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Chapter One Hundred
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His mind, subdued by the practice of great courtesy and humility, the Kṣullaka, with a contented heart, saw Lavaṇāṅkuśa. ||43||
The Kṣullaka, knowing the eight auspicious signs, heard from the Śrāvikā, who had taken the vows, about her sons. He did not ask her to speak about them, as if they were ordinary children. ||44||
Having heard the story, the Śrāvikā, with tears streaming from her eyes, was overcome with grief for a moment. The Kṣullaka was also saddened. ||45||
He said, "O Devi! You should not grieve, for these two boys are like the sons of the gods." ||46||
Then, with his heart filled with great love, the Kṣullaka, in a short time, taught Lavaṇāṅkuśa the art of weaponry and scriptures. ||47||
In a short time, those sons became endowed with knowledge and wisdom, experts in arts and virtues, and very skilled in the art of summoning and dismissing divine weapons. ||48||
By the power of their great merit, they, whose coverings had been destroyed, were holding the supreme Lakshmi, like treasure pots. ||49||
For a teacher, there is no sorrow in a disciple who is endowed with power, because all things are easily shown to a man with eyes by the sun. ||50||
It is right that those who have a previous acquaintance should obtain virtues easily, for what sorrow is there for swans who descend into the lake of the mind? That is, there is none. ||51||
A teacher who gives instruction to a worthy recipient attains his purpose. For just as the light of the sun is useless to an owl, so too is the instruction of a teacher useless to an unworthy recipient. ||52||
Then, with their increasing fame and glory, which had enveloped the world, those two sons became beautiful and difficult to look at, like the moon and the sun. That is, they were as beautiful as the moon, and it was difficult to look at them, as if they were the sun. ||53||
With their manifest brilliance and strength, they, united together, seemed like fire and wind, or, with their shoulders as firm as stone, they appeared like the Himalayas and the Vindhyas. ||54||
Or, they were worthy of wearing a beautiful garland, like the union of the two ages. They were pleasing and beneficial, like the abode of Dharma. ||55||
The Kṣullaka, relieved, sat down comfortably. Then, when asked, he told the story of his travels and other matters to Sītā. ||42||