70. The Bodhisativa at the hermitage of a Bahmani
And when the Bodhisattva had thus given his kac,ika robes to the gods son in hunter's dress and received from him his russet garment, he made himself a wandering monk, for the sake of the,world, in pity for its living beings and to achieve their ripening.
The Bodhisattva then went to the place where was the hermitage of the brahman. ~ Qaki, who asked him to stay and partake of food. He then went to the hermitage of the brahmam Padma; and there also he was asked to stay and take food. (238: 1).
It is not possible to make out which of these visits may be here depicted. The dwellers of the hermitage sit under a group of trees; on the rocks to the left is a water-jug. They wear their hair done in a plait, held together by a band round the forehead, the same as their masculine colleagues, with necklace, bracelet and a cloth fastened round the waist by a plain belt. They also have a brahman thread and some of them hold a rosary as well. On the right stands the head of the hermitage with a dish of food and an incense burner on the ground in front of her, opposite to the Bodhisattva who approaches, with his right hand raised towards her, holding his garment with the left. There is still room on the right for a tree and a deformed sort of animal sitting on therockyground, it tools like a calf with ears too long, and might be a hind or perhaps after all, a hare.