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The commander, Krtaantavaktra, having heard the seven hundred and one chapters and thus knowing the great suffering of the cycle of birth and death, said to Deemaabhikhazya, "I am overwhelmed with sorrow." ||1||
"Wandering in the path of falsehood, in this endless world, I am now filled with sorrow. I wish to embrace the life of a Shraman." ||2||
Pabhanaabha then said, "How can you bear this extremely difficult path, abandoning this supreme love?" ||3||
"How will you endure the intense cold, heat, and other hardships? How will you bear the words of wicked people, which are like sharp thorns?" ||4||
"You, who have never known the touch of sorrow, who are as delicate as the heart of a lotus, how will you spend the night on the ground in a forest filled with wild animals?" ||5||
"You, whose bones and veins are clearly visible, who have fasted for a long time, how will you accept alms in a vessel held in your hand in another's house?" ||6||
"You, who have never endured the army of enemies, filled with elephants and chariots, how will you bear the humiliation of defeat from low-born people?" ||7||
Krtaantavaktra then replied, "For one who is capable of abandoning this love, which is like a sweet nectar, what else is unbearable?" ||8||
"Until the body, like a pillar, is felled by the thunderbolt of death, I wish to escape from this world, which is a trap of suffering and blindness." ||9||
"Just as compassionate people do not keep those who have escaped from a house engulfed in flames, so too, compassionate people do not keep those who have escaped from the world, which is burning with suffering." ||10||
"Even if it is not now, separation from you, like a great man, will surely come in the future. Then, who, understanding the evil of the world, will not seek the welfare of their soul?" ||11||
"It is true that the suffering caused by your separation will be unbearable. But may such suffering never be experienced again. This is the thought that has arisen in my mind." ||12||