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XII. 



She always honestly observes the five precepts, and 

 on holy days the eight precepts ; as carefully as the blue- 

 jay guards her eggs, and the yak his tail. 



XIII. 



She never ceases giving her mind, her attention, and 

 her wealth to Buddha, his doctrines, and his great priest- 

 hood. Who, therefore, in the world is equal to her ? 



XIV. 



This woman was created beautiful and without defect, 

 by Brahma, after he had created the goddess of beauty and 

 the bride of Cupid, and had seen their defects. 



XV. 



As the ocean, into which all rivers and lakes fall, never 

 overleaps its banks, even so she in whom all honor and 

 wealth centred never, as long as she lived, became proud. 



XVI. 



Her mind was like the wishing gem, her eyes were blue 

 as sapphires. Therefore was she rightly named Meniksami. 



XVII. 



She, long-eyed, falters not when she reads Elue, Pali, 

 and Sanskrit, and halts not in the midst, but only at the 

 end of a period. 



XVIII. 



Her locks are dark as the storm cloud ; her eyebrows 

 arched as the rainbow ; her face clear as the full cloudless 

 moon. Her motherly kindness overspreads the world. 



XIX.—XX. 



At the invitation of this woman, who anxiously desires 



