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## Chapter 252: The Scattering of the Rejection of the Eager
Now, she said, "Let me see your knowledge." And she performed a feat with mustard seeds. She scattered a heap of them and danced on top of it. (6) Then she threw a needle into the heap, covering it with flower petals. She danced, but the needle did not pierce the heap, nor was it injured. (7) Then he said, pleased, "You have done a difficult thing. Ask for anything within my power, and I will surely give it to you." (8) She said, "What difficult thing have I done that has pleased you? Is this not easier than what the great ascetic, Sthulabhadra, did?" (9) "Is cutting the Amralumbi tree and dancing like this difficult? What the uneducated Sthulabhadra did is difficult." (10) "He did not eat for twelve years, nor did he enjoy any pleasures. He stayed in the picture gallery, his vows unbroken." (11) "Milk, from the movement of the mongoose, and women, from their movement, corrupt the minds of yogis, except for the great ascetic Sthulabhadra." (12) "Who can stay even a day in the presence of women? Sthulabhadra, with his vow of unbroken rice, stayed for four months." (13) "Food with six flavors, living in the picture gallery, and being near women, even one of these would break the vow of even a man made of iron." (14) "Metal objects melt in the presence of fire, like a woman melts in the presence of a man. But I believe Sthulabhadra, the great ascetic, is made of diamond." (15) "Sthulabhadra, the great being, who has done difficult things, is difficult to describe. Even with the right words, it is difficult to describe him in words." (16) The charioteer asked, "Who is this Sthulabhadra, the great being, whom you are describing?" (17) She said, "He is the son of Nandabhupala, the minister of the king of Sakatal, whom I am describing to you." (18) Hearing this, the charioteer was overwhelmed and said, bowing his head, "I am his servant, the great ascetic Sthulabhadra." (19) Knowing that he was truly devoted, she gave him religious instruction. He awoke from his delusion and sleep. (20) Seeing that he was awakened, she revealed her own connection to him. Hearing this, his eyes filled with wonder, and he said, (21) "I have been enlightened by you, O blessed one, by your words about Sthulabhadra. You have shown me the path I must follow. (22) May you be well, O blessed one! Maintain your connection to me." Saying this, he went to the side of the great teacher and received initiation. (23) The great Sthulabhadra also kept his vow strictly. At that time, there was a famine that lasted twelve years. (24)
[Appendix Chapter 170 to 193 verses] 48. In the _Sri Upadeshamala_ flower garland, the _Kūragaduvṛtta_ on the contemplation of the slander of others.
I go to the lake, where are the lotus flowers, the white ones?
He is patient, he is virtuous, he endures month after month. (1)
In food, in fasting, the beggar's food, with the small one.
Going, he speaks, he is angry, he kills the frog. (2)
Then the frog said, "O great sage!