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## Second Study: The Story of Kamadeva
[97]
The enraged, furious, and terrifying demon, with a fierce breath and a menacing growl, spoke to the ascetic Kamadeva, "You who desire death, the unwanted, the unwelcomed! You who were born on an inauspicious day, a day of sorrow and ill omens, when the auspicious fourteenth day was incomplete and the new moon arrived in the hours! You who are devoid of shame, beauty, patience, and fame! You who yearn, desire, and thirst for dharma, merit, heaven, and liberation! You who are beloved of the gods! It is not fitting for you to be distracted, disturbed, broken, shattered, abandoned, or to renounce your vows, your restraints, your abstentions, your rejections, and your fasts. You are bound by your promise to uphold them. But if you do not abandon, break, or renounce your vows, your restraints, your abstentions, and your fasts today, then I will cut you to pieces with this sword, which is as blue as a blue lotus, a buffalo horn, and a flax flower, and as sharp as a razor. Then, O beloved of the gods, you will be consumed by anguish and unbearable pain, and you will be prematurely separated from life, your life force will be extinguished."
[96] Even when the demon spoke thus, the ascetic Kamadeva remained fearless, undisturbed, unperturbed, unshaken, unmoved, and tranquil. He remained steadfast in his meditation on dharma.
[97] The demon, in the form of a demon, saw the ascetic Kamadeva fearless, undisturbed, unperturbed, unshaken, unmoved, and tranquil, remaining steadfast in his meditation on dharma. Seeing this, he spoke again, "O Kamadeva, ascetic! You who desire the undesired! If you do not abandon, break, or renounce your vows, your restraints, your abstentions, and your fasts today, then I will cut you to pieces with this sword, which is as blue as a blue lotus, a buffalo horn, and a flax flower, and as sharp as a razor. Then, O beloved of the gods, you will be consumed by anguish and unbearable pain, and you will be prematurely separated from life, your life force will be extinguished."
[98] Even when the demon spoke thus again and again, the ascetic Kamadeva remained fearless, undisturbed, unperturbed, unshaken, unmoved, and tranquil.