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arranged at appropriate places looked like the moving Robanacala (The Rising-sun Mountain ). The natural beauty of Vardbamāna Kumāra was unparalleled but when he is decked with beautiful garments and brilliant ornaments; it is practic ally impossible to describe it. When the work of dressing, ornamentation etc. was finished, King Siddhārtha was accordingly Informed, and he ordered his servants "Let there be celebration in the town, let the Jñāta Ksatriyas assemble together, and let a magnificently-caprisoned lordly elephant be brought here, so that, riding on him, Vardhamāna Kumāra may go to the place of his marriage-ceremony." The servants saying " Just as your Majesty orders," began to do their respective work and promptly execute the orders of the king.
Then, riding on the excellent elephant, and accompanied by members of the royal family sitting in excellent chariots decorated with Alags of various colours moving to and fro by winds, and cheerfully surrounded by multitudes of courtesans of the harem dancing and cleverly acting various plays, making the royal roads impassable, and when the directions were resounding with the melodious sound of auspicious musical instruments. Vardhamăna Kumāra followed by King Siddhartha and Yuvarāj Nandivardhana, respectfully shown by thousands of fingers of citizens from upper storeys of buildings, greeted with hundreds of benedictions, and welcomed with showers of rice mixed with Rowers and other materials of worship, eventually arrived at the marriage-pavilion. At the main door of the pavilion, ordinary people were prevented by the gatekeepers, and Vardhamāna Kumāra along with his party of royal associates, entered it. The females of both the sides cordially met with each other and the royal bride Yaśodā was then ceremouiously decorated in various ways. Her buttocks were covered by a bodice beset with gems and precious stones which appeared elegant like an extensive line of rain-bow on the sky. With her wide affectionate eyes, reaching the root of the ear, and smeared with a streak of medicated lamp-black, Yaśodā looked charming like the Goddces of Spring with blue
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