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If there were not great teachers like you, then this earth would sink into the abyss, like a mountain abandoned by its supports. ||15||
I am fortunate because a revered person like you is giving me instructions. Indeed, those who are worthy of the instructions of people like you cannot be devoid of merit. ||16||
Therefore, O Lord, from today onwards, let us do something that will bring about harmony between Indra and me. Let Indra be happy and let me also be happy. ||17||
This powerful Indra is my fourth brother. By gaining him, I will make the earth free from thorns. ||18||
Let his Lokapalas remain as they were before, and let his kingdom also remain as it was before, or even let him take more. What need is there for a difference between us two? ||19||
Just as you give instructions to Indra, give me instructions on what I should do, because the instructions of the teachers are like the protection and adornment of the remaining body. ||20||
Stay here according to your wish, or stay in the city of Rathnupura, or stay wherever you wish. We are both your servants, who is the owner of this land? ||21||
Thus, with his mind soaked in the water of these sweet words, Sahasrar spoke words even sweeter than those of Ravana. ||22||
He said, "O Blessed One! The birth of noble people like you is accompanied by qualities that bring joy to all beings." ||23||
O Auspicious One! Your excellent humility is praised in this world, and it is like an ornament to your valor. ||24||
Your sight has made my birth meaningful. Those parents are blessed who have you as the cause of their birth. ||25||
You, who are powerful yet forgiving, and whose fame is as pure as the white lotus, have removed the fear of the occurrence of faults. ||26||
It is as you say, everything is possible for you. What cannot your arms, which are as thick as the trunks of elephants, do? ||27||
But just as a mother cannot be abandoned, so too cannot one's birthplace be abandoned.