法苑珠林 9.12

9.12

又依菩薩本行經云。爾時菩薩見母立地以手攀樹枝時。在胎正念從座而起。自餘一切諸眾生母欲生子時。身體遍痛受大苦惱。數坐數起不能自安。其菩薩母熙怡坦然身受大樂。是時摩耶夫人立地。以手執波羅叉樹枝訖。即生菩薩。此是菩薩希奇之事。未曾有法。表如來得成於佛已。無疲勞倦。能拔一切煩惱諸根。割斷一切諸煩惱結。猶如截於多羅樹頭畢竟不生。無相無形無後生法。此是如來往先瑞相。

Also, according to the Pūrva-caryā Sūtra of the Bodhisattva: At that time, when the Bodhisattva saw his mother standing on the ground grasping the branch of the tree with her hand, he arose from his seat in the womb with right mindfulness. When the mothers of all other sentient beings are about to give birth to a child, their whole bodies ache everywhere and they undergo great anguish, repeatedly sitting down and repeatedly standing up, unable to find comfort. But the Bodhisattva’s mother was joyful and serene, her body experiencing great bliss. At that time, Queen Māyā stood on the ground, grasped the branch of the plakṣa tree with her hand, and then gave birth to the Bodhisattva. This was a marvelous event of the Bodhisattva, an unprecedented phenomenon. It symbolizes that when the Tathāgata achieved buddhahood, he was free from weariness and fatigue, able to uproot the roots of all defilements and sever all fetters of defilements, just as when the crown of a tāla tree is cut off, it ultimately never grows again, being without marks, without form, and without any phenomenon of subsequent birth. This was an auspicious sign prior [to the buddhahood] of the Tathāgata.