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## The Scattering of the Eager Refusal
King, O Sunanda! You are a creeping infant. Like a snake, you are being consumed by fire, and you do not know your mother. ||25||
Then, the king, Dhanagiri, having found the opportunity, said these measured words, throwing away his dust-remover. ||26||
If you are truly dedicated to the vow, if you are a knower of the truth yourself, then take this dust-remover, the banner of Dharma, from me, O sinless one! ||27||
Immediately, like a thunderbolt, Vajra, with his raised hand, quickly ran towards Dhanagiri, his feet making a loud thudding sound. ||28||
Going to his father's embrace, and mounting it, with a pure mind, he took the dust-remover, as easily as a lotus from a pond. ||29||
With his hand and lotus-like palm, he lifted the dust-remover. It shone like a cluster of hair, with the glory of the teachings. ||30||
With a smile that revealed his teeth, like the white buds of a jasmine flower, he did not look away from the dust-remover, even in his mind. ||31||
As the day passed, like a lotus that quickly wilts, Sunanda, with her chin resting on her hand, thought this way. ||32||
My brother has renounced the world, my husband has renounced the world, and now my son will also renounce the world. Therefore, I will also renounce the world. ||33||
I have no brother, no husband, and no son now. Therefore, for me too, renunciation is better than living in a house. ||34||
Having decided this for herself, Sunanda went to her house. Vajra, taking the dust-remover, and the monks also went to their dwelling. ||35||
The one who desired the vow did not drink milk, and Vajra, until then, was also not weaned. Thus, the Acharya, having renounced the world, again made her a renunciant. ||36||
With the special fortune that arose, and with the sight of the world's detachment, Sunanda also renounced the world, in the presence of the Acharya of that order. ||37||
[Sri Parishishtaparva, verses 100 to 136] 24. The story of the mother of the Arhat, in the affectionate meditation of the Sri Uttaraadhyayana Sutra. ||
Tagara Nagari, there lived a man named Arihamitta, and near him lived a merchant named Datta, who, with his wife Bhadda and son, had taken the vow of an Arhat. He did not make his son beg for alms, he raised him with the first milk and with whatever he desired. He was delicate, unable to bear hardship, and did not speak much. He was patient, and after a few days, he would go out for alms. He was delicate-bodied, and in the summer, he would get hot in the sun and would sweat. He was overcome by the heat, and he saw a merchant woman standing in the shade. He was very delicate-bodied, and he was overcome by the heat, so he went and sat down there. He was asked, "What are you seeking?" "Alms," he said. She gave him some mangoes. He was asked, "What Dharma do you practice?" He said, "I practice the Dharma of non-violence." She said, "Then eat the mangoes with me." He, being overcome by the heat, and wanting to eat, accepted the mangoes. He was then taken by the merchants, and he was not seen again.