In that period, in
that age lived the Arhat Parsva, the people's favourite, the
five most important moments of whose life happened when the moon
was in conjunction with the asterism Visakha: in Visakha he
descended (from heaven), and having descended thence, entered
the womb (of his mother); in Visakha he was born; in Visakha,
tearing out his hair, he left the house and entered the state of
houselessness; in Visakha he obtained the highest knowledge and
intuition, called Kevala, which is infinite, supreme,
unobstructed, unimpeded, complete, and full; in Visakha he
obtained final liberation. (149)
In that period, in
that age, in the first month of summer, in the first fortnight,
the dark (fortnight) of Kaitra, on its fourth day, the Arhat
Parsva, the people's favourite, descended from the Pranata Kalpa
[the tenth world of the gods], where he had lived for twenty
Sagaropamas, here on the continent Gambudvipa, in Bharatavarsha,
in the town of Benares; and in the middle of the night when the.
moon was in conjunction with the asterism Visakha, after the
termination of his allotted length of life, divine nature, and
existence (among the gods), he took the form of an embryo in the
womb of the queen Vama, wife of Asvasena, king (of Benares).
(150)
The knowledge of
the Arhat Parsva, the people's favourite, (about this) was
threefold, (repeat §§ 3-95 after making the necessary
substitutions, and omitting what exclusively applies to Mahavira,
all down to) comfortably carried her unborn child. (151)
In that period, in
that age the Arhat Parsva, the people's favourite-after the
lapse of nine months and seven and a half days, in the second
month of winter, in the third fortnight, the dark (fortnight) of
Paushya, on its tenth day, in the middle of the night when the
moon was in conjunction with the asterism Visakha-(Vama),
perfectly healthy herself, gave birth to a perfectly healthy
boy. (152)
In that night in
which the Arhat Parsva, the people's favourite, was born,
(repeat §§ 97-107 with the necessary alterations, all down to)
therefore shall the name of our boy be Parsva. (153, 154)
The Arhat Parsva,
the people's favourite, clever, with the aspirations of a clever
man, of great beauty, controlling his senses, lucky, and modest,
lived thirty years as a householder. Then the, Laukantika gods,
following the established custom, addressed him with these kind,
pleasing, sweet, and soft words: (155)
'Victory, victory
to thee, gladdener of the world!' (see § 111, down to) Thus they
raised the shout of victory. (156) Before the Arhat Parsva, the
people's favorite, had adopted the life of a householder, (see §
112, down to) indigent persons.
In the second
month of winter, in the third fortnight, the dark (fortnight) of
Paushya, on its eleventh day, in the middle of the night, riding
in his palankin called Visala, followed on his way by a train of
gods, men, and Asuras, (Parsva) went right through the town of
Benares to the park called Asramapada, and proceeded to the
excellent tree Asoka. There, (see § 116, down to) five handfuls.
When the moon was
in conjunction with the asterism Visakha, he, after fasting
three and a half days without drinking water, put on a divine
robe, and together with three hundred men he tore out his hair,
and leaving the house entered the state of houselessness. (157)
The Arhat Parsva,
the people's favourite, for eighty-three days neglected his
body, (see § 117, down to) animals. (158) -
Thereafter the
Arhat Parsva, the people's favourite, was houseless,
circumspect, (see §§ 118-120, down to) meditated upon himself
for eighty-three days.
During the
eighty-fourth day-it was in the first month of summer, in the
first fortnight, the dark (fortnight) of Kaitra, on its fourth
day, in the early part of the day, when the moon was in
conjunction with the asterism Visakha-Parsva, under a Dhataki
tree, after fasting two and a half days without drinking water,
being engaged in deep meditation, reached the infinite, (see §
120, down to) highest knowledge and intuition called Kevala,
(see § 121, down to) moment. (159)
The Arhat Parsva,
the people's favourite, had eight Ganas and eight Ganadharas
(enumerated in a Sloka):
Subha and
Aryaghosha, Vasishtha and Brahmakirin, Saumya and Sridhara,
Virabhadra and Yasas. (160)
The Arhat Parsva,
the people's favourite, had an excellent community of sixteen
thousand Sramanas with Aryadatta at their head; (161)
thirty-eight thousand nuns with Puslipakula at their head; (162)
one hundred and sixty-four thousand lay votaries with Suvrata at
their head; (163) three hundred and twenty-seven thousand female
lay votaries with Sunandi at their head; (164) three hundred and
fifty sages who knew the fourteen Purvas, (see § 138); (165)
fourteen hundred sages who were possessed of the Avadhi
knowledge; one thousand Kevalins, eleven hundred sages who could
transform themselves, six hundred sages of correct knowledge,
one thousand male and two thousand female disciples who had
reached perfection, seven hundred and fifty sages of vast
intellect, six hundred professors, and twelve hundred sages in
their last birth, (166)
The Arhat Parsva,
the people's favourite, instituted two epochs in his capacity of
a Maker of an end: the epoch relating to generations and the
epoch relating to psychical condition; the former ended in the
fourth generation, the latter in the third year of his
Kevaliship. (167)
In that period, in
that age the Arhat Parsva, the people's favourite, lived thirty
years as a householder, eighty-three days in a state inferior to
perfection, something less than seventy years as a Kevalin, full
seventy years as a Srarnana, and a hundred years on the whole.
When his fourfold
Karman was exhausted and in this Avasarpini era the greater part
of the Duhshamasushama period had elapsed, in the first month of
the rainy season, in the second fortnight, the light (fortnight)
of Sravana, on its eighth day, in the early part of the day when
the moon was in conjunction with the asterism Visakha, (Parsva),
after fasting a month without drinking water, on the summit of
mount Sammeta, in the company of eighty-three persons,
stretching out his hands, died, freed from all pains. (168)
Since the time
that the Arhat Parsva, the people's favourite, died, freed from
all pains, twelve centuries have elapsed, and of the thirteenth
century this is the thirtieth year. (169)
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