Testi buddisti Mahayana: Sutra del Diamante, Sutra del Cuore, Sukhavativyuha (SBE XLIX)

piness, surpasses (Brahman) the Creator, — who, as driving away darkness, vanquishes the sun, — and, as dispelling all burning heat, surpasses the beautiful moon. 2. There was a city, the dwelling-place1 of the great saint Kapila, having its sides surrounded by the beauty of a lofty broad table-land as by a line of clouds, and itself, with its high-soaring palaces 2, immersed in the sky. 3. By its pure and lofty system of government it, as it were, stole the splendour of the clouds of Mount KaiBsa, and while it bore the clouds which came to it through a mistake, it fulfilled the imagina¬ tion which had led them thither 3. 4. In that city, shining with the splendour of gems, darkness like poverty could find no place ; I Vastu seems used here for v&stu. They had thought that it was Kailasa. O] /IV t 3 Dhishwya. B THE BUDDHA-iTARITA OF ASVAGHOSHA. prosperity shone resplendently, as with a smile, from the joy of dwelling with such surpassingly excellent citizens. 5. With its festive arbours, its arched gateways and pinnacles 1, it was radiant with jewels in every dwelling ; and unable to find any other rival in the world, it could only feel emulation with its own houses. 6. There the sun, even although he had retired, was unable to scorn the moon-like faces of its women which put the lotuses to shame, and as if from the access of passion, hurried towards the western ocean to enter the (cooling) water. 7.…