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will follow this doctrine will perish.” Now Virochona satisfied in his heart went to the demons and preached that doctrine to them, that the Self alone is to be worshipped, that the Self alone is to be served and that he who worships the Self and serves the Self gains both worlds, this and the next.
Therefore they call even now a man who does not give alms here who has no faith and offers no sacrifices an Asura, a demon; for this is the doctrine of demons. They deck out the body of the dead with perfumes, flowers and fine raiment by way of ornament and think they will thus conquer the world. But Indra before he had returned to the gods Saw this difficulty. As this Self (the shadow in the water, is well adorned when the body is well adorned, welldressed when the body is well dressed, well cleaned when the body is well cleaned, that Self will also be blind if the body is blind, lame if the body is lame, crippled if the body is crippled, and perish in fact as soon as the body parishes; therefore I see no good in this doctrine. Taking fuel in his hand he went again as a pupil to Prajapati. Prajapati said to him “Well, Indre, you went away with Virochana, quite satisfied in your heart, what has brought you back ?" Indra said "Sir, as this Self is well adorned when the body is well adorned, well dressed when the body is well dressed etc., that Self will also be blind when the body is blind? Therefore I see no good in this
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