Afterwards she said, "You must build a house."

Then the King having built a house in the flower garden, having taken

Kota the woman placed him in the house. In the evening having placed

[him there], and lit the lamp, and placed the book, she came to

her house.

Well then, when Kota is saying Bana, five Naga Maidens [297] having

come to pluck the flowers hear the Bana. Until the very time when

light falls they heard the Bana. When the light was falling the five

Naga Maidens said, "We [are] to go; we must give him powers (waram)."

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