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## Chapter One Hundred and Fifteen
**Alas, this human existence is worthless!** There is no greater disgrace. Death attacks it in the blink of an eye, without warning. ||54-55||
Even Narayana, who could not be subdued by gods and celestial beings, was brought under the control of the noose of time. ||56||
**What need do we have for this perishable body and perishable wealth?** Thinking thus, both sons of Sita attained enlightenment. ||57||
Fearing the prospect of returning to the womb, both heroes, bowing to their father's feet, boarded a palanquin and went to the garden called Mahendrodya. ||58||
There, they took refuge in the Muni Raja named Amritasvara and became great ascetics. ||59||
When the noble-minded Lavana and Ankusha were taking initiation, their minds, like clay balls, were filled with disrespect towards the vast earth. ||60||
On one hand, the separation from his sons, and on the other, the grief of his brother's death - Rama was caught in a whirlpool of sorrow. ||61||
Gautama Swami says that Lakshmana was dearer to Rama than his kingdom, his sons, his wife, and even his own life. ||62||
People in the world have different kinds of hearts. Therefore, when their loved ones reach such an undesirable state due to the force of karma, some are consumed by sorrow, while others attain detachment. ||63||
When the time comes, and the inner cause of the ripening of one's own actions manifests, the sun of enlightenment rises for beings, who, upon finding an external cause in any object, develop detachment. ||64||
Thus ends the one hundred and fifteenth chapter of the Padma Purana, composed by the Acharya Ravishena, known as the Parsvanatha, which describes the death of Lakshmana and the penance of Lavana and Ankusha. ||115||
1. *Pashyataam* (should be *Pashyata*)
2. *Dayitato'sya* (should be *Dayito'to'sya*)
3. *Sa (nih) Shokam Vairagayam* (should be *Sa Shokam Vairagayam* or *Sa N Shokam Vairagayam Cha*)