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Then he was beatified [until] free from all sorrow. Then, in order to convey that, he was duly hailed by the gods that were near," the divine rain of fragrant-scented water poured down, the flowers of five colours fell, cloaks were waved and a celestial sound of melody and minstrelsey was heard.
Then, Kanha Vasudeva, on the morrow, when the night waned to twilight dawn [until] when the sun shone bright with lustre, bathed, adorned his body, and riding on the back of an excellent elephant, with an umbrella garlanded with korenta-flowers held over him, with fine chowries fanning him and numerous throng of mighty soldiers surrounding him, started forth to go to the place where the saint Aritthanemi was. Then while passing out through the city of Bāravaī, he saw one man. He saw a man, old, with body battered with old age [etc.] carrying bricks to the inner hall from the street out. side, taking them one by one from a big pile of bricks. Then Kanha Vasudeva out of compassion to the man, took one brick, though indeed he was on the back of the excellent elephent, and carried it from the street outside, to the inner hall. No sooner
