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with the bride in the form of absolution. He was surprised at his handsomeness and acts. He said "Revered sir, what is the reason of dejection for you even, who are fully handsome in all ways-that you have accepted this particular vow which makes you free from the longings of this world, having abandoned the royal splendour in which the foot-stool is suffused with the spreading glow of the crowns of the kings falling at feet with confusion. Vijayasena said "Sir, do you ask the cause of dejection in this world? In this case, the cause of dejection is not far to seek. Hear,
Leaving aside the fears of life, old age and death, is there even the slight happiness to living beings wandering in the births of hell-beings, lower beings, men and gods? (62)
Is there a hell-being, a lower being, a man or a god in this universe whose sins do not cause births and deaths? (63)
How can there be happiness for those caught up in them like the youngs of a deer fallen in the net and speedily destroyed by hunters, (64)
[35] Why there must be an attachment to wealth which does not in fact bring happiness which is even the transitory remedy of any misery of all living beings? (65)
Who is not dejected here if he thinks only this much, "How have I my birth here? Where shall I go from here? And again where will I have to go?" (66)
And, moreover, O king, the state of a human being is very difficult to have; it resembles a desire-fulfilling jewel and is like a gem in the midst of a great
