Part 34: Ajita’s Śāsanadevatās

Then in this same congregation arose the Yakṣa, named Mahāyakṣa, with four faces, dark-colored, with an elephant for a vehicle. One right arm was in varada-position, the others held a hammer, rosary, and noose. One of his left hands held a citron, one was in abhayada-position, the others held a goad and spear. Then arose the divinity Ajitabalā, gold-color, shining with two right hands, one in varada-position and one holding a noose; adorned with two left hands holding a citron and a goad, standing on an iron seat, she was a messenger-deity at the Lord’s side.

Adorned with the thirty-four atiśayas, the Blessed One wandered over the earth, attended by a retinue of Siṃhasena and others. Enlightening the bhavya-souls^[1] in every village, city, and mine, an ocean of compassion, the Lord arrived one day at Kauśāmbī. To the northeast of it, the gods made the Lord’s samavasaraṇa on ground a yojana in extent. Seated on a lion-throne under the aśoka tree in it, the Lord of the World delivered a sermon in the assembly consisting of gods, asuras and mortals.