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## The Scattering of Eager Refutation
This is the last song, dance, and offering of hands. Whatever else there is, like drinking, the sound of the mridanga, and melody, etc. || 11 ||
Go to the twenty-fourth Arhat, Gosala, the embodiment of liberation, and ask him this doubt. He is your omniscient guru. || 92 ||
Thus spoken to, they went to him. He turned towards them, and they told him of their arrival and doubt in front of Gosala. || 93 ||
They removed the wine vessels and other things from Gosala. They seated him on a seat, and then the sage arrived. || 94 ||
Then, sitting in front of him, Gosala said, "What is your doubt about the nature of the Tṛṇagopālikā?" || 95 ||
"Know the Tṛṇagopālikā to be like the root of a bamboo," said the sage, and immediately, filled with joy, he went to his own abode. || 96 ||
Having gained consciousness the other day, and knowing his own end, Gosala, with great affection, called his disciples. || 97 ||
"My dead body should be bathed with fragrant water and ointments. It should be anointed with fragrant unguents and adorned with excellent clothes. || 98 ||
Then, it should be adorned with divine ornaments. After that, it should be placed in a thousand-wheeled chariot and taken out. || 99 ||
"This is the twenty-fourth Jinesvara, the Arhat, who is now going to liberation. This should be proclaimed throughout the world." || 100 ||
They agreed, and on the seventh day, Gosala, having become pure in heart, reflected on his repentance. || 101 ||
"Alas! I, a sinner, have greatly wronged my own virtuous Dharma-guru. I, a fool, have completely disregarded him in three ways. || 102 ||
"I have deceived the omniscient one, and all beings, with false teachings and by hiding the truth. || 103 ||
"The great sages, the two who were worthy of being my gurus, have been burned by me. Shame on me, for I have lost the essence of their brilliance by my own burning. || 104 ||
"What have I done in these few days? I have done something that will bind me to a long stay in hell. || 105 ||
"Not only will I, myself, become a guest in hell, but also, because of my false teachings, the whole world will go astray. || 106 ||
"Let it be so, even if the world goes astray. Let it go its own way." Reflecting thus, he called his disciples and said, || 107 ||
"Listen, all of you! I am not a worthy Kevali. I am only Gosala, the son of Mankhali, a disciple of the hero. || 108 ||
"I am like fire to the refuge, an enemy to my guru. Through my hypocrisy, I have deceived myself and the world for a long time. || 109 ||
"I, a hypocrite, will die, burning with my own brilliance. Bind my left foot with ropes and drag me through the city. || 110 ||
"With my mouth gasping, drag me through the city like a dead body. Proclaim this in the city, in the three-peaked mountains, etc. || 111 ||
"This is Gosala, the son of Mankhali