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229 9 Śrî Némito'pi Śakatālaputram vicārya manyā-mahé
vayamamum bhatamekaméva; Dévo'dridurgamadhiruhya jigaya moham yanmohana
layamayam tu vasî praviśya. 9. 1. Sthūlabhadra is Sthūlabhadra,-he is the only one in the entire congregation of sāahus for whom (the syllable)“ duşkara duşkara kārako" 1-e the doer of any extremely difficult act (used for him) by his Guru is suitable.
2. I pay homage to the doers of difficult acts, who renounce after having experienced the taste of flowers and fruits, of wine, of flesh, and of young females.
3. The plucking of a branch of mango-tree (by means of arrows shot one after another by Rathakāra who was enamoured of Kośā) is not difficult, and dancing on rape-seeds (done by Kośā on a flower fixed, a needle placed on a pile of rape-seeds) is not difficult. But he-that magnanimous Soulthe muni who lived in a group of young females is the doer of a difficult act.
4. The poet says-There are thousands ( of persons ) living in dwellings on high mountains, in caves, and in solitary interior of forests, who are self-controlled, but one who was self-controlled in the vicinity of young females in an exceedingly beautiful palace, is the son of Sakadāla alone. 3.
5. One who was not burnt although he entered a flame of fire, who was not cut by a blow from the sharp-pointed edge of sword, who was not bitten although he lived in the hole of a black snake, and who was not stained although he lived in a chamber of collyrium.
6. The prostitute was full of affection, always obedient to him, diet was of six varieties of taste; there was a beautifut dwelling-place; also, charming body, and ah! a new combination of age; the time was that of the rainy season,
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