________________ 54 Siri Sirivalakaba this religion of the Jina alone be my place of shelter as long as I live." (261) (And thenceforth), all the three, (always) bending down their heads before the lotus-like feet of the Lord Jina, and (always) bowing down to the preceptor, practised' well religion (every day), being (now) well-versed in the religious rites of the Jaina Religion. (262) (Now), on a certain day, they, having performed the bodily ("anga') and the front (agra') worship of the excellent Jina, and (also) having performed the mental (bhava') worship, were bowing down to the idols (lit gods) with an attentive mind. (263) In the meanwhile, that Ruppasundari, who being enraged with the king (i.e. her hnsband) on account of the ( pain of) misery to (her) daughter (Mayana), was staying in the house of her brother Punnapala with (great) grief, having gradually forgotten it (i.e. her grief), and with discrimination aroused in her mind on account of the words of the Jina, came to (that very) temple. (264, 265) (And then), when she saw (there), in her front, that clever prince, greatly engrossed in bowing down to the gods, possessed of un
