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plough must, on no account, look back. If the saint die under the circumstances, unmoved and unaffected by the want of food, it is a positive gain ; if he yield to the impulse of hunger, or die grumbling and cursing his hard luck, it is a 'fall '!
Risabha Deva was absolutely unmindful of the pangs of hunger, and never once bestowed a thought on the subject. He moved about still occupying Himself with Self-contemplation, and paying no heed to the physical needs.
Only once in the morning when people take their breakfast would He visit the habitations of men, and spend the rest of the time in holy meditation. Even in the morning He would merely pass through towns and villages without uttering a word and without asking for food from any one. In this way He reached the city of Hastināpur where lived king Soma Prabha with his younger brother, Sreyānsa. The latter had seen during the preceding night, towards the early hours of the morning, several strange dreams. In the morning, when he got up he found himself still thinking of them, and asked for their interpretation from his brother to whom he related them all. “ They signify," said the court Pandit who happened to be present at the time and who heard them all, “ they signify the arrival of great good
