A young bamboo is hard to extract “Yathā kaḷīro susu vaḍḍhitaggo, when the point is grown and become all woody. Dunnikkhamo hoti pasākhajāto; That’s how I feel with the wife <j>who was arranged for me. Evaṁ ahaṁ bhariyāyānitāya, Give me permission—now I’ve gone forth. Anumaññaṁ maṁ pabbajitomhi dānī”ti.

… Ātumo thero ….