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handed him over to our father. Our father told Nam c – “If you agree to make my two sons experts in all the arts, I shall keep you safe in my house.” Nam c accepted my father's offer and began to teach us. Our mother used to make arrangements for Nam c's food, etc. In some time the priest and our mother became attracted to each other. Because of our greed for learning, we did not tell our father anything about their relationship and by studying with diligence we became skilled in various arts."
“One day our father learnt of the illicit relationship of our mother and the priest and he decided to kill Nam c. When this was going on, we quietly sent him away from our house. He reached Hastin pura and became the minister of the cakravart Sanatkum ra."
“Being experts in singing we both began to wander about singing on the streets of Varanasi. Impressed by our singing people, especially beautiful women would run to us, forgetting everything. Seeing this, the people complained to the king of K and prohibited entry for us in the city.”
"One day, the Kaumud festival was organised in Varanasi. The two of us entered into the city on the sly to enjoy the festival. A music programme was being conducted at one place. Suddenly musical notes began to pour out from us instinctively. Hearing our voices, people surrounded us and a crowd gathered. Suddenly someone shouted – 'hey, these are the same butcher sons who have been prohibited entry into the city. What then, forgetting all about the music, people ran to beat us up. We ran for our lives, and beaten up, reached the city outskirts. In a quiet uninhabited place, thinking what was the use of this life living like animals and condemned, we both decided to end our lives jumping from the cliff of a mountain.
A top the mountain peak we saw an ascetic deep in meditation in a peaceful posture. We felt peace at the sight of the monk and fell at his feet. We told him our whole story and said we both have come here to take our lives jumping off the cliff. To this the compassionate monk said to us, “suicide will only bring an end to your physical body, not your pain. To end the basic cause of that pain, the accumulated karmas of many births, perform penance.” The monk's words seemed appropriate to us. At that very moment the two of us accepted mendicancy. The kind
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