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## Chapter Forty-Five
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"By honoring me in a way that is not common to others, you have made me indebted. Where, even in hundreds of births, will I be free from this debt? ||133||"
"O Lord, these shoots of the lineage of the Nathas and the Chandra dynasty were created by Lord Adinath and have been nurtured, protected, and established by you for as long as the earth exists. ||134||"
Hearing these words of respect, the king, the lord of wealth, was pleased. He honored Jayakumar with clothes, ornaments, and a vehicle. He also gave suitable clothes and ornaments to Sulochana and sent her away. Jayakumar embraced the earth as if it were his beloved and bowed to King Bharat before departing. ||135-136||
It is said that the wealth of those who accumulate merit increases wealth. Thus, Jayakumar, praised for his courage by the city dwellers and the crowds of beggars, mounted an elephant and left the city. Driven by the desire to meet his beloved, he quickly reached the banks of the Ganga. ||137-138||
There, on the tip of a dry branch, facing the sun, he saw a crow cawing. Fearing for his beloved, he fainted, despite being a valiant warrior, overcome by love. The Acharya says that such happiness born of attachment is to be condemned. ||139-140||
At that moment, the priest, who understood the language of gestures and knew the omens, reassured Jayakumar with various means, saying that Sulochana was well. He explained that this omen indicated some danger from water. Thus, the priest calmed Jayakumar. ||141||
Taking the priest's words as a lifeline, Jayakumar quickly moved forward. By mistake, he drove the elephant into the ford. This is understandable, for where is the knowledge of what is to be avoided and what is to be sought for those who are infatuated with love? ||142||
What is the discernment of what is to be avoided and what is to be sought for those who are infatuated with love? ||143||
**437**
**1** Unwavering.
**2** Made indebted by that.
**3** In which birth.
**4** In the sense of affirmation.
**5** Birth.
**6** Wheel-bearing.
**7** Creates.
**8** Beggar.
**9** Desiring to obtain.
**10** Sun.
**11** Sounding.
**12** Crow.
"For crows, the people of Karatarishta, Balipushta, and Sakrit are their food. Even crows, who make a loud noise, eat the offerings of the dead."
**13** The saying is taken.
**14** Of the bird-watcher.
**15** In a region not near water.
"In the sense of discourse, a ford is obtained in a place where the learned have been. In a sacred forest, in a region not near water, in a great river, in a great sage."
**16** To be sought.
**17** The region below the place where the pot is raised.
"The place below the pot, the place where the pot is raised, is the measure of the pot."