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Dharanendra giving knowledge, taking food
Yoga Shastra First Light Verse 10
Except for the year-long fast, he does not ask for water from anyone else. Thus, may the welfare of Bharata and others be! Do not worry about us. Whatever we need will be given to us by these Swamis. What do we have to do with others?' Hearing their selfless reply, Dharanendra was astonished and pleased. He said, 'I am also a servant of these Swamis, Dharanendra, the lord of the netherworld. Your pledge is excellent. You should serve these Swamis. Look, I am pleased with your devotion to the Swamis and I grant you the wealth of the Vidyadharas as a result of your service to the Swamis. This has come to you only through your service to the Swamis. Do not think that it has come from anyone else.' Thus, after explaining to them, Dharanendra taught them the knowledge of Prajnapti, etc.
Pleased with this, they both came to the Vaitalya mountain, which was fifty yojanas wide and twenty-five yojanas high, as per the Swamis' command. There, Vinamikumar, with the power of knowledge, established fifty cities, each ten yojanas wide, in the middle of the southern range of the earth. Similarly, Vidyadharapati Vinamikumar established sixty cities, each ten yojanas wide, in the northern range. There, for a long time, they both ruled happily as the kings of the Vidyadharas. It is true that 'service to the Swamis does not go in vain.'
One year had passed since Rishabhdev Bhagwan had remained silent and without food. While wandering in search of a suitable food, he arrived in Hastinapur with the desire to break his fast. At that time, Shreyanskumar, the son of Somayasha, had a dream: 'I washed the Meru mountain, which was black, with pots of nectar and made it bright.' Seth named Subuddhi also had a dream: 'Thousands of rays fell from the sun, which Shreyanskumar re-established in his place, making the sun bright again.' King Somayasha also had a dream: 'A king was surrounded by many enemies, but with the help of Shreyans, he won.' All three narrated their dreams to each other in the royal court. But, not knowing the fruit of their dreams, they returned to their respective places. At that time, as if to give a direct decision on the fruit of that dream, Bhagwan arrived at Shreyans' place for alms. Just as the sea starts to churn when it sees the moon, so too, Shreyans, the recipient of blessings, danced with joy at the sight of Bhagwan. As soon as Shreyanskumar saw the Swami, he thought to himself, and from this, he gained the knowledge of remembering his past life, like a lost treasure. All the things of his past life began to appear before him like a moving picture: in his previous life, he was the Chakravarti Vajranabha, and he was his charioteer. He had also taken initiation at that time. Therefore, the intelligent Shreyanskumar remembered the method of giving alms without fault. He gave the Lord Prasook Ikshu-rasa, suitable for breaking the fast. Although there was a lot of juice, it fit into the Lord's hand-bowl. At that time, joy did not fit in Shreyans' heart. That same juice, as if solidified in the offering, became a tall, crested one, taking it to the sky (upper world), because the influence of great men is incomprehensibly powerful. The Lord drank the Ikshu-rasa, and the Asuras and humans also partook of the nectar of the Lord's sight. In the sky, the gods rained down jewels and flowers like rain, with a thunderous sound like clouds. After this, the Lord went on a tour and arrived in Takshashila, the capital of King Bahubali. He meditated in the garden outside the city for one night.
Bahubali thought, 'I will see the Swami in the morning and make others see him, purifying their eyes.' When will it be morning, and when will I reach the Lord to see him?' In this anxiety, the night seemed like a month. When Bahubali reached there in the morning, the Lord had gone elsewhere. Seeing the garden dull like a moonless sky, he thought to himself, 'Just as seeds are destroyed on uneven ground, so too, the desires of my heart have been destroyed. Shame on me, the careless one.' Saying this, Bahubali began to self-reproach. At the place where the Lord was standing in meditation, Bahubali made a platform of jewels and a bright Dharmachakra with a thousand eyes like the sun. Wearing various ornaments, the Swami wandered in the land of the Mlechchas, just as he did in the land of the Aryas. Yogis are always equanimous. By the Lord's wandering, even the sinful people there became more steadfast in their faith. 1. There is also a mention that Dharanendra entered the Lord's mouth and gave him knowledge. 2. There is also a mention that Bahubali shouted loudly.
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