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In the meantime there came a Ganadhara of the blessed name by the name of Agnibhuti. He camped in the city-garden. I saw him while I came out.Towards him, my respect grew strong. I bowed to him. He gave me a religious greeting. I sat before his feet; and asked the revered friar about the religion, able to cause destruction of all misery. The revered friar said the religion of an ascetic consisting of forgivness etc. On hearing him, in me was produced the ripening of the partial renunciation and on the disgust increasing, grew the dejection towards the worldly life; I thought" Enough of this worry which results merely in the increase of worldly existence; I shall take to friarhood. ”.
In the meantime, the collection of actions dropped away; the existence of bonds moved off; the spiritual strength was experienced; the complete renunciation was produced in me. And at the end of the sermon, the revered teacher was requested by me, “I am favoured 'by your worship; my mind is disgusted of the tangle of worldly life; therefore may your worship order me what I should do." (91 ] Then that knower of hundreds of scriptures, knowing my intention said "It is fit for you to take up friarhood, resorted to by great men." Then I, in his presence, took up friarhood and observed it with due rituals. Then, completing the life according to the age and dying in the death-month, I gave up my body and was born in Brahmaloka as a denizen of Vimanas with the age of nine Sagaropamas; the other Yajnadeva, with the age of three Sãgaroapamas was born a hell-dweller in S'arkarā prabha hell-world. Then finishing my destined age, I fell from the world of gods and was born here in the country of Videha, in the city of of Ratnapura of the district Gandhalívati
