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"Oh, how wretched I am! I have desired my friend's wife. What a disgrace for me, this senseless being!" ||43|| "Except by self-destruction, I cannot be freed from this sin. What use is this life stained with such a blemish?" ||44|| Thus pondering, he drew his sword from its sheath, its dense shadow obscuring the space between the directions. ||45|| He brought the sword near his throat, but his friend, Sumitra, quickly intervened. ||46|| Embracing his friend, he spoke in a voice filled with concern, "You are wise, do you not know the sin of self-destruction?" ||47|| "Those who destroy their bodies untimely suffer for a long time in the womb, unable to be born." ||48|| Saying this, Sumitra took the sword from his friend's hand and destroyed it, then consoled him with soothing words for a long time. ||49|| The Acharya says, "The mutual affection of these two friends, bound by their virtues, will reach its end. This shows that the world is impermanent." ||50|| Beings, bound by their own karma, attain different paths, some leading to happiness, others to sorrow. Who is a friend to whom in this world? ||51|| Later, Sumitra, whose soul was enlightened, embraced the life of a Shraman and eventually became the lord of the Aishana heaven. ||52|| After falling from there, he was born in Mathura, on the island of Jambudvipa, as the son of King Harivahana and Queen Madhavi. He was named Madhu, as he was as captivating as honey and shone like the moon in the sky of the Harivaṃśa. ||53-54|| The Mithyadṛṣṭi Prabhava, after dying, suffered in a hellish realm and was reborn as the son of Jyotishmati, named Shikhisruți. ||55|| He became a Shraman, a Dravyalingī, and through intense penance, became the lord of the Asuras, known as Chamarendra. ||56|| Then, remembering his past lives through his knowledge of the future, he recalled the virtues of his friend Sumitra and kept them pure in his mind. ||57||