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elephants. The Bodhisatva asked the tigers and they said that the
rhinoceroses knew all about it. The rhinoceroses, however, did not
happen to know, and referred him to the wild oxen. The wild oxen
were no wiser, nor did the buffaloes, boars and deer see the
collapse of the earth. At last the Bodhisatva came to the hares and on
enquiries found out the hare that had started the flight. 鈥淒id you see
the earth collapsing?" he asked the hare. "Yes my lord; said the hare
still trembling with fear. "I saw it myself in the palmgrove and heard
the sound of its collapse."
The Bodhisatva now asked the animals to remain where they
were and took to the palmgrove. There he inspected the place pointed
out by the hare, saw the palm tree and the fruit of the Vilva tree and
guessed the cause of the noise aright. Then he came back to the beasts
and told them the whole story.
The animals went away to their homes much relieved and
praised the wisdom of the Bodhisatva.
v) Bodhisatva as an elephant
In a valley of the Himalayas, there was a beautiful lake. Around
the lake were seven thickets of flowers and plants, and beyond the
thickets seven mountains, of which golden mountain was a large cave
called Golden Cave in which lived a herd of eight thousand elephants
with the Bodhisatva as the leader. He was the pure white in colour,
stood eight-eight hands high and was a hundred and twenty hand in
length. He had a silvery trunk and six tusks of different hues.
His name was Chaudant.