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friars were, praised aud worshipped them and observed them for a long time. She gazed at them with unwinking eyes, her milk rising, her eyes streaming, her bodice spread. ing out, her bracelets splitting on her arms, the root-cells of her hair swelling like kadambaflowers beaten by rain-showers. Having observed them, she praised and worshipped them, went to saint Aritthanemi, praised and worshipped him, mounted her car of state and set out towards the city of Bāravai. Then she entered the city of Baravai, made her way to her own house, towards the outer audience-chamber. Then she alighted from her goodly car of state and made her way towards her own bed-hall, towards her couch and lay down on it
Then there arose in the mind of Queen Devaì, the following thought [etc.] “Verily, thus I have born seven sons, exactly alike [until] resembling Nalakubbara; but indeed, I have not known joy of the childhood of even one of them. There is but Kanha Vasudeva, who comes here every sixth month to me, to do reverence at my feet, Happy then are those mothers to whom I believe, such who are born from their own
