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## Third Chapter
23. Devānupriyā! Do not delay.
Just as Jamālī inquired, so he asked [Then, that noble prince, having heard the words of the Samana Bhagavan Mahāvīra, was delighted and satisfied. He bowed to the Samana Bhagavan Mahāvīra with great respect, and went to his mother and father. Having gone to them, he greeted his mother and father with victory and joy. Having greeted them with victory and joy, he spoke to them in this way: "Oh, my mother and father! I have heard the Dharma from the Samana Bhagavan Mahāvīra, and it is pleasing to me, I desire it, I accept it, I am delighted with it." Then, that noble prince's mother and father spoke to him in this way: "Oh, dear son! You are blessed! You are fulfilled, dear son! You are virtuous, dear son! You are auspicious, dear son! You have heard the Dharma from the mouth of the Samana Bhagavan Mahāvīra, and it is pleasing to you, you desire it, you accept it, you are delighted with it."
Then, that noble prince's mother and father, again and again, spoke to him in this way: "Oh, my mother and father! I have heard the Dharma from the Samana Bhagavan Mahāvīra, and it is pleasing to me, I desire it, I accept it, I am delighted with it." Then, I, oh my mother and father! Being terrified of the cycle of birth and death, fearing birth, old age, and death, I desire, oh my mother and father! To be ordained by you, to become a monk, to leave the household and become a homeless one, to go to the Samana Bhagavan Mahāvīra.
_At that time, the Śramaṇa Bhagavan Mahāvīra, having attained Nirvāṇa, arrived in the city of Kākaṇḍī. The assembly came out. Like a Konika, the king Jitasatru also came out to see him. Like Jamālī, the noble prince Dhanayakumāra also came out with adornments. The special thing is that Dhanayakumāra walked on foot to reach the service of the Bhagavan.
Having heard the Dharma from the Śramaṇa Bhagavan Mahāvīra and having held it in his heart, Dhanayakumāra, with a joyful and satisfied heart, stood up and circumambulated the Śramaṇa Bhagavan Mahāvīra three times, offering salutations and prostrations. And he spoke in this way:
"Oh Bhagavan! I have faith in the Nirgrantha teachings. Oh Bhagavan! I believe in the Nirgrantha teachings. Oh Bhagavan! I am interested in the Nirgrantha teachings. Oh Bhagavan! I am eager to act according to the Nirgrantha teachings. Oh Bhagavan! This Nirgrantha teaching is true, factual, and unquestionable, as you say.
Oh Bhagavan! I want to leave my home, shave my head, and accept the homeless Dharma from you, with the permission of my mother, Bhadra Sārthavāhi.
The Bhagavan said, "Devānupriyā! Do whatever pleases you, do not be negligent even for a moment in the work of Dharma."
When the Śramaṇa Bhagavan Mahāvīra spoke to Dhanayakumāra in the aforementioned way, Dhanayakumāra was delighted and satisfied. He circumambulated the Bhagavan three times, offering salutations and prostrations. Then he went to his parents and, tying them with the words "victory and joy," spoke in this way: "Oh mother and father! I have heard the Dharma from the Śramaṇa Bhagavan Mahāvīra. That Dharma is pleasing to me, very pleasing to me, and...