Trishasti Shalaka Purusa Caritra Part 3

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

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CHAPTER TWO
nor by the use of charms, disappear at the very sight of you, Lord. However, I have talked at length enough. I say this in short: Whatever can not be accomplished (otherwise), that is accomplished by the sight of you, Lord of the World. I seek this fruit of the sight of you. May I see you again and again, as now."
After praising the Jina in this way, Sakra took him, went and deposited the Jina at Queen Jaya's side, and bowed. After taking away the queen's sleeping-chaim and the Arhat's image, Sakra went to heaven, and the other Vāsavas went from Meru.
Childhood (55-63) Vasupūjya held a festival, like the sun its rising, making the minds of the people expand like lotuses. On an auspicious day Vasupūjya and Queen Jayā gave the Lord of the World the appropriate name, Vāsupūjya. The Master grew by means of nectar put in his thumb by Sakra. Nurses were nurses because of other duties, since they do not suckle the Arhats. The Supreme Lord grew up, cherished by five nurses appointed by Väsava, who accompanied him like a shadow. The Lord passed his childhood, playing games suitable for children with gods, asuras, and princes who had become his companions. They played at times with divine balls made of jewels and gold; at times with pegs o5 set with diamonds, sometimes with tops whirling like bees; sometimes by climbing myrobalan trees and making bets with each other; sometimes they amused themselves by racing, by hiding, by jumping, by leaping up; 98 at other times by swimming, by shouting, by boxing, and wrestling. .
85 59. The ordinary meaning of sankulā is' betel-scissors,' but this is so unsuitable here that perhaps it is a derivative of banku, ‘a stick' or 'peg,' used in a child's game. In Guj. -lo is a diminutive suffix.
DB 61. Apparently 'broad jumps' and 'high jumps.'