Day 27 concludes Chapter 23, The Previous Life of Medicine-King Bodhisattva.

Having last month witnessed Gladly-Seen-By-All-Beings Bodhisattva’s reaction to Sun-Moon-Pure-Bright-Virtue Buddha’s entry into parinirvana, we consider what happened after Gladly-Seen-By-All-Beings burned his arms.

“Having seen him deprived of his arms, the Bodhisattvas, gods, men, asuras and others were overcome with sorrow. They said, ‘This Gladly-Seen-By-All-Beings Bodhisattva is our teacher. He is leading us. Now he has burned off his arms. He is deformed.’

“Thereupon Gladly-Seen-By-All-Beings Bodhisattva vowed to the great multitude, saying, ‘I shall be able to obtain the golden body of the Buddha because I gave up my arms. If my words are true and not false, I shall be able to have my arms restored.’

“When he had made this vow, his arms were restored because his merits, virtues and wisdom were abundant. Thereupon the one thousand million Sumeru-worlds quaked in the six ways, and the gods rained down jeweled flowers. All the gods and men had the greatest joy that they had ever had.”

Underscore here his arms were restored because his merits, virtues and wisdom were abundant.