The Life of Lord Mahavira: The Birth of Dharma-Chakravarti, Part 1 of 5

But, you see, the seer, the fortune teller, told the royalty that, "Maharaj! As such, all the signs and circumstances point at that fact that your son, the benefactor of mankind, will be a Dharma-Chakravarti." Wow! What a Being! Not born yet, and so much praise, so much position, high standard, already predicted about Him. Now it's His birth, coming. They describe His birth. "It was springtime and the nature was in full bloom. The atmosphere was clean and pure. Cool and fragrant breeze infused joy in every particle of the nature. In the soundless quietude of the midnight, the sky was fluorescent with milky moonlight." "At that auspicious moment, mother Trishla gave birth to a divine Child." "The Child was the embodiment of divine Light. As soon as He was born, the world was filled with radiant Light. It appeared as if, to behold this divine Light, even the blind were blessed with eyes." "All the three worlds (Heaven, Earth and hell) were filled with waves of happiness. With the birth of the Child, the whole atmosphere underwent a strange change for quite some time." "Hearing the news of the birth of Lord Mahavir Swami..." "All the inhabitants of the dimensions of gods danced with joy." "At dawn, a maid named Priyamvada rushed to King Siddhartha and announced..."