BURLING AME. — BUDDHAGHOSA's DHAMMAPADA COMMENTARY. 515 



leather sacks with gold and silver, put them on the back of the female 

 elephant, assisted Vasuladatta to mount, and away they went. As 

 soon as Candapajjota learned what had happened, he sent out a force 

 in pursuit. Udena opened the sacks and scattered coins along the 

 route ; Candapajjota's men delayed pursuit to pick them up ; so Udena 

 easily escaped. It was thus that Vasuladatta came to be one of King 

 Udena's queen-consorts. (198-9) 



le. Magandiya. 



Magandiya was another of Udena's queen-consorts. She was the 

 daughter of a Brahman named Magandiya, who lived in the Kuru 

 country. Magandiya was the name of her mother, and she had an 

 uncle named Magandiya. She was as beautiful as a celestial nymph. 

 One after another the sons of the most prominent families presented 

 themselves as suitors for her hand ; but the Brahman refused them all, 

 telling them that they were not worthy of her. (199) 



One day the Teacher, knowing that the Brahman and his wife were 

 capable of attaining the Fruit of the Third Path, went to the place 

 where the Brahman was tending the sacred fire. The Brahman was so 

 impressed with the majestic appearance of his visitor that he then and 

 there offered him his daughter in marriage. The Teacher said nothing. 

 The Brahman went home in great haste, told his wife that he had 

 found a husband for their daughter, caused the latter to be dressed in 

 gala attire, and then all three went to the Teacher. (199-200) 



By this time the Teacher had moved away from the place of his in- 

 terview with the Brahman, leaving a foot-print. " Where can he have 

 gone 1 " said the Brahman ; and then, seeing the foot-print, he said to 

 his wife, "There is his foot-print." Now the Brahman's wife was well 

 versed in the Three Vedas ; and after considering the foot-print, and 

 turning over in her mind the texts relating to foot-prints, she said, 

 " Husband, that is not the foot-print of one who follows the Five Lusts." 

 " Hush, wife, you 're always seeing alligators in the water-vessel and 

 thieves hiding in the house." Then the Brahman saw the Teacher and 

 said, " There is the man. " The Brahman immediately went to him 

 and said, "I bestow my daughter upon you; cherish her tenderly." 

 The Teacher replied, " Brahman, I have something to say to you ; " 

 and then told him that from the time of the Great Retirement to the 

 time of the Session under the Banyan-tree Mara had pursued him re- 

 lentlessly, only to be defeated at every point, that Mara's daughters 

 had then tempted him in various forms without exciting in him the 

 lust of the flesh, and that nothing would induce him to touch the 

 maiden who stood before him with so much as the sole of his foot. 



