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Chapter - 2 Collection of Examples
Even so, to please him, make the opposite of his senses. A medicine for a sick person would be a foul smell. ||39|| Then, having come, the gentle one fed him bitter and pungent things. He gave him very hot water, and he made him eat hot, cooked, and undigested food. ||40|| He smeared him all over with a lot of excrement. He made him sleep on a bed full of thorns. ||41|| He made him listen to harsh sounds like the creaking of a wheel. He showed him terrible forms of demons, ghosts, and skeletons. ||42|| Pleased by these, he said to his son, "For a long time, I have enjoyed delicious food, cold water, a soft bed, and fragrant ointments. ||43|| Sounds are nectar for the ears, and forms are a single pleasure for the eyes. ||44|| Have I been cheated of happiness for a long time by your devotion?" ||45|| Hearing this, the gentle one thought, "In this very birth, I have become a fool. What will be the terrible fruit of my sin in hell?" ||46|| Thinking thus, the gentle one died and attained a terrible place in the seventh hell, called "A-prati-sthana". ||46|| [Original verses - 30 in the Vrutta, internal verses 107 to 128] 41. Laughter and contemplation in the Srimad Bhava Vijay, composed by Sri Uttara Adhyayana Vrutta, the story of Sri Chandrudra Acharya's disciple. In Ujjayini, in the Nandana-like garden, where the bath is taken, Chandrudra, the Suri, with his followers, gathered. ||1|| He was very angry, seeing the faults of the excessive and insufficient actions of his followers. ||2|| It is very difficult for me alone to restrain so many. But excessive anger does not bring about my own good. ||3|| Thinking thus, the Suri sat alone, for the sake of true contemplation. ||4|| (Pair) He left the hot place for his disciples, who were devoted to their studies and contemplation. ||4|| And from there, a young man from Ujjayini, the son of a businessman, came, with his body smeared with saffron, a newly married man, with his friends. ||5|| Seeing the holy men, he bowed to them with mockery, and said, "O Lord, tell me the religion that brings happiness." ||6|| Knowing that he was a jester, they did not say anything to him. Then, again, he spoke to them with mockery, without any scriptures. ||7|| "I have been abandoned by my wife, due to bad luck, and I have renounced my household life. Please, grant me a vow that will be a savior from the ocean of existence." ||8|| "This rogue deceives us with his witty words again and again. Let him be properly examined, and think about it," they said. ||9|| "We are not under the control of a guru, we ourselves give initiation and other things. You are now our guru, for the sake of the vow that you have taken refuge in." ||10|| Hearing this, his companions then went to the Suri. He bowed to him and said, with a mocking smile, with folded hands. ||11|| "I am broken by household affairs, and I am attached to your lotus feet. Please, initiate me, so that I may live happily." ||12|| Hearing his words, with a mocking smile, the Suri said, "If you want a vow, then bring me ashes quickly." ||13||
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