Selected Lectures on the Sūtra of the Collection of the Father and Son (136)

Original text: 如是富乐。种种严饰。皆是无边称王。积集广大。善根福力。之所获得。又彼宝庄严城。周匝复有。八万四千清净园林。一一园中。有八大池。其池各广。半踰缮那。一一池岸。有四阶陛。四宝所成。巧妙严饰。八功德水。充满其中。众色莲华。开敷弥布。于其池岸。复有诸花。阿提目葛多花。詹博迦花。嚩始计花。苏曼那花。阿输迦花。婆师迦花。如是种种。诸妙香花。无边称王。与诸臣民。止住园中。共为游乐。

Explanation: All these adornments of wealth and wondrous bliss were obtained by King of Boundlessness (Anantarāja) through the accumulation of vast roots of goodness and the power of merit in his past lives; none of this came from nowhere, nor could it be enjoyed without cause. Around that Jewel-Adorned City there were also eighty-four thousand pure gardens and parks; in each and every park there were eight great ponds; each pond was half a yojana in breadth; on the banks of each pond there were stairways made of the four precious substances, skillfully adorned, and filled with the water of the eight meritorious qualities; lotus flowers of many colors bloomed and spread all over the ponds, and on the banks of those ponds there were even more flowers, such as atimuktaka flowers, campaka flowers, vāṣikī flowers, sumana flowers, aśoka flowers, puṣpa flowers, and so forth—such various and numerous wondrous fragrant flowers. King of Boundlessness (Anantarāja) and his ministers and subjects dwelt in the gardens, enjoying amusements and pleasures together.