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4. It is strange that some silly young female even with her under-garment dropping loose, but kept there only by the string held in her hand, having gone there, was not ashamed, (because ) all the people were eagerly intent on seeing the Jinesvara.
5. To whom will not a young female, abandoning her crying child, and taking hold of a young one of a cat in (her ) hand, and going away speedily having dlaced it on her loins-create an occaion for laughter!
6. Some used to say:-0! Excellent Beauty ! O! Great Splendour ! This much luck in a slender boody! I invoke benediction on the hands of Fate who created such an architecture.
7. Some woman with her cheeks expanding and very eagerly desirous of seeing the face of Śrî Vîra ( Śramaņa Bhagavān Mahăvîra ) was not aware of her gold ornaments slipping down and falling at a distance.
8. Some fickle--eyed females welcomed Vardhamāna Swami with quantities of pure pearls from their lotus-like hands; some sang auspicious sweet songs; and some of them very rejoicingly danced.
तए णं समणे भगवं महावीरे नयणमालासहस्सेहिं पच्छिन्जमाणे, पिच्छिज्जमाणे, वयणमालासहस्सेहिं अमिथुन्धमाणे अभिथुव्वमाणे, हिययमालासहस्सेहि उण्णंदिज्जमाणे उण्णंदिजमाणे, मगोरहमालासहस्रोहिं विच्छिप्पमाणे विच्छिप्पमाणे, कंतिरूवगुणेहिं पत्थिजमाणे पथिजमाणे, अंगुलिमालासहस्सेहिं दाइजमाणे दाइजमाणे दाहिणहत्येणं बहूगं नरनारिसहस्साणं अंजलिमालासहस्साइं पडिच्छमाणे, पडिच्छमाणे, भवमपंतिसहस्साई समइक्कमाणे समइकमाणे, तंती-तलताल-तुडिय-गोयवाइयरवेणं महुरेण य मणहरेणं जयजयसद्दघोसमीसिएण मंजुमंजुणा घोसेण य पडिबुज्झमाणे पडिबुज्झमाणे, सविडीए, सव्वजुईए, सबबलेणं, सव्ववाहणेणं, सव्वसमुदएणं
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