法苑珠林 9.24

English (machine translation) 9.24

Language: English

9.24

Thereupon the Deva Kings, Śakra, Brahmā, and the Four Kings each left their original seats, immediately descended, threw their five limbs to the ground, and bowed to the Bodhisattva's feet. The devas and humans, hundreds of thousands of them, silently gasped in wonder, praising him in resonant voices as unprecedented. Leaping with joy, the earth shook greatly, the devas rained down host of flowers, and hundreds of thousands of musical instruments sounded on their own without being played. The images of the devas revealed their true forms, bowed to the Bodhisattva's feet, and stood before him. Thereupon it was praised in verse:

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法苑珠林 — 道世, Classical Chinese