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other trees hail turned away, but that of the Jambu tree had not forsaken the body of the Boalhisattva. Struck with amazoment, oxlularation, delight, joy and satisfaction he hastily repaired to king Sudahlawa, and thus reported in verse the circumstance: "Please your majesty, lehold the Prince in meditation under the shadow of the Jambu tren. In his bertuty and glory he is :19 respleculent as Sakra or Brahmá. (1)
The tree les which the cably endomis sellel, does not remove its shadow from the noble boimy in meditation." (2)
King Sadelbodana went tu ille Jambi tres, and, seeing tho Bodhisativa "splendent in luis beauty aad glory, recite this VENC :
"ly is a fire issuing from the ereat of a mountain? or is it the ineun surrounlod ly its stolar liost? My body is overpowered by the sight of him, melitating in his hory bku a lanıp."
T u sabuting the fact of the Boxedhisattva he recite this listich:
“ Since thou art bortage, mee thon molititest on the being of light, U poruczopitar, i ule hy for once and again."
Ai this to some lads carrying sulun mundo u noire. To theru said the intuisters, “ Mise no noise."
They enquired, why?"
The ministers Teplice, “althrash rounded by the darkness of the workil, Sillhártira, the auspiou-ly umlilazoned, the cu of the great king, the 1:11:09 is the sky, is engaged in meditation, firin as the nutitain, and the shadow of the tree does not forsake biro."
On this subjert (th, following (Játhás) may be quoted:
“In midsumer when the prog lad returned, in the month of Jynishtha, when leaves and the ilers had blooted in profusjon, wlien herons and peacock, parrots and manas, were cackling, many were the Sakya maidens who had issued forth to rumble aboul. (1)
“Said the Prince, Chhanda, we shall proceed with all the boys to behold the conutry. What is the good of remaining at home
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| SR No. | 011126 |
| Book Title | Lalit Vistara |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Rajendralala Mitra |
| Publisher | Asiatic Society |
| Publication Year | 1881 |
| Total Pages | 292 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 18 MB |