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Hearing this Adipurana, the two divine beings asked the muni, "Why did you take the vow of renunciation?" The muni began to speak.
"In the city of Pundarikinī, in the Videha region, in the land of Pushkalavati, I was born into a very poor family, due to my past sins. My name is Bhima.
"One day, after some time had passed, I met a muni and heard the Dharma from him. I then adopted the eight fundamental qualities of a householder.
"When my father learned of this, he said, 'What is the use of these difficult vows for us, whose bodies are covered in the mud of poverty? They do not bear fruit in this world. Let us give these vows to that muni who desires the heavenly realm. We want the fruits of this world, so that we can make a living.'
"My father said to me, 'Show me the place of the guru who received the vows.' I took him with me. On the way, I saw a man named Vajraketu being punished. I asked my father the reason, and he said, 'This man was drying his grain in the sun, and a temple rooster was eating it. He beat the rooster so badly that it died. That is why people are punishing him.'
"Further on, I saw the tongue of Dhandeva, who had stolen the treasure entrusted by the Jinadeva, being pulled out due to his greed. A little further on, I saw Ratipingala being impaled by the kotwal for stealing a necklace of precious gems from a wealthy man's house and giving it to a prostitute. In another place, I saw a kotwal, whose knowledge had been destroyed by lust, being dismembered by the royal officials because he had gone to the house of his mother's younger sister's daughter at night. In another place, I saw a farmer named Lola, who had killed his elder son with sticks out of greed for his field, being exiled from the country.
"All this was a true representation of the consequences of actions."