A Great Lotus From the Vajra Realm
The last four marvels move outward from Māyā's own body — a grove replaying the birth of every past buddha, palaces and countless bodhisattvas emerging from her, and finally a single lotus rising from the vajra realm itself, held aloft by eight classes of kings, each marking the birth in a different way.
A Great Lotus From the Vajra Realm
The final four marvels close the list of ten, moving from the grove itself to what emerges from Māyā's own body, and finally to a single lotus that eight classes of kings gather to honour.
「又，善男子！摩耶夫人入此園時，其林普現過去所有一切諸佛入母胎時國土、園林、衣服、華鬘、塗香、末香、幡繒、幢蓋——一切眾寶莊嚴之事，妓樂歌詠上妙音聲，令諸眾生普得見聞。是為菩薩將誕生時第七神變。「又，善男子！摩耶夫人入此園時，從其身出菩薩所住摩尼寶王宮殿、樓閣，超過一切天、龍、夜叉、乾闥婆、阿脩羅、迦樓羅、緊那羅、摩睺羅伽及諸人王之所住者，寶網覆上，妙香普熏，眾寶莊嚴，內外清淨，各各差別，不相雜亂，周匝遍滿嵐毘尼園。是為菩薩將誕生時第八神變。「又，善男子！摩耶夫人入此園時，從其身出十不可說百千億那由他佛剎微塵數菩薩，其諸菩薩身形容貌、相好光明、進止威儀、神通眷屬，皆與毘盧遮那菩薩等無有異，悉共同時讚歎如來。是為菩薩將誕生時第九神變。「又，善男子！摩耶夫人將欲誕生菩薩之時，忽於其前，從金剛際出大蓮華，名為：一切寶莊嚴藏。金剛為莖，眾寶為鬚，如意寶王以為其臺，有十佛剎微塵數葉，一切皆以摩尼所成，寶網、寶蓋以覆其上。一切天王所共執持；一切龍王降注香雨；一切夜叉王恭敬圍遶，散諸天華；一切乾闥婆王出微妙音，歌讚菩薩往昔供養諸佛功德；一切阿脩羅王捨憍慢心，稽首敬禮；一切迦樓羅王垂寶繒幡，遍滿虛空；一切緊那羅王歡喜瞻仰，歌詠讚歎菩薩功德；一切摩睺羅伽王皆生歡喜，歌詠讚歎，普雨一切寶莊嚴雲。是為菩薩將誕生時第十神變。
"Moreover, good son, when Māyā entered this garden, the grove universally manifested every past buddha's own entry into his mother's womb — the lands, the gardens and groves, the clothing, the flower-garlands, the perfumes and incense powders, the banners and silken streamers, the canopies and pennants, every one of these adorned with every kind of treasure, together with music and song of the most wondrous sound, causing every being to see and hear them all. This was the seventh spiritual marvel marking the bodhisattva's birth. "Moreover, good son, when Māyā entered this garden, from her own body there emerged the maṇi-jewel-king palaces and towers where the bodhisattva would dwell, surpassing the dwellings of every god, nāga, yakṣa, gandharva, asura, garuḍa, kiṃnara, mahoraga, and every human king alike; covered above by jewelled nets, their every fragrance universally perfuming the air, adorned with every kind of treasure, pure within and without, each one distinct from the others without any confusion, filling the Lumbinī garden entirely, all around. This was the eighth spiritual marvel marking the bodhisattva's birth. "Moreover, good son, when Māyā entered this garden, from her own body there emerged bodhisattvas as numerous as ten ineffable hundred thousand koṭis of nayutas of the fine motes of dust in buddha-lands, and every one of those bodhisattvas' bodily forms and features, their excellent marks and light, their bearing in movement and stillness, their spiritual powers and retinues, were entirely without difference from the bodhisattva Vairocana himself, and all of them together, at the very same time, praised the tathāgata. This was the ninth spiritual marvel marking the bodhisattva's birth. "Moreover, good son, as Māyā was about to give birth to the bodhisattva, there suddenly appeared before her, rising from the very foundation of the vajra realm, a great lotus flower named the Treasury of Every Jewelled Adornment. Its stem was of vajra, its stamens were of every treasure, and its calyx was formed of the wish-fulfilling jewel; it bore leaves as many as the fine motes of dust in ten buddha-lands, every one of them formed entirely of maṇi-jewels, covered above by jewelled nets and jewelled canopies. Every king of the gods together held it up; every king of the nāgas poured down a rain of fragrance; every king of the yakṣas reverently encircled it, scattering heavenly flowers; every king of the gandharvas gave forth a subtle and wondrous voice, singing in praise of the bodhisattva's own past merit of making offerings to every buddha; every king of the asuras cast aside every thought of pride, and bowed his head in reverence; every king of the garuḍas let hang down jewelled silken banners, filling all of empty space; every king of the kiṃnaras gazed up in joy, singing songs in praise of the bodhisattva's own merit; and every king of the mahoragas, likewise giving rise to joy, sang songs of praise, and universally rained down clouds of every kind of jewelled adornment. This was the tenth spiritual marvel marking the bodhisattva's birth.
一切天王所共執持⋯⋯一切摩睺羅伽王皆生歡喜 — every king of the gods together held it up⋯⋯every king of the mahoragas, likewise giving rise to joy. Counted directly, all eight classes of kings named throughout this pilgrimage's standard formula — gods, nāgas, yakṣas, gandharvas, asuras, garuḍas, kiṃnaras, and mahoragas — appear here in that same fixed order, each given one distinct action rather than a shared gesture: holding, raining fragrance, encircling, singing, bowing, hanging banners, gazing up, and singing again. The tenth marvel is the only one of the ten with room enough to give every class of king its own separate line.
Part 1190 Complete
This continues chapter thirty-nine, 入法界品, in fascicle seventy-four. Part 1191 turns from the ten marvels to the birth itself — Māyā's own account of the moment described through similes of sun, cloud, and lightning.