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penance, facing the sun and stretching his hands both ways, and thus absorbed himself in meditation. His hair had grown to a great length and was full of lice; some times the lice fell on the ground, but the ascetic again picked them up, and with the intention of giving them protection, placed them in his hair again.
One day, Goshala chanced to pass that way, and saw the ascetic in that condition. With a sense of hatred he said to him, “Are you an ascetic or a treasure of lice ? Camera man be called an ascetic simply by keeping lice in his hair? You have made this show of penance simply to deceive other people. The ascetic heard all the taunts of Goshala patiently without saying a word in reply. This made Goshala still more impertinent and he taunted the ascetic three tinies in the same way. Now the ascetic could not control himself. He got enraged and at once sent forth a spiritual power (i. e, some spiritual weapon named 'Tejolesh ya') upon him. Goshala saw the flames of fire coining furiously towards him. He lost all hopes of his life and ran to the Lord for protection. He exclaimed, “Help, help, O lord, and save me from these fearful flames of fire, otherwise I am burnt to ashes.” The Lord used his own spiritual weapon the “Shital-Lesh ya” in order to counteract the effect of Tejoleshya. He cast his cold glance at Goshala, and in a minute, the effect of the fiery weapon was gone. Goshala felt relieved, but the ascetic was greatly surprised to see his spiritual weapon thus failing. He felt a desire to see the Lord who had thus limited his invincible spiritual power. Immediately after this, he went to the Lord, touched his
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