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pleased ( here the rest to be supplied, down to ), spoke thus : “ Ob, beloved of the gods ! Tell me the cause of your coming.”
Then the blessed Goyama spoke thus to Miyādevî : « Oh, beloved of the gods! I have come anon to see your son."
Then that Miyādevî decorated with all kinds of ornaments her four sons who were born after Miyāputta and having done so she made them fall at the feet of the Reverend Goyama, and having done so she spoke thus: “Oh, Venerable Sir ! see these my sons."
Then the reverened Goyama spoke to Miyadevî thus : “ Oh beloved of the gods! I have immediately come here not to see these your sons, but I have come here anon to see your eldest son who is blind by birth or who is blind and ugly by birth and whom you rear up in a secret subterranean house by means of food prepared privately."
Then that Miyādevî spoke to the reverend Giovana thus: “Oh, Goyama ! who is he, such an omniscient being or a great ascetic who at once told you that secret story of mine, so that you have come to know it?"
Then the reverend Goyama spoke to Miyādevî thus : “ Truly, ob, beloved of the gods ! my religious pontiff, the reverend Samana Mahāvīra told me that; hence I know it.
While ‘Miyādevî was conversing on this topic
