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The Ninth Chapter
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'Then Mandodari, humbled, bowed to the sage and requested, "O Muni, possessor of wondrous prowess, grant me husband-alms." ||158|| Then, moved by compassion, the great sage loosened his toe. Ravana, freed from the mountain, emerged from the wilderness of suffering. ||159|| Going and bowing, repeatedly seeking forgiveness, he, knowing the power of his penance, began to praise the Lord of Yoga. ||160|| "I do not offer obeisance to anyone else, having renounced the feet of the Jina. This is the fruit of my strength, as I myself have said." ||161|| "Oh, your penance is truly powerful, O Lord, by which you are able to make the three worlds otherwise." ||162|| "Even the Indras do not possess such power, O Lord, as is born from the slight effort of those who are rich in penance." ||163|| "Oh, your qualities, your form, your radiance, your strength, your brilliance, your patience, your character, and your penance are all wondrous." ||164|| "It seems as if your body, the foundation of merit, has been created by karma, bringing all the beautiful things from the three worlds." ||165|| "You, who are endowed with such extraordinary power, have renounced the earth. This is a truly wondrous deed that you have done, O good man." ||166|| "I, being powerless, have only brought about the bondage of sin by desiring to do something wrong to you, who are endowed with such power." ||167|| "Curse this body, this mind, and this speech of mine, which, being sinful, has become inclined towards falsehood." ||168|| "The difference between you, such noble gems, and us, wicked people, is as great as that between Mount Meru and a mustard seed." ||169|| "O Muni, you have given me life when I was dying. What can be said about one whose mind is so wicked as to repay kindness with harm?" ||170|| "I hear, I know, and I see that the world is only a source of suffering. Yet, I am so sinful that I do not renounce worldly attachments." ||171|| "Those who are virtuous, great in character, and close to the fortune of liberation, have renounced worldly pleasures in their youth and stand firm in the path of liberation." ||172||