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constrained me now to seek your presence; desiring to see the Sâkya monarch who will erect the standard of the true law.' 81
The king hearing the Rishi's words was fully assured; escaping from the net of doubt, he ordered an attendant to bring the prince, to exhibit him to the Rishi. 82
The Rishi, beholding the prince, the thousandrayed wheel on the soles of his feet, the web-like filament between his fingers ?, between his eyebrows the white ? wool-like prominence, 83
His privy parts hidden as those of the horse, his complexion bright and lustrous; seeing these wonderful birth-portents, the seer wept.and sighed deeply. 84
The king beholding the tears of the Rishi, thinking of his son, his soul was overcome, and his breath fast held his swelling heart. Thus alarmed and ill at ease, 85
Unconsciously he arose from his seat, and bowing his head at the Rishi's feet he addressed him in these words, 'This son of mine, born thus wonderfully, 86
'Beautiful in face, and surpassingly graceful, little different from the gods in form, giving promise of superiority in the world, ah! why has he caused thee grief and pain ? 87
'Forbid it, that my son should die ! (should be short-lived !)–(the thought) creates in me grief and
1 Or, his fingers and his toes.
· That is, the arna. This white wool-like mark seems to have been derived in the first instance from the circle of hair on the forehead of the bull. Moschus describes the bull that carried off Europa as having this silver white circle' on his forehead.
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