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The princess said, "I have grown. I have entered my youth and still you have made no attempts to get me married. I thought let me run away with some man taking with me some wealth. But the words of the dancer opened my eyes. I heard him say, there is but little time left now. Most of it has gone past. I got perspective and I was saved. More valuable than the necklace is this state of mine."
The king asked the monk, "Why did you give your valuable blanket. The prince wished for the throne, the princess for marriage, what is your desire?" The monk replied, “I was getting tired of meditating. I thought I had attained nothing and so was planning to go back home. The desire for my family got awakened. I was biding time when I heard the phrase, Ma pramadi nishatyaye. And I thought fifty years of my life have gone past and why should I destroy everything in the few remaining years. Now it is dawning time. I felt greatly indebted to the dancer. He gave me a helping hand and stopped me from losing my restraint. Against this act of kindness, my blanket is of little value."
Kal kare so aaj kar, do today what you would tomorrow and ma pramadi nishtyaye, do not stop
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