Subhakarasimha

Turk Shahis

Having passed by Kashmir, he (Subhakarasimha) came across a river at night. As he tried to cross, there was no boat or bridge. Then he floated up into the air and got to the other side. A wealthy man asked him (to stay). Then, the Arhat came down and said to him: I am a saint of Hinayäna and you, High Priest, are a Bödhisattva who have entered the first bhumi. Then he gave his seat to the Arhat to venerate him. As he (Subhakarasimha) offered him a splendid robe, the Arhat ascended into the sky and disappeared. Then he came to Uddiyana. There was a white mouse which was spinning the wheel and gathering donations everyday. As he lectured on vinaya in the court of the Turkish ruler, the Turkish queen requested him to teach the Law to her. While he sat quietly under the tree and med-itated, phrases of the Law appeared in the air in golden letters, which floated in the air in rows. When a courtier of the Turks rubbed her breast, milk flew into the air in three lines and poured into his mouth. He then joined his hands together in a dignified manner and said: This is my mother in a previous life. Someone cheated him (Subhakarasimha) and, wielding a sword, cut him three times. But there was no wound on his body. The man with the sword only heard a metallic clank. Then he reached a big lake at the foot of Snowy Mountain.