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## Second Chapter
31. Listen, with your mind fixed, for there is something else I wish to declare. "So that your mind may be firm in granting me your favor." 21. "In the past, due to ignorance, I committed great sins. For the sake of pacifying those sins, I am performing this penance." 22. "O Lord, I, the ignorant one, have accumulated immense sins in the past through violence, falsehood, theft, sexual misconduct, and various types of initiation and attachments." 23. "And what's more, I, the misguided one, took great pleasure in killing the Muni-Rajas, due to which I have been bound by the karma of hell, a hellish life-span that cannot be escaped." 24. "Therefore, O Lord, be pleased to tell me the story of that sacred Purana from its beginning, for listening to that auspicious Purana will surely eradicate my sins." 25. Thus, the King of Magadha, offering worship and praise with flowers that shone like the brilliance of his teeth, spoke these words with humility and fell silent. 26. Then, the Muni-Janas, adorned with the splendor of intense penance, praised the righteous King of Magadha, pleased by his question. 27. "O King of Magadha, you are blessed! You are the best among those who ask questions, and therefore, you are even more blessed! Today, by asking questions about the great Purana, you have filled our hearts with great joy." 28. "O Shrenika, we wished to ask about the Purana that contains the supreme essence, and you have asked about it. See, what a wonderful connection we have found!" 29. "The desire to know is called a question. In your question, you have desired to know the nature of Dharma. So, O Shrenika, by desiring to know the nature of Dharma, you have desired to know the entire universe, that is, by desiring to know the nature of Dharma, you have expressed your desire to know the nature of the entire universe." 30. "O Shrenika, see, this Dharma is a tree. The meaning
1. From declaration, from fixing. 2. Your. 3. Other wealth, forest, and delight. 4. Given, not taken, A, S, D, 50. 5. Inaction, T. 6. Having spoken. 7. Having asked, desired. 8. Supreme letters, A, S, 50, L, D. 6. Conversation that does not deviate from the intended meaning. 1. Desire to know. 11. Knowing, declaration. Knowing, A, S, D. 12. Desiring, D, S, 10, 50, M, L. 13. All, D, P. 14. Dharma story, M, 50.