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After these words, Mani Mekhala asked: “O Wise One, who has such determination, where could I take you?” When the Great Being as lightly as one would pick a bunch of flowers. She cradled him to her breast with her arms like one would one’s dear child, flying up in the air. As she did so she intoned an additional stanza:

O Wise One, thy meaningful words should not be lost in this wide empty expanse. Thou shouldst share with others the boon of enlightened wisdom that come from thy lips. When the time comes, thou shouldst establish an institute of high learning, called the Bodhiyalaya Great Wisdom Centre. Only on that day, wilst thou have fulfilled thy mission

The word bodhiyalaya means the abode of enlightenment. The word mahavijalaya means the abode of the great knowledge.

The Great Being was exhausted after seven days in the briny water. At the magic touch, he soon fell asleep. Then Mani Mekhala brought the Great Being to Mithila Nagara. She laid him down to sleep on his right side on a Propitious Stone slab in the Mango Grove. She delegated the duties of guarding the Great Being to local spirits in the Grove and she left for her own abode.