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The world, full of suffering and misery, is indeed despicable. Living beings are constantly reborn in different wombs, like a wheel turning. ||220|| "Look, blinded by wealth, what have I started? I am destroying my own brother out of pride." ||221|| "Oh, Dashaanan, listen to these noble words. What sin are you committing, driven by fleeting worldly glory?" ||222|| "I am your maternal uncle's son, and I love you like a brother. It is not right to behave so badly towards your own kin." ||223|| "A being who kills other beings, driven by the desire for pleasurable objects, goes to a terrible hell, filled with immense suffering." ||224|| "Just as a man who gains a kingdom for a day, but dies as a result a year later, similarly, this being enjoys fleeting pleasures, but suffers for an immeasurable time." ||225|| "Life is truly fleeting, like the blink of an eye. Don't you know, Dashaanan, why you are doing this, for the sake of fleeting pleasures?" ||226|| Dashaanan, devoid of compassion, laughed and said, "Vaishravaan, this is not the time to listen to Dharma." ||227|| "Men mounted on intoxicated elephants, with swords in their hands, kill their enemies, not preach Dharma." ||228|| "Why are you talking so much? Either stand in the path of my sword, or bow down to me. There is no third option for you." ||229|| "Or, since you are the guardian of wealth, protect my wealth. A man is not ashamed to do his own duty." ||230|| Vaishravaan then said to Dashaanan, "Surely your lifespan is short, that's why you are speaking like this." ||231|| Dashaanan, his mind filled with anger, replied, "If you have the strength, then kill me." ||232|| Vaishravaan then said, "You are the elder, so kill me first. The strength of brave men with unblemished bodies does not increase." ||233||