Passage 11

In English

Let us also remember his great love for his mother. He knew that if he did not please his mother, he would not be successful in his . So, even though he desired to take , he was not prepared to take it without the prior permission of his mother. Because he was the only son, the mother also was not willing to permit him to take . The taken by is not like the monkship of today. By merely wearing a saffron-coloured robe, devotion and detachment do not descend on a person. You know the crocodile incident and how got his mother’s permission for taking . After came to the shore of the river, he told his mother, “Mother, it is not a real crocodile that caught me in the waters, but it is the crocodile of or family that caught me.” used his skill and his intelligence, but never did he do a thing without the permission of his parents.