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begin to lament and say, "Do not leave us, please. We respect each other's feelings. We have affection for you." Bewailing thus, his parents cry bitterly.
२७. अतारिसे मुणी, णो ओहंतरए, जणगा जेण विप्पजढा। 27. Atărise muņi, no ohartarae, jaņagā jeņa vippajadhā. 27. (They plaintively cry:) "Any person who has deserted
his parents can neither be a mimi, nor can he cross
the ocean of 'samsāra' (mundane existence)." २८. सरणं तत्थ णो समेति । किह णाम से तत्थ रमति ? 28. Saranam tattha ņo sameti. Kiha ņāma se tattha
ramati? 28. He does not go back to his relatives, (in spite of their
lamentation). For, how can an enlightened soul revel in the pleasures of family-life?
२६. एयं णाणं सया समणुवासिज्जासि ।
--f af 29. Eyam ņānam sayā samaņuvasijjāsi.
- Tti bemi. 29. Always follow this Knowledge meticulously.
- I say so.
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