________________ 52 . Siri Sirivalakaha to)the miraculous power of this your daughter-inlaw." (251) (Then), she (i.e. the mother of the prince), full of delight, having congratulated (her) son and (her) daughter-in-law (upon their good luck), together with giving them (her) blessings, revealed to them (her whole account thus :), "Oh child! when, having left you (here) at that time, I went to Kosambi, having heard that ( there), there was a physician (who cared all diseases'), I saw there in a Jaina temple one magnanimous (Jaina ) ascetic, who was forgiving, solf-restrained, equanimous, exerting, possessed of the three Guptis and aversion to covetousness, with the feeling of compassion foremost in his heart, possessed of true know. lodge, and a store of merits. ( 252 to 254) " He (i... that ascetic), who was propounding religion, was asked, at an opportune time, by me with a bow (thus :) 'oh, reverend one ! will my son ever have his body free from disease ? (255) "That excellent among sages replied : Oh, good lady I that son of yours has been taken there (i.e. in Ujjaini) by that very multitude of lepers, who saw him. (256)
