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made this request in right earnest and am quite determined to have my will". At this, the parents realised the gravity of the situation. They rebuked the little prince for his persistance and said, "Dear son, you are still quite young. You cannot understand the importance of religion. It is foolish for little children to insist on a thing of their own liking, for they cannot judge whether that thing is good or bad for them. According to the rules of morality children must obey their parents. Hence we tell you not to insist with us for consecration." Then the little prince said, "Father, I know well what I don't know and don't know what I know." The king and the queen were puzzled to hear these mysterious words of their innocent son. They could not make out anything from them. Then they said to him, "What do you mean by this, dear son ?" The prince replied, "Father, I know that he who is born must die, but I do not know, how, where, and when he would die. I am attached to this material world; therefore I am unable to say which of the Karmas are responsible for sending the soul to hell and heaven and which to the births of men and animals. Only this much I know that auspicious Karmas raise the soul above while the inauspicious ones lower it down."
This conversation between the parents and the son lasted for a long time. At last the prince won, and after taking the permission of his parents he went to the Lord for consecration. The Lord found him quite fit for this purpose and consecrated him accordingly.
One day, newly consecrated Evanta Kumara had gone out for easing himself in the jungle. The rain had just stopped and water was flowing on the gound. Evanta Kumara
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