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CILAPTER XII.
2054
"Since taking the mighty ciephant of infuriated noble gait-by. the great toe he has cast it in the outsikirts across the seven walls and seven monts of the city, be, the wise one, will for certain cani, away from the world by the force of his wisdoni, those who are inflated by the power of vanity,"
Now, live hundred S'ákya yonths proceeded to the place where other youthy had gone to exhibit their art accomplishinente, King S'uddhodana, surrouniled In the elders of the race (loth malo and female) and attended by a large retinue, proceeded to the same place, wishful to behold the encounter of the Boubisattva with other S'ák ya youths.
The first object of display was writing, and those who were most expert in it came forwar!: they appointed the tutor Vis'vámitra as the judge. Tle, the schoolmaster, caining the exercises to ascertain which youth bad excelled in the knowledge of writing, citer in the finish of caligraphy, or in the capacity of writing mus kinds of alphabets. He then, smiling with approval on the superiority of the Bodhisattva in the knowledge, gave his aware by reciting the two following ver
“Whatever writings exist in the region of man, or in that of the Devas, in the region of the (andbarvas, or in that of Surendra, in all of them the pure being, is thoronghly proficient. (1)
"Nether you nor I have ever seen the letters, nor heard the . names of those writings in wliich this moon anong men ins learned. I decları, therefore, that he has distinguished himself. thu must." (2)
The S'ákyas said, “Well, let it ly that he is successful in writing; he must now prove his knowledge of arithmetit, and should be exammed in it."
Thereum Arjuna, a Sákyn astrologer and councilor, 2 wlo was thorouglaly proficient in the calculation of numbers, was appointed judge Ile was then told, “Do you decide who amongst thiose youths acquits himself best in arithmetic.".
Now, the Bodbisattva set a sun to a Sakyu youth, but that youth could not work it, and was defeated.
