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In the Harivamsha Purana, it is stated that the women servants (Ghatadasis) of the people there spoke thus. It was told by the attendants (Chetikas) of Jinadasa, who had the welfare of the ascetic (Jina) in mind. ||49||
They said, "Quickly pay obeisance to him." But she (Priyangulika) said, "I have no devotion towards him at all. What shall I do?" ||50||
Then, forcibly made to bow, she spoke angrily to the fisherman (Dhivara), "I have been made to fall at the feet of the unworthy one. Foolish-minded!" ||51||
He (the ascetic) went to the presence of the king and complained about Jinadatta, the merchant, without any cause. ||52||
The king summoned Jinadatta and asked him. He replied, "Lord, I have not even seen him. Has the Muni (ascetic) cursed me?" ||53||
The king then questioned the servant-girl. She said, "You wicked one! Why do you not pay obeisance to the Muni and criticize him in anger?" ||54||
The Muni said, "This is not a Muni, but a foolish fisherman. Nowhere is the purity of his matted locks seen." ||55||
When he was examined, many tiny fish were found in his matted locks, at which the people laughed and mocked him as a liar. ||56||
When he was tested by the king, he, displaying his ignorance, went out from Mathura. ||57||
Reaching Varanasi, he resolved to perform austerities on the bank of the Ganga. ||58||
Guru Virabhadra came there with five hundred disciples. One newly initiated disciple praised this ascetic, saying, "Ah! This is the great ascetic Vashishtha." ||59||
The Guru stopped him, saying, "How is he ignorant?" He replied, "You inflict harm on the six classes of living beings, hence you are ignorant." ||60||
In the penance of the five fires, the contact with fire is inevitable. By that, the five senses, the imperfect senses, and the single-sensed beings are certainly burnt. ||61||