Trishasti Shalaka Purusa Caritra Part 4

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

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SRI ARANĀTHACARITRA with bees excited by the fragrance of the blossoms of the punnāga; the sky made tawny by the fruit of the jujube 15 and orange; adorned on all sides with the opening- buds on the tips of the lavalī, phalinī, jasmine, muçukunda, like smiles of the winter season, with the face of the sky darkened by the pollen of the lodh flowers. After descending from Vaijayanti, on the eleventh day in the bright half of Mārga, the moon being in Pauşņa, in the last division of the day, the Lord became a mendicant together with a thousand kings, observing a two-day fast; and at that same time mind-reading knowledge arose. On the next day the Master broke his fast with rice-pudding at the house of King Aparājita in the city Rājapura. The five things, the stream of treasure, et cetera, were made by the gods and a jeweled platform was made by the king over the Master's footprints.
Omniscience (59–66) The Lord wandered over the earth for three years as an ordinary ascetic, never seated, never lying down, observing many restrictions. One day, as he wandered, the Lord came again to Sahasrāmravana and stood in pratimā under a mango tree. The Lord's omniscience arose from the destruction of the destructive karmas on the twelfth day of the bright half of Kārttika, the moon being in Revati. At once the gods made a samavasaraṇa and the Teacher of the World entered by the east door. The Lord circumambulated the caitya-tree, which was three hundred and sixty bows tall, and said, “Reverence to the congregation." The Lord sat down on the eastern lion-throne, facing the east, and the Vyantaras created images in the other directions. The venerable congregation occupied the proper places. When he knew that the Lord was in the samavasaraṇa, the scion of the Kurus came there. After bowing to the Blessed One, he sat down behind Sakra and then Sakra and the scion of the Kurus began a hymn of praise.
16 52. The fruit of the jujube is yellow when ripe (Roxb.).