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In the Mahapurana, the Uttara Purana, a bee, attracted by the sweetness of honey, was consumed by it. Thinking that the service of the honey was happiness, it lived on it. 1.1
How can a wise man, who is attached to the objects of the senses, be like that? Let all beings abandon attachment and perform austerities. 1.2
Hearing these words, his mother, the daughters, and the thief, all became detached from the world, the body, and its pleasures. 1.8
Then, dispelling the darkness, the sun, shining brightly, will, like a preceptor, initiate the prince with love. 1.9
With his rays, he will touch the prince's mind and make it happy. Like a great endeavor in austerity, he will rise above the peak of the mountain, dispelling all darkness. ... 1.10
He will be like an unjust king, for just as an unjust king is the cause of all suffering, so too will the sun be the cause of all suffering. Just as an unjust king is harsh, that is, he levies heavy taxes, so too will the sun be harsh, that is, he will have hot rays. Just as an unjust king is cruel, that is, he is merciless, so too will the sun be cruel, that is, he will be extremely hot. Just as an unjust king is unstable, that is, he is not constant, sometimes he is satisfied and sometimes he is dissatisfied, so too will the sun be unstable, that is, he will not remain in one place. And just as an unjust king destroys the earth, so too will the sun destroy the blue lotuses. 1.11
Or, he will be like a victorious king, for just as a victorious king has a constant rise, that is, his rise continues to increase, so too will the sun have a constant rise, that is, he will rise every day. Just as a victorious king is the lord of the wise, that is, he is the master of the learned, so too will the sun be the lord of the wise, that is, he will be the master of the planets. Just as a victorious king's kingdom, that is, his country, is pure, free from enemies, and undivided, so too will the sun's kingdom, that is, his disc, be pure and undivided. Just as a victorious king is pleased with Lakshmi, so too will the sun be pleased with the lotuses, that is, he will cause them to bloom. And just as a victorious king has increasing pride, so too will the sun have increasing heat, that is, his heat will continue to increase. 1.12
Knowing that Jambhukumar has become detached from the world, his brothers, the Kunika king, his eighteen armies, and the unclothed gods will rejoice. And all of them will perform his initiation ceremony with garlands and water. 1.13-114
Wearing the appropriate attire for the occasion, he will ride in a palanquin made by the gods, and with great splendor, he will ascend the peak of the great mountain. 1.15