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CHAPTER XII.
Hirty-two S'ákya youths stood forward ready to fight. Then Nanda and Ananda went forward, but, on being tonched by the hand of the Bodhisattva, fell on the ground, unable to withstand l night and vigour. Then Prince Devadatta, vain, proud, mighty, full of Sákya prowess, anxious to encounter the Bodhisatta, strutting round the arena under the sky, in playfulness fell in the Bodhisattva. The Bodhisattva, uncereinoniously but without any excitement, easily seizal him with bis right hand, wheeled hini round three times in mid air for luis punishment, aud thes, withont feeling any enmity, with a brunevolent mind, cast him on the ground without hurting his body.
Then the Bodhisattvit kail, “Enough, enough of this. Lot all of you come united to wrestle with ine."
Then all the yonths in a boy fell upon the Bodhisattva ; but, touching him, they felt his inajesty, vigour, prowess and firinness to be intolerable, and touched by him they tumbled on the ground. Thereupon hundreds of thousands of gods and inen hurst fortli in hilarious heers. The Devaputraut, coming under the sky, cast leavy shivers of towers, and ill ono voice recited the following (iáthis:
"All the wicket wrestlers in the ten quarters of the globo
come as nothing before him. They are instantly overcome by the bull among men. They fall on the ground the moment they are touchel (1)
"He can puund into dinst33 with his bare handle the Meru, the Sumnern, the Vajraka,3% the Chakraváln, and whatever other mountains there exist in the ton sides of the carth. What wonder is there that sons of mortals should crop before him ? (2).
“He will, when alout to attain the absoluto knowledge under the noble tree, through bis benevolence, destroy the wicked voteran Mára, the friend of darkness, with all his army, his horse and war.chariots." (3) • Having done this the Bodhisattva excelled all.
Then Dupdapáại thus addressed the S'ákya youths : "AIL this has been seen und uxamined. Let hin slow now his power it archery, she
