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In this way he enumerated many faults of household life, and added; 'But, if
there is a girl like this, I will take her.' Thus saying, he wrote down in a letter
the qualities of a woman, gave it [to the king], and the king had seven copies published,
and issued the following directions :—

'Whoso among the daughters of kings and brahmans,
Of the nobility and of citizens likewise,
Has these qualities,
That girl must be found!
My son will take
That caste and family.
In such a virtuous vessel of qualities and goodness
His heart will rejoice!'

Such a letter he gave to a Brahman with respectful greetings; and the Brahman
went to all countries to search for a bride. In course of time he beheld Sa-tsho-ma
(Gopā). She smiled [saying], 'All these qualities I have!' He reported to the
king, and the king said, 'That woman is a great liar, and I do not believe it!
Assemble all the girls [here] within seven days! Let the youth give them
presents, all they want to have!' Thus he said, and all the girls came. When
the giving of presents was almost finished, Sa-tsho-ma arrived, and smiled. She
asked, 'What have I done amiss that I am left among them all without presents?'
The youth also smiled, and gave [her] a ring of the value of 100,000 ounces. The
youth married Sa-tsho-ma.

Further, he married 104,000 ladies, including Grags-ḥdzin-ma. When he was
29 years old, Grags-ḥdzin-ma became with child. In that very same year he saw
the unbearable misery of birth, old age, [illness], and death, and became a monk. p. 28.
Then, when he was 35 years old, on the 15th of the month Sa-ga (Vaiśākha), he
subdued the devil (Māra). On the morning (or next morning) of the same day and
year he became a perfect Saṅs-rgyas (Buddha). Exactly on the same evening
a boy was born to Grags-ḥdzin-ma; and, as the moon was just then seized by
Sgra-gcan (Rāhu, 'eclipse'), the boy received the name of Sgra-gcan-ḥdzin (Rāhula).
At that time King Zas-gtsaṅ said, 'It is six years since Śākya-thub-pa became
a mendicant. This son of Grags-ḥdzin-ma is not a son of Śākya-thub-pa.' Thus
saying, he accused Grags-ḥdzin-ma, and she wept. Then he placed the boy on
a stone and cast him into a pond, saying, 'If he is Śākya-thub-pa's son, may the
stone float on the surface of the water! If he is not Śākya-thub-pa's son, may it
sink!' The stone remained above the surface of the pond, like a leaf of a tree.
When King Zas-gtsaṅ saw this, he entered the water with his clothes on, took the
boy on his lap, and lovingly caressed him. He also became a monk, and came to
an end of transitory life.

Altogether, from Maṅ-pos-bkur-ba to Sgra-gcan-ḥdzin, there are 1,066,511 kings,
or, Bcom-ldan-ḥdas (Buddha) and Sgra-gcan-ḥdzin included, 1,066,513.