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## The Seventy-Seventh Chapter
The two ascetics, Gunabhadras and Charanas, heard the statement, "This is ignorance-born tapas," and asked, "What is my ignorance?" The wise one, Gunabhadras, stood before them, filled with anger, and was ready to speak, for the righteous ones always speak for the benefit of others.
He pointed to the lice and mites born from the matted hair, the dead minnows stuck in the matted hair during continuous bathing, and the various insects writhing within the burning fuel, saying, "Behold, this is your ignorance."
Vasistha, a wise man with a unique intellect, relying on the opportunity of time, performed tapas with fasting, having taken initiation and residing in the sun-facing posture.
Due to the greatness of his tapas, seven Vyantara Devis appeared before him and said, "O Muni, tell us your desired message, we are ready to fulfill it."
Seeing them, the Muni said, "I have no need of you in this birth. Come to me in another birth."
Performing tapas in this way, he gradually reached Mathurapuri. There, he observed a one-month fast and practiced the sun-facing yoga.
The next day, King Ugrasena of Mathura saw the Muni with great devotion and declared in the city, "This Muni will only accept alms in our house, not elsewhere." He prohibited everyone else from giving alms. On the day of his parana, the Muni entered the city for alms, but at that moment, a fire broke out in the royal palace. Seeing this, the Muni returned to the forest without taking any food.
The Muni again observed a one-month fast. After a month, the Muni, with a weakened body, entered the city again, desiring food. He saw an elephant being agitated, and immediately returned to the forest, observing another month-long fast. When he went to the royal palace again for food after a month, King Ugrasena was disturbed by a letter sent by King Jarasandha, and did not pay attention to the Muni.
As the weakened Vasistha Muni was returning, he heard people saying, "The king neither gives alms himself nor allows others to give."