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Chapter - 2 Collection of Examples
You, afflicted by the fever of Tejo-leshya, will surely suffer for seven days. || 67 ||
The body, tormented by Tejo-leshya, cried out and fell to the ground like a withered branch in the wind. || 68 ||
The sages, Gautama and others, angered by the disrespect, spoke to Gosala in these harsh words. || 69 ||
Oh, you who are against the Dharma-acharyas, where is your Tejo-leshya, where is it employed in the Dharma-acharya? || 70 ||
Even though the great sage spoke for a long time and even though he killed, he will be afflicted by his own Tejo-leshya, being protected by his master out of compassion. || 71 ||
You will be afflicted in the future, as you were before, by the Tejo-leshya of Vaishkaayana. If the Lord had not protected you with his own Tejo-leshya, you would have been frozen. || 72 ||
Like a tiger fallen into a pit among the virtuous, he was unable to get out and stood there, filled with anger. || 73 ||
He sighed deeply, his fangs and hair bristling, and struck the earth with his feet, repeatedly saying, "I am killed!" || 74 ||
Leaving the assembly of his master, he went to the market, looked at by people like a thief. || 75 ||
(Pair) Then the master told the sages, "The Tejo-leshya that Gosala has projected to kill us, this is its power." || 76 ||
He has the power to burn the lands of Vatsa, Shakutsam, Magadha, Vanga, Malava, Kosala, Patala, Atava, Vajri, Mala, Malaya, Vadhaka, and Anga, sixteen kingdoms. || 77 ||
Gosala's Tejo-leshya, attained through his intense tapas, is capable of burning these lands. || 78 ||
All twenty of those sages, Gautama and others, being virtuous, do not harbor envy even towards the power of another. || 79 ||
Gosala, being consumed by his own Tejo-leshya, drank wine to alleviate the heat, holding a wine vessel. || 80 ||
Intoxicated, Gosala sang and danced, and repeatedly bowed to the Halaahala with folded hands. || 81 ||
He smeared his body with red ochre, and repeatedly drank the water from the house well, which had been mixed with earth for the sake of the vessel. || 82 ||
He spoke incoherent and contradictory words, and was cared for by his disciples with sorrow, and thus passed the day. || 83 ||
Ayampula, the follower of Gosala, was awake all night, meditating on Dharma. || 84 ||
"Where is the Tridna-gopala situated?" I do not know. I will go and ask Gosala, my omniscient guru. || 85 ||
Having decided thus, he went to the Halaahala house, wearing unadorned ornaments, and saw Gosala there. || 86 ||
Ayampula, filled with shame, quickly turned back. He was seen by the elders, the disciples of Gosala, and the world. || 87 ||
"Ayampula, you were born in the last night. You have a doubt about the location of the Tridna-gopala." || 88 ||
Surprised, he said, "Yes, yes, that is true, O great sages." They spoke further to explain Gosala's actions. || 8