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which are the root-cause of endless pain, like an ignorant child? To waste this precious human life in sensual enjoyments is akin to washing one's hands and feet and throwing the water from an urn of nectar into the soil, instead of quenching one's thirst by drinking that nectar.”
Brahmadatta replied – “Lord! Your words are hundred per cent true. I know that desire for worldly objects is the mother of all pain and destruction but the way an elephant stuck in slush cannot come out of it
ay having gained these enjoyments through my desire, I am stuck in this quicksand so deep that accepting self restraint is beyond my reach.” Citta said – “King! Life is moving fast at great speed. Sense and worldly pleasures are not going to remain forever. The same way as birds leave a tree without fruits, these lustful pleasures will also one day leave you. To leave someone even before his leaving us is far better. You say you are incapable of letting go of the pleasures that you gained through your desire, but remain immersed in being friendly with living beings and in activities of service to others, so that you may get blissful happiness."
Saying this, monk Citta went elsewhere to stay. After observing severe penance for many years, he burnt in the flames of his penance all his karmas and obtaining emancipation and enlightenment, gained nirv a.
Brahmadatta, as always, started to enjoy his wealth as cakravart. One day Brahmadatta went out of K mpilya city astride a horse gifted to him by the king of Greece. To test the speed of the horse the moment he hit it with a whip, the horse began to fly at the speed of wind. Brahmadatta tried a lot to stop the horse but the horse leapt across rivers, canals and forests and reaching a thick forest, stopped. Seeing a n ga (serpent) woman making love with an adulterous man besides a lake Brahmadatta became very angry and he beat them up and tore their skins. After sometime Brahmadatta's attendant came there looking for him and they all went together to K mpilyapura.
There the injured n ga (serpent) woman complained against Brahmadatta to her husband the king of serpents – “I was returning from water sports and a stroll in the forests with my friends when Brahmadatta cakravart saw me and tried to molest me. When I refused he beat me up with whiplash and almost beat me to death. I told him I am the wife of the king of serpents, yet he did not pay attention.” Hearing these words from
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