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## The Unparalleled State of Non-Arising
Dhanayakumar found it pleasing. Then, for the second and third time, Dhanayakumar spoke to his parents in the same way, saying, "O parents! I am troubled by the fear of the world, terrified by birth, old age, and death. Therefore, O parents! With your permission, I wish to accept the homeless dharma by becoming a monk, getting my head shaved, and renouncing my household life near the Lord Mahavira."
## Acceptance of Renunciation
Then, the virtuous Kumar's mother, hearing those unpleasant, unwelcome, disagreeable, displeasing, unpalatable, and unheard-of words, fainted. After regaining consciousness, there was a conversation and counter-conversation. She cried, wailed, grieved, and lamented, as Mahabala had said.
"O Dhanayakumar! You are our only son, our beloved, our dear, our treasure, our jewel, our pride, our trust, our agreement, our respect, our acceptance, our treasure trove, our precious jewel, our life's breath, our heart's joy, our delight, our rare flower, our precious gem! Why should you go? Why should you leave us? We do not want you to leave us even for a moment. Stay, my dear! As long as we live, we will arrange your marriage after our death. You will become a monk, get your head shaved, and renounce your household life and become a homeless one, following the teachings of the Lord Mahavira, the great one, who is the source of our lineage, our family tree, our birth, and our existence."
Then, Dhanayakumar said to his mother and father, "O mother! What you are saying to me, you are saying it because you are my mother. I am your only son, your beloved, and so on. But I will renounce my household life. O mother! In the human existence, there are countless births, old age, death, disease, bodily and mental suffering, desires, pain, sorrow, and constant fear of being overwhelmed. It is impermanent, unstable, and unreliable. It is like a mirage, a water bubble, a drop of dew, a dream, a lightning flash, unstable, impermanent, and subject to decay, destruction, and annihilation. It will surely be abandoned, either in this life or in the next. Who knows, O mother! Whether one will go to hell or heaven? Therefore, O mother! I wish to renounce my household life and become a monk with your blessings."
Then, the virtuous Dhanayakumar, the good and wise, went to the king, the protector of the dharma, and asked him, "O king! I wish to renounce my household life. I wish to have an umbrella, a crown, and a fly whisk for my departure."
Then, the king, the protector of the dharma, said to the virtuous one, "O protector of the dharma! You are a virtuous person. I will personally arrange for the departure of Dhanayakumar, the renunciant, without any delay."
The king himself arranged for the departure, just as he had done for the departure of his own son, Kanha. Then, Dhanayakumar, the renunciant, himself performed the five-fold prostration, and then he renounced his household life.
Then, Dhanayakumar, the homeless one, went to the forest, where he practiced austerities and became a silent monk.