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Kuruvinda, like a lotus, drooped his head in sorrow at the demise of his father. His body became weak and he fell into a state of grief. ||116||
Similarly, in your lineage, O King, there was a Vidyaadhara named Danda, vast like the ocean. He was a powerful ruler who punished all his enemies. ||117||
Just as a gem is born from the ocean, so too was Manimali born to Danda. When he grew up, Danda appointed him as the Yuvaraja, and he enjoyed all the pleasures he desired. ||118||
Even after enjoying these pleasures for a long time, he was never satisfied. He became increasingly attached to women, clothes, and ornaments. ||119||
Driven by his intense attachment to worldly pleasures and his cunning schemes, this ignorant king, due to his intense suffering, was bound to the cycle of transmigration. ||120||
At the end of his life, his ignorance was fully manifested, and he died a miserable death, becoming a huge serpent in his own treasury. ||121||
He retained his memory of his past life and, like a treasurer, allowed only his son to enter the treasury, excluding everyone else. ||122||
One day, the wise King Manimali, having learned from some knowledgeable monks about his father's transformation into a serpent, decided to free his father from his delusion out of filial piety. He went to the treasury and stood quietly before the serpent, speaking words of love. ||123-124||
"Father, you were consumed by your attachment to wealth, prosperity, and worldly pleasures. It is because of this fault that you have fallen into this wretched state, into the form of a serpent." ||125||
"This worldly bait is extremely bitter, difficult to overcome, and like the fruit of a poisonous tree. It is worthy of condemnation. Father, please abandon this worldly bait." ||126||
1. State. 2. Again, why? 3. Cunning, deceit. 4. Ignorance. 5. Of the serpent. 6. Attachment. 7. Delusion. 8. Enjoyment. "Aamisha palale lobe sambhoga utkocaya orapi" - as it is said. 9. Exhale.