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## Second Study: The Story of Kamadeva
[99]
He retreated slowly, weary and dejected. He left the food-hall and, upon leaving, abandoned the form of the demon created by divine illusion. Having done so, he assumed the form of a gigantic elephant born of divine illusion. The elephant was well-built, with seven limbs (four legs, trunk, genitals, and tail). His body was beautiful and well-proportioned. He was upright and high in the front, and bent like a pig in the back. His belly was tight like a goat's. His lower lip and trunk were long. The teeth protruding from his mouth were white and bright like the half-opened bud of a betel nut. They were encased in gold, meaning they were covered with a golden sheath. The front part of his trunk was beautifully curved like a drawn bow. His feet were complete, well-nourished, and flat like a tortoise's. He had twenty nails. His tail was beautiful, close to his body, and of appropriate length and shape. The elephant was intoxicated with madness. He roared like a cloud. His speed was capable of conquering the speed of mind and wind.
[102]
When the demon, having assumed the form of an elephant, reached the food-hall where the ascetic Kamadeva was, he spoke to him in the same way as the demon before: "O Kamadeva! O ascetic! If you do not abandon your vows (of conduct, vows, restraint, renunciation, and fasting), if you do not break them, then today I will seize you with my trunk. I will take you out of the food-hall. I will lift you up into the sky. I will throw you down and crush you with my sharp, club-like teeth. I will trample you three times with my feet on the earth, so that you will be tormented by great pain and anguish, and you will be separated from life prematurely, you will die."
[103]
When the ascetic Kamadeva heard these words spoken by the demon in the form of an elephant, he remained fearless and continued his meditation.
1. See Sutra number 98.