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up the Bodhisattva in the Lumbini garden, he was with the Inovic of the clarion and the túdáva97 beserved, respected, honoured and adoro. Victnals and edibles and toothsome food were given away. All the Sákyas, collecting together, shouted tho acclaim of joy, and, distributing benefactions and performing virtuous actions, daily gratificl thirty-two hundred thousand Bráhmans, and gave away whatever people wanted. Sakra, the lord of the Devil, and Brahmi, assuming the form of pupils and sitting in front in that Brálunanical assemblay, recited the following Gáthás: .
"So that the world may become hapry and all catastrophes may be removed this prosperity, the resturer of peace on earth, was born. (1).
"Evon as the light of the sun and the moon and the gods beshrdet ly crkness cannot shine, so for certain (it fails on) the rising of the light of virtue..(2).
«lle. hy whose birth in this priun the eyeless lave come to see, the deaf to hear, and the insane have regiuned their memory, (3).
“ by the birth of wlich friendly person paine have ceased to afflict,---verily lar will be wortlıy of the idorations of tons of millions of Brahmanis. ().
"Even as the S'ala trees are in good bloom and the earth is in peace, even so for certain will be be omniscient and worthy of thie adoration of the world. (5).
“So that inankind may rice above helplessness and the great lotus may sprout, ** verily will he, the greatly vigorous, be the lord of regions. (6)
“Even as the gentle breeze loaded with aroma is curative of human illness, so will he Le the king of physicians. (7)
« These hundreds of passionless gods of Rápachátu devoutly and with joined hands shall salute him who will be all-morciful. (8)
* So that mortals may look on the Devao and the Devas may
