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The Story of Vasuraja
Yoga Shastra, Second Light, Verse 60
Before entering the house, they surrounded him like bulls and bound him. Just as the sun appears with its brilliance after the night has passed, so too did the former king appear at that time. The people had reinstated him on the throne. Seeing the wicked Datta fleeing like a serpent from the casket, the former king's anger flared up. He seized Datta and threw him into the furnace of the Chandala, like a hellish pit, and set fire to it from below. As the furnace heated up, the dogs of the hunter pounced on the screaming Datta, tearing him apart, just as the Asuras in hell tear apart the righteous.
Meanwhile, the former king freed the truthful Kalkaacharya from prison. Just as Kalkaacharya did not lie out of fear of the king, or at anyone's request or persuasion, but remained steadfast in his vow of truthfulness, so too should wise men never lie and protect their vow of truthfulness.
The downfall of Vasuraja due to speaking untruth: ... In the Chedi country, on the banks of the Shuktimati river, the city of Shuktimati was situated, like his playmate. There, like a magnificent ruby, the king Abhichandra ruled, the crown of the earth. Just as the truthful Yudhishthira was born in the house of Panduraja, so too was the truthful Vasu born in the house of King Abhichandra. As soon as he reached adolescence, Vasurajakumar was sent to study under the guru Kshirakadambak. At that time, his son Parvat, the prince Vasu, and the student Narada, all three studied together under Kshirakadambak Upadhyaya. Once, all three students, tired from their studies, fell asleep on the roof of the house. At that time, the Jhangachari Munis, flying through the sky, saw them and said to each other, "One of these three will go to heaven and two will go to hell." Kshirakadambak Upadhyaya heard this conversation and was deeply troubled. He was saddened, "I am their teacher, and my students will go to hell! What a fate! But I must find out who will go to heaven and who will go to hell." Therefore, with his intelligence and skill, he made three roosters out of dough filled with lac. One day, he called all three students to him and gave each of them a rooster, saying, "Take this and kill it in a place where no one can see."
Vasu and Parvat, each taking their rooster, went to a secluded place outside the city, in a direction where there was no human traffic. Therefore, thinking that no one would see them, they killed their roosters. Mahatma Narada, taking his rooster, reached a secluded, uninhabited region, but looking around, he thought, "My guru has commanded that I kill it where no one can see. But this rooster is seeing me, I am seeing it, the birds in the sky are seeing it, the Lokapalas are seeing it, and even if no one else is seeing it, the wise men are surely seeing it. Nothing done secretly, even in the darkest of places, can be hidden from them. Therefore, I cannot kill this rooster anywhere. Then how will I obey my guru's command?" Thus, diving into the ocean of contemplation, Narada suddenly had a flash of insight. "Perhaps, the ever-merciful guru, who is always inclined towards non-violence, has given us this rooster to test us. If he wanted to kill it, he could have done it himself. He has given us three roosters to kill, his intention is to test our non-violent nature. His command means, 'Do not kill the rooster.' I will not kill it." Thus, deciding not to kill the rooster, Narada brought it back to his guru without killing it. He explained to his guru the reason why he could not kill the rooster. The guru decided in his heart that this one would surely go to heaven and embraced Narada affectionately, exclaiming, "Good, good, very good, son!"
Soon after, Vasu and Parvat also arrived. They said, "Here, guru! We have obeyed your command. We took our roosters to a place where no one could see and killed them." The guru said in a tone of reproach,
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