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'The more fame of his spreads, the more I will be censured. His increasing fame will pinch my heart like a thorn. I will rest only after crushing and uprooting him to-day.'
Sikhee himself came to his mother along with the co-monks. The people of Koshnager were full of emotions. Sikhee was born in Koshnagar itself. It was a matter of pride and pleasure that a boy born here, became so great. The King and the people, therefore extended a wonderful welcome to Sikhee. Jalinee was shaded by jealousy and mental agony. Simple-hearted son believed that the cause of his mother's gloomy face was her husband's (Brahmadatt’s)death. So he preached to her about the temparariness of the worldly life, the immortality of the soul and the inevitable Death. He advised her in most polite and effective words to forget the misery which was a result of his father's death. Jalinee also pretended to be on the
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