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Antakridasha began to speak in this way:
"O son! You are our only son. You are our beloved, dear, cherished, handsome, gem, and the abode of patience and faith. You are agreeable (accepted) in doing work, very much accepted in many works, and also permitted after doing work. You are like a box of ornaments. You are a gem because of being the best in the human race. You are the form of a gem. You are like the breath of life. You are the one who generates joy in our hearts. Even hearing your name is rare, like the flower of the banyan tree, so what to say about seeing you? O son! We do not want to bear your separation even for a moment. Therefore, O son! First, enjoy the abundant worldly pleasures as long as we are alive. Then, when we are gone by time and you become of mature age - your youth is complete, the work of the family lineage (son, grandson, etc.) has grown, when there is no need for worldly work, at that time you should get your head shaved and renounce household life and accept the vows of renunciation near Lord Arishtanemi."
After the parents spoke in this way, Gajasukumal said to his parents: "O mother and father! What you are saying to me, that 'O son! You are our only son,' etc., all that should be said as before, until you become free from worldly work and become a renunciant near Lord Arishtanemi - that is fine. But, O mother and father! This human existence is not permanent, that is, it is not something that is regularly obtained again and again like sunrise, it is not fixed, that is, there are changes in this life, it is impermanent, that is, it is perishable in a moment, it is filled with hundreds of troubles and disturbances, it is fickle like the flash of lightning, it is impermanent, it is like a bubble of water, it is like a drop of water hanging on the tip of a blade of grass, it is like the clouds at dusk, it is like a dream - it is there and it is not there, it is prone to decay from leprosy, etc., to be cut by a sword, etc., and to become weak. And it is definitely something that must be abandoned in the future or in the past. O mother and father! Who knows who will go first (die) and who will go later? Therefore, O mother and father! I want to accept the vows of renunciation near Lord Arishtanemi, having received your permission."
Then the parents said to Gajasukumal: "O son! This much gold, silver, bronze, fine cloth, gems, pearls, conch shells, stone, coral, red ruby, etc., essential substances, have come down from your grandfather, your father's grandfather, and your father's great-grandfather. It is so much that it will not be exhausted even in seven generations. You should give a lot of it in charity, enjoy it yourself, and distribute it. O son! You should enjoy all the wealth and respect that is available in the human world. After that, having experienced happiness, you should accept initiation near Lord Arishtanemi."
Then Gajasukumal said to his parents: "O mother and father! What you are saying is fine, that 'O son! This much excellent substance has come down from your grandfather, your father's grandfather, and your father's great-grandfather, you should enjoy it and then, having experienced happiness, accept initiation.' But, O mother and father! This gold, silver, etc., all worldly possessions are subject to fire - fire can burn it, a thief can steal it, a king can confiscate it, heirs can divide it, and when death comes, it does not remain ours. In the same way, this wealth is equal to fire, that is, the wealth belongs to its owner, and in the same way, it also belongs to fire, and in the same way...