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could not understand as to what good deeds of hers gave her a groom as beautiful as Nemikum ra. At this end, the princess was happy and enchanted by her fortune seeing the prince again and again and on the other end, on his way, hearing the wailing of animals, knowing all, Nemikum ra asked his charioteer – “What is this sad wailing I hear?” The charioteer said - "Lord! For your wedding feast they are bringing goats, and other wild animals and birds. Every animal holds dear its life, hence they are crying.”
Nemikum ra asked his charioteer to direct the elephant towards the animal enclosures. Reaching there, Nemikum ra observed that innumerable animals were tied with ropes around their necks and legs and innumerable birds were trembling in fear in a pathetic state inside cages, stuck in meshed wires. The heart of compassionate Nemikum ra bled. He told the charioteer to release all the animals and birds. Within no time all the animals and birds were set free. After releasing the animals and birds, Nemikum ra removed all his ornaments and gave it to the charioteer and instructed him to take the elephant back to his palace. King Ugrasena became helpless. K a and other Y davas stood in his way.
Then his father, Samudravijaya asked, "Where are you going turning your face away from this auspicious occasion?” The disenchanted Nemikum ra said, "O! Parents, the same way as these animals and birds were bound, you and I are tied in deep bondage of all karmas. The same way as I have freed them from their bondage, I now want to take the bondage-releasing initiation to free myself from the bondage of karmas forever.”
Hearing Nemikum ra speak of initiation his mother iv dev fell unconscious. Samudra Vijaya stood still. K a said, “Brother, I cannot understand the tale behind your attitude of disenchantment; what happened so suddenly?" Ari anemi said, “Oh Cakrap a! A human being stuck in the cycle of birth and death as a god, as a human being, in hell and in other modes again and again, experiences unbearable pain. This is the main reason of my disenchantment. In innumerable births we had innumerable parents; sons, relatives and friends, but nobody shared the other's sorrows. Everybody has to experience the results of their karmas on their own. I am tired and broken from walking on this horizon-less path of the world and am in unbearable pain. I want to seek
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