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CHAPTER XU.
A bride should not remain unhidden, but she (Gupá) was always manifest before all. Now, she, the Sákya daughter, hearing these words, 87 recited the following verses in the presence of all tb people of the house :
“Venerablc sirs, the mmcovered state shows the best, whether when seatel or when walking, even as jewels are soen most resplendent when ruounted on a flagst: 11.8 (1)
"It is showy when going forward, and it is showy whon coming back. Standing or sitting it is, venerabile sirs, showy ever, where. (2)
"It is showy when speaking, as it is when one is silent, even as the sparrow (kalucinke}39*is beautiful both in its appearance and in its voice. (:)
“A clover man endowed with learning, whether role in kus'a grass, or in no clothes, or in miserable apparel, or lean, displays his beauty by his own inerit. (1)
"lle is ever resplendent, vencrable sirs, who is free from sin, like an adorned child. The sinner is never beautiful. (5)
“Those who have sin at heart but are sucet of speech, are like a pitcher smeared with nectar but full of poison. They are hard of heart, like the rough rock on the top of a mountain peak. They are unworthy of sight to all. (6)
“They appear pleasant like a child to all; they are, liko sacred pools, beneficial to all; they are, venerable sirs, als 'ko pitcher's, full of curis and creain-pure, agreeable, an in civus,-(7)
"who, avoiding the association of sin, have accepted the friendship of prosperity and the Three Jewels. Those, who tv-jeeting sin accept the religion of Buddha, are always succcusful, alway auspicious, always beautiful. (8)
"Of what avail is hiding the face for them who have conwind over their person ; who have overcome the evil tendencies of the organs; wbo bave control over their specch, and are always of beautiful speech; whone secret organs have been pacified, and whose minds are always cheerful ? (9)
| SR No. | 011126 |
| Book Title | Lalit Vistara |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Rajendralala Mitra |
| Publisher | Asiatic Society |
| Publication Year | 1881 |
| Total Pages | 292 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 18 MB |