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summary of upagupta ​

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The poem 'upagupta' establishes the impermanence of sensual pleasures ,the root cause of sorrow being attachment to material pleasures etc. and many such philosophical and spiritual truths. ... the dancing girl comes to 'upagupta',the disciple of Buddha on a dark night and invites him to her house. The poem present two moments of a dancing girl.The dancing comes to upagupta.upagupta rejects her invitation saying,

"WHEN TIME IS RIPE,I WILL COME TO YOU.". a year later ,and again on travel to the same place,upaguta finds the dancing girl lying on the ground outside the town,having sores all over the body and shunned by the townsfolk.He applies balm on her body and when asked who he was,He replies"The time has come to visit you and I am here". I hope this answer will helps.