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## Chapter 170: The Appointment of Attendants
**The Appointment of the Nurse**
If the nurse is flat-chested, she will have difficulty breastfeeding, and a thin nurse will have less milk. A nurse with pendulous breasts will cause the child to have a long face. 198/8. The Muni praises the new nurse for her complexion, and he praises the old nurse for her complexion. If they are of the same complexion, he praises the old nurse for her excellent complexion and calls the new nurse's complexion poor. (If the householder, after hearing this from the Muni, dismisses the new nurse and keeps the old nurse, then this statement about the nurse's fault is complete.) 198/9. When dismissed from her position, the new nurse may become resentful and falsely accuse the Sadhu of being a seducer. The old nurse may think that the new nurse could also cause trouble in her life, so she may use poison or other means against the Sadhu. The new nurse may also use poison or other means. 198/10. Similarly, one should understand the same principles regarding the other attendants, such as the bathing nurse, in relation to the child and the mother. One should understand all the aforementioned faults, such as resentment, that arise when the bathing nurse, etc., are dismissed from wealthy households. 198/11. (The Muni enters the house and says to the householder-) 'This child is rolling on the ground, so he is covered in dust. Bathe him, or I will bathe him.' The Muni, pointing out the faults of the bathing nurse, says, 'Bathing the child with too much water will make him afraid of water, weak-sighted, or bloodshot.' 198/12. The bathing nurse massages the child with oil, then wraps him in her hands, and then bathes him after applying a paste of various substances. She cleanses the child's body and hands him over to the adorning nurse. 198/13. (The Muni, returning home after begging, sees the child without ornaments and says to the householder-) 'Adorn this child with earrings, tilak, and other ornaments. If you cannot do it, I will adorn him.' (He points out the faults of the newly appointed adorning nurse, saying-) 'Look, this nurse has put ornaments meant for the hands or neck on the child's feet.' 198/14. This playing nurse has a loud voice, so the child will have a 'chunnमुख' (a mouth that is too small) or a 'क्लीबमुख' (a mouth that is too large). Or, this nurse has a soft voice, so the child will speak indistinctly. Or, she will influence the श्राविका (female lay follower)
1. मवृ प. १२४; इषुकाकारमाभरणम् अन्ये तिलकमित्याहुः- An ornament shaped like an arrow, some Acharyas call it a tilak.