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By the time he completed his devotional activities the sun had set. Gautam thought
Oh! The night starts now. I will stay at this pious place and do meditation.
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Gautam set under a dense tree and went into deep meditation.
He further thought
Does he really observe the ascetic conduct or he only gives
sweet and eloquent lectures?
During the night many gods and vidyadhars (lower gods) came for pilgrimage. They saw Gautam sitting in meditation. They paid homage to him and sat down before him. After concluding his meditation Gautam gave his sermon before the assembled gods. During the discourse a Vaishraman god with divine powers came there for pilgrimage." When he saw healthy and radiant Gautam Swami he thought
It is mentioned in scriptures that shramans who indulge
in austerities are lean bodied. But this ascetic has very healthy and glowing body. He is even more delicate than gods.
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Great sage that he was, Gautam could read the god's mind. He said
Great man, neithe weak and emaciated body is the only sign of asceticism nor a healthy and delicate body goes against ascetic conduct
# this god, after almost a millennium, reincarnated as Vajra Swami, the last scholar of ten Purvas.
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