The Bhikṣuṇī Maṇimēkhalai

207 - Adirai’s Eminence in Chastity
‘We shall follow with pleasure this path of life as we can.’
Thus saying he presented to Śāduvan sandalwood, aloes, cloths and
other spoil of shipwreck that from time to time they took possession
of from those who came to them like Śāduvan. Accepting these and
taking ship in the convoy of merchant Candradatta, Śāduvan returned
to Kāvēripaṭṭiṇam and was at the time leading the life of householder
along with his chaste wife.
Kāyaśaṇḍikai said,
‘So it is, that I asked you to accept alms of her first.’
Maṇimēkhalai entered Adirai’s house and stood silent like a picture
undrawn by artist’s hand. Adirai went round her with words of praise,
and offered her alms that would fill her bowl with the wish that the
whole living world might no more suffer the pangs of hunger.