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At once, he took out a pearl necklace from this neck and gave it to 1-Gautami who had shown him the way. The girl was very much delighted to receive such a costly gift from the prince. She thought that the prince had been exceedingly good to her and loved her.
Departure from home - The Bodhi-sattva returned to the palace. He stretched himself on the counch. At once, he was encircled by nymph-like beautiful girls who were nicely dressed and adorned, and who were proficient in music and dancing. They were playing on instruments. They tried their best to relieve the prince of his fatigue and make him happy and gay. But to-day, the Bodhi-sattva was somewhat in different and taking no interest in them. So all the efforts by the girls failed. The Bodhi-sattva reti red, they stopped their music and dances, and lay on the floor. Lamps filled with perfumed oils were still burning.. At the dead of night, the Bodhi-sattva woke up. He sat on his couch. His eyes fell on the girls lying on the floor. What he saw there created a great reaction in him. Some of these girls had their dresses soiled by saliva which came out from their mouth; some were rattling their teeth; and some were coughi ng or murmuring. Some had their mouths agape and some were undressed in a shameless manner. These very ugly scenes that he witnessed within his own chamber made him all the more detached to worldly life. At that moment, that grand palace appeared to him to be no better than a crematorium filled up with dilapidated corpses. It appeared to him that all his three palaces were ablaze. In such a situation, the following words dropped from his lips,
"What a sorrow | What a grief!" His mind was now fully turned towards renunciation. He resolved,
"I must move out from my home this very night."
He came out from his bed, reached the door and called out,
"'Is there anyone?"
Chanda ka who sat reclined against the wall responded,
"Aryaputra! I am Chanda ka here, ever at your ser
vice."
| SR No. | 022804 |
| Book Title | Agama And Tripitaka Comparative Study |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Nagaraj Muni |
| Publisher | Today and Tomorrows Printers and Publishers |
| Publication Year | 1986 |
| Total Pages | 804 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 19 MB |