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The Adipurana
And the eighty-nine sons of Srimatitayana, led by Virabahu, became ascetics along with this king-sage. ||58|| This one, dwelling with purity, attained the supreme abode of liberation, produced in due course. ||59|| Vajrajangha then, having obtained his paternal kingdom, enjoyed pleasures for a long time, pleasing the elements. ||60|| Then, on another occasion, the great king Vajradanta, possessed of great wealth, was seated on his throne, surrounded by kings. ||61|| While he was seated, the forest warden brought a newly blossomed, fragrant lotus and presented it to him with joy. ||62|| He smelled it in his hand, beautiful with the fragrance of his own face. He was pleased with the lotus in his hand and played with it, not playing with it. ||63|| A bee, greedy for that fragrance, was trapped there, having taken refuge in another world. The wise king, seeing it, was freed from attachment to worldly pleasures. ||64|| Alas, this intoxicated bee, attracted by the fragrance, came here and drank the nectar, and being trapped in it at sunset, died. May such desires for worldly pleasures be cursed! ||65|| These worldly pleasures are like bitter fruits. They seem good at the beginning, that is, when they are enjoyed, but they bear bad fruit when they are borne, so may they be cursed! ||66|| Alas, this body of living beings, which is the means of worldly pleasures, is like a cloud in the autumn season, which disappears in a moment, so may such a body be cursed! ||67|| This Lakshmi is as fickle as the flash of lightning, this sensual pleasure is also unstable, and wealth, grain, etc., are like wealth obtained in a dream.