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[ Antakrid Dasha ]
'How do you know, son? What you know, you don't know? What you don't know, you know?'
The young prince said to his parents, 'I know, mother and father! Just as I know that I will die, I don't know, mother and father! - Why, what, how, or for how long? I don't know, mother and father! By what karmas do beings transmigrate to hell, animal, human, and heavenly realms? I know, mother and father! Just as I know that by certain karmas beings transmigrate to hell, etc. Thus, mother and father! What I know, I don't know, and what I don't know, I know. I desire, mother and father! To be ordained by you.'
Then the parents of the young prince, unable to dissuade him, despite many attempts, finally agreed. One day, they took him to the king. The young prince, with a mind filled with the teachings of the Tirthankara, remained silent. The king, seeing his determination, performed the abhisheka ceremony. He left the palace and, after many years, attained the Samaya-Maaya-Aaya-Ekadasa-Anga, and achieved great perfection in the virtues, knowledge, and conduct.
The young prince, now a monk, was very happy and satisfied after listening to the teachings of the Tirthankara Mahavira and embracing them. He said, 'Devanupriya! I will ask my parents. Then I will take the vows from Devanupriya.'
The Tirthankara Mahavira said, 'O Devanupriya! Do as you please. But do not be negligent in your religious duties.'
Then the young prince went to his parents. He bowed at their feet and said, 'Mother and father! I have listened to the teachings of the Tirthankara Mahavira. I find them pleasing, very pleasing, and very attractive.'
The young prince's parents said, 'Son! You are blessed, son! You are virtuous, son! You are fortunate to have listened to the teachings of the Tirthankara Mahavira and found them pleasing, very pleasing, and attractive.'
Then the young prince said the same thing a second and third time, 'Mother and father! I have listened to the teachings of the Tirthankara Mahavira and found them pleasing, very pleasing, and attractive. Therefore, mother and father! With your permission, I wish to be ordained by the Tirthankara Mahavira, renounce the world, and take the vows of a monk.'
His parents said to him, 'Son! You are still a child, immature. How can you understand the teachings?'
Then the young prince said to his parents, 'Mother and father! What I know, I don't know, and what I don't know, I know.'
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2. Section 6, Sutra 18
5. Section 1, Sutra 9