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[Last Repentence of Goshala
Muni Sarvanubhuti and Sunakshatra, two of the disciples of the Lord, could not tolerate this insult of their Guru. Muni Sarvanubhuti said to Goshala, "Goshala, This is not the way in which you should return the good done to you. Even the meanest creatures like the crows and dogs would not behave in this way with their well wisher. The omniscient Lord, who instructed and consecrated you, and made you what you are to-day, does not deserve such an ill-treatment from you. You should not insult him like this. Your knowledge is certainly a burden to you. Your learning is poisonous. Your glory is useless your heart is impure. Your penance is dangerous to the world and your very life has got no worth in this world."
No sooner had Goshala heard these words, than the fire of his anger suddenly burst into flames. He instantly discharged his Tejoleshya upon Sarvanubhuti; the tender body of the hermit, reduced to ashes in a minute. The hermit who had absorbed himself in a spiritual meditation as soon as he was attacked by Tejoleshya, now left the world and went to heaven. This occurrence only increased the vanity of Goshala. He now began to insult the Lord even more than before. Sunakshatra Muni thought that it was cowardice on his part, if he did not check Goshala from showering insults over the Lord. He, therefore, began to criticise Goshala right and left and taunted him for his ingratitude. Goshala likewise made the hermit the target of his Tejoleshya which killed him instantaneously. After leaving this earth, Sunakshatra, too, went to the heaven. Goshala now became still more proud of his power and began to taunt the Lord still more severely.
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