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I put one (possibly wrong) interpretation in an earlier comment.

As for the mother part, in many Hindu traditions monks and voluntary celibates are encouraged to see all women the same as their mothers, to remove temptation. Now he's an ascetic ergo his ex-wife is like a mother to him.

The cryptic yet amusing tone is much like a Zen koan, not a Hindu parable.



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