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JULY, 1968
She discards all her decorations, And casts off ornaments studed with jems. Pungent appear the pleasures of earth Moves out she by giving up them.
Take no time to give up parents And all that are dear and near Cutting asunder all the ties To reach the hill Girnar. She leaves her mother in torrents of tears. A grand procession indeed ! 7
When compassion fills his heart In a moment he renounces the world Nemi, the Jina, reaches Girnar Has the beasts freed.
Nemi and Rajul on Girnar top In the embrace of austerity, Sings Naval Ram in Lāvani, Attain the knowledge of the free. Their striving is on mental plain. A grand procession indeed ! 8
1 Krsna, Lord of Dvaraka, was Nemi's elder cousin.
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