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telys ] Nyāya-Kusumānjali ught flashed across his mind that perhaps the Muni would refuse to preach to him; so, he thought of demanding Dharma in an imperative tone. ACcordingly, after coming near the Muni, he threatened him with the words, “ Give me Dharma or else I shall cut off your head.” The Muni was wonderstruck with this unique way in which Chilati-putra demanded Dharma. All the same, he could realize his eagerness to acquire Dharma and he thought it would be worth-while to show him the path of religion, and that too in short, as that occassion was not suitable to explain the principles of religion in details. So he stopped meditating and said to Chilati-putra,“ Upas' ama, Samvara and Viveka constitute Dharma." With these words he departed. Chilati-putra began to reflect what these three words signified. First of all, he began to consider the meaning of Upas'ama. Upas' ama means control. He said to himself, “ I am alone; I have nothing by my side nor anything on my body; so what shall I keep in control ?” Thinking seriously about this, he realised that he had to control anger that was burning like conflagrationthe anger directed towards the Sreshthin of killing him if once he was in his power, and the thought of taking revenge upon the Kotval, who was the cause of his separation from his comrades. He further realised that he had to control pride- pride that he felt injured on finding that the Kotval harassed him, the leader of thieves. Moreover, he found that he had to be straight-forward and self-contented, Thus he came to the conclusion that the Mahatinan
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