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WILLE
ARYA STHULABHADRA Then Yaksha came Brother! Seven
Sthulabhadra did not speak, he just looked into the eyes there
days have passed. You are sitting here
of Yaksha. They were filled with gloom. Yaksha continuedalone and without food. Please snake
Brother! We off the grief now.
seven sisters had expressed our desire of
becoming ascetics to father. Now we seek permission from you.
Sthulabhadra looked at Shriyak
Shriyak! Do you hear ha what Yaksha tells ?
TEREBU
Brother! During his last days, father told me to celebrate
their initiation ceremony with all grandeur.
Sthulabhadra was lost in his thought
POPGO
Getting detached from the world my younger sisters want to take to the rigorous path of ascetic discipline and I am still neck-deep in the quagmire of
lust. Shame on me.
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