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1357; Gataka I, p. 7o (English translation by Professor Rhys Davids, p. 95). XXIII. GADGADASVARA. 393 CHAPTER XXIII. GADGADASVARA. At that moment the Lord Sakyamuni, the Tathagata, &c., darted a flash of light from the circle of hair between his eyebrows, one of the characteristic signs of a great man, by which flash of light hundred thousands of myriads of kofis of Buddha-fields, equal to the sands of eighteen rivers Ganges, became illuminated. Beyond those Buddha-filds, equal, &c., is the world called Vairofanarasmipratimazzita (i.e. embellished by the rays of the sun). There dwells, lives, exists the Tathagata named Kamaladalavimalanakshatraragasankusumitabhig#a, who, _ surrounded and attended by a large and immense assembly of Bodhisattvas, preached the law. Immediately the ray of light flashing from the circle of hair between the eyebrows of the Lord Sékyamuni, the Tathagata, &c., filled the world Vairo#anarasmipratimazaita with a great lustre. In that world Vairoganarasmipratimazaita there was a Bodhisattva Mahdsattva called Gadgadasvara, who had planted roots of goodness, who had before seen similar luminous flashes emitted by many Tathagatas, &c., and who had acquired many Sam4dhis, such as the Samadhi Dhvag4grakeyara (i.e. bracelet at the upper end of the banner staff), Saddharma-puzdartka (i.e. the Lotus of the True Law), Vimaladatta (i.e. given by Vimala), Nakshatraragavikridita (i.e. sport of the 394 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XXIII. king of asterisms, the moon god), Anilambha’, G#anamudrA (i.e. the seal of science), AKandrapradipa (i.e. moon-light *), Sarvarutakausalya (i.e. skill in all sounds), Sarvapuzyasamuéfaya (i.e. compendium or collection of all piety), Prasddavatt (i.e. the favourably-disposed lady), Azddhivikrtdita (i.e. sport of magic), G#4nolké (i.e. torch of knowledge), Vy(haraga (i.e. king of expansions or speculations), Vimalaprabha (i.e. spotless lustre), Vimalagarbha (i.e. of spotless interior part), Apkvztsna*, Sdryévarta (i.e. sun-turn); in short, he had acquired many hundred thousand myriads of ko¢is of Samadhis equal to the sands of the river Ganges. Now, the flash of light came down upon that Bodhisattva Mahasattva Gadgadasvara. Then the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Gadgadasvara rose from his seat, put his upper robe upon one shoulder, fixed his right knee on the ground, stretched his joined hands towards the Lord Buddha, and said to the Tathagata Kamaladalavimalanakshatraragasankusumitabhig#a: O Lord, I would resort to the Saha-world to see, salute, wait upon the Lord Sakyamuni, the Tathagata, &c.; to see and salute Maggusrt, the prince royal ; to see the Bodhisattvas Bhaishagyaraga, Pradanasira, Nakshatraragasankusumitabhig#a, Visish¢a#aritra, Vydharaga, Bhaishagyaragasamudgata. Then the Lord Kamaladalavimalanakshatrarégasankusumitabhig#a, the Tathdgata, &c., said to the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Gadgadasvara: On coming to the Saha-world, young man of good family, thou ? Of uncertain meaning.
2Then the Lord Kamaladalavimalanakshatrarégasankusumitabhig#a, the Tathdgata, &c., said to the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Gadgadasvara: On coming to the Saha-world, young man of good family, thou ? Of uncertain meaning. ? Burnouf has read Kandraprabha, moon-bright. * I.e. belonging to the mystic rite, called Apokasina in PAli ; for which I refer to Spence Hardy, Eastern Monachism, p. 252 seq. XXIII. GADGADASVARA. 395 must not conceive a low opinion of it. That world, young man of good family, has ups and downs, consists of earth, is replete with mountains of KaAla, filled with gutters’. The Lord Sakyamuni, the Tathagata, &c., is short of stature?, and so are the Bodhisattvas Mahasattvas, whereas thou, young man of good family, hast got a body forty-two hundred thousand yoganas® high, and myself have got a body sixty-eight hundred thousand yoganas high. And, young man of good family, thou art lovely, handsome, of pleasant appearance, endowed with a full bloom of extremely fine colour, and abundantly blest with hundred thousands of holy signs. Therefore then, young man of good family, when you have come to the Saha-world, do not conceive a low opinion of the Tathagata, nor of the Bodhisattvas, nor of that Buddha-field. Thus addressed, the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Gadgadasvara said to the Lord Kamaladalavimalanakshatraragasankusumitabhig#a, the Tathagata, &c.: I shall do, Lord, as the Lord commands; I shall go to that Saha-world by virtue of the Lord’s resolution, of the Lord’s power, of the Lord’s might, of the Lord’s disposal, of the Lord’s foresight. Whereon the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Gadgadasvara, without leaving that Buddha-field and without leaving his 1 Gfthodilla or githodigalla; according to Burnouf the word means ‘ordures ;’ cf. above, p. 142, and Pali oligalla. 3 Spence Hardy, Manual of Buddhism, p. 364: ‘ Buddha is sometimes said to be twelve cubits in height, and sometimes eighteen cubits.’ 5 That is considerably more than R4hu, the eclipse, was possessed of, his body being no more than forty-eight hundred yoganas high; Spence Hardy, l.c. 396 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XXIII. seat, plunged into so deep a meditation that immediately after, on a sudden, there appeared before the Tathagata on the GrzdhrakQéa-mountains in the Saha-world eighty-four hundred thousand myriads of kofis of lotuses on gold stalks with silver leaves and with cups of the hue of rosy lotuses and Butea Frondosa.
3On seeing the appearance of this mass of lotuses the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Mazgusri, the prince royal, asked the Lord Sékyamuni, the Tathagata, &c.: By what cause and by whom, O Lord, have been produced these eighty-four hundred thousand myriads of ko¢is of lotuses on gold stalks with silver leaves and with cups of the hue of rosy lotuses and Butea Frondosa? Whereon the Lord replied to Ma#gusrt, the prince royal: It is, Mazgusri, the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Gadgadasvara, who accompanied and attended by eighty-four hundred thousand myriads of ko¢is of Bodhisattvas arrives from the east, from the world Vairofanarasmipratimazaita, the Buddhafield of the Lord Kamaladalavimalanakshatrarégasankusumitabhig#a, the Tathagata, &c., at this Saha-world to see, salute, wait upon me, and to hear this Dharmaparydya of the Lotus of the True Law. Then Mazgusrt, the prince royal, said to the Lord: What mass of roots of goodness, O Lord, has that young man of good family collected, that he has deserved to obtain such a distinction? And what meditation is it, O Lord, that the Bodhisattva practises? Let us also learn that meditation, O Lord, and practise that meditation. And let us see that Bodhisattva, Lord; see how the colour, outward shape, character, figure, and behaviour of that Bodhisattva is. May the Lord deign to produce such a XXIII. GADGADASVARA. 397 token that the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva be admonished by it to come to this Saha-world. Then the Lord Sakyamuni, the Tathagata, &c., said to the Lord Prabhftaratna, the Tathagata, &c., who was completely extinct: Produce such a token, Lord, that the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Gadgadasvara be admonished by it to come to this Sahaworld. And the Lord Prabhdtaratna, the Tathégata, &c., who was completely extinct, instantly produced a token in order to admonish the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Gadgadasvara (and said): Come, young man of good family, to this Saha-world; Mazgusrt, the prince royal, will hail thy coming. And the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Gadgadasvara, after humbly saluting the feet of the Lord Kamaladalavimalanakshatraragasankusumitabhig#a, the Tatha4gata, &c., and after three times circumambulating him from left to right, vanished from the world Vairo#anarasmipratimazaita, along with eightyfour hundred thousand myriads of kofis of Bodhisattvas who surrounded and followed him, and arrived at this Saha-world, among a stir of Buddhafields, a rain of lotuses, a noise of hundred thousands of myriads of kofis of musical instruments. His face showed eyes resembling blue lotuses, his body was gold-coloured, his person marked by a hundred thousand of holy signs; he sparkled with lustre, glowed with radiance, had limbs marked by the characteristic signs, and a body compact as Narayaza’s. Mounted on a tower made of seven precious substances, he moved through the sky to a height of seven T4las}, surrounded by a host of Bodhi- ~
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Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1357; Gataka I, p. 7o (English translation by Professor Rhys Davids, p. 95). XXIII. GADGADASVARA. 393 CHAPTER XXIII. GADGADASVARA. At that moment the Lord Sakyamuni, the Tathagata, &c., darted a flash of light from the circle of hair between his eyebrows, one of the characteristic signs of a great man, by which flash of light hundred thousands of myriads of kofis of Buddha-fields, equal to the sands of eighteen rivers Ganges, became illuminated. Beyond those Buddha-filds, equal, &c., is the world called Vairofanarasmipratimazzita (i.e. embellished by the rays of the sun). There dwells, lives, exists the Tathagata named Kamaladalavimalanakshatraragasankusumitabhig#a, who, _ surrounded and attended by a large and immense assembly of Bodhisattvas, preached the law. Immediately the ray of light flashing from the circle of hair between the eyebrows of the Lord Sékyamuni, the Tathagata, &c., filled the world Vairo#anarasmipratimazaita with a great lustre. In that world Vairoganarasmipratimazaita there was a Bodhisattva Mahdsattva called Gadgadasvara, who had planted roots of goodness, who had before seen similar luminous flashes emitted by many Tathagatas, &c., and who had acquired many Sam4dhis, such as the Samadhi Dhvag4grakeyara (i.e. bracelet at the upper end of the banner staff), Saddharma-puzdartka (i.e. the Lotus of the True Law), Vimaladatta (i.e. given by Vimala), Nakshatraragavikridita (i.e. sport of the 394 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XXIII. king of asterisms, the moon god), Anilambha’, G#anamudrA (i.e. the seal of science), AKandrapradipa (i.e. moon-light *), Sarvarutakausalya (i.e. skill in all sounds), Sarvapuzyasamuéfaya (i.e. compendium or collection of all piety), Prasddavatt (i.e. the favourably-disposed lady), Azddhivikrtdita (i.e. sport of magic), G#4nolké (i.e. torch of knowledge), Vy(haraga (i.e. king of expansions or speculations), Vimalaprabha (i.e. spotless lustre), Vimalagarbha (i.e. of spotless interior part), Apkvztsna*, Sdryévarta (i.e. sun-turn); in short, he had acquired many hundred thousand myriads of ko¢is of Samadhis equal to the sands of the river Ganges. Now, the flash of light came down upon that Bodhisattva Mahasattva Gadgadasvara. Then the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Gadgadasvara rose from his seat, put his upper robe upon one shoulder, fixed his right knee on the ground, stretched his joined hands towards the Lord Buddha, and said to the Tathagata Kamaladalavimalanakshatraragasankusumitabhig#a: O Lord, I would resort to the Saha-world to see, salute, wait upon the Lord Sakyamuni, the Tathagata, &c.; to see and salute Maggusrt, the prince royal ; to see the Bodhisattvas Bhaishagyaraga, Pradanasira, Nakshatraragasankusumitabhig#a, Visish¢a#aritra, Vydharaga, Bhaishagyaragasamudgata. Then the Lord Kamaladalavimalanakshatrarégasankusumitabhig#a, the Tathdgata, &c., said to the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Gadgadasvara: On coming to the Saha-world, young man of good family, thou ? Of uncertain meaning.
2Then the Lord Kamaladalavimalanakshatrarégasankusumitabhig#a, the Tathdgata, &c., said to the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Gadgadasvara: On coming to the Saha-world, young man of good family, thou ? Of uncertain meaning. ? Burnouf has read Kandraprabha, moon-bright. * I.e. belonging to the mystic rite, called Apokasina in PAli ; for which I refer to Spence Hardy, Eastern Monachism, p. 252 seq. XXIII. GADGADASVARA. 395 must not conceive a low opinion of it. That world, young man of good family, has ups and downs, consists of earth, is replete with mountains of KaAla, filled with gutters’. The Lord Sakyamuni, the Tathagata, &c., is short of stature?, and so are the Bodhisattvas Mahasattvas, whereas thou, young man of good family, hast got a body forty-two hundred thousand yoganas® high, and myself have got a body sixty-eight hundred thousand yoganas high. And, young man of good family, thou art lovely, handsome, of pleasant appearance, endowed with a full bloom of extremely fine colour, and abundantly blest with hundred thousands of holy signs. Therefore then, young man of good family, when you have come to the Saha-world, do not conceive a low opinion of the Tathagata, nor of the Bodhisattvas, nor of that Buddha-field. Thus addressed, the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Gadgadasvara said to the Lord Kamaladalavimalanakshatraragasankusumitabhig#a, the Tathagata, &c.: I shall do, Lord, as the Lord commands; I shall go to that Saha-world by virtue of the Lord’s resolution, of the Lord’s power, of the Lord’s might, of the Lord’s disposal, of the Lord’s foresight. Whereon the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Gadgadasvara, without leaving that Buddha-field and without leaving his 1 Gfthodilla or githodigalla; according to Burnouf the word means ‘ordures ;’ cf. above, p. 142, and Pali oligalla. 3 Spence Hardy, Manual of Buddhism, p. 364: ‘ Buddha is sometimes said to be twelve cubits in height, and sometimes eighteen cubits.’ 5 That is considerably more than R4hu, the eclipse, was possessed of, his body being no more than forty-eight hundred yoganas high; Spence Hardy, l.c. 396 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XXIII. seat, plunged into so deep a meditation that immediately after, on a sudden, there appeared before the Tathagata on the GrzdhrakQéa-mountains in the Saha-world eighty-four hundred thousand myriads of kofis of lotuses on gold stalks with silver leaves and with cups of the hue of rosy lotuses and Butea Frondosa.
3On seeing the appearance of this mass of lotuses the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Mazgusri, the prince royal, asked the Lord Sékyamuni, the Tathagata, &c.: By what cause and by whom, O Lord, have been produced these eighty-four hundred thousand myriads of ko¢is of lotuses on gold stalks with silver leaves and with cups of the hue of rosy lotuses and Butea Frondosa? Whereon the Lord replied to Ma#gusrt, the prince royal: It is, Mazgusri, the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Gadgadasvara, who accompanied and attended by eighty-four hundred thousand myriads of ko¢is of Bodhisattvas arrives from the east, from the world Vairofanarasmipratimazaita, the Buddhafield of the Lord Kamaladalavimalanakshatrarégasankusumitabhig#a, the Tathagata, &c., at this Saha-world to see, salute, wait upon me, and to hear this Dharmaparydya of the Lotus of the True Law. Then Mazgusrt, the prince royal, said to the Lord: What mass of roots of goodness, O Lord, has that young man of good family collected, that he has deserved to obtain such a distinction? And what meditation is it, O Lord, that the Bodhisattva practises? Let us also learn that meditation, O Lord, and practise that meditation. And let us see that Bodhisattva, Lord; see how the colour, outward shape, character, figure, and behaviour of that Bodhisattva is. May the Lord deign to produce such a XXIII. GADGADASVARA. 397 token that the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva be admonished by it to come to this Saha-world. Then the Lord Sakyamuni, the Tathagata, &c., said to the Lord Prabhftaratna, the Tathagata, &c., who was completely extinct: Produce such a token, Lord, that the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Gadgadasvara be admonished by it to come to this Sahaworld. And the Lord Prabhdtaratna, the Tathégata, &c., who was completely extinct, instantly produced a token in order to admonish the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Gadgadasvara (and said): Come, young man of good family, to this Saha-world; Mazgusrt, the prince royal, will hail thy coming. And the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Gadgadasvara, after humbly saluting the feet of the Lord Kamaladalavimalanakshatraragasankusumitabhig#a, the Tatha4gata, &c., and after three times circumambulating him from left to right, vanished from the world Vairo#anarasmipratimazaita, along with eightyfour hundred thousand myriads of kofis of Bodhisattvas who surrounded and followed him, and arrived at this Saha-world, among a stir of Buddhafields, a rain of lotuses, a noise of hundred thousands of myriads of kofis of musical instruments. His face showed eyes resembling blue lotuses, his body was gold-coloured, his person marked by a hundred thousand of holy signs; he sparkled with lustre, glowed with radiance, had limbs marked by the characteristic signs, and a body compact as Narayaza’s. Mounted on a tower made of seven precious substances, he moved through the sky to a height of seven T4las}, surrounded by a host of Bodhi- ~
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