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ocean. Wishing to conquer without any injury being inflicted, the Lord sat on an excellent lion-throne, facing Māgadhatirtha. Then the lion-throne of the Lord of Magadha, who was at a distance of twelve yojanas, shook at once, as if it had a broken leg. Then the Lord of Magadha thought to himself:
"What- unprecedented occurrence is this, indeed, that my throne shook! Is the time of my falling now at hand ? Or has someone, unable to endure my splendor, shaken my throne?" With such doubts springing up, by employing clairvoyant knowledge, he knew that Sånti, the cakrin and dharmacakrin, had come. The Lord of Māgadhatirtha thought again: "Like a child I thought that from ignorance, alas! The Lord, the sixteenth Tirthakara and the fifth cakrin, seated thus, permeated with compassion, is a match for me. Who am I, compared with the Lord of the World whose arm is able to protect or destroy the three worlds, like a moth compared with the sun ? What sort of devotion shall I, being such, show him whom the Indras, Acyuta, et cetera, approach like footmen? Nevertheless, I shall honor the Lord of the World who has come here himself, with my own wealth, like honoring the moon with the fringed end of a garment." 851
With these reflections the Lord of Māgadhatirtha took large gifts and approached śāntinātha. Standing in the air, he bowed to the Lord and said: “By good fortune, Lord of the Three Worlds, you have received me, a mere footman. I am bearing your commands as your guardian of the east quarter, to be commanded by you day and night like the governor of a fort, Master."
With these words, bowing, he delivered divine ornaments and garments with devotion, like the Lord's chamberlain. Sri Sānti honored and dismissed the god. Then
881 142. The fringed end of the garment is gathered up and waved at the moon with a circular motion.
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