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## Chapter 164: The Scattering of the Eager Rejection
While traveling, the Master stayed in a village near a virtuous woman. There, after bowing to the Master, Bharata asked about the nature of the cycle of the Arhats. The Master explained it. Then Bharata asked, "Is there anyone in this assembly, in this land of Bharata, who will be a Jina like you?" The Master replied, "Your son, Marichi, will be the last Tirthankara, a hero named Vira, here in Bharata. The first Vasudeva will be born in Videha, and the Chakravartin will also be born there."
Hearing this, Bharata circumambulated Marichi and, bowing, said, "Your wandering life is not worthy of worship, but you are a future Arhat, and therefore worthy of worship." He spoke everything that the Jina had said. Hearing this, Marichi, filled with joy, exclaimed three times, "I will be the first Vishnu!"
"I will be a Chakravartin in the silent city. I will be the last Arhat, my path is complete."
"I am the first of the Vasudevas, my father is the Chakravartin, my grandfather is the Tirthankara, my lineage is the best."
Thus, he boasted, earning the karma of a low lineage. Later, he suffered from a disease. While being cared for by the monks, he became weak and thought, "These monks are heartless, they don't even care to look at me, let alone take care of me. Or perhaps they are worried about me and don't even take care of their own, so how can they take care of me who is sick? Therefore, I will make a disciple." Thinking this, Marichi became eager.
Later, Kapila, a son of his lineage, met him. He was seeking the Arhat's Dharma and informed him of it. Then Kapila asked, "Is there no Dharma in your path?" Knowing that Marichi was neglecting the Jina Dharma, he wanted a disciple and said, "There is Dharma in the Jain path, and there is also Dharma in my path."
Kapila became his disciple, teaching him false Dharma. Marichi, too, earned countless births in the ocean of samsara.
Marichi, realizing this, died after following the prescribed fast. He became a deva in the Brahma Loka, living for a period of ten kalpas.
He made disciples like Surya and others, teaching them his own practices. He suffered in the Brahma Loka, and Kapila also became an immortal.
He remembered his past lives and, due to delusion, returned to the earth. He taught Surya and others about the harm they had done.
Then, the teachings became dense, and the vision arose. Because the practices are easy to achieve, people often follow them.
## Chapter 16: The Example of Acharya Manguna in the Shrine of the Teachings of Shri
In Mathura, Acharya Manguna lived with five hundred monks. People were delighted by his teachings and called him the leader of the age. Because:
"Leaving aside other tasks, ignoring obstacles and disrespect, he served the monks with devotion. People, as if under his control, served only him."
Because: