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Bodhi-sattva witnessed the four scenes in course of a single day).
A son is born - He spent the whole day in the garden enjoying diverse pleasures. He took bath in a beautiful tank, Then in the evening, he sat on a stone slab in order to be decorated. His attendants stood around him with wrappers of various colours, ornaments, garlands, perfumes, etc in their hands. Just then, the throne of Indra became hot. He became angry and thought,
"Who is this that desires to remove me from my
throne''.? But at once he realised that it was time for the Bodhi-sattva to decorate. He became pacified and sent for Visva karma at once. When Visva karma arrived; Indra said to him,
"Saumya ! At midnight to-day, there will be the great renunciation by Prince Siddhartha. His decoration to-day will be his last. You go yourself to the garden and adorn him with divine ornaments.".
By dint of his divine power, Visva karmā came to the garden at once. He changed himself into one of the valets attending the prince and got mixed up with them. He took a wrapper from the hands of another attendant, and began to wrap it round the Bodhi-sattva's head. From the touch of his hand, the Bodhi-sattva realised that this was no ordinary human being but some divine personality. No sooner was the wrapper given a single turn round the head than, like jewels in the crown at the head, it produced forth a thousand wrappers, and like this, ten such turns produced 10,000 wrappers. The biggest of these, wrappers had the weight of a flower of shyāmā creeper, while others had no more than that of a kutumvaka flower for each. The head of the Bodhisattva looked like a kuyyaka flower. After he had been decorated in all respects, the Brahmaņas who were experts in musical rhythms displayed their skill. Then, after being honoured by the eulogies and propitiatory words of the bards, and being adorned in all respect, he sat on the chariot.
Just then, a son was born to Rāhula-mātā. When this report reached King Suddhodana, he sent forth messengers
| SR No. | 022804 |
| Book Title | Agama And Tripitaka Comparative Study |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Nagaraj Muni |
| Publisher | Today and Tomorrows Printers and Publishers |
| Publication Year | 1986 |
| Total Pages | 804 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 19 MB |