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exceedingly beautiful, like the lapas-lazuli sot on, native silver ;16 and remaining in her lixed position, his mother could always seo him in her womb. As the lightning flashing from tho clouds enlightens everything, even go did she sce the Bodhisattva in his mothers woml), by his beauty, by bis radianco, and by his colour cast a blaze of light first on the jewelled pavilion; Geen on the second or the scented pavilion; next on the third or sented pavilion; then on the whole of his mother's nature; then on the suit on which he was seatel, then on the whole hons; then, sening forth from the top of the house, the light muce the stern side luminous; and so on the southern, the western and the northern, the upper the lower sides, and the ten quarters in the estent of two miles on each side.
Al dawn of day the four great kings of the quarters along with twenty.right Valsha captains and five hundred Yakshas came ihere to have an audience of the Bobisattva, and to pray, to serve, and to linten to religious instruction. The Bodhisattva, perceiving their aproach, lifto his right hand, and with a linger pointed out seats for them. They took the seats pointed out to them, un, sening the Bodhisattva in his mother's womb, and of a forin like m image of native silver, moving his ban!, cogitation, and then putting down bis hand, derived great pleasure satisfaction, and gratitication. The Bouhisattva, pereviving i'r feeling, lifted his right hand, moved it, relled, and saluted his mother. Knowing then that they were seated, he by his virtuous specch interested them, enCouraged ther, welcomed them, and gratified them. When they felt a desire to retir', he prevented them. When the four kinç thonght "the Bodhisattva bas now given us leave," they thrice circunamlulated his person and that of his mother, and then departed. This is the cause, this the reason, why the Behisattva when the night had passed away, bad liftod his right hand, cogitated apd, after the cogitation, put down bis hand. Aftewards when others, whether women, or men, or boys, or girls, came to visit him, he entertained them in the same way, and then his mother weloomed thom..
