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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[MARCH, 1903,
in doubt how he should be born again, whether as man or not as man, as god or not as god. That was the reason why he practised asceticism; he wished, in his future incarnation, to stand higher in the order of living beings. Hearing that Vsirdchana was preaching the Law to all the gods, be departed to do homage to him, as he desired to hear the teaching of the Lord. This, then, was his plan
Hey! Presto! Begone! Without lingering on the way he came to Bodhichitta, the holy mansion of Vairochana. Straightway he did homage to the Lord. After he had rendered homage he aplifted his folded hands reverently, saying :-"O gracious Lord! Have pity upon your son, O Master I Instruct me in the Sacred Law, as I am in doubt concerning my new birth and the reqnital (of good and bad) to the children of men; for I see that, of the people on the earth, some are lords, others slaves. What is the cause that it is 80 ? for 'they are, alike, the work of Bhatara. What may be the reason of this? I ask you for enlightenment concerning this; teach rae, O Master! with regard to this, and how my defilements may be removed. Instruct me in the Suored Law."
"O my son, Kunjarakarpa, this is very good of you that you desire to know the Saored Law, and that you make free to put a question about the requital to the children of men. Because one sees that there are men who, however they are made acquainted with the moans of expelling the defilements from their bodies, nevertheless do not enquire after the import of the Sacred Law, because they wish to enjoy themselves. And what enjoyment ? Eating and drinking, the possession of gold and slaves, and the means of bedecking themselves. This is enjoyment according to their viow. You, my son, are not of their opinion, and you enquire about the Sacred Law. Now I will instruct you forthwith in the Sacred Law, so that you may learn to know it fully, and that your vision may be cleared, and you may rightly understand the requital to the children of man, and why now, upon the earth, some are lords, others slaves, both of them everywhere. But you must first go into the kingdom of Yama, where you shall see all the wicked. Thereof must you first obtain knowledge. When you return thence, I will instruct you in the Sacred Law. Good! Then go first to the lower world and ask Yemadhipati the reason why the evil-doers experience the five states of worldly suffering. Let him explain that to you."
"As you command, Lord! I will go, Master !” Presto ! Begone! Thanks to his nature and skill as a Yaksha, he plunged into the ocean and opened the port, the entrance to Yama's kingdom. The divinities were amazed at the appearance of Kudjarakarna, which caused north and south, west and east, to be agitated. When the atmosphere bad become calm, the earth quaked as if it would burst; the tops of Mahêmêra shook, the moantains swayod, the waters of the ses were stirred; thunderbolts, borne by the storm, whizzed; hurricane and whirlwind ; mirage and rainbow shot to and fro, through the air, flickering unceasingly. Then, suddenly, the portal of the ocean, through which Kadjarskarna had passed, was closed, at which Kunjarakarna was very much dismayed and troubled at heart.
With rapid Alight in the path of the wind, Kunjarakarpa journeyed on. He came to a crossway where the ways met; one north, another southwards ; another east, and another westwards, The one to the east led to the divipe dwelling-place of BhatAra-Isvara, the blessed place of the monks who have acquired supernatural power by asceticism; the road to the north leads to the dwelling-place of Bhadra-Vishnu ; this is the heaven of heroes in battle. The one to the west leads to Buddhapada; this is the dwelling-place of the god Mahadeve, the paradise of those who have been heroes in generosity and have done pious worka upon the earth. The one to the south leads to Yama's kingdom ; that is the abode of Bhatara-Yamadhipati, where go all who bste wrongbt evil.
At the crossway, where the roads met, was Dyarakala, who watches the entrance to heaven and to Yama's kingdom. Dvaralala shows the way thither; and so Kunjarakarpa came upon
