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From that, arise, let us go to that city, the enemy's fort. For it is a great injustice to not spend time in this situation. ||492|| Thus, searching, "There is no sorrow when it is intense, it subsides. From the sight of Sri Mala, that sorrow of his, then, subsides." ||493|| Then, the two, with their entire entourage, set out. They reached the sight of the enemy, the hater of the electric chariot. ||494|| Then, he, being asked to go, set out, running after the two. Enraged by the fratricide, he was determined to root out the enemy. ||495|| "Broken ones should not be pursued, enemies should not be pursued," it is said. A man, knowledgeable in the body of the science of polity, with pure intellect, ||496|| "He who killed your brother, the wicked enemy, I have made him attain great sleep with arrows, the Andhrak." ||497|| "Therefore, son, return, these are not our wrongdoers. Compassion should be shown to a greatly distressed person." ||498|| "What should a wise man do to one who, by showing his back, caused the sight of his own death? He is like a living dead." ||499|| While thus, the son was being instructed by Vajravega, the monkey and the demon reached Alankarpur. ||500|| There, in the city situated in the netherworld, illuminated by jewels, they stayed, bearing both sorrow and joy, free from fear. ||501|| Then, one day, Ashanivega, seeing the cloud of autumn, dissolving in an instant, became detached from worldly possessions. ||502|| The happiness that comes from the association of objects is fleeting, and it is very rare to obtain human birth in the midst of the eighty-four lakh births. ||503|| Knowing this, he gave the kingdom to his son, Sahasrar, according to the rules, and himself, along with Vidhyutkumar, became a great Shraman, a renunciate. ||504|| In the meantime, a celestial being named Nirghat, appointed by Ashanivega, ruled Lanka. He was endowed with great knowledge and prowess. ||505||