 It is reported that Juqu was very reluctant to do so as Dharmakṣema was a value asset to his Northern Liang state.Coincidentally, around this time Dharmakṣema is said to have suddenly discovered that the version of the Nirvāṇa Sūtra he had earlier translated was incomplete, asserting that the full version should cover at least 25,000 or even 35,000 verses—as opposed to the 5000 verses he had already translated.Dharmakṣema was given permission to go in search of the missing portions and may have travelled back to North Western India for this purpose.