Jain Ramayana Part 3

SR No.: 002023
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Bhadraguptasuri
Publisher: Vishvakalyan Prakashan Trust Mehsana
Publication Year: 2000
Total Pages: 518
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Story, & Literature
File Size: 24 MB

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JAIN RAMAYAN
"Bharath! Do not be in a hurry. There is still time for such a thing. Please think well about the matter. Realize your duty. If you leave Ayodhya and go away from us, how can we bear with the separation from you? How can Lakshman, our mothers and the people of Ayodhya bear with the separation from you ? Please imagine how deeply they would be grieved. Dear brother! Do not think of going away leaving us in grief and anguish. You always remain with us and continue to carry out my orders as you have been doing all these days.”
But Bharath was not prepared to budge even an inch. He remained firm. His determination was adamantine. For sometime, he kept looking into the sky; and then said:
"Revered brother! I have been thinking deeply about this matter for many days. I have contemplated on these things deeply. I thought deeply about the various janmas of my past. I thought deeply about the present, the past and the future. I have realized that every phrase and every sentence is an end and a beginning. Now, I entreat you to release me from these bondages. I am now absolutely incapable of carrying out your commands. Kindly pardon me. Kindly .pardon my rudeness and impertinence. Kindly pardon my unrestrained utterances. Kindly pardon my insolence; and permit me to follow the path of spiritual elevation shown by the Paramatma and chosen by our father. My life can attain fulfilment only if I follow that path.”
"Bharath! Give up your obstinacy. If you do not like to carry out the administration, you need not shoulder that burden. We will carry out the administration; but never speak of leaving us."
Bharath fell into deep thought. He began to think. "My brother will not give his consent to my entreaty. Hence, I will have to remain in the samsar though my heart will not be in it. Instead of this, if he..." and at once, Bharath stood up. He saluted the feet of Shri Ram, bowed to Lakshman and before they could think of anything he went away. Lakshman realized Bharath's thoughts and feelings. He, at once stoop up; and held Bharath in his embrace.