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## The Thirty-Fourth Chapter
**341.** The method of protection from worldly and otherworldly calamities is now being explained. Protection from such calamities can only be achieved through Dharma, as Dharma is the antidote to all misfortunes. **115.** Dharma protects from calamities, Dharma grants desired results, Dharma leads to welfare in the otherworldly realm, and Dharma brings happiness in this world. **116.** Therefore, one should be steadfast in Dharma and engage in the counteraction of future calamities. Only then can the soul be protected from calamities in the next birth. **117.** A kingdom where sons and siblings are constantly at war and where there are many calamities should be abandoned by wise men. **118.** Moreover, how can one find happiness in a kingdom filled with mental anguish? Wise men consider freedom from mental distress as true happiness in this world. **119.** There is no trace of happiness in a kingdom that is destined for destruction and where sins constantly arise. On the contrary, a person who is constantly apprehensive experiences great suffering in such a kingdom. **120.** Therefore, wise men should abandon this kingdom, which is like an unhealthy medicine, and embrace austerity, which is like wholesome food. **121.** Thus, a wise person should renounce worldly pleasures and attachments to the kingdom beforehand, becoming detached. If unable to do so, they should at least renounce the pomp and show of the kingdom at the end. **122.** When the time of death is known by those who know the signs of time, or when it is determined by oneself, a wise person should then embrace the thought of relinquishing the body, that is, they should engage in Sallekhana. **123.** For renunciation is the supreme Dharma, renunciation is the supreme austerity. Renunciation brings fame in this world and great prosperity in the next. **124.** With this understanding, a king should renounce the body, food, and the kingdom with all its paraphernalia, in a sacred place, after performing the rituals of worship.