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63. Majjaņagharão padinikhamitrā jénéva bāhiriya uvatthāņasālā téņéva uvāgacchai, uvāgacchittã sībāsaņamsi puratthābhimuhé nisisi. 63.
60. Then, next day, at dawn, with the expansion of blue lotuses and the gentle opening of day-lotuses, with bright morning.light, and the rising of the extremely beautiful Sun-resem. bling the brilliancy of the red Asoka tree, the scentless red blossoms of the Kimbu-a tree, kesudo; "he beak of a parrot, the red half of the Gunja berry ( used as a measure of weight ); the flowers of the Bandhu Jivaka tree (Peotapetes Pho. enicca ); the feet and eyes of the pigeon, the extremely red eyes of the lodian cuckoo, a heap of flowers jāsuaņa popularly known as Jāsuda-China Rose) a dense mass of vermilion-the expander of the forests of lotus-beds, and when the thousand-rayed Sun was shining with bright light, and the darkness was removed by the strokes of its rays, and wben the world of the living was involved in the saffron-coloured light of the early Sun-sbine, Ksatriya Siddhārtha rises up from his couch. 60.
61. Having risen up from the couch, he gets down from the foot-otool. Having got down, he goes to the gymnasiumhall. Having gone, he enters the gymnasium-hall. Having entered it, and becoming fatigued with several gymnastic exercises such as jumping, bending of stretched-out limbs, wrestling, fighting, and being anointed with highly scented oils refined one hundred times or one thousand times (each with a different medicine ) or ( oils costing 100 or 1000 gold coins in their preparation) which nourished the system, promoted digestion, increased manly vigour, strengthened muscles, excited sexual passion, and invigorated all the senses and limbs, he was shampooed by skilful persons with well-formed soft, tender palms of the hands and soles of feet, who were experienced in the best qualities of the art of rubbing the body with oil, massage, and bringing back the oil ( to the surface ); they knew what to do at a particular time, and were Intelligent, foremost, expert, wise and untiring.
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