Passage 23

In English

Suffering from the separation from , the were moving, not noticing the presence of each other. All the time uttering the name of , each one dropped dead without noticing the presence of the other. While they were moving like that, lost all her energy and realised that her end was also approaching, and she shouted out to the Lord. said that each of them was worried because their Lord had left this earth and so they could not share ’s grief. In that moment of great distress, the were only thinking of and this teaches us a lesson about the intimate connection between the and . The were being protected by as eyelids protect the eyes because of the sacred which the had towards . The always had as their companion. He stood by them in times of difficulty as well as when good fortune was theirs. He stood by them when they were living in the forest unrecognised for a whole year. He stood by them at all times. The meaning of the aspect of true companionship was demonstrated by this relationship between and the .