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the sight. They asked him the purpose of doing such a thing. In reply, the yakṣa reported his whole story and advised them not to be attached to the senses of taste-to restrain them.
This Mangu Sūri flourished after 467 years of Vīra Nirväņa,
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Sri Skandila arya, preaching great souls on the way while travelling, once, arrived at the city of Kośalpura where a Brahmin named Mukunda had the chance of meeting him. The Acarya preached him 'Bhavitavyată'. His knowledge dazzled him, who atonce took up dikṣa from the Acārya.
Once, he came to Broach. Even though aged, he had a great zeal for studies. So, he used to burn midnight-lamps; besides, he had a bad habit of murmering loudly while reading. ALārya, who came to know about this, called him and said, "O worthy one! it is not advisable to shout while reading at night, as you know that thereby, you may become the cause of awakening those uncultured people, who, if they get up from sleep at night, may be tempted to be engaged in violant deeds. So, you must not be obstinate, he paid no attention to the advice. He did not care for it! Once one of his students joked, "Sir! Is it that, by acquring so much know ledge, you are going to make even a wooden pestal bear luxuriant foliage: " Mukund Muni kept silence, but the joke was too hard for hin to bear. He felt much. He was much pained. He firmly determined to achieve more Knowledge, more prowess. With this view he went to Kashmir, and there in the temple of Goddess Sharadā he practised severe penance; abandoned all the four kinds of food. After twenty-one days
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