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Thinking thus, you called your family men and said to them, "Prepare a chariot of the best quality, with two excellent young bulls, swift-moving, having the same form, the same hooves and tails, the same horns, adorned with golden neck ornaments, of excellent speed, with silver bells, tied with a golden nose rope, with a blue lotus headrest, equipped with an excellent wooden yoke adorned with a group of various kinds of gem-studded bells, and two excellent ropes for yoking, and bring it here. And after completing the task, inform me." Upon hearing this command from Devaki Devi, those servant men were delighted and joyful, and placing their hands in a gesture of respect on their foreheads, they said, "Your command is acceptable to us." Accepting the command with humility, they quickly brought the chariot of the best quality, with two swift-moving bulls.
Then, like the Brahmani Devananda, Devaki Devi also bathed in the inner chambers, performed the Bali ritual, and applied the auspicious mark (mashi-tilak). Then, adorning her body with beautiful anklets, a gem-studded girdle, a necklace, excellent bangles, rings, a unique gem-studded necklace, a neck chain, a long necklace worn on the chest, a waist chain, and ornaments of various gems and jewels, she wore a fine silk garment over her body, adorned her hair with fragrant flowers of all seasons, applied sandalwood to her forehead, adorned her body with excellent ornaments, and was fragrant with the incense of the black guru. She adorned her body with ornaments of little weight and great value, like Lakshmi, and with a family of many hunchbacked maidservants, maidservants from the Chilat country, and maidservants gathered from various countries, both domestic and foreign, who wore the attire of their own country, were skilled in understanding the meaning of gestures, and were humble and efficient, along with the maidservants of her own country, the searchers, the old Kunchuki, and a group of respected men, she left her inner chambers and came to the place where the outer reception hall was and where the chariot of the best quality was standing. She mounted the chariot of the best quality.
(She came to where Arishta-nemi Bhagavan was, and seeing the extraordinary qualities of the Tirthankara) she descended from the chariot of the best quality and, surrounded by her maidservants and other family members, began to approach Bhagavan Arishta-nemi with five types of approaches. These approaches are: (1) giving up possessions with attachment, (2) not giving up possessions without attachment, (3) bowing the body with humility, (4) joining both hands upon seeing Bhagavan, and (5) focusing the mind. With these five approaches, Devaki Devi came to where Arishta-nemi Bhagavan was and, circumambulating Bhagavan three times in the clockwise direction, offered her respects and salutations. Offering her respects and salutations, she began to worship with humility, joining her hands.
Then, the Arhant Arishta-nemi addressed Devaki, saying, "O Devaki! Did you have this kind of spiritual, thoughtful, prayerful, mental, and resolved thought arise in your mind upon seeing these six non-householders: that in the city of Pola-shapur, Ati-mukta-kumara gave birth to eight sons, all equal, like the Nala-kubera, and that in the Bharat-kshetra, other mothers did not give birth to such sons?"