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Abhaya's Efforts to Bring Sudarshana
The appropriate means is the verse 101 of the second chapter of the Yogashastra, yours! Just start making this effort from today.' The foster mother also agreed to make efforts according to the means she had told. After a few days, the joyous Kaumudi festival came. The king, eager to celebrate the festival with great pomp, ordered his palace guards to announce in the city that it is the royal command that all the men and women of the city should come to the garden dressed up to see the Kaumudi festival.
When Sudarshana heard this royal command, he started thinking with regret - 'After performing the morning Chaitya-vandana, my mind is eager to spend the whole day and night in Paushadha, but the king's strong command is to participate in the festival. So what should I do? Whatever is going to happen, will happen.'
Thinking this, Sudarshana went straight to the king. After offering respects, he requested the king - 'O king! Tomorrow is the festival day. With your grace, I will perform Chaitya-vandana and observe Paushadha. Therefore, please grant me permission not to participate in the festival.' The king accepted his request.
The next day, Sudarshana, after completing the Chaitya-vandana at the right time, accepted Paushadha and stood in Kayotsarga meditation in some corner of the city. When the foster mother came to know this through reliable sources, she happily went to Abhayarani and said - 'Dear! Today is a good opportunity, perhaps your desire will be fulfilled. But today, do not go to the garden for the Kaumudi festival. Today I have a severe headache,' and making this excuse, she stayed in the inner palace.
The Pandita covered the beautiful idol of Kamadeva with a cloth and placed it on the chariot, and taking it, entered the royal palace. When the guard asked, 'What is this?', the Pandita, the mine of deceit, stopped the chariot and replied - 'Since the queen's health is not good today, she cannot go to the garden, so she will worship the idols of Kamadeva and other deities in the palace itself, so we are taking this idol of Kamadeva to the palace.'
In this way, the Pandita made the idols enter the palace three more times. The truth is, how much cunning and skill a woman has! The fourth time, instead of the idol, Sudarshana was seated in the chariot and covered with a cloth so skillfully that the onlooker would think it was the idol itself. This time, without informing the guard, the Pandita took the chariot straight to the courtyard of the royal palace and quickly took Sudarshana down from the chariot and took him to the queen's special room and handed him over. Seeing Sudarshana after removing the cloth, the fearless queen, filled with passion, started trying to disturb him by displaying gestures and amorous movements. Shamelessly showing her breasts and other limbs, the queen said with a sidelong glance - 'Lord! The sharp arrows of Kamadeva have wounded me. Since you are like Kamadeva himself, I have come to your refuge to find peace from him. O Refuge! Lord! Save me, the one tormented by desire.' Great souls engage even in improper acts for the sake of helping others. You should not be angry at all on the Pandita who has brought you here through deceit.'
Hearing this, Sudarshana, immersed in high spiritual thoughts, remained motionless in Kayotsarga like a divine statue. Abhaya pleaded again, 'Lord! Please say something! I have been calling you with charming gestures for so long and you are just standing completely silent and motionless. Why are you ignoring me? Why have you taken this vow with so much difficulty? Leave it! By attaining me, the fruit of your vow has been obtained, your task has been accomplished, understand. O Honored One! Accept this servant who is begging you with humility. Why don't you accept the jewel that has fallen into your lap by divine arrangement? How long will you continue this drama of pride in your good fortune? Saying this, Abhaya made Sudarshana's hands touch her full, raised breasts, and embraced him tightly with her soft lotus-like hands. Seeing such temptations suitable for breaking the vow of celibacy, the naturally calm Sudarshana remained motionless in his Kayotsarga. Sudarshana mentally resolved - 'I will complete the Kayotsarga and do Parana only after getting rid of this temptation, otherwise I will not be able to complete it.'