________________ Translation accompany you, (and) I shall be no burden to you like the shadow of the body." (354) The prince replied : " Oh, dear! ( lit. go. ddess ) who are ( always ) alert in ( practising ) the excellent ( i. e. true ) religion, upon my words you stay here, ( always ) doing service not any how like ( lit. wish ) the going ( lit. journey ) of their husbands ( to foreign countries ), yet oh, lord ! your order should be obeyed by me ( lit. your order alone is acceptable to me ). (356) " But you should not, even for a moment, remove from your mind the ( Nine ) Dignities such as Arihanta .and others. You will also (always) remember your mother, and sometimes also me, your servant." (357) The mother also knowing his (firm) determination made an auspicious Tilak-mark ( on his forehead ) and said : " For your welfare, I shall propitiate the Navapada". (358) Mayana said; "Oh, lord ! I, also, shall, with a fixed mind, always propitiate the very Nava. pada which are the cause of welfare." (359)
