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The Twenty-third Hundredth Chapter
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He who has subdued his self with the wind of meditation and the fire of knowledge, has burnt the forest of his birth. ||6||
He has slain the enemy of delusion with the trident of pure knowledge, and crushed the cage of attachment with the thunderbolt of firm dispassion. ||66||
O Lord, I am lost in the forest of existence, caught in the doubt of the present. Be my refuge, O Muniendra, O Bhavasudan. ||7||
O Rama, you have attained all that is attainable, you are the knower of all, you have accomplished your purpose, and you are the Guru of the world. Protect me, my mind is very troubled. ||71||
By diligently serving the teachings of Muni Suvrata Nath, you have crossed the ocean of existence with the boat of your great penance. ||72||
O Rama, is it right for you to leave me completely and go alone to that high, pure, and imperishable abode? ||73||
Then the Muni said, "O Suradhip, give up attachment, for liberation is for the one who is established in dispassion, and attachment leads to rebirth. ||74||
Just as a river cannot be crossed with a stone tied around the neck, so too, the world cannot be crossed with attachment. ||75||
He who is constantly absorbed in knowledge and follows the words of his Guru, can cross the ocean of existence with the boat of knowledge, virtue, and non-attachment. ||76||
Gautama Swami said, "O King, the wise should understand that the great and powerful Kevali knows the qualities of all things at all times, in the beginning, middle, and end. ||77||
O King, I will now tell you what Sitadeva asked and what the Kevali answered. ||78||
Sitadeva asked the Kevali, "O Lord, O Omniscient, where are those noble beings like Dasharatha? And what have you seen of the fate of Lavana and Ankush? Where will they be born?" ||79||
Then the Kevali said, "King Dasharatha has become a god in the Anat Svarga. Besides him, Sumitra, Kaikeyi,
1. दृढं वैराग्य म० । 2. भवाख्य म० । 3. मवने म० । 4. यान्महातेजाः म० । 5. कैकसी म० ।