85. The Bodhisattva goes to the Nairanjana
Then the Bodhisattva went out of Uruvilva with that bowl and came in the morning to the river of the naga's, the river Nairanjana, laid that bowl and his monk's dress on the bank and stepped into the river Nairanjana to refresh his limbs. (269: 9).
The river is well-supplied with fish, it flows to the right between rocky banks planted with trees; on one side we see a couple of deer, on the other two squirrels. To the left of the river is the Bodhisattva with Sujata's offering in his right hand. The wooded scenery is continued on the other side, to the left a couple of birds are flying. Four gods are kneeling on this side of the relief, in front of the Bodhisattva and do him homage; on Wilsen's drawing, the second is a naga but at this moment he has lost his headdress and we have little chance of judging the correctness of the drawing. A naga would not be out of place beside this naga river, but on the following relief we find no naga among the kneeling figures.