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Padmapurana
I curse this heaven from which there is inevitable fall. I curse this body, the receptacle of suffering. I curse myself, who has been cheated for a long time by evil deeds. ||163||
Now I will do that which will prevent me from falling into the ocean of existence. I am very tired of wandering in paths that are extremely painful. ||164||
Ravana said in reply, "O noble one! Renunciation is becoming for old men, but you are still in your youth." ||165||
Sahasrarashmi interrupted Ravana and said, "Death does not have such discrimination that it only takes the old and not the young. This body, like a cloud in the autumn season, is suddenly destroyed." ||166||
"Ravana, if there were any essence in pleasures, then my father, who was a holder of excellent wisdom, would not have renounced them." ||167||
Having said this, he handed over the kingdom to his son with firm determination. Ravana, seeking forgiveness, allowed his father Shatabahu to take renunciation. ||168||
Sahasrarashmi had earlier told his friend, the king of Ayodhya, Anaranya, "When I take the Digambara renunciation, I will inform you." Anaranya had also said the same to Sahasrarashmi. So, according to this agreement, Sahasrarashmi sent men to inform Anaranya. ||169-170||
When the men told Anaranya about Sahasrarashmi's renunciation, his eyes filled with tears. Remembering the virtues of that great man, he wept for a long time. ||171||
When his sorrow subsided, the wise Anaranya said, "Ravana has come to him, as if a brother in the guise of an enemy." ||172||
"He is Ravana, who, being extremely kind, has freed this man-like bird, who was trapped in the cage of wealth and was deluded by worldly pleasures for a long time." ||173||
"The king of Mahishmati, Sahasrarashmi, is blessed, who, taking refuge in the boat of right knowledge, which was created by Ravana, wants to cross the ocean of existence." ||174||
"What is there to ask about his fulfillment, who has renounced the sin of the kingdom, which gives immense suffering in the end, and has attained the vows ordained by the Jinas?" ||175||
1. Suviyogena b. | Dyutiyogena m. | 2. Pravrajyaam m. | 3 Tato naiv na me m. | Tate naiv hi me kh., n. | 4. Yamadhvamsam k., kh. | Yamadhvamse na Ravana na nimittena bodhapotam samyaggyanatarani samashritah praptah ity arthah.