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A. CHAKRAVARTI : became a Dharaņēndra himself. But the elder brother Sanjayanta continued his tapas without any wavering even after his father's attainment of mukti. While he was thus engaged in tapas, a Vidyādhara, who was going in his own vimāna in the sky, noticed this yogin beneath. He also noticed that his vimāna would not cross beyond the region where this yogin was standing. This roused his anger. He picked up this yögin, Sañjayanta-bhattāraka, and carried him to his own land. Dropping him in the outskrits of his country he told his people that Sañjayanta was their enemy and instigated all his countrymen, the Vidyadharas, to treat this yõgin in all possible forms of cruelty. These Vidyādharas in ignorance ill-treated this mahāmuni as bid by the wicked Vidyadhara, Vidyuddanta. In spite of these cruelties the yogin did not lose his meditation. Nor did he get angry at the enemies who did all this in ignorance. As a result of this supreme spiritual isolation and peace in the midst of sufferings caused by his enemies he attained samadhi. On account of this spiritual victory he was, in his turn, surrounded by dēvas for offering him adoration and worship. In the midst of these dēvas was found his own brother, the new Dharaņēndra. This young dēva, Dharaņēndra, noticed that his elder brother was cruelly treated by the Vidyādharas who were still there staring in dismay at the wonderful sight of the devas gathered there to offer service and worship to their former victim Sañjayanta-bhattāraka, and he was in a rage. He wanted to bundle up all these Vidyādharas and cast them in a body into the ocean as a punishment for their mischief. But all the Vidyadharas openly confessed
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