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## The Successful Chaturmas of Sthulabhadra Muni at the House of Koshaveshya
**Yoga Shastra, Third Light, Verse 131:** The king is pleased and even if he has to offer his body, I would abandon all other men except that one man. In this way, Sthulabhadra Muni completed the Chaturmas happily.
The three Munis completed their Chaturmas according to their respective vows and reached the feet of their Guru. The Sadhu who resided in the lion's cave arrived, and the Guru, standing up, said to him, "Dushkarakar, Vats! I welcome you." Similarly, two other Sadhus also arrived, and the Guru Maharaj welcomed them both by calling them "Dushkarakar." The Swami also gives equal respect to those who make similar vows.
After this, the fully vowed Sthulabhadra also came to serve the Gurudev. Then, the Guru Maharaj stood up and said, "Dushkar-Dushkarakar! Mahatman, I welcome you." Hearing this, the first Muni who had arrived became envious and burned with jealousy. He thought to himself, "The Guruji has taken the side of Sthulabhadra Muni because he is the son of a minister and has addressed him with the best words. If the work of the one who eats six meals is Dushkar-Dushkar, then I will also make the same vow next year." He decided this in his mind.
The Muni, having practiced restraint for eight months, completed it. As the rainy season approached, the Sadhu who resided in the lion's cave, like a debtor, happily reached the Guru Maharaj and repeated his vow. "Bhagavan! This year, I will spend the Chaturmas staying at the house of Kosha-Veshhya, always eating food with six tastes." The Gurudev, using his knowledge, observed and thought that this vow was taken only out of envy for Sthulabhadra. Therefore, he said, "Vats! This vow is Dushkarati-Dushkar. You are not capable of fulfilling it! Therefore, do not make such a vow. Only Sthulabhadra, who is as steady as Mount Meru, is capable of fully passing this vow."
Upon this, the Muni protested and said to the Guru, "For me, this is not difficult at all, so where is the question of Dushkar-Dushkar?" Therefore, I will surely succeed in this vow." The Guru said, "This vow will corrupt you for the future and also destroy your past tapasya and restraint. Because carrying more weight than your strength can handle destroys your limbs." But the Muni, who considered himself powerful, rejected the Guru's words and set out towards the house of Koshaganika, which was like the abode of Kamadeva.
Seeing the Muni approaching from afar, Kosha thought, "It seems that this Muni is coming to me only out of envy for Sthulabhadra Muni. Still, as a Shravika, I should save him from falling." Thinking this, the Veshhya stood up and bowed to the Muni. The Muni asked the virtuous Kosha for her painting gallery for four months. She readily opened the painting gallery and allowed him to stay there. The Muni entered and stayed there.
After eating food with six tastes, at midday, Kosha, the repository of beauty and grace, came to test the Muni. As soon as the Muni saw Kosha's lotus-like eyes, he became immediately filled with desire. With such a beautiful woman and such delicious food with various flavors, how could desire not arise? The Muni, afflicted by lust, requested sexual intercourse from Kosha. In response, Kosha said, "Bhagavan! We are Veshhyas! We can only be controlled by giving money." The Muni said, "Mrigalochane! Be pleased with me; but if oil can be obtained from sand, then wealth can be obtained from us. This is impossible, my dear!"
Kosha, to awaken the Muni, said to him, "Why is it impossible? The king of Nepal, if he meets someone for the first time, whom he has never seen before, gives him a jeweled blanket. Therefore, go there and bring a jeweled blanket." Kosha had said this to make the Muni become detached, but the Muni completely believed her words and, rejecting his Sadhu-maryada, even though the rainy season was full of obstacles, like a child, he mixed his vows with the mud of sin and set out from there during the Chaturmas.
Reaching Nepal, the Muni returned with a jeweled blanket from the king, but on the way, he saw a group of thieves, where many thieves lived. They had a parrot as a pet. Seeing the Muni, he said, "One worth a lakh is coming." Hearing this, the king of the thieves, sitting on a tree, asked another thief, "Who is coming?" He said, "A Bhikshu is coming, and he doesn't seem to have anything with him." When the Sadhu came near, the thieves caught him and searched him thoroughly. But they found nothing on him. Therefore, the thieves, knowing him to be penniless, let him go. But as he was leaving,