rși Dưdharatha's soul descended into the womb from the palace Sarvārtha. At that very time Queen Yašomati arose from sleep and related her dream to Lord Säntinātha. Possessing the
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