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## The Eighth Canto
**159** Filled with milk, the celestial beings tossed the pitchers from hand to hand. They shone like gold, like the Meru mountains, like the moon and the sun. **164** With the continuous roar of the pitchers, thousands of gods performed the birth-abhisheka of the Jina with milk. **165** The Indra-like pitchers, the great clouds, rained milk, but the Jina-child, the mountain of compassion, was not even slightly troubled. **166** Propelled by the waves of milk, tossed by the Jina's breath, the gods floated for a moment like a swarm of flies in the ocean of milk. **167** The assembly of gods had previously seen Meru adorned with jewels, but now it appeared white, bathed in the milk-ocean. **168** Though the ocean of milk was extremely remote, the assembly of gods made it manifest for the birth-abhisheka of the Jina. **169** Meru was the seat of the bath, the ocean of milk was the water of the bath, and the gods were the bathers. This was the bath of the Jina. **170** Indra, the Samanikas, the Lokapalas, and other celestial beings performed the abhisheka of the Jina with the water of the milk-ocean in due order. **171** The celestial women, led by Sachi, with hands as soft as tender leaves, gently rubbed the Jina-child, who had hands as soft as tender leaves, with fragrant ointments that attracted swarms of bees. Thus, they experienced the new joy of touching the Jina-child. **172-173** Then, like the rain-season, burdened by the weight of the clouds, which anoints the mountains, the celestial women, burdened by the weight of their milk-filled breasts, anointed the Jina with pitchers filled with fragrant water. **174** The Jina-child, who possessed a perfectly square form and whose body was strong due to the accumulation of vajra-like strength, had his ears, which were as strong as vajra, pierced by the tip of a vajra-needle. **175-176** Then, the two earrings worn in his ears made him shine like Jambudvipa, adorned by two suns, his constant attendants. **177**