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staying with me, he will crush you and me, in an oil-mill, with our family-members. It is not desirable for you to wait here. Remain concealed somewhere else."
The Purohita, at last, went to the house of Praņāmamitra for advice, and said, “I am not taken care of, by my two friends. What should I do now? The Praņāma-mitra said “Do not be afraid We shall become un-divided. We shall remain together. What will the king do to both of us? We shall go under the protection of some other sovereign." They went to the kingdom of another sovereign.
The 3az Upanaya, (the application ) of the story, is this
The consequence of maturing of Karnas is like the king; The Jiva ( the living being ) is like the domes:ic chaplain of the king: this body is like the agafar Sahaja-mitra, friend born at the same time; all the relatives are like the afa Parva-mitra, a periodical friend; Dharma is like anafaat Prapāna-initra, because it accompanies the Soul during the next life.
जीवस्य यः परत्रापि श्रियं यच्छति वाञ्छिताम् । ज्ञातिदेही विहायाहं, धर्ममाराद्धमुद्यतः ॥ १॥
1. Jivasya yaḥ paratrāpı śriyam yacchatı vānchitām
Jñātıdéhau vihāyāham dharmārāddhumudyataḥ.
1. Getting rid of kinsmen and renouncing the body, I wil. endeavour to adore the Right Dharma, which bestows the well-desired wealth (of gf Samyama-Right Conduct-and HERE Mokşa, Emancipation ) to the Soul even in the next world,
On hearing these nectar-like words of mundane indifference, ha Prabhava, along with his five hundred comrades, and the eight newly-married wives of Jambu Kumāra, became free from all worldly desires."
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