法苑珠林 9.5

9.5

Reverently reflecting on Dīpaṃkara's bestowal of the prophecy, he was prospectively called 'Capable of Benevolence' (Śākyamuni). Mystically agreeing and tallying with the pact, he therefore entrusted his transformation to the Śākya clan. The signs sprouted before form took shape; the traces matched after he was already born. Illuminating devas and humans, continuous through vast kalpas, its source is deep and sublime! Therefore, the Earth trembled in six ways, and he paced out seven steps; the Five Pure Abodes rained flowers, and the nine dragons sprinkled water. Divine omens arrived completely, and auspicious tokens gathered together; looking back over a hundred generations, such a thing had never occurred. Then, his gestation was different from Yao and Xuan[yuan], and his birth surpassed Yu and Xie. As for the omen of the Black Emperor entering a dream or the token of white light filling the room, to merely call them good omens—how could they compare? Round his body was a zhang of radiant colour; between his brows was a five-chi white urna curl. A svastika unfolded on his chest, and he stepped upon thousand-spoked wheels under his feet. Generally speaking, there were thirty-two [marks]; one cannot compare the dragon countenance, tiger nose, eight-coloured eyes, or double pupils to our wondrous form, nor evaluate their relative merits.