Plate XXXVI Cf pp. 228, 230-231

I. - Upper scene. Prince Siddhartha, languidly ensconced upon his throne, offers his own ring, as a token of betrothal, to Gopa orYacoda, who is kneeling with clasped hands at his feet. On the left presses the crowd of maidens disdained for her sake; on the right the emissaries of the king with visible satisfaction discover, and discuss among themselves, the significant attitude of the prince, whose heart, to the great despair of his father, had until then remained proof against love.

Lower scene. Cf. p. 228. On the right. King Mandhatar, flanked by his court, witnesses the scene from his palace : pieces of woven stuff fall from the clouds, naturally in the same long, rectangular shape which they would have when issuing from the loom. Among the people some catch them in their night, others commence to drape themselves with them, whilst others providently make veritable bundles of them.

II. - Upper scene. Prince Siddhartha, preceded by his guard and followed by his court, is seated under a parasol on a four-wheeled chariot drawn by horses, very poorly designed (cf. p. 251) : he has just met (as may be seen on the left) an old mendicant, leaning on a stick and led by a child; and h propos of this unexpected rencontre he learns through the mouth of his squire the existence of old age. This is the first of the four promenades (cf. pi. XXXI, 2).