Trishasti Shalaka Purusa Caritra Part 3

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

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VĀSUPŪJYACARITRA
Birth ceremonies (34-44) Their thrones being shaken, the fifty-six Dikkumārīs came and performed the birth-rites of the Master and the Master's mother. Sakra got into Palaka, came there with his retinue, and quickly circumambulated the Master's house like the Master. Hari entered the house, gave a sleeping-charm to Queen Jayā, placed an image of the Arhat at her side, and made himself fivefold. One form took the Lord, another held an umbrella, two held chauris, and another went dancing ahead. Sakra went to Atipāņdukambalā on Sumeru and sat down on the lion-throne with the Lord on his lap. Then the sixty-three Vāsavas, beginning with Acyuta, bathed the Master with pitchers of water from the tirthas. Then Sakra established the Jina on the lap of the Lord of Iśānakalpa as in his own mind. Purandara, skilled in devotion, made four crystal bulls in the four directions from the Jinendra. Expert in making a bath different from that of the other Indras, he bathed the Lord with the water rising from the horns. Sakra then destroyed the bulls, dried the Lord's body, and anointed it with gośīrşa-sandal. After worshipping with divine ornaments, garments, and flowers, Vāsava made the lightwaving and praised the Lord as follows:
Stuti (45-52) “The karmas which are cut neither by the cakra of the cakrins, nor by the cakra of the ardhacakrins, nor by the trident of Išāna, nor by my thunderbolt, nor by the weapons of other Indras, are destroyed by the sight of you, Lord. All the fires of pain which are extinguished neither by the waves of the Ocean of Milk nor by the light of the moon, nor by the hard showers of the rain-clouds, nor by gośīrsa-sandal, nor by the thick groves of plantains, are destroyed by the sight of you. People's diseases, which are destroyed neither by various decoctions nor by numerous powders, neither by copious ointments nor by operations,