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This, Bhiksbus, is the reason, this tue cause why the Bodhia sattva had, on the expiry of the night, evolved the light fruin his body.
Nor did, Bhikshus, the body of Máyádevi beoome heavy on the Bodhisattva's entering her woml; on the contrary it attained lightness, softuess, subuity. Nor dil she feel any of the paius incident to the condition of pregnancy. Nor was sho oppressed by the heat of desires, envy and delusion. Nor did she think of the affairs of lust, nalice, or cruelty, Nor did she perceive or feel any cold, or beat, or hunger, or darkness, or dust, or pain. Nor did any shadow of an offensive form, sound, smoll, taste, or touch approach her. No unpleasant dream ever disturbed her. No feminine frivolity, wo wickedness, no envy, n. pain incident to fernales oppressed her. At that time the mother of the Bodhisattva was, like Panchasikhodaya, immersed in the discharge of the ten nestic duties and civility. No longing arose in her mind with regard to any mau. Nor Jill that feeling arise in any man with reference to the mother of the Bodhisattva. All nien, women, boys and girls in the city of Kapilavastu and elsewhere in the countries of the Deras, the Nágas, tbe Yaksbas, the Gandharvas, the Asuras, and the Garudas, having scen the mother of the Bodhisattva, were at LSC and full of memory. The wicked all quirkly retired from tbc place. Those who were affected by many discases,by diseases of the cars, or of the nose, or of the tongue, or of the lips, or of the icoth, by the iteb, or the goitre, or sores in the chest (urayanda), or leprosy, or matnia, or cpilepsy, or fever, or rbeuns, or distempers resulting froin disordered bile and the rest ---sought her, and thic inother of the Bodhisattva placed her right band on their beads. Thereupon they were iminediately freed from their complaints, and they retired to their respective bomes. Moreover, Máyadevi took up clumps of grass from the earth, and gave iben to diseased persons, and the moment they obtained the gift, they * became free from all diseases. Whenever she looked towards her right side she beheld the Bodhisattva in her womb, even as 1
