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Having arrived there, he waited for a muhürta as his body was tired on account of (travelling) a long way; and then he entered that penance-forest. (40)
He saw there the head of those hermits by the name of Arjava Kaundinya; who had bark-garments, rough matted hair, deer-hide, and a wooden staff; who made a tripundra mark with the particles of ashes; who had a gourd by his side; who was of blissful appearance; who sat with ease on a seat in the plantain-bower in meditation; who turned a rosary of Rudraksa with his right hand; whose lips and neck were a little moving by the repetition of the text of holy incantations; who with the eyes bent on the nose, restrained all the remaining activities; who took up a posture fitting to Yogapattaka (i. e. a cloth thrown over the back and the knees of the ascetic during abstract meditation) made up of flax. (41-44) [9]
At the very sight, the ascetic was bowed to by him whose hair-ends bristled under the influence of joy; who repeated 'O lucky, O fortunate' beating again and again the surface of the earth with his head; and who bent down his knees and palms of hands on the earth. Even so, the ascetic, on seeing him, gave up his medition with a desire to pay respects to a guest and honou red receiving him with the words of welcome and speaking 'Well, bring the seat.' Then Agnis'arman, being led by boy-hermits waiting in the court-yard of the cottage, was spoken to with civility by the sage 'Sit here'; and he sat on the seat with modesty. The sage asked "Whence has your honour come ?' Then he related in detail his own account. The sage said "Dear boy, the souls become miserable due to the results
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| SR No. | 002314 |
| Book Title | Samraiccha Kaha |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Madhusudan Modi |
| Publisher | Gurjar Granth Ratna Karyalay |
| Publication Year | 1935 |
| Total Pages | 386 |
| Language | Sanskrit |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari |
| File Size | 17 MB |