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The Forty-Eighth Chapter
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If you harbor hatred for Yama, do not waste away in your home. Quickly embrace liberation-diksha, abandoning sorrow. He said this to him. || 120 ||
Hearing this, the king said, "O Deva! If it is true that there is no one stronger than Yama, then I will not be afraid of anything I say. || 121 ||
All your sons who went to dig a pit on Mount Kailasa have been taken by Yama to his own place. Therefore, you should follow the path you have spoken of and harbor great hatred for the wicked Yama, that is, you should strive to conquer Yama by taking diksha. || 122 ||
Hearing these words, King Sagara, whose heart was shattered like a diamond, became motionless like a dead man for a moment. || 123 ||
He regained consciousness through the water mixed with sandalwood and khus, the words of his friends, and the gentle breeze of the wings. He began to think, "May this Maya, which is like wealth, not come to me, I do not need it. This desire is terrible, Yama is low, the union of love is perishable, the body is impure, perishable, and therefore not worth consuming or is harmful. This youth is as perishable as a rainbow. Knowing this, the Jina goes to the forest. But I am a fool, I am still foolish in these things..." Thinking this, King Sagara entrusted the kingdom to Bhavy Bhagiratha, the son of Vidarbha, the daughter of the king of the Bhagali country, Singhvikram, and he himself adorned the kingdom of penance by taking diksha near the steadfast Dharma Jina. It is right, because a virtuous man stays at home only as long as there is no reason to become detached. || 124-128 ||
While the king took diksha, Maniketu Deva went to his sons and said, "Someone has told the king about your death, and hearing this, he has been greatly afflicted with sorrow and has taken up penance after giving the kingdom to Bhagiratha. I am a Brahmin who has come from your lineage, and I have come here to find you because of sorrow. || 129-130 ||
Saying this, the Deva approached the princes who were covered in the ashes of Maya and enlightened them, saying, "Maya is also for the benefit of friends." || 131 ||