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DTG170 0001.Bodhisattva Deeds The Wish Fulfilling Vine..g2.0f

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That is the supreme bliss. From bliss comes the supreme health. From health comes the excellent friend. Blessed One, through your virtue, do you see anything in the grove of light? *tatpādapadmayugalaṃ draṣṭumaradasmi me mataḥ* (Sanskrit, Devanagari: तत्पादपद्मयुगलं द्रष्टुमरदस्मि मे मतः, Sanskrit, Roman transliteration: tatpādapadmayugalaṃ draṣṭumaradasmi me mataḥ, Literal meaning: I think I should go see his lotus feet.) *ityuktekṣitināthena saujanyāttapakṣapātinā* (Sanskrit, Devanagari: इत्युक्तेक्षितिनाथेन सौजन्यात्तपक्षपातिना, Sanskrit, Roman transliteration: ityuktekṣitināthena saujanyāttapakṣapātinā, Literal meaning: When this was said, the king favored him out of kindness.) *taṃ śroṇikoṭīviṃśopipreṇayātapratyabhāṣata* (Sanskrit, Devanagari: तं श्रोणिकोटिवींशोपिप्रेणयातप्रत्यभाषत, Sanskrit, Roman transliteration: taṃ śroṇikoṭīviṃśopipreṇayātapratyabhāṣata, Literal meaning: Twenty kotis of listeners replied to him with love.) Because of your incomparable grace, O Divine One, I wish to behold those lotus feet. When the protector of the earth, biased towards good people, said this, twenty million listeners respectfully said to him, "O One God, your kindness is an unparalleled virtue." *adhunā yogyatam yāta bhagavaddarśane mama* (Sanskrit, Devanagari: अधुना योग्यतम् यात भगवद्दर्शने मम, Sanskrit, Roman transliteration: adhunā yogyatam yāta bhagavaddarśane mama, Literal meaning: Now I am ready to go see the Blessed One.) *ityukte tena sahitaḥ pratastau sthitikovidaḥ* (Sanskrit, Devanagari: इत्युक्ते तेन सहितः प्रतस्थौ स्थितिकोविदः, Sanskrit, Roman transliteration: ityukte tena sahitaḥ pratastau sthitikovidaḥ, Literal meaning: Having said this, he who was skilled in etiquette arose together with him.) *bhaktyā tathāgataṃ draṣṭuṃ sadyameva mahīpatiḥ* (Sanskrit, Devanagari: भक्त्या तथागतं द्रष्टुं सद्यमेव महीपतिः, Sanskrit, Roman transliteration: bhaktyā tathāgataṃ draṣṭuṃ sadyameva mahīpatiḥ, Literal meaning: The king immediately went to see the Tathagata with devotion.) From the day of his birth, *sajanmavasarāta* (Sanskrit, Devanagari: सर्जन्मवासरात, Sanskrit, Roman transliteration: sajanmavasarāta, Literal meaning: From the day of his birth.) *mahārtavastraiḥ srasthānairbhṛtyairācchāditā mahī* (Sanskrit, Devanagari: महार्तवस्त्रैः स्रस्थानैर्भृत्यैराच्छादिता मही, Sanskrit, Roman transliteration: mahārtavastraiḥ srasthānairbhṛtyairācchāditā mahī, Literal meaning: The ground was covered with magnificent cloths by the servants.) *bhagavadbhaktirvinayāt gauravācca sa bhūpateḥ* (Sanskrit, Devanagari: भगवद्भक्तिर्विनयात् गौरवाच्च स भूपतेः, Sanskrit, Roman transliteration: bhagavadbhaktirvinayāt gauravācca sa bhūpateḥ, Literal meaning: The king's devotion, humility, and respect for the Blessed One.) *vastrāṇyavārayata bhṛtyairlajjamāna iva kṣitau* (Sanskrit, Devanagari: वस्त्राण्यवारयत भृत्यैर्लज्जमान इव क्षितौ, Sanskrit, Roman transliteration: vastrāṇyavārayata bhṛtyairlajjamāna iva kṣitau, Literal meaning: The servants prevented the covering of the ground with cloths, as if the ground felt ashamed.) When the cloths were removed, divine cloths *ta mahī* (Sanskrit, Devanagari: त मही, Sanskrit, Roman transliteration: ta mahī, Literal meaning: that earth.) *aprayatnopakaraṇaḥsampadaḥ puṇyaśālinām* (Sanskrit, Devanagari: अप्रयत्नोपकरणःसम्पदः पुण्यशालिनाम्, Sanskrit, Roman transliteration: aprayatnopakaraṇaḥsampadaḥ puṇyaśālinām, Literal meaning: For the virtuous, wealth comes without effort.) *nivādya divyavastrāṇi bhūmau tenārpite pade* (Sanskrit, Devanagari: निवाद्य दिव्यवस्त्राणि भूमौ तेनार्पिते पदे, Sanskrit, Roman transliteration: nivādya divyavastrāṇi bhūmau tenārpite pade, Literal meaning: When he placed his foot on the ground, the divine cloths were removed.) *vicacālācalā pṛthvī saśailabanasāgarā* (Sanskrit, Devanagari: विचचालाचला पृथ्वी सशैलबनसागरा, Sanskrit, Roman transliteration: vicacālācalā pṛthvī saśailabanasāgarā, Literal meaning: The unmoving earth, together with its mountains, forests, and oceans, trembled.) Then, the earth was covered by the earth lord. The necessities of the virtuous were effortlessly abundant. After the divine cloths were removed, when he placed his foot on the ground, the unmoving earth, along with its mountains, forests, and oceans, trembled. Then, the earth lord, together with *saha prāsya jināśramaṃ* (Sanskrit, Devanagari: सह प्रास्य जिनाश्रमं, Sanskrit, Roman transliteration: saha prāsya jināśramaṃ, Literal meaning: together going to the abode of the Victorious One.) *bhagavantaṃ vilokyāsya vidadhe pādavandanaṃ* (Sanskrit, Devanagari: भगवन्तं विलोक्यस्य विदधे पादवन्दनं, Sanskrit, Roman transliteration: bhagavantaṃ vilokyāsya vidadhe pādavandanaṃ, Literal meaning: Seeing the Blessed One, he paid homage at his feet.) *upapiṣṭa sya ta sya agre hṛ*