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3. Attached to the Jinendra Dharma, devoted to the feet of the great sage, splendid like the lustre of gold, having eyes like a lotus-leaf and arms long and stout, knowing all the Sastras, having a body with faultless joints, as he passed by the market, he saw there a miserable woman crying" Alas, I am confounded", beating both the sides of her belly, weeping with profuse tears, causing grief to people, making the mind bewildered, bearing the dress of a mad person, rolling in a swoon and falling upon the ground. The king heard that sound like the roar of the sea. Karakanda asked a certain man Why does this poor woman cry producing pain in the heart by her lamentations and herself dieing in delirium ?"
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4. Then he told the facts to the king, "On account of which she became so miserable, listen to that cause, my good lord! As she enjoyed incessant pleasures, a son was luckily born to her. But it was snatched away from her by Death. For this, the woman laments woefully and throws herself through affection. She dces not leave the side of her son. She does not forget him in mind. Hearing these words, the king of kings entertained feelings of detachment from the world
Fie, fie upon this ugly mortal world. The personal enjoyments of men are the causes of their woe. Like the ocean is the extent of misery here, while the happiness of enjoyments is only comparable to a drop of honey. Alas, where man dies with scorched body and crying hoarse, who, except a shameless voluptuary, would feel attachment there?
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5. Who is conceived in the womb through Karma, he is removed by the god of death to his own abode. The child which is fondled by a young woman, is marched off to his own town by Fate. Who attains fresh youth, him also the powerful god of death walks away with. The old man who is caught by a hundred deseases, is also mis-handled by the messengers of Death. Along with Balabhadra even Hari of matchless prowess, was stealthily taken away by Fate. Who conquered the earth divided into six parts, those emperors were led off by time. The Vidyadharas, the Kinnaras the Khecaras and the mighty Suras have all fallen in to the mouth of Death. The lord of the immortals as well as the lord of the serpents, none are spared by Death in taking its toll. It does not forego a learned Brahmana,
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